The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-31
THE STATE CONVENTION
DECIDES TO SIT THREE DAYS 4
 WEEK,

| WEER,
 Convention in No Hurry-More Repre- l sentative Schemes Hatchod Out.-- Dele- 1 gase Northrop of MiddletOwn En- dcrses the Bennett Plan -Lttchfield County Delegates Discuss Makeup of ! the Senate.
 Hartford, Jan. 30.-President Andrews
 called the constitutional convention to order at Il o'clock to-day. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Smith. A discussion as to whether the con- vention should sit on Fridays was brought up by a motion of MT. Warner,
 of Salisbury, that when adjournment be
 taken it be to meet on Monday at 12:30
 The motion was passed by vote of fl
 to 42. Subsequently,, on motion of Mir.
 Loomis, of Glastonbury, the vote was
 reconsidered and it was decided not to
 meet Monday, but to meet on Tuesday at 12:30.
 On motion of Delegate Hall, of West
 Hartford, it was voted that, until fur
 ther orders, the convention sit on Tues
 days, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
 By request MT Webb, of Hamden. in-
 troduced a resolution that the general
 assembly shall consist of a house of
 representatives not to exceed 225 mem
 bers and no town to have less than one
 representative Towns now or hereaf- ter having 5000 inhabitants shall be en-
 titled to one additional representative.
 Towns entitled to only one representa- tive shall each receive an annual ap
 propriation of $500 from the state treas- ury for the purpose of maintaining public library wit hin their town. The senate is to be composed of thirty-six members and to be based on popula- ton, but county lines are not to be crossed Referred to committee of the whole.
 MT. Bissell, of Suffield, introduced the following. which was referred to com- mittee of the whole:
 ''That the present system of repre- sentation be continued as it exists at the present time, with the following eX- captions: New Haven six, Hartford five, Waterbury four, Bridgeport, five, Nor wich three Merden three and New Britain three"
 By request Delegate Northrop, of NeWtown, introduced a resolution that every town which sast 800 or less votes at the last state election be accorded one representative; that every town casting not less than 800 or more than l ,0O0, two representatives; every town casting more than 1 GOO votes, one addi- tional representative for every addition al ,000 votes or fraction thereof.
 MT. Northrop, of Newtown, also in- troduced by request resolution which l provides for one senator for every 5000 votes cast at the preceding state cleo l ton and an additional senator for each l 25 900 voters in each county the state | to be districted by a committee of the | convention. Referred to | of the whole.
 MT. Stevens, of East Haven, intro- duced resolution directing the clerk to prepare list showing the representa- | tion that each town would have under the various resolutions now pending be- fore the convention The resolution was tabled. lts.
 At 1924 the eonvent'on went into of the whole, with MT. Perry, of Fairfield, in the chair.
 Mir Smith, of Plymouth, was the first speaker He said that the question of first arose in the time of Cain and Abel He took for his text the proverb that righteousness exalt- eth a nation" You know" he said, that a minister needs text, but lawyer does not" He discussed the va- rious classes of propositions and endors- ed the plan of town equality in the house
 MT. Warner of Salisbury, was called 70 the chair in the course of Mir. Smiths 
 Mir. Northrop, of Middletown, spoke If the admirable spirit which had char lcterized the convention. He believed hat concessions should be made to the cent CTS He believed that the of the Bennett resolution would be wisdom and common sense, md would promote the permanency of he state institutions.
 A recess was then taken for lunch.
 When the committee of the whole re- assembled at o'clock this afternoon Mr. Chipman, of East Lyme, said that lis town desired only one representa- i've. He spoke a good word for the peo- ole of the cities
 Delegate Huntington, of Old Lyme made plea for town equality.
 MT Perry, of Fairfield, explained that le believed that what the people would { exercise is right and what they would epudiate is wrong. He doubted if there vas any other test If the people would { lot accept plan for town equality in the louse, with popular equality in the sen tie, he did not want to vote for it. He vas anxious to find out what action the 'oters would take on the resolution he , introduced yesterday morning in the 
 The meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock ext Wednesday.
 IITCHFIELD COUNTY CAUCUS
 Hartford, Jan. 30.-The Litchfield , ounty delegates met in the retiring oom of the senate to-day and discuss |, q the question of representation and : he probable duration of the conven- , ion MT. Smith, of Winsted. said the uestion of the makeup of the senate ught to be settled before action should a +aJyay, On Inc ,ol,Yo7har 1f