The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-05

| He said the present board nad an ar rangement that each commissioner should prepare list of the men to be employed and they were called upon as they were wanted. This plan worked very smoothly.
 BY HENRY T. BLAKE.
 Henry T. Blake-"Under the bi-par- tisan plan the boards have been con- ducted much better than under the old | plan. It has been the general feeling that the government has been safer and more just than formerly, and this has been the belief of the best men of both 1 parties. It is the fairest and most just system, We should not expect a parti- san qualification as necessary for amy employment"
 | Hon. N. D. Sperry was next called. M. Ely said he would need no intro- ductlon. My information on the sub ject is general" said MT. Sperry Al though I have been a member of both branches of the common council and a | selectman, am not in favor of the new l charter presented here recently. We had better leave well enough alone. The whole nut of this charter lies right here: It is between the one man power and the people.
 T have been under the one man pow CT and the non-partisan power, and I know about them both. One party de- sires the one man power, and the other party desires the people to rule. Un- der the one man power l have known republican ballots burned. I don't want to see that repeated. I believe in true progress. There is a wisdom you get from experience. The bad power comes from the mayor becoming foun- tain head in a city like ours, and the police becoming responsible to the may or.
 "On election day we are all after the last man. I have known of republi- can being sent for to vote and the man with republican ticket in his hand. A democratic ballot was then substituted. He was made to vote 1t, and the police only laughed at it. Mayor Fitch in- sisted that if the appointing power of the city judges was not changed he would resign. We went to the legisla- ture and had the power of electing judges transferred to that power. I have known under the old system, of judges having been turned out of office by the common council
 'tAll of these things have been done under the one man power. Under the bipartisan plan never knew of man losing his ballot, or any interference. The authority was taken from the mayor and it has worked well. I don't know of amy one claiming that there has been dishonesty under the present plan. The city charter is gift of the legislature. can say that favor con- solidation, but favor it on the town plan."
 MT. Sperry continued his remarks at considerable length, treating the work ings of the different New Haven city governments in an interesting man. ner. He insisted that the city should fight shy of the one man power be- cause it had worked so badly. Under the bipartisan method the people ruled, as 1t was their right to do.
 SENATE.
 Bills passed: Amending charter of Housatonic Power company, amending charter of the United Irish Societies. Building Fund association of Hartford, amending charter of the Mddletown and Portland Bridge company, relating to the returns of railroad companies, concerning the practice of dentistry, concerning the improvement of public grounds, concerning the prevention of blindness, paying expenses of M. w. Lauton as delegate to the National Prison congress, granting pension to William Malone of Willimantic, author | izing the granting of long service med als to the c. N. G., amending charter of | of Naugatuck, concerning | quarantine.
 Henry c. Miles of Milford, E. Stevens | Henry of Rockville and Andrew Hyde | of Norwich were appointed trustees of | the Storrs Agricultural school.
 The bill prohibiting the floating of | flags other than the Star Spangled Ban ner from public school buildings and | school houses was passed.
 The senate concurred with the house in the adoption of the petition of the road for relief from double taxation in the matter of the Old Colo ny road property.
 The bill for the appointment of a game and fish commission was referred back to the committee because of the serious charges against MT. Bronson, one of the commissioners. This was concurrent action.
 Adjourned until Tuesday at 11:90 a. m.