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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Should We Investigate?

The news that automobile insurance in Massachusetts is to be materially reduced in every section shortly will attract the attention of Connecticut motorists. It will be of special interest to car owners in the Waterbury area where high liabil- ity rates have prevailedd now for good many years. The reductions in the Bay State will amount to $8 in some case; in others they will be $5 and $3 But the total amount saved the motorists of the state IS quite large - almost $2,0OO,OOO.
 Of course there's this about the reduc- tion The rates are promulgated by the State Insurance Commissioner, because Massachusetts has compulsory automo- bile insurance law. While we are not urg- ing Connecticut to adopt compulsory ln- surance for all car owners unless our leg islators see fit to do so, we do think that if the situation up there warrants study we might give it one. Certainly those legislators who investigated the local con dition might seek data on the matter. We understand full well the situation right here in Waterbury and throughouC the entire state, but we are not making any headway in bringing about lower insurance rates by all our talks ana oe- Alterations. It is quite some few years now since the high rates here came to be a topic for discussion and argument. We have even carried the case to the Legls- lature, but so far as we can see nothing new was revealed by it's hearings and findings. We realize that the insurance companies aren't profiteering on car owners, but there are number of angles , that need to be strengthened out, to which we apparently give little heed.
 If Massachusetts authorities can Top $2,OOO.0OO off the insurance bill of their motorists, then Connecticut, and partlc- ularly sections where high rates prevail, can at least make an effort to aid their resident motorists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

We note that the health department is going to take action against persons caught dumping refuse on public thor oughfare in the city. It is only one of sev- eral which seem to find such favor in the eyes of persons who don't like to take the trouble to drive to public dump or else who refuse to have rubbish carted away from their homes or their places of busl- ness. For years the upper Waterville road suffered from this bad habit of dumping refuse by the side of the road. Property owners, of course, are really to blame for the continued abuse. They should be suf- ficiently interested in their property that when evidence of dumping on it is reveal ed they will notify the police department, as well as health authorities, and insist that protection be afforded A sign or two often will prevent promiscuous dumping too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

The orientation school that just con- cluded it's courses last week is a rather handy thing to have around a city. AL though adults do not realize it any more there is quite a gap between grammar and high school. While the average boy or girl may bridge it successfully, there are many who find the change not to their liking and as a result their studies suffer accordingly While the purpose of the orientation school is not to tutor back ward student so that he may be ready for first-year high, it does serve as an inter ,mediary step to the advanced studies that are taken up in high school. It should be encouraged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Hope It Isn't Put On

All this fuss and furore that is being made over the gop. nomination for gov- ernor makes one wonder if it's real or spurious While the three avowed candi- dates are all high-ranking members of the party there is just bit of suspicion that some of this hullabaloo may be put on for the benefit of the state. In an ef- fort to interest republican and indepen- dent voters in the makeup of the g. o. p. ticket three-cornered fight would be just the ticket. And certainly there has been one the last few days.
 Every one of the candidates-th two states attorneys and the ex-congreSSman have each in turn indicated that their chances of being nominated are excellent. Therell be but one candidate by tomor- row night. Whether it is States Attorney Alcorn, the unsuccessful 1884 nominee, States Attorney Brown, who has been willing for quite some few months or Col. Tilson, who is called the dark horse" of the trio, is not for us to decide or say. That's up to the delegates to the repub- lican convention which is getting under way this afternoon at Hartford
 AS we say we're suspicious of all the fortnight claims that each of the candi- dates has been making. It isn't custo- mary for so many prominent citizens to want such high office in republican ranks. Before convention time, if there is more than one candidate the extra ones usually have been weeded out. It was that way two years ago when some opposition to MT. Alcorn loomed, but died away as the convention opening neared. When the convention opened there was hardly murmur against his nomination. We wonder if the same thing is to occur this year or are we to witness that un- heard of thing in Connecticut g. o. p cir cles-an out-and-out floor fight for the nomination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

CTS and to create with the proceeds 8 foundation for rehabilitation of workers thrown out of jobs.
 Labor-saving machinery, in the long run, has always created more jobs and advanced living standards. The adjust ment to the new regime, however, has often been very hard on workers not able to switch quickly to new skills. The prob lem has grown more serious as the amount of industrial employment has increased. In the future, beginning perhaps with this cotton picker, the problem of displaced labor must be considered at the outset as mechanical improvements are insti- tuted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Proper Procedure.

