Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-03
WALLER WAS WRATHY.
Clark of Haddam Trod on His Toes
 and Received a Scoring.


 legislation by the general assembly in the constitutional convention yester- day afternoon there was passage be- twen ex-Governor Waller of New Lon- don and Delegate Clark of Haddam reported by the stenographer as fol- lows:
 Delegate Clark of Haddam-Mr President, I would like to say a few words upon this question. l know it will be very difficult to say anything that can hardly be heard at all after the worthy gentleman from New York and New London has had his say; Qaughter). He always tells his story well, although he don't always get in what is wanted or what is needed He does it the best he can and better than many of us could. I want to say that the state of Connecticut has been built up on these charters. If it had not been for charters there would have been hardly a state here at all, and every town and village wants to get a charter started, and they can come here and start it and build up busi- ness. We poor countrymen can hardly be expected to cope at all with such q gentleman as has just preced- ed me, but l will try to do the best can. I know he has talked well and long and said great many things of no account, the same as he always does Qaughter) but
 Delegate Waller-If the gentleman will give way when he gets through, l will say something about his father in-law that he referred to yesterday that he will remember that will be of some account, Qaughterl.
 Delegate Clark-He hasn't said half as much as we ought to know. This resolution raising a committee to re- port d resolution concerning the crea- ton of private corporations cuts off further legislation. The article reads, Prohibiting the general assembly from enacting special legislation ere ating corporations or amending, re- newing or extending the charters thereof '
 He said there were 564 charters last Session granted, and there have been a great many thousand charters granted that will want to be changed in every legislature. They will want to change those charters, but he is going to shut it all off We cannot do that and do justice to ourselves at all. He has started right in the mid dle of the row and is trying to hoe both ways. It is a matter of fact that We have, in my judgment, as good q system of granting corporations and securing justice as any state in the union. That is my candid 1udg- ment to-day. I have had some ex- perience with corporations and with joint stock companies. We don't want to put our money ill and have all our property jeopardized. so we either adopt a joint stock corporation or a regular corporation which we get through q charter of the general as sembly. He says-I mean Mir Waller says, for I want to talk about the man who has been foremost in this matter we can come to the general assembly for special changes, and have two- thirds of the members q don't know whether both houses or one) vote on it, and if they decide that they want to have that done, then we can go at it in the general assembly. Now there will be thousands of them here every session to see if they can't get two- thirds of the general assembly. Why. the lobby will be lined with that class of men who want these changes made. I don't think we could get on the cap- itol grounds at all. Why, that is the simplest thing ever heard suggested. know it came from a very bright man, but I have got no use for his opinion just now. The real facts are that Connecticut stands on corpora lions of some kind. The whole busi- ness, railroads, joint stock corpora sionS, that want to be identified. Al the difference between q special char ter and a joint stock charter. as on- 0erStand it. Is that they can get a bet ter identification outside. I wish could talk as well as most of the law sers can here. would get up and talk two or thrce weeks steady. b0r think I have already talked enough 70 have you understand that this state stands on corporations sn business and everything, and that the Improved con- 0SSson that my friend Atr Waller SOc> geStS wfN be no Improvement at all He wants S commission, I suppose sasere wSll lse about 100 commissions raSSea SN the state 10 sit on certain conditions sn every lecSaltS> every court SN the state wfl have 10 appoint commissions Taat SS g0sNg 10 ase SN improvement 10 WhosNS Who SS go> SoS to set the Improvements And how Sre those commissions geSNS se laSA m0re honest than a Sc0eTal assem- hlyS How iS lc Se5ng t0 cost any less money and he of lNore eOaveSs~ fence to the peoples He wants te ap- point q commission one by his house Snd another by his neiShNNrS don't know how many commissions it will take. I suppose there are SA0 lawyers in the state and most ef them will be on commissions laOghterl, l have never got on, am sure of that, and never should set on because have an opinion of my owns 0aNghterl, I think my friend NIr Waller would not be on because he makes too much money tO be on 8 commission of that kind. We don't want to do anything of this kind. not at all. We are S0inS to have q general assembly of It's men. We are going to pay them. so the story goes. $500 and traveling ex- penseS. but I don't know how that will be. and sixty SenS@Ors, although my friend from New York and New London wants 100
 Delegate Waller-If my friend from Haddam means in the alluSiOn to the gentleman from New York and New T .1,s. n.