Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-12
BY I6 MAJORIT Y.
House of Representatives Vote q for Constitutional Conventio n
THERE WAS A WARM DEBATE

Participated in by Nearly Every Mem-
 Der on the Floor of the Home-Con-
 ~necticut Gives its Battlefield Of Au-
 tietam Land to the United States
 Government-A Purer Water But
 Passed in the Senate To-days
 Hartford, June 12.-The house, this afternoon adopted the measure provid- ing for constitutional convention, by vote of IF to 101. The measure was amended by striking out the twenty four delegates at large. MT Freeman Of Hartford offered an amendment at once, changing the election of delegates to the convention, to the first Tuesday after the first Monday or November, 1901. This was lost showing the strength of the opposition early in the debate. 1t was voted to limit the de- bate to five minutes.
 MT Freeman of Hartford, made { short and concise statement of the claims made for the convention. Mir Reed of Stafford spoke against the bill and attacked the message of the gov- ernor. MT Tylor, democrat of East Haddam favored the convention in a warm speech. MT Scovill, republican, of Salisbury also spoke in favor of the convention and made q strong argu- ment. MT Pearne, republican of Mid- dletown was also in favor of the con- vention and gave good reasons why it should be held. X
 MT King of Windham expressed sor- row for Mr Reed in his remarks about the message of the governor and said:
 The man who dares to go in the face of the action of this house and comes out for convention, deserves not Jour criticism but your honor. He was strongly in favor of the convention ana was loudly anplauded at the conclusionl of his speech. MT Fahey, republican,. of Vernon, also spoke enthusiastically in support of the measure. Mir Chand- Ter, republican of Thompson, was against the measure and criticised the governor for his change of opinion. He quoted the inaugural address of the governor in which that executive was opposed to the convention. Mir Don, ovan, democrat of New Haven, answer. ed him and said that republicans and democrats alike were for town repre- sentation and that reference to thd people was all that was wanted. He was also applauded at the close of his speech.
 MT Pratt TepubltcaR off Eorringtpn. supported ltheig0vernou' 'snction and q Ih ts plauded him for his message and fav- ored strongly the convention Mir Woodruff, republican of Orange and Mir Rice of Stamford, also spoke in favor of the convention, very briefly. MT Cal- kins, democrat of East Lyme, was also in favor of the convention and argues strongly for the same. MT Banks, re- publican of Fairfield, offered the amendment which saved the day for the convention, striking out the dele- gates at large and making one delegate for each town only. This amendment was passed.
 MT Bicknell Of Meriden moved the previous question and NIr Willes of Vernon who, had arisen to speak was forced to stand for five minutes while the house applauded. He was finally forced to sit down. MT Willes made. the bribery" speech on the Connecti- cut Western fight and the members of the house took this occasion to remem< Der him.
 MT Freeman of Hartford closed the debate with an appeal to the members to give the people of the state a chance to. vote. At lilo the vote, which was twice decided by the speaker in the affirma- tive the rising vote stood stood II ayes and 101 nays; no was necessary for decision and thus wsls the reso- ution passed: 34 Democrats voted for the convention and 15 Democrats vot- ed against it.
 The house this morning confirmed the nominations for judgeships sent in by the governor.
 The senate passed a vote conveying the land owned by the state of Con- 1ecticut on the battlefield of Antietam In Maryland to the United States g0v- The house later passed the same bill.
 An important bill was also passed In the senate. tending to secure better water conditions in the state. The bill provides that any authorities may taNe any measures they see fit to i'm sure the purity of the water supply of .he state. They may purchase and lands, houses, etc, and town governments may supply water to the .itizens.