As has been stated above neither Aspirant Brown nor Aspirant AL corn is the type of court official who would permit political con- alterations or the memory of con- vention loyalty to influence the accomplishment of ther sworn duty. They believe in 8 com- plete divorce between the courts and politics. In view of that be- lief it seems surprising that they have not taken an action which is dictated by the situation in which they find themselves. When they decided to become candidates for the gubernatorial nomination both states attorneys should have resigned from their jobs at once. Delegates to the convention would then be free to choose one or the other without raising the sus- picion in evil minds that they had been unduly influenced in the choice. That would have been the correct procedure for republican states attorneys to have followed. It would have been in keeping with the republican practice and theory. It would furnish addi- tional proof that, thanks to God, republicans are not as the rest of men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Answers To Questions
'o1a NEA
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. How did Bohemia get its name?
 A. Bohemia is the modern name for the country of the Boil, or ter rible ones," Celtic tribe driven out of Italy by the Romans in henum, the second century B. c. Tacitus and Ptolemy name the country "Boihenum" or nome of the Boil"
 o. When did the government start minting the George Washing ton quarter dollars? How many were minted in 1882, 1883, and 1884?
 A. They were first minted in 1892, when 6,248,8o0 pieces were coined. None were minted in 1883. In 1884, 35, ,439,25 were minted.
 @. Can a citizen of the United States accept a British decoration?
 A. A citizen of the United States who does not hold any public off,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Taking Away the Vote

The State Bar Association heard plea for reversion to horse-and-buggy days at it's recent session in Hartford A WeStport member suggested that the voting lists be closed to all persons who are not property owners. It's rather a drastic step and as might be imagined, was hotly opposed. Just imagine the size of the voting lists If they contained only owners of real estate? And what logical reason can be advanced for removing from such lists men and women who have paid their share of local, state, and federal taxes all their lives.
 A good many people are of the opinion that people who rent houses and apart mentS are not paying taxes on the same. What far-fetched notion Any property owner could set you right on that While the renter may not actually make the tax payment to the city he or she makes it indirectly to the owner of the property. Andin many other ways, too the renter is contributing taxes. It's just bit unfair to say that such persons are not actually doing their share to keep the city or town government functioning properly
 We were glad to read in the accounts of this meeting that there was an instant at- tack on the proposal The days of only allowing freeholders to be electors are gone forever. There is no need now to resurrect them The times are not so dis turbed that we can afford to make such class distinctions as all this. When you come right down to it there is no more reason today for giving the right to the franchise to property owners than to the man who merely owns an automobile. The latter may be even more civic-minded than the former.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

