The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-05
THE NEW CONSTITUTION
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rison took the floor and spoke at length l in favor of the adoption of the proposed
 new constitution. He said that he agreed with MT Chatfeld that the clause pro vidng for representation in the lower
 house was not what it should be. If
 this new plan was defeated he believed
 it would be many years before Connect
 icut would again try the experiment of 1 a constitutional convention. He refer
 red to the agitation for constitutional l reform thirty years ago and traced the progress of the movement since that | time, saying that some of the most prominent of the reformers had agreed | that it was better to secure reform through the method of amendment pro vided than by constitutional conven- ton He said that the result of the long discussion of nee led reforms in the representation in the legislature had been that men in the country towns be- gan to think that som thing ought to be
 done, and that it was nothing more
 than fair that something should be done.
 The principal claims by the delegates
 from the cities in the convention had
 D6Hll CUDCetlFu Sp lfl dS pl lIltlpl' " dS
 concerned, because the principle of pop
 ulation had been recognized. He said
 that men had told him that they would
 vote to adopt the new constitution be-
 cause they believed it a step in the
 right direction. He said that he had received a letter from State Senator A. J. Sloper. of New Britain, in which that gentleman stated that he would vote for
 the new constitution and advise others to do so for that reason.
 MT. Harrison pointed to the provision concerning amendments in the new con- stitution, and said that that was one of it's best features. It permitted an amendment to be passed through house and senate by majority vote, and to originate in either house. He thought that if the proposed constitution was adopted amendments to secure better representation could be easily carried in the manner provided in the new con- stitution. He said that under it the cities would control the senate, ard fig ured that New Haven would get five senators of whom at least two would be republicans, even if there was no gerrymandering. He said that there would be four representatives from New Haven. of whom two would be re- pubicans and two democrats. He met ! the objection that the new constitution would require a majority vote of all registered electors in the state to call convention by the state , ment that no legislature would vote to call convention unless there were spe- cific reforms that ought to be adopted Under the new constitution New Haven would get representatives from both i parties, and he believed that would be better.
 Attorney F. r. Arvine was the next , speaker and he also favored adopting the new constitution. He said that to vote for it was not a surrender of prin- aiple. The districting for rcpres,u tive districts provided for was, he thought, good plan. He thought that t would be unwise to throw away the advantages gained in this propos d con- stitution.
 After Mr, Arvine finished his remarks Colonel Ullman stated that he thought he meeting was getting little away rom the purpose for which it had been ,alled He said that it was a meeting If republicans to take action as such. He said that he was of the opinion that, since no politics had been brought into he question thus far, it was, maybe, better to take no action as republicans. Then Lynde Harrison moved that it be