a... Q 1: l. _ ,2”..- .r r—fi THE EVENING GAZETTE ~ ammo AT rim Posr Omen m' Nonwanx as A Newsrarnn. A! I! AIL SUBSCRIPTIONS] T'Dmr. one year. 83; six‘months. $1.75; three months. $1.00; one month, 30c. :WEEKLY. one year. iniadvance; $1. 00:. six months. 60c. . three months. 35c. vwf. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1'4, 1896 “THE WEATHER—Today, partly cloudy, fair and cooler, with possible rain- to-night. On Tuesday cloudy§with rise oftemperature followed by rain. Wednesday clearing and colder. up... Condition of Business. Bradstreel’s Report issued onflSatur- day, states that the! unpropitious and nuseascnable weather has [delayedjfithe demand for winter goods and supplies, and’that there has [been] no improve- ment in trade, except gin holiday! spe- cialties, and that ithe period of stock- taking will prolong the season of] dull- Eness well into next month. I. What Should be Done. The General Assembly of Connecti- Hm which will convene in a few weeks hasagreat deal .of useful and legiti- Smate' work before it, work that should lbe done with care and precision. The "bane of lawmaking is the flood of bills thatare presented and the piecemeal legislation on all topics. of a. law may be apparent, but the slight attention paid ,to phaseology and precisenees, is verylnoticeablelwhen we acanthe pages of the session laws.::'1‘he vice of special legislation in the matter of incorporating' bodies that the gen- eral .laws ought to cover, is too prev- alent and consumes too much time and attention of our legislators. The Gov- ernor-elect is a man with lots of “horse sense,” and one or two vigorous vetoes ferrulaws of this sort would do much :to cie'er the legal atmosphere. The legislature should consolidate into a new statute the liquor laws, which have been tampered with so much that no prudent lewver likes to state j.ust'what~th5y“mea'u. A general "lady providing for the incorporationfillf “villages,” as in New York, should take the place of our clumsy and awkward sounding “five district,” statute.‘ A law, or a constitutional amendment cannot have] the trolley ‘in front at The wisdom, every man’s door, good roads will - should be passed or proposed, restrain- ing our towns and cities from increa s- ing their debts beyond a certain limit, thereby stopping the alarming increase in municipal debts which, unless checked, 'will soon carry us beyond the borrowing point and we will learn too ' late that “to pay as you go,” is as nec- essary in public afiairs, as in private life. Our laws relating to taxes could be simplified without damage to our fiscal administration. A constituional amendment should be proposed, giving the Governor power. to fill vacancies in alljudicial and other offices, between sessions of the General Assembly. This is done now to a certain extent, but the power should be placed on a sure foundation. The annoyance of holding special elections for judges of probate, would alone justify this measure. The legislature should take no backward step in the “good roads” matter. If we bring us the horseless wagon, as the next best thing. The law underwhich our assessors of taxes are chosen, should be so changed as that a service of three years could‘ be given to that important public duty, one new member of a board coming in every year. The care of paupers in the new rural towns, should be regular ted so that two or more towns can come bine to secure better accommodations for this unfortunate class. It would stop considerable Sabboth breaking, if the town and city elections occurring on Mondays, could be changed to Tues- day or Wednesday. The present bal- lot law should be repealed on general principles, or else the Australian ballot law adopted. The only virtue that the present law has is that of secrecy, but it is questionable whether its complica- tions and expensive administration, does not neutralize that blessing. We would like to see all these meaSures enacted in as clear cut language as the Code Napolion. We believe that the English language, if care is taken, can be used so as to expreSi the will of the legislature in much fewer words and in a ‘more orderly manner than now pre- vails. It is a. subject well worthy of attention ntid‘ we hope it will receive it“ from the House of the General Assem- .bly soon to convene and we respectful- ly request our two lawyer Representa- tives from Norwalk, to give our sugges- tions the consideration they merit. .r HE E .ENING GAZETTE CH ECKER-BOARD BU SINESS DIRECTORY N ORWALK Fire Insurance Co. In Successful Oper- auon Since 1860. No Outsranding Claims. . NATIONAL BANK Sales For llenl. VALUAILES mm IN Safe Deposit Vault OF THE 03' NOBWALK, EMBOSSING Donnza'r THIS OFFICE. ' mum: ans. BRING GOOD RESULTS ti. Ward Selleck, BEST GOODS. TEAS and COFFEES, 18 WALL s’i‘. Frank T. Hyatt DENTIST, ' 8 West Avenue. prompt attention. ENTERPRISE Bottling Works, 7 Wall Street. HIE MES AID [MEI EXPRESSLY FOB FAM- ‘ ILY USE. Mail orders receive TREES! ZIEESl TREES! -a at 58 Belden Avenue, if you are go- ing to set out trees this fall. All st took warranted to live. Edgar Buttery, 58 Belden Ave. 25 years foreman of Hoyts’ Nurseries. FRED A. WALTER, NMAKEB or DDEALEB 1N \ HAKNESS AND HORSE GOODS. Repairiniof all kinds done at s ort notice. Harness made to or- der a. specialty. 31MAINST. NORWALK, - - CONN. than I. Smile Buliilng. Painting. Pa er Hanging. Ks. somin- inc and Hardwood Finishing. c. l. PlATT, 52 Wilton Avenue, Norwalk, ‘ Conn. ' Send for book con- taining samples. -1 , . PARLOR , BARBER-98H”. 3.8. LEOBOLD. 4-7 Main Street. TRY WE E 0’5 '38 Wall St. 'Joli Printing EXECUTED AT THE . 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