The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-29
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DEBATE ON REFERENCE OF CON- STIIUyIONAL CONVENTION BULLS.

DEBATE ON REFERENCE or CON-
 sTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BULLS. Finally Referred to Joint Special Conn
 mfttee-Unfavorable Report on the
 Bill to Prevent Express Being Carried
 on Trolley Cnrs-BiIl Reducing Sem
 tence for Arson Passed-Othcr Business
 ofthe House and Senate Yesterday.
 The reference of the bills for the call ing of a constitutional convention call ed forth a lengthy debate in the House and in the Senate yesterday. The pllls were referred to the House committee and Senator Landon, chairman or the joint committee. when the pllls came up for hearings Wednesday protested against the House committee alone con- sidering them.
 Wednesday night Senator Kenealy and the House amendment committee met to arrange a compromise and a res olution to this end permitting the Sen ate one representative on that commit tee. The House passed the measure af- ter prolonged debate and the Senate turned it down.
 Yesterday Representative Freeman of Hartford, chairman of the House com- mitteey introduced a resolution provid ing that the bills go to a special conn., mittee. Of the two bills involved one was House bill No. 95, the bill of the Constitutional Reform association. MT. Freemans resolution was as follows:
 '"That the committee heretofore ap- pointed from this House and to whom was referred House resolution No. 95, providing for the call of a constitutional convention shall with senator to be named by the Senate, act as a joint committee for the consideration of said resolution numbered 95."
 In the. house after the compromise bill had been proposed by MT Free man, Representative Donovan of New Haven, a member of the joint commit tee, vigorously attacked it as being slur on the ability of the joint com mittee to handle the constitutional amendment question. MT. Freeman was supported by. number of mem bers, and his resolution was passed.
 When the resolution reached the Sen- ate, another fight was declared on. Sem ator Landon, chairman of the joint committee on constitutional amend ment, who had started the trouble by objecting to the action of the House committee yesterday. He at once de- clared the proposal technically impos- sible and insisted that the Senate c.hn cto nd fori itc rin tc To al that no senator could be member of such a special committe as that sug- gested and that the resolution could not come before the Senate from the House at any event.
 Senator Kenealy at once took issue and argued that the Senate should yield alittle tofacilitate the constitutional re- form measures. MT. Kenealy suggested l that refusal to do this would place 1t l in an unenviable position in the eyes of l the people. But Senator Landon car 1ied his point for the time being, and | the resolution was rejected by rising l vote of Ii to TO- Just before adjourn | ment, however, Senator Maxwell moved l for the reconsideration of the matter by the senate. and Senator Kenealey moved that the Senate concur with the | House in raising the special committee. | Senator Landon was named the Senate | representative on the committee, and | the matter was carried, Senators Lan- don and Pond voting in the negative.
 The joint special committee to which | the bill was referred consists of Sena- tor Landon, Mr. Freeman of Hartford, MT. Lathrop of Norwich, Dr. Pratt of MT. Tyler of Haddam, Mir Hungerford of Sherman, MT. Standish of Andover MT. Clark of Canterbury, MT. Housel of New Haven.
 The other business of the days ses- sion was brief. In the House the rail- road committee reported unfavorably on the bill providing that no street rail- road do express business, and on that prohibiting trolley lines from laying tracks on highways outside of town limits. Both were rejected. The bill reducing the sentence for arson from ten years to five, was passed by the house, as was the resolution appro- priating ,000 for the care of the deaf and dumb throughout the state.
 In the Senate the bill reducing the ex- emption limit oe salaries from $50 a week to s10. and that allowing for im-