The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-07

| lngly pay his snare or the expense.
Senator Crosby said that he was pre-
! pared to vote for investigation.
| Senator Johnson of New Haven was in
favor of having Pastor Mason brought
before the committee and questioned
Senator Coffey urged every senator
to vote for investigation.
| Senator Lounsbury withdrew his
proposition to change the membership
OF the committee. He said he was OPP
| posed to the resolution, but would vote
| for it for the sake of the senators who
| had voted for the pool bill and asked an
investigation.
The resolution was then passed with
one dissenting vote, that Of Senator
Fuller.
THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
The special order in the house was
the proposed amendment to the consti-
tuition increasing the representation IN
| the senate, redistricting the senate and
making that body to consist OF not
| less than thirty-seven nor more than
| forty-six members.
Mr. Clark said that the amendment in
creased the number of senators from
| twenty+four to forty-five. This seemed
to be a large increase in the number,
He wished to hear the question ais
cussed.
Mr.. Newton Of New Haven said the
amendment proposed that the number
shall not be more than forty-five nor
less than thirty-seven. At the last cen
suG 1t was found that the population of
the state was 746,000 He did not think
there would be much opposition to the
amendment.
Mr.. Bowen of Winham said he agreed
with the favorable report of the COM
mittee. 1t was right that one branch
Of the Legislature should be based on
population If each senator represent
ed about 10000 1t would increase the
number. In most of the agricultural
portions of the state the amendment
would not increase the number Of SEN
ators. The increase would apply to the
centers of population.
MIR. Lounsbury of Darien favored the
amendment, 1t was a question whether
the number of senators should be in
creased to 45.
Judge Cowell of Waterbury favored
the amendment, and said he would vote
for 1t In Difference to the spirit of fair
ness which characterizes the legislators,
and not in Difference to what news
papers had stated They were not liv-
ing under a government by newspapers
yet.
Mr.. Allen of Sprague hoped the repub-
lican members Of the house would vote
against the amendment
Mr.. Greene, jr., of Norwich, said he
was heartily in favor of the amend
ment The theory of their representa-
ton is that the. house represents the
towns and the senate represents the
people, on the ground that he OPP
posed the plurality amendment he ia
vored this.
After the vote was taken, Mr.. Allen
asked the privilege of explaining his
vote. 1t appeared from the vote Of
yesterday that the majority Of the
towns are not in favor of submitting
the amendments to the people. Because
the house did not start at the founda-
ton he voted no.
The proposed amendment is as fol-
lows:
That the following be proposed as an
amendment to the constitution of this
state, which, when approved and
adopted in the manner provided by the
constitution, shall to all intents and
purposes become a part thereof:
Section 1.-The senate shall consist of
not less than thirty-seven nor more
than forty-five members In i
Section 2-The general assembly which
shall be held on the Wednesday fol-
lowing the first Monday Of January,
1897, shall determine the number Of
senator's, which shall always be an
odd number. and shall divide the state
into districts, allowing one senator to
each; which districts shall always be |
Of contiguous territory and |
the population of each district shall be |
as nearly as possible equal to the popu-
lation Of each of the other districts; |
and town or towns In one county |
may be joined to a town or towns in |
another county, but no town shall be |
divided, If necessary, to preserve a |
proper apportionment of population. |
And In forming said district the last |
census of the United States shall be |
taken as establishing the population Of |
each town.
The districts, when established shall |
the same until the session of |
the general assembly next after the |
of the next census of the |
United States, which said assembly |
shall have power to alter the same,
f found necessary, to preserve a
proper equality between said districts
N respect to the number of inhabitants
herein. according to the principles |
above recited; after which, said dis
riots shall not be altered, nor the num-
Der of senators be altered, except at
J. session OF the general assembly next
after the completion of a census of the
United states, and then only accord
ng to the principles above prescribed.
The vote on the amendment was 1856
or and 81 against. Ut required two
birds of those present to pass it. 1t
rot it, two-thirds being 1875. Now it
soes to the senate for concurrence and
{ it passes, there, it will go to the
people at the next state election for
adoption.
Among the members from New Ha-
zen county who voted yes were: II.
\ Newton, Elliott, Cowell, Hall,
Fucker, Walter, Chaffee, Fl. II, Wood,
udson, Granniss, Peck, Range, Dud-
ey, Munger, Page, Morrill,, Tibballs,
7witchell Lindsey, Eaton, Russell,
anford, Beach, w. H. Newton, Mitchell,
Iough, Bailey.