The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-12

useless for me to remind this senate,
Mr.. President, that it takes considela-
BILE bravery on the part of the commit
tees to make adverse reports upon
measures submitted to them. If you
reject this report what are the members
Of the committee which has reported
adversely upon the bill in the interest
of economy to infer"
Senator Lee-"Do l understand that
there is now bill in the hands of the
committee which appropriates $4,000 to
send the governor and his staff to this
Tennessee exposition, and that the bill
would probably be reported faVorably?'
Senator Converse informed the sena-
tor from the Ninth district that the
bill called for the amount named and
that it provided for sending the COVER
nor, his staff, state officers and COM
mittee of six to Nashville but he had
no assurance of favorable action upon
it,
Senator Lee then said: IF the state
is to be represented at all it should be
by the opponents of it's interests. And
it looks to me as if the matter should
lay on the table until the other matter
is disposed of. The committee and the
general assembly may think after
more time to consider it, that it would
| be far mare advantageous to the state
to have the representatives from the
sturdy industries of the commonwealth
than by the gold lace and tinsel of the
governors staff"
Senator Lee said that he meant no
| disrespect to the gentlemen who COM
posed the governors staff. He sug
gested that the whole matter lie on the
! table.
Senator Brown, who was recognized
| by Lieutenant Governor Dewell, pro-
| ceeded to support the resolution in an
eloquent appeal for the appropriation
being granted. He said, in part:
Mr.. President-I heartily agree with
| the senator from the Nineteenth dis
trict. 1t is a fortunate thing that our
industries are varied. Yesterday we
were agriculturists; to-day we are me-
chanics, so to speak. No state in the
| Union is so advanced in the industrial
arts as Connecticut. 1t is not the man
ufacturers alone that would be bcne-
fitted by sending the commission to the
exposition. We cannot afford to neg
lect this opportunity to extend our
markets.
Were 1 disposed to criticise the ac-
lions of this general assembly 1 should
say that the two dangers that beset it
are undue haste and too much ecenO-
my.
"NIr. President, I know as well as any
senator here what economy is, and l
would practice it in state affairs as in
my own business transactions, but the
business interests of our state should
not suffer from the misapplied econo-
my that is apparent-this mistaken
idea of economy. We cannot afford the
dignity of the state to suffer the COnse-
quences OF our rejecting this resou-
ton.
THE appropriation must be made. |
would like to ask the senator of the
Fifth district if the suggestion of a
| commission without compensation
came from the manufacturers of their
own volition, or was it because of the
fact that they thought no appropria-
ton would be made"
Senator Steele replied that it was be-
cause of the assurances that no appro-
priation would be granted. He said
that many of the gentlemen interested
|
than to lose the commission altogether
Continuing, Senator Brown said:
I'VE must pass this resolution and it
must be done unanimously. This talk
about the wishes of the committees
should not have the Importance that
we are asked to give it. I ask no man
to refrain from Directing to the report
made by my committee, and I grant no
senator the right to say that I should
not object to his report"
Senator Marigold said that he did not
wish to shut off debate on this import
ant question, but he would move that
the matter be laid on the table The
motion prevailed.
The senate held a short executive ses-
sion and confirmed the nominations of
DR. Francis Bacon of New Haven and
Ernest Cady of Hartford as members
of the state board of pardOns AMI Chris
tan Swartz of NorWalk as shell fish
commissioner.