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very soul. And as it shows us duty, it
brings us power.
Such body of men as this could
make the voice of Litchfield county on
any public question what they pleased.
1 am not talking of national politics.
Parties have force there, and money
ed interests have force there, that
make all things else seem weak and
powerless.
But how few of the questions in
state Legislature have any real rela-
tion to party policy! How few of them
are really matters of necessary conten-
ton, like high tariff or low tariff, be-
tween opposing business interests!
If this be true of our laws, it is
doubly true of our constitutions.
There has been this week at Hart
ford, a session at the Capitol of the
most important assembly of men
that has been gathered in Con-
necticut for more than three
quarters of century. One of your
number is it's president. 1t ought to
be the purpose of every member of
this convention to give his state the
best form of government human wis
dom can devise-that is, the best for
her. 1t is convention strong in
educated men. They should, and they
will, control it. But what can the
educated men of Connecticut do for
that convention, who are not members
of it? They have their duty, too. Is
it not to hold up the hands of those in
that body who may seek to make its
work tell for the lasting good Of the
commonwealth? Is it not to promote
healthy public sentiment in favor
of such measures as will serve to purify
our future legislation; to give eff1cien-
cy to our magistrates; to make the
law respected, and respected because
it is worthy of respect?
The constitutional convention of
1902 will do we'll if it leaves the Con-
necticut of 1902 with as good consti-
tuition as that framed by the constitu-
tional convention of 1918 for the Con-
necticut of 1918.
I am inclined to think this cry of
the larger towns for more representa-
tives in the lower House would never
have arisen, had the basis of the Gen.
eral Assembly remained as it was left
by the convention of 1918. In that,
the House of Representatives was sub
stantially what it is to-day; but the
Senate was something very different.
1t was Senate of II men, elected on
general ticket by the whole people of
the state, precisely as the governor
and general state ticket were, and Still
are. This gave the majority of the
electors in the state control of one
house of the Legislature, and the ma
jority OF the towns in the state control
of the other. 1t provided natural
the United States, the natural units
of the house were the states, and be-
cause they were but ID states, it was
naturally made the smaller Of the two
houses. In Connecticut, the natural
units of one house were the towns, but
because they were numerous this was
naturally made the larger Of the two
houses
The following menu was served by a
New Haven caterer:
Fruit Cocktail.
Oysters,
Blue Points.
Soup,
Mock Turtle.
Side Dishes,
Almonds, Olives, Celery
Fish,
Salmon, Lobster Sauce.
Julienne Potatoes.
Remove.
Sweet Bread Patties,
French Peas.
Entrees,
Fillet of Beef with Mushrooms,
Saratoga Chips.
Cardinal Punch.
Roast,
SQUAD.
Currant Jelly.
Shrimp Salad.
Sweets,
Fancy Ice Cream, Assorted Cakes
Coffee, Crackers,
Cheese, Fruit.
At the regular meeting of Court
Waramaug, No. 1876, F. of A., Thurs
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