were fought in Europe or South America, peace and prosperity always have reigned in the Duchy of Delaware. So now the Dukes of du POnt, much em- barrassed, are bringing heavy pressure to bear on Short to re- turn to the fold.
 So far he has turned down all overtures and has been negotiat- ing with the fownsendites for an alliance against the du Pont machine.
 Related Protest
 Comptroller of the Currency J. F. T. O'Connor got hot kickback recently when he ordered the auc- tioning of real estate holdings of a closed bank in St. Petersburg, Fla.
 Local realtors bombarded him with protests against the disposal of the property on the ground that it was not likely to bring 8 good price, with the result that adjoin- ing property values would suffer.
 O'Connor, nevertheless, ordered the bank receiver to proceed with the. sale.
 Several days later Herbert Nell son, official of the National Real Estate Board, breezed into O'Con- nor's office and added his voice to the chorus of complaints. After listening to Nelson's dolorous pro- tests for a while, O'Connor in- quired:
 Would you be satisfied if we got $60O00 for the property?"
 "Yes, that would be a very good price," said Nelson.
 "All right, then you can dry your tears" remarked O'Connor. "That is just what we got at the sale yesterday"
 Convert?
 What appears on the surface to be a startling change of front by southern utilities toward the New Deal power policy has just made it's appearance in Georgia and Tennessee. ~
 In full-page newspaper ads the corporations are proclaiming their eagerness to cooperate with the rural identification admin istration in pushing its plans for the identification of the farms 2 of the south.
 This effusive cordiality toward the REA is in strange contrast to the unrelenting war the utilities are waging against the Tennessee Valley Authority and its vast low cost current projects.
 Explanation of this paradoxical attitude of the utilities is very simple.
 The IVA is competing directly with the private concerns and forcing them to make tremen- dous rate cuts and other con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

Its rulers are the du Fonts, manufacturers of powder, muni- tions, automobiles, paint, and one of the wealthiest families in the United States. They build high ways and they own the two daily newspapers that dominate the state, they elect the governor firm their own family. They are definite, though kindly despots.
 BUT NOW THEIR LITTLE DUCHY IS TORN WITH INTER- NAL DISSENSION AND PO- LITICAL WAR.
 The joke is that what the du Fonts tried to do to the democrats has now come home to roost. No group in the U. s. A. spent more money tring to stir up dissension within the democratic party. Du Pont money was in the Liberty League, in Talmadge, and in a long list of promising sores within the democratic fold.
 THAT WAS THE BEST WAY, THEY FIGURED, TO BEAT ROOSEVELT.
 So bitter is the feuding within republican ranks in Delaware that unless peace is arranged soon, the three electoral votes from this tra- ditional COP stronghold will bear the label of the man the du Fonts are SO desperately anxious to. defeat.
 DOublecrOss
 Cause of the row is an alleged doublecross.
 I. Dolphus Short, popular Sus- sex county leader, claims that the du Pont controlled state machine promised him the republican gubernatorial nomination. Shorts claim is backed up by former Congressman Robert G. Cannon, who broadly intimated at the re- cent state COP convention that Governor c. Douglas Buck, du Pont son-in-law, gave this assur- ance two years ago.
 Buck, now nursing senatorial ambitions, heatedly denied the statement.
 q know nothing of any such agreement" he yelled angrily.
 And say you dO," Short beloved back at him.
 Under the whip-cracking of Buck the convention nominated Colonel Harry L. Cannon, 8 rival of Shorts in Sussex county.
 Short and his followers prompt ly walked out of the convention, held trump meeting in a nearby hall and organized an independent republican party. A nominating convention will be held this week at which rival COP ticket head ed by Short probably will be put into the field.
 No matter how many wars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

menp That parable has been brought home afresh to me by reading the stump speeches of the g. o. p. presidential candidates and the editorials turned out by the republican press. The entire lot seems to be always on pended knees thanking God that they are not as the rest of men, meaning of course democrats. To these pharisees patriotism is an exclu- sive republican heritage, honesty in office an exclusively republican virtue. All democrats, including the President, are enemies of the nation, desirous of overthrowing the American ideal of govern ment and utterly unworthy to be trusted with plugged nickel of the public moneys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Selected Poem
AMUSEMENT PARK

 Harold Willard Gleason in the New York Sun. Caroming, careening, crawling, Clutching, climbing, titlting, falling, Bobbng,- lurching, rolling reeling, Sweeping, shrieking, whirling, wheeling, Dumping through sluggish river, Tortured otiliths aquiver, Plunging pushing, waving, veering, Shooting, spinning tossing, peering, Catapulting, death-defying, Nostrils foul with noisome frying, Tepid tonics sticky sweetings, Piercing squeals and ribald greetings One last round, delirious, gaSping, Dizzy, haggard, nerve-ends rasping, Then a gallant, exemplary Gorgeous partyl Thanks so very"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

