The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-23

"I have heard 1t suggested that when
 we arrive at the solution of the ques-
 ton of representative, as l believe III
 due time we surely will, that the WorN
 of the convention will be substantially
 accomplished and that other proposed
 reforms. however, will have to take
 their chances in another century confess if l thought that such Woulu
 be the action of this body l Woulu De
 glad if the honored delegate from Haa-
 dam should now offer the motlon IL IS
 said he thought of making on the frst
 day of the convention, that the cohVeh-
 ton adjourn instanter, and sine dle' too. For you may change the senate
 as you will and the house as you VIII, and so that each shall be ideal, but IT
 special legislation with it's eXtortions
 and it's scandals, is not scourged out or this capitol and away from it's precincts too the third house will continue to pc in the future as it has been in the past more powerful than the other TWO
 houses put together"
 Tba oovernor then discussed at length the resolution before the com
 mlttee which provides for equal repre- sentation for every town in the state and contemplates the possibility or two | members for each. He paid his re-
 speets to the 'possibillty" features of this resolution in scathing terms, com pairing the legislatures of vastly larger states and that of Connecticut as It 1 might be.
 The plan advocated by the speaker
 n,,onosed q ho1se of one member from | each of the 16S towns in the state. He would then take the eighty-seven re- raining in the present house, and, add | ing this number to the present senate of twenty four, make a grand old Ro- man senate" of from Ill to 123. The senators should all be elected at large, nominated by the state conventions and voted for upon the regular state ticket.
 At 12:45 when ex-Governor Waller | concluded his address recess was talk
 en until o'clock on motion of MT. l Clark of Haddan
 Just before recess Donald T. Warner of Salisbury was recognized and secur- | ed the floor for a speech to be made at | o'clock.
 | MT. Warner reviewed the fundament- l al orders and the earlier colonial sys- tenn of representation by deputies. He
 disputed Mr Davenports argument that a town had no inherent powers.
 The towns are the creators of the state. | MT Warner admitted that the larger | towns were fairly represented in legis- | lation. A legislature of two branches he | favored for safe and conservative | general assembly. One branch should represent the towns, and the senate l large constituencies. It will be safe
 to return to equal representation and give each town one representative. When MT, Warner concluded his ad- | dress he was greeted with prolonged applause. which continued for several | seconds.
 MT. Guilfoile of Waterbury was the next speaker He spoke against the idea of town sovereignty and for the re-es- tablishment of the prnciple of the sov- ereignty of the people, which would mean popular representation.
 At the conclusion of MT. Guilfoiles
 address the convention adjourned until | II o'clock tomorrow morning. Several times during the day MT. l Bartlett of Slmsbury made an attempt | to secure the floor again but each time | the chairman had recognized another | delegate, and Mir. Bartlett was forced | to subside. When the convention reas- | sembled after recess Nlr. Bartlett fol- l lowed the chairman to his desk for the l purpose of securing the ffoor but MT | Perry rapped loudly for order and the l delegate from Simsbury hurried to his
 seat in order to be recognized there
 He was just % late, however, and MT l Warner took the floor.