The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27

state government. am, on gene eral principals .nd on most issueSs heartily opposed to enlarging any of the states powers at the Sacri- flee of individual liberty of action or the abrogation of the right of the separate communities to gov- ern themselves. The small loan industry, so I am told, is gamble of such proportions that in order to break even it is obliged to charge what appears to most peo- pie as unconscionable rates of tn- terest.
 Rum Out Borrowers
 Borrowers borrow and then run out on their obligations to- repay. The result of the run-out is that the lender is bilked, which is, to say the least, both unfortunate and unprofitable. But what is more unfortunate and unjust is that the honest borrower who in- tends to repay and who does re- pay is obliged to make up for the crooks who never intended to dc anything but thumb their noses at the money lenders. The existing system of charging 36% 8 year on small loans is penalizing honesty without punishing cr0okedness.
 A state lending bureau intelligent 1y established and humanely op- erated for the benefit of borrow CTS of small sums would meet 8 want which admittedly exists. It would, it seems to me, serve the honest man and convince the crook that the state could not be defrauded with the same inc munity of which the small loan business operators complain they are now the victims. And which they advance as an argument to justify their opposition to the bills which would reduce their rates or interest.
 Sunday Matinee
 The one-man troupe of the Young Republican Clubs of the United States, National Chairman and State Senator J. Kenneth Bradley, gave matinee perform ance in Union City Sunday. Thus was the Lords Day sanctified and the patrons of the show edified, mortified, and educated in the das- tardly doings in Hartford and Washington, D. C., of dirty Demo- crats by Little Man, What Now?". from Westport. Dressed tf1gura- tiyely), in the uniform of Colo nial soldier and armed (figurative- ly) with the fIintfock musket of Lexington minute-man, the polit- ical pot-hunter from Fairfield County sniped away at every Democrat in office in the nation and in the state.
 Couldn't Wait
 Unlike the patriotic marksmen who waited at Bunker Hill until they could see the whites of Brit ish eyes the Westport senatorial sharpshooter shut his own eyes, pulled the trigger, and let fly i'll the apparent hope that even if he hit nobody the noise he created would get his name in the news papers. Sorry to relate the only casualty to be credited to MT. Bradley,s antiquated firearm was himself. In his fervor to knock over Democratic game Little Man, What Now?" not only lost sight of the target completely but also forgot the political history of Connecticut, past and present. Poor Reporter
 I do not know how accurately the special correspondent for The Republican in Union City reported Senator Bradley's speech. But if he got it all cock-eyed no fair- minded person should hold him responsible. It is no easy job to get things straight when your ears are subject to drumfire from a fiintlock musket. Using no other weapon than his own vocal chords MT. Bradley is difficult to follow so I can imagine what job the reporter of the Union City en- gagement had on his hands.
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 But if the National Chairman of the Young Republican Clubs of the United States was correctly quoted that indomitable, recently converted champion of the peo- ple's rights is obviously suffering from an hallucination. He im- agines that we have Democratic administration in Connecticut. Any schoOlbOy in the fifth grade knows that there are not now, nor have there ever been, Democrats in control of the government machinery. That situation can only come to pass if Senator Bradley continues to fire of his Lexington heirloom around the state.
  Someone Tell Him
 For MT. Bradley's educational enlargement someone should tell him that while the senate in Hartford has a Democratic major ity the House of Representatives remains, as always, strictly, stub bOrnIy, and starch-necked Repub- lican. That being the fact the legislative whip in Connecticut stiIl remains i'm Republican hands and with 1t the power to Hog to death anything the Democratic senate or q Democratic governor may seek to do.
 
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