The mere fact that republicans are considering endorsing the union party candidate in the 16th senatorial district is proof of the respect that is held for Senator Joseph Lawlor. In order to make a showing against this veteran legislator the republicans would pit two parties, backing the same candidate against him. We still think Senator Lawlor can come out victorious despite such opposition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

SEPTEMBER 8, 1936
 Birthdates falling between May 21
 and June 20 are most likely to be
 affected by today's influences. General Indications for All Morning-Very bad. Afternoon-Bad. Evening-Doubtful. This day is centered around
 8 state of confusion. Postpone
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 late or leap in the dark if you wish
 to succeed.
 Grippe, colds. intestinal poisoning, as well as difficulty with partners,
 may be experienced during Oct. 1886 through Jan. 1887, if you do not build your health up now to
 avoid this. Get plenty of rest and do not add to your responsibilities. Your home life should expand and pleasure and romance should come your way during Feb. 1887. Danger Oct lo through 26, 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
State-Attorney Candidates

The state convention of t'le re- publican party will be on when these lines appear in print. Among the contestants for the nomination for governor are two state at. torneys, Brown of New London and Alcorn of Hartford. have no doubt that each, and both, are men of integrity and lawyers who are jealous of the good name of their profession. I have no inten- ton of imputing motives or ac- tions to them which might in any way reflect upon them either as lawyers or citizens. I merely seek to direct the attention of my readers to something I think de- serves notice. Especially in view of what am sure is the attitude of both aspirants for the noniina- ton. Neither MT. Brown nor MT. Alcorn would dream of letting po- litical considerations interfere with their duty as prosecutors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
If They Were Democrats

Of course if the contest between States Attorney Brown and States Attorney Alcorn were to take place at 8 democratic con- vention things would be different. All sorts of political skuilduggery would then be in order. Promises of all kinds would be made; in- ducements of all varities would be held out; information would be conveyed to wavering delegates that states attorneys can turn on or turn off the heat of prosecu- ton and that in the light of such power it might be well to vote for the right prosecutor. Democrats, as we have been educated by re- publican orators and editors to realize, are addicted to such low practices. Practical politics" will have no place at the Hartford convention. No deals will be pulled off at that assemblage of civic patriots. But what I am getting at is that under the cir cumStances surrounding the seiec- ton of the republican candidate for governor, with two court of- ficials in the running, and every kind of influence may be brought to bear, The door is open for possible corruption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

 its political philosophy, is an ineradicable .nyariable phar- aseeisln Y o u
 remember the parable of the pharisee in the New Testament who went up to the Temple to pray and the burden of whose prayer was gra- titude to God that he was not
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Politics and Courts

An unremitting yowl from re- publican politicians and republi- can editors in this state is Keep politics cut of the courts. What the cry really means is Keep democrats off the judges bench and out of the prosecutors of- fices". I, too, am for keeping politics far away from the ad- lninistration of justice. don't pretend to know how 1t is to be, or can be done. have yet to hear an intelligibIe way expoundned by those who clamor loudest to have 1t done. But if I were republi- can in Connecticut and I re- membered the incontestable fact that for yeafs no judge could be appointed, to the higher courts at least, without the tacit or actual okay of J. Henry Roraback, chair man of the republican state com- mittee and the republican national committeeman from this state, I would Certainly keep a still tongue in my mouth about politics in court appointments. If I were an eminent wearer of the judicial ermine sand owed my elevation to the bench to services rendered in the past to the Con- necticut republican machine, l would keep my trap definitely and permanently shut oll political judges. For, sooner or later, this is going to happen. Some judjcis!. after dinner advocate of a, non- political court structure is goink to turn on his oratorical gas ana let himself in for an unhappy few minutes. Because scnlaore with gizzard and knowledge of pol- tical history is going to arise and tell just how the advocate landed on the bench. The truth teller cannot arise too soon to please me. The state of Connecticut, the legal profession, the prestige attached to judgeships, and the common man and woman will be benefited immeasurably Crcs tnis; pharasa.cal republican is stepped for keeps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08

