New Britain herald., 1928-05-12
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ano Its People

l 3'~A~o~o~o~o~o@ strongly-that all is not harmony in
 the democratic party of New Bri- i tain. The party was never so har- monious as on election day. But l with victory won. discord and sour l notes crept into the chorus. Today, i t is said, there are several factions who are disappointed and who re- | sent the attitude of the faction which | is closest to Mayor Paonessa and in control of the machinery of govern ment.
 IL all happened over appointments 1 to office. Several candidates had 1 been eroomed for different com- missions. All were confident that l they would have the ear of the chief executive. As only one man 1 can be appointed to each commits sionership, it was impossible for Mayor Paonessa to heed the argu- ments which swept in on him from all sides. The mayor is given credit for being q smart man, but he isn't magician.
 Several party leaders whose in fluence was believed great prior 10 the election have been left out in the cold. Their influence proved to be imaginary and their candidates for office were not given recogni- ton.
 In spite Of tho situation, there is still hope for readjustment and re- alignment Of views, if is reported l Keen disappointment bites deep but ! he big party chiefs who have been in the fray for years are confident 1 that wounds will heal. One of them 1 remarked today that dissatisfaction ] is proof of individual independence. a characteristic of democrats any where.
 But in the meantime. there arc 1 faction leaders who won't speak 10 other parties when they pass on the streets
 When a good naturedly indignant property owner called at police headquarters q short time ago and made complaint about neighbours COW breaking the soft stiffness Of he night by giving vent to numer- ous ''moos" without regard for the comfort of man or animal for long distance around, nobody in au- thority became alarmed or incensed,
 hut the complaint had the effect Of recalling a number of complaints Of
 q humorous nature recorded on the police blotter over a period of years. Not long ago, according to the IaConteurs Of police "reminiscences, a request was received that the limb of the law please stop a rooster from crowing.' The boss of come quite musical, and night after night he crowed and crowed until everyone within hearing distance was well nigh dstra cted. The com- plainant assured the officer in charge that it was mo joke" no
 matter how funny it might have sounded.
 | Crying babes, of whom there are ! probably as many in New Britain
 as in any community its size in the
 in the scope of police complaints, especially in the \ summer time when. through wide open windows the lusty-lunged future citizens
 nave blared forth their plaintive remonstrances against safety pins
 and what-nots. Other windows have
 been slammed and undoubtedly
 shouted bits of advice as to the proper procedure from the view point of Inc disturbed neighbors have made their way through the
 nurseries in many homes, with the same negligible degree of success as has attended the appeals to the cops" There may be something in | the ordinances or statutes covering the offense, but so far as is known.
 no New Britain policeman has ever found it.
 Men who wait until midnight or whereabouts 10 attend to their fur
 naces have also come to the atten- ton of the police in an official man. her. One member of the departm mt recalls receiving such a complaint | in the middle of winter some years ago. the aggrieyed party claiming
 it was impossible to sleep while the grates were being turned and the
 coal shoveled in. He could not un- | derstand why the police could not | properly order the offender to fix | his furnace earlier in the evening.
 so that everyone in the house might
 enjoy 9 full measure of repose. I Countless requests come to the 1 police to speak to" this boy and that man, from complainants who
 are ever fearful that those against
 whom the complaints are made
 might learn their true source. Boys
 who congregate around street cor
 ners and their elders who are un-
 duly noisy on late returns from
 down street' may never learn the
 reason for the sudden activity O
 the policeman on the beat, but i
 they knew the truth. they would
 learn of a great amount Of kick
 ing over the telephone 10 "9G."
 Many women run to the polio.
 with catty tales about their neigh
 bors and when their stories are in
 vestigated, the police often find tha the complainants are at fault. Nat
 urally, the particular officer wh'
 makes such a report immediatel,
 loses favor with the complainants
 and in some instances. women wht
 have had experience along this lin,
 ask specifically that certain officer:
 be kept off Investigations concern. l ing them