Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-13
HE WAS RUL. ED 0U I
But Delegate Davenport Con tinued to Read His Resolution
DELEGATES HAD WARM TIME.

President Andrews Refused to Enter
 tain the Resolution-The Anti-Rc-
 formers Immediately Applauded the
 Ruling and Tried to Cry Down tue
 Delegate from idgeport--Delcgate
 Warner Objects to Being Called
 Ringmaster and Gives the Lie to the
 Hartford Courant.
 Hartford, Feb 13.-The constitutional convention was called to order at Il o'clock this morning by President All drews, and prayer had scarcely been offered when Mir Davenport of Bridge port sent to the desk resolution. The opening sentences were so pointed as to immediately disclose the spirit of the resolution and President Andrews de- clared the resolution out of order.
 Mir Davenport with much coOlness arose and announced that he would read the resolution, and he proceeded to do so His voice was drowned by the hand-clapping of the majority, who were applauding President Andrews. who was trying to call the BlSdgeport
 
 no attention to the calls of the chair, but continued to read it until he had finished.
 The resolution provided that if be recommended to the governor that he recommend to the electors of this state to elect delegates to a constitutional convention to be held at a time and place decided upon by him, and that f1n 6n1nOQfpG an aCcnpI,l0J n constitution to be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval and that the present constitutional con- ventlon adjourn.
 Mr Waller of New London tried 10 spread oil on the troubled waters by saying that while he did not symDa- thize with the resolution, it should be read by the clerk. This was finally done.
 Mir Warner of Salisbury then got the floor and called the attention of the 1 convention to an editorial h this morn- ing's Hartford Courant, in which MT Warner was made to act as the ring master putting the circus through the motions. The Courant claimed that the plan followed out yesterday was mapped in q caucus of the Litchheld county delegates. Mir Warner charac- I'terized it as untrue.
 MT Loomis of Glaston bury then se- cured a hearing and moved that the Davenport resolution consideration be 1 indefinitely postponed and that it he stricken from the records.
 Mir Waller pronounced. the resolu- ton not germane, and Mir Davenport answered that 1t was no longer any use to prolong discussion At this juncture Delegate Clarke of Hartford and the editor of the Hart ford Courant, arose to defend his edf- torial. He stated that the information concerning the caucus of the Litchfleld delegates came from one of the dele- gates who was present at the caucus when the Warner plan was mapped out.
 The convention here went into committee of the whole with Delegate Perry in chair, and the question of the senate came up for consideration. Mr Loomis of Glastonbury presented a resolution providing that the senate shall not have more than seventy-two members nor less than sixty. This was defeated by vote of 76 to 51.
 Delegate Hall of Wilmington present. ed resolution that the senate shall not have less than forty-fve members nor more than sixty Mir Waller made an amendment to this resolution that the senate shall consist of not less than Seventy-two members nor more than eighty-four. MT Milner of PlainfeId made another amendment that tho ser- ate shall consist of not moro than thir- ty-slx members.
 MT Dempsey of Danbury then ad- dressed the committee in an extended speech. Tn the course of his remarks he admitted that he had voted for the one representative resolution but said that he was in favor of the senate reso- lutton of MT Waller of New London.
 Mir Hall of Willington followed with q speech favoring his proposition
 MT Hall of West Hartford followed and supported the resolution of Mir Waller for a senate of not less than seventy-two members.
 MT Warner of Salisbury favored an enlarged senate.
 motion was made that when the committee adjourn 1t be until next Tuesday at half-past 12, and this mo- ton was passed
 Mir Waller made a motion that the convention adjourn until one week from next Tuesday so that the deie, gates should have a week in which to give the question thoughtful considera~ tion. This was voted down. aud at 1:05 recess was taken until o'clock