The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-28
VERY HEATED DISCUSSIONS
WERE THE RULE AT MEETING OF
  ECONOMIC LEAGUE. }.

About Thirty Were Prescnt-A Variety
 of Resolutions Presented-Many of
 Those Present spoke-Congressma an
 Sperry's Politics Demon \, ccd-Letters
 to be Sent out-speciai Meeting wnf
 Probably be Hold. Fs &
 Another interesting session of the Economic league was held last evening in Bricklayers' hall on Chapel street. The meeting was the regular monthly affair and was called to order by Presi- dent Horan. The call to order occurred at 8 and the meeting did not adjourn until nearly Il o'clock. About thirty were present. After the transaction of the routine business, the political situ-Y ation was taken up for consideration.
 The session was given spice at the very outset by the introduction of resolution by Charles Gay to the effect that the league appoint a committee to
 
 and ask him to subscribe to the con-. stitution ofs the Economic, league. The idea conveyed by the resolution was that the league place MT. Sperry upon record as approving or disappearing the articles of the constitution of the league and also to get him to promise to support those articles and to work in accordance with the principles of the league. i. &r E"&5
 This resolution produced small com motion. Several of the members of the league were on their feet in an instant and all wanted to talk at once. Presi- dent Horan had hard time straighten- ing out matters. A great variety of opinions were expressed and the naa- jority of those who spoke strongly con demned the politics of Congressman Sperry and several claimed that he had never done anything for the working the congressman in the strongest terms stated that personally he was most sim cerely appreciated. Among those who spoke on this resolution were Charles, Fred and William Gay, William J. O'Brien, Lyman Wilson, [ Attorney George Wallace, J. B. Foley, Jeremiah Doohan, Terrence Kelly and others. Af- ter lengthy discussion the league vot- ed to lay the resolution on the table.
 It was voted to send letters of the variety recently sent to M. B. Cary of Ridgefield, to Abiram Chamberlain of Meriden, Livingstone Cleaveland of this city, Charles F. Thayer of Nor wich, Daniel Morgan of Bridgeport and Homer Cummings of Stamford. These letters will request the recipients to state their position on the question of constitutional reform and also on the question of representation. These let ters are lengthy documents and are to be so formulated that those sent to the democrats will gently hint republican political flaws and those to the repub licans will allude to democratic pecu- liarities.
 William J. O'Brien presented a reso- lution, amending the constitution of the league in manner that will exclude from the league all spells politicians. The resolution defines a spells politician as one who joins the league for the pur- post of using the league and it's mem bers for the one sole object of placing him in political office. The resolution was put over for one month, in accord ance with the provisions of the consti- tuition.
 The meeting adjourned for one month, unless the president decides to call a snecial session in the meantime Pres- ident Horan stated that special meet ing would very probably be called be- fore the time for the next regular meeting.