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decided upon. The Speaker decided that the point of order was well taken.
 Mir. Joslyn, of Hartford, called for the reading of the amendment and it was ruled out of order. MT. Joslyn then asked that the whole matter be tabled temporarily, as he had an important engagement with Sen ator.
 The House refused to table the matter; yeas 63. nays 70.
 MT. Graham, of Orange, moved reconsid- eration of the vote, as a matter of courtesy to MT. Joslyn. That gentleman took the floor and explained that the business on which he was called to the Senate was very important to his constituents.
 MT. Frisbie, of Pennington, moved to make the matter the special order for p. m., and MT. Phelps suggested that as Mir. Joslyn was on the committee named in the original resolution, it was highly proper that the affair should be postponed. MT. Fris- bie's motion was then agreed to.
 MT. Phelps next offered the following, consideration of which was also postponed to p. m:
 Resolved, That Messrs. H. G. Newton, Joslvn, Corbin and Slade are hereby appoint ed committeee to hear and report upon any charge which any member of the House may make of corrupt or improper influence, exer- clsed ln the appointment of any member or members of the House upon any committee or committees of the House or of the General Assembly. Provided that any such charges shall be in writing and shall be presented to some member of said committee hereby ere ated before the close of the session of this House for the present week.
 Senate bill (received for concurrent refer ence) repeating the bill providing for specific appropriatiins was objected to by MT. Frls- bic on the ground that it would repeal 8 good law enacted last year and would abolish the Appropriations committee. He spoke at ~f bill. The Appropriations committee want the Senate bill killed because they don't want it hanging over their heads and hampering their work. MT. Corbin, of New Britain, urged the prompt rejection of the bill and MT. Carter, of Waterbury, sided with him. After further debate by Messrs Swartwout of Stamford, Troup of New Haven, Goodwin of Salisbury and Newton of Durham the bill was rejected.
 The House took up matters on the calendar and passed:
 Resolution incorporating the Putnam Wa ter company.
 Substitute resolution amending the Dan bury borough charter changing the system of electing wardens.
 Resolution that the amendment of the char ter of the Bridgeport Land company be a part of the charter.
 When the order of the day was reached Mir. Phelps again supported his resolution. The IeIeIeuco Io u COHu1Gteo was OppOSeu Dy MT Pratt, of Saybrook, who thought the House could best judge of the suffciency of the apology.
 MT Carter, of Waterbury, moved to strike out the committee, and MT. Troup, of New Haven, offered substitute resolution pro viding that ''If James P. Pigott, of New Haven, desires to make an apology to this House he may do so orally or in writing and the House itself will be the judge of it's suf- ficiency."
 In supporting the substitute MT. Troup ex- pressed the highest confidence in the integ rity, honesty and probity of the Speaker.
 MT. Frisbie called for the previous ques- tion, which was ordered, and Troup's amend ment was lost.
 The amendment striking out the reference of the apology to committee offered by MT. Carter was accepted, and the resolution re- quiring MT. Pigott to make his apology in writing was passed.
 Miles, of Milford, in the chair
 MT. Phelps resolution appointing com mittee to investigate such charges as may be made against members of the House as to wrongful influence in the composition of committees was called up, and MT. Gum, of Milford, moved to authorize the committee to send for persons and papers at the request of either the accuser or defendant MT. Newton, of Durham, opposed the amendment as giving too much power to the committee and moved that the sending for papers and persons be discretionary with the committee. This amendment was adopted by rising vote-153 against S4 The reso- ton was then passed The House adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock.