The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-18
SMALL TOWN DELEGATES.


 | Those Opposed to "One-Sixty" Plan Alp l point Committee to Confer With the 1 Others
 1 Hartford, April 1.-The conference ot | the small town delegates to the consti- tutional convention who are opposed tc
 the town-equality plan of representa- l ton was called to order at 10 o'clock 1 this morning in the capitol with about
 forty delegates present. Delegate Cong 1 dell, of Plainville. presided. Mir. Perry,
 of Fairfield, spoke on the "one-and- 1 sixty plan, and declared that it was a | great injustice that five-sixths of the l people should be deprived of their prop CT rights. Many of the delegates ex- pressed the opinion that the people of | their towns would vote against this plan.
 Delegate Middleton, of East Windsor, moved that a committee of three be
 appointed to confer with the delegates
 in favor of the "one-and- sixty" plan.
 This was carried and the following com
 lnlttee appointed: Perry, of Fairfield
 chairman; Congdell, of Plainville, and
 f1olcomb, of Southington. The confer-
 ence then adjourned subject to call of
 the chairman.
 The committee of three immediately atter adjournment of their caucus went to the senate retiring room, where the toWn-equality delegates, familiarity Known as the "Litchf1eld county eau GUS, were in secret session. After be- ing admitted MT. Perry explained the purpose of the visit and asked the eau GUS to fix a time when the committee could confer with the caucus He urg- cd dhe need of haste, as the time was getting short.
 MT Andrews, of Litchfield suggested that meeting be held as soon as the convention adjourned to-day.
 Chairman Smith of Winsted, said that the conference would act on the matter and notify the committee of three, The committee of three with drew and the reporters who had entered the caucus with the committee were asked to retire.
 CONVENTION DOINGS.
 The constitutional convention resun- ed business to-day with 103 deleeates many of whom received with applause, protest against the lone and sixty plan of representation read by Delegate Bailey of Groton. This protest was from the Groton board of trade. It urged the convention to re- the representation matter. The protest was tabled.
 Section or article 10 of the constitu- tlon was taken up. This forbids towns and municipalities from subscribing to capital stock of railroads or purchas- Ing railroad bonds An amendment of -ered by Mr. Kendrick of WalIingford. | any town, city or borough to 1 build, operate or lease street railway wholly within it's own limits was debat- sd. MT. Northrop of Newton and MT. Davenport of Bridgeport favored the amendment w!aile MT. Smith of Win 'hester opposed it. The amendment vas lost, 36 toe 65, Afterward the sec ion as it stands in the present consti- ution was unanimously adopted. Sec ions 4 and of the same articles were lso adopted.
 Delegate Griswold of Guilford offer d a resolution that no probate district hall be changed or discontinued except y a majority vote of the electors of aid district. A substitute introduced y MT. Warner of Salisbury was adopt d, 113 to B. The substitute forbids the hanging or discontinuance of probate ourts by vote of the electors of the owns or parts of towns to be added or aken from said districts