The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-08
THE SENATE.
Organization and Election of Commit
tee Chairman.

tee Chairman.
Secretary of State Vinal called the
senate to order at 1920 and prayer was
offered by the house chaplain, the Rev.
Mr. Hayes.
The roll was called by Secretary Vim
AL The only absentee was George Fl.
Clark of the Nineteenth district. The
oath was then administered to the sem
ators.
Baloting for clerk Of the senate re-
suited in the election of George f. Hin
man of Wilimantic, the republican
nominee. Senators Aging and Davis
were appointed tellers. Mr.. Human
received seventeen votes and Bernard
f. Higgins of Torrington, democrat, five
votes. Clerk Human then subscribed
to the oath and Senator Woodruff of the
Eighth district was elected presi-
dent pro tenn, receiving seventeen votes
and Senator Mcneil Of the Fourteenth
district received five votes.
On taking the chair Senator Wood
ruff said he appreciated the honor con-
ferred upon himself and the district by
selecting him as president pro tenn. He
said further: I'VE will be confronted
with large problems, which we must
handle with justice to ALL 1t has been
said that we are senatorial freshmen,
that we are an experiment, but when
we get through here we will, hope, be
called masters of the situation
The officers nominated by the republic
can caucus were then elected.
Senators Aging and Graham were
appointed a committee on the canvass
and return of votes for state senator at
the last election Senators Nash and
Chaffae were elected committee to
notify the house that the senate was
organized and ready for business.
Governor Mclean sent two commune
cations, one to the senate and one to the
general assembly, announcing appoint
ments made during the recess Of the
general assembly.
The use of the senate ante-Chambe1
was granted to the committee on incor-
porationS.
REDTSTRICTING THE STATE.
Senator Jacobs offered a resolution
raising a joint committee on redstrict-
ing the state for the new senatorial anG
congressional districts. He moved that
the rules be suspended and the resolu-
ton at once transmitted to the house
Senator Mcneil objected to such actor
and the rules were not suspended. The
resolution was adopted, however bu
not at once transmitted to the house
The resolution provides for Il joint com
mittee of one senator and eight repre-
| =,
have the committee bipartisan to the
extent of having a democratic senator
on it, and Senator Ney had resolution
to that effect, but it was not introduced
until after the other had been adopted
The resolution adopted was as fol
lows:
| Resolved, That a committee be ap
! pointed consisting Of one senator ant
| eight representatives who shall take in
to consideration all such matters relat
! ing to the division of the state into con
gressional or senatorial districts a
shall be referred to them and repor
the facts with their opinion thereon.
| A recess was taken until - o'clock.
| DEMOCRATS GET COMMITTEES.
After the recess a committee from tn
house appeared and informed the sen
ate that the house was ready to do bus
mess The report of the board of can
vassers was eferred to the committc
on canvass Of votes. The chairmen o
the committee rs nominated by tn
caucus of republicans, were elected
The democrats were assigned the fol
| lowing committees:
Senator Ncy Of the First district