New Britain herald., 1930-02-26
THE LESSON Is LEARNED


 THE LESSON Is LEARNED
 It should not bc lost sight Of that the Mayor appealed to tho Com mon Pleas court in the comptroller ship mater as q taxpayer. not as the Mayor. He exercised right tha3 any taxpayer is privileged to eNer- else under appropriate circum- stances and is willing to foot the possible legal costs, if any.
 To obtain a temporary injunction in matter requires only the presentation of reasonable facts as to the need for one. so that an in- justice may not be done, or that some reasonable public or private object be attained. If the court is convinced of the reasonableness Of the request a temporary injunction usually is granted in order 10 stay all proceedings until a hearing IS held so that both sides can b4 represented. It then devolves upon the court to make the injunction either permanent or to dissolve the tenn porary restraint.
 Had any other citizen been as thoroughly exercised over the comp trollership issue as the Mayor he could have sought a similar dspo- sition of the case. It is not surpris- ing that no other citizen went to this trouble. The Mayor took such action because of his deep personal interest in the subject matter, hIs responsibility as Mayor and because if such an effort was to be taken he logical person to pursue it was the Mayor, even when necessary to act as taxpayer.
 This much done, the political consequences could not well be foreseen. No one to our knowledge thought of the possibilities all at once. It was only after due delib- eration by officials and others that an apparent impasse in the city's financial functioning came about Possibly it was with some degree of satisfaction that some Of the Mayors foes saw all that followed, and perhaps they chuckled at the gravity of the situation brought about by the Mayors action as taxpayer.
 It was the Mayors duty there fore, considering all the intorpre- tations placed upon the original court order 10 make an attempt 10 gain q ciartjcation Of the issue by another direct appeal to court. this time to Superior Court. This he has done and the outcome in favor O. Mir Day ought 10 at least provide the mueh-necdcd relief all citizens have been earnestly dnsiriu2
 The lesson to be learned from fhe events Of the past few days is tha' politicians should not permit their game to intrude too Car upo3 tEa public good We eau stand for much from our austod5anS Of popu- lar poltics--and experience has ill., culcatcd considerable pat5y0r,- hut there should ha a chalk lin, be- yond which the players should uor venture When they throw verbal bricks at one another W. can paoIu.r up an eyebrow and tun 'h au- into a smile; when thay play marbles in the Common Council We perhaps learn 10 take much Of that for granted. But when thc entire ci>ic financial machinery IS stopped as q result Of throwing monkey wrcnchcs into the financial motor NC cannot restrain ourselves from uuarHs q protest that ceases 10 be distinguish d ny miIdness and consideration
 We are not blaming anyone in particular, preterrIns 10 let those with a guilty conscience suffer such punishment as comes 10 folks with such inpcdiments Of the mind, Wr are willing, in fact, to let one std, think the other is entirely 10 blame f that tends to make for better feeling.
 But what We want 10 impress upon everyone concerned--and ~e feel certain that every citizen 1r New Britain thinks ikewise--js thai such a "mess" should be ayolG"d II he futura.