Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-12
PRESIDENT ANDREWS RULING.
Says Majority of Those Present
 Can Pass Measures.

! Constitutional Convention Experienced Some Surprises To-Day-Delegat
 Holcomb Withdrew His Resolution
 Which Offered Sop to the Cities
 The One to a Town Resolution Was
 Then Passed by Vote of S4 to 76.
 Hartford, Mar. 12.-The constitu- tional convention was called to order at eleven o'clock this morning with President Andrews in the chair. The principal business before the session was the report of the committee of nine.
 NIT jIolcomb of Southington with drew his amendment of last Thursday giving the cities more representation and this took away what looked like the last hope that the towns would award the cities any consideration whatever
 MT Maltbie moved the adoption of the first section of the draft of the committees reportand it was adopted. This section was identical with what is in the present constitution, and re- fers to the two branches of the IegiS- lature.
 The third section was the more i'm portant one. MT Maltbie moved the adoption of the committees draft on that section which gave one delegate to q town.
 MT GrisWold of Guilford moved that the word two be inserted in place of the word one. This amendment was lost
 4 vote was then taken on the section as reported and it resulted yeas S4, and nays 76.
 President Andrews declared that the vote was carried and that the section was adopted. There were many argu- ments against the ruling as it was claimed that it required S5 votes to make the adoption legal. President Andrews ruled that majority of those present was all that was necessary and again declared the section giving one delegate to a town carried and adopted
 MT Maltbie urged the passage of sec ton four which provided for senate of sixty members.
 MT Waller of New London. Clark of Haddam and others offered amend ments, but they were all rejected
 Mir Brown of Norwich at this noinr moved to adjourn and this was lost
 4 vote was taken on the question of senate of sixty and it was carried by vote of 101 to 56. Those absent or not voting H.
 The convention then took q recess for one hour. After recess the con- vention speedily adopted three more sections, ,, and '. These related to the canvass of voters, election of governor and other state officers, man. her of making returns and as adoptea differed but slightly from the corre- spending sections as presented.
 some one caused to be placed on the desks Ill the convention hall yesterday a typewritten address to small town delegates which concluded with the advice, Keep away from the devil that Haddam met. or you fall in the deep sea. This attempt at wit re- suited in the passage of a resolution introduced by Judge Perry forbiding papers to be placed on the desks of the delegates without the consent of the clerk or assistant clerk.
 A delegate to the constitutional con- vention from one of the small towns adjoining Windham, and who has been Q staunch supporter for the one-to-a- town scheme, stated yesterday after noon on his return from the conyen ton that the trend of feeling among the small-town delegates was now in the direction of giving the cities an increased representation. He said that he guessed what the cities asked for wasn't very far out of the way and that the one-from-a-town plan would never be able to muster 85 votes again.