some of these delegates will vote for MT. Alcorn because he has blue eyes and a winsoIne smile. It may be that other delegates will vote for MT. Brown because he loves clam chowder and parts his hair in the middle, if he is so lucky as to have any hair to part. That MT. Alcorn knows his torts better than MT. Brown knows his demurrxrs may prove to be the very thing which will swing the convention to the Hartford county man. MT. Browns affec- ton for clam chowder may out weigh in importance MT. Alcorn's sunny smile and for that reason the New London prosecutor will be given the nomination. Neither contestant, I am confident, has raised finger or said a word to influence the vote of any delegate or any group of delegates. I am convinced that nothing but the welfare of the state will be taken into consideration by the dele- gates, and that their votes will be cast in keeping with the lofty ideals of political purity and true patriotism which inspire all re- publicanS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
All Tan1rnanyites

That is why every democratic candidate for office (whether he lives in Kalamazoo or Puyallup) is branded a "Tammany" man even though he would not recognize Tammany Hall if the building fell on him. The fact that Tammany in the past had 8 leader or two who were not exactly archangelS Gin which detail it was no differ ent from republican set-ups in Chicago, Philadelphia, San Fran cisco and CincinnatD is altogether ignored. Tammany Hall is @ democratic organization; it fell into ill repute quite properly once upon a time; therefore when 1t is not possible to attack the char acter or record of a democratic nominee for the most insignificant office any place in the United States it is sound republican prac- tice to call him "Tammany Pete", or "Tanmany Joe". Give a dog a bad name and everyone will shy a stone at him. National Demo- cratic Chairman Farley is rot list ed among the saints of Tamnlany Hall by its members. All in- formed persons are aware that Smiling Jim is to use the diplo- matic term, persona non grata, |" on Fourteenth street. But we hear him called "Tammany Jim" day after day and night after night. It's all so silly and so hypocritical that sometimes it ir- ritates me. But more silly, more hypocritical and more irritating is the practice of republican phara- seeism here in Connecticut. Let us take a case in point. will try to consider it was restraint de- spite the fact that I gag every time think of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 1910 a. m. daylight time). Sun rises 6:25 a. m.; sets TIA p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford. Wednesday, Sept. g. FOO q. m; low tide, 12.59 8. m. Daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-08
Bad Example

It may be that the refusal of MT. Brown and MT. Alcoru to get out of office while they were rounding up delegates to vote for them at the state convention is just an indication that republi- cans are being corrupted by the bad example set them by demo- crats. There are, however, other indications noticeable. In the Sum- day Republicans comment on Connecticut political affairs that newspapers informed and experi- enced observer, Walter Brooks, got way off the party reservation when he wrote:
 'The final blow came in 1884
 when the republicans lost all the state offices and had partial con-
 trol of the senate only through
 a deal with the socialist sena-
 tors" (Black lettering niine).
 What a horrible statement to be printed in any 6. o. p. journal! A deal made with the socialists, If you please. MT, Brooks knows better. Deals are only made by democrats. When the republicans and the socialists consummated their mesalliance in 1884 1t was not deal. It was, to quote the Republican editorial political pur- ists in the state, "a coalition in the public interest" It is an unex- pected novelty to find a reporter on a republican newspaper pounding out the ugly truth about what hap pened ill Hartford in January, 1884. After all perhaps it is just s.s well that Asplrant Brown and Aspirant Alcorn did not resign their jobs while cunning for dele gates. Someone must keep the faith of tEe Pharlsees now that Mir. Brooks has become a heretic by blurting out the truth.