Putnam patriot., 1926-11-19

spared from fl. It's deveiopment has been astonishing but so has inc growth of its work. The banking dc. partment is another phase of tho states official activities which can. not, with safety Co the interests of the people of the state. be curtailed IA the least The useful and efficient work which the tax department is doing is beneficial to every town in the state. This fact is so evident as to at once suggest that II would he an uhWise policy Co reduce the number of commissioner Blodeettts 2 subordinates
 ne state highway department is an ether of those departments whose eff
 ciency IS self-evideut and it's success in providing splendid highways is de
 monstrated IL is in departments of lesser lmportance-if comparisons
 with all their odiousuess that has been recognized since Shakespeare time may be tolerated, that there is a ten dency Co an unnecessary increase in office forces and other help The tendency constantly increases the bur. dens of the state and for the purpose of checking it something effective should be done, One of the defects in the present system Is the interfer. ence of the legislature in the matter of fixing salaries. in the case of some subordinates. instead of leaving t to the board of finance and to the board of control to determine the amount of salary which a position should pay
 These t1VO boards have the authority to fiS salaries in number of instane- es but not in case of all suhordinates Legislators are apt Co take com placent View of requests for increas- es in salaries and do not inquire with adequate minuteness into the merits of each case. The two boards are not likely Co be influenced by personal considerations as the legislature is
 Organization of Legislature
 The organization of fbe two branch es of tbe general assembly at the next session. is new che maia subject of c0uTcrs fian Iu political circles. without rsa#Fd EHat5aH. throughout lhe ztata. Fhrre are ] number Of candidates H the field for the .aeHev pF9 tsW ef tts senate. One ef them is Senator Fred G Walcatt uf %aHfeHa + crHnet in truth b. sud tH#t h# Is caadidatz fng for hI- position hl5 lhara Is spontaneous sentiment fer HIseIerttnH to tha position md t not ueeezs sarv for hIm ta rHsc 8 HHeEf fI se= eufr h. Ii5 work iH fhs has Iaus eyan though it va his Hrsf .a= con snieuausiy merit0riaus Ht sarEeH as the chairman on finance and his sa'u= tion of thr problems before the cons mittee attracted general intention t8 his work as legislator Ii is not to he wondered that his great ability in the work of legislation in la25 shoul be recalled now and sueeest hts fit- ness for the nresidencv in 1927. IT Senator Walcott is in B receptive mood for the presidency he will get an unanimous vote and f. will include even the sole Democratic member of the senate. Senator Lawlor of Water bury. who likes nothing better than To do @ gracious thing and he will do that when he votes with his Re- publican colleagues 10 make the choice of Senator Walcott for presi- dent unanimous. II is the preroga- tive of fhe president pro tenn to ap- uaiut a1 committees and that gives thc position an attractive imnortance and particular ponsibilitY. His entertainments are absolute in the same manner as the sneakers com mittees puointmeuts in the house are.
 Shaw a Candidate
 u is understood taat Senator Shaw or Rcddue. is candidate for the ship of the senate winch will come to him fl be ls the choice of the president pro tea for the cha fman= Hip nf the committee Qa lhe judiciary Al tha laat session, during the Illness If Sen45af graHIH ef New London Senator Shaw acted a chairman of tae comm Hee oa he udgiwv and leader of tHe senate. There ara some, however, Wha thIak#taat tHc leader ship should E8 Senator Ebert L. Darbir af kuineiy who was tle speak. CT of Che Ia.l house Eailier ln the wear. before che contest hetween John M. Nadhnms and J Edwin kFaunafd for the nomination for lieutenant governor had developed, t was thought Mir. Darbie would be the nominee for Che attorney and Mr. parbie had reason to think that ne would land it. However, he sacfitle- ed his chance to secure the upport of the machine by the active part which he took in the candidacy of Mr.l Wadhams. The machine controlled the convention and Mir. Darhie lost the nomination for attorney general The place to which he inspired was filed by the nomination of Judge All- ing of New Britain The sequel was the election of MT Darhie 70 the sen- ate by the electors of the twenty eighth district. His supporters in the district and in many other piaces throughout the state too. favor the apuointment Of Mir Darbie Go the presidency pro tenn of the senate. II is not certain that he has au ambition for that position but 1T hc has ne stands a good chance to have ' real ized There are those who say that Nr. Darhie would prefer the ehair- nanship Of the committee on the iudi. ciarv. fin the house John r. Kin Of Shelton seems to have the ieadersnip for the speakership of the house. His ,f,,sts t,5el1de George R Sturges of