Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
II WAS 4 WEEK or SURPRISES
Legislators We're At Swords
 Points at Hartford.

The Row Arose Over the Constitution
 al Amendment Committee-The An
 ti-Trolley Bills All Turned Down By
 the Senate-Much Opposition Shown
 In the House to the Law and Order
 League.
 Hartford, March 3O.-The week has
 been one of surprises at the legisla
 ture. A most unfortunate break in the relations between the senate and house materialiZed on Wednesday and was SmoOthed over only by the greatest eff fort and tact by Senator Kenealey and Representative Freeman on Thursday.
 It looked for q time as if there would
 be a serious deadlock between the two
 houses over the reference of the resO- lution calling for a constitutional con vention. as Senator Landon. chairman
 of the joint amendment committed, in- sisted that the matter should be re- ferreu to his committee or at least to a committee in which he could sit. He refused to accept the con- promise offered him at first and carried over half the senate with him. but
 later in the day Senator Kenealey called the matter from the table and
 
 Siton.
 The question at issue was small one, but was of sufficient importance ill the minds of half the senate to al- most precipitate Il TOW between the two houses. The final result was that Senator Landon accepted a seat with the house committee, and the trouble was averted.
 1 This is the second fight that has hn tyx-, first being on the appointment of Sen ator Bree as state auditor. This is not settled even now and may materialiZe
 as sharp contest later ill the session. In regular session this week impor- tant progress was made toward dis fposing of the business before the as
 sembly. All of the so called anti trolley bills were turned down by the senate in concurrence with the house.
 the most important of which was the bill that proposed to have all treas
 urers of state trolley roads residents of this state. The railroad committee this session has shown unusual perse- Verence in smoothing over the hundred little points of difference between the trolley and steam interests and has
 thus far been extremely successful in working for harmony. Senator Bur ton. the chairman of the committee,
 and Mir Walsh of Greenwich, the house
 chairman. have both been anxious to
 preserve peace, and have thus far sue ceeded in so doing. No legislation has been passed thus far that has been violently opposed by either party. The house this week developed the biennial fever of opposition to the Law and Order league among a few of it's members. When the judiciary com mlttee reported unfavorably q bill de- signed to cripple the league, providing that the league should not enter any town without the request of it's otti- clalS. several democratic members from small towns rose and requested a date to be set for debate on the question. Next Wednesday will be given to the opposerS of the league to argue their side of the case.
 Both Wednesday and Thursday were given up to the house committee on constitutional amendments on the pro-
 posed reform legislation and some most important matter cropped out in those hearings. The most significant speech was made by Chairman o. l.. Fyler of the republican state central committee. who clearly and explicitly took the ground that it was the duty of the republican party at this session to bring about D change. As this was Mr Fyler'S first public statement on the question. what he had to say was re- Sarded by every one as most Siyniti- cant. That the influence of the pow CTS that he in the state favor the amendment policy instead of d consti- tutional convention was evident from what was said at the hearings. The expected opposition to reform devcl- oped from several country speakers.
 who argued against any change that
 would take away from the constitution
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