The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL COURIER

and he found after all his conscience required that he support the Dill. The fact is that the temperance men heard that this senator might change his vote and that morning they sent messages to the senator's district and found plenty of assistance to keep the sena- tor in line. Just when the time came to kill the bill as the liquor lobby thought another senator who felt pres sure being applied switched his vote and the bill passed IS to 16. The sena-- tor from the Twenty fifth then moved reconsideration and asked the senate 10 reject reconsideration. This the senate did. The bill was rushed to the house which came into session and the house chairman of the committee called the bill from the table, concurrence was se- cured in minor change made by the senate, and the same member moved reconsideration and asked the house to vote down reconsideration. which was done. Then a motion prevailed to send the bill to the expressing clerk and this passed. The liquor lobby was in the corridor expecting the house to dis cuss the change made by the senate when they learned of the quick action. Before they could do thing notice had gone to the governor that both branch es were ready to meet in joint conven- tion for propagation.
 Up to the Governor.
 But the story is not ended. The bill went into the hands of the governor. and the governor on August attended German day over in Bridgeport. The report became current that the gover- nor did not like the bill and would not sign it. It would fail if not signed. Bets were offered at to 1 that the bill would not be signed. The liquor men, it was generallySreported, were willing to chip in to raise a fund of $l0O,O00 to ' l,a} iC now the law. and the coming harrow l ing experience of Bridgeport liquor dealers who will be affected by its pro- visions will prove that the legislation | is far reaching beyond anything the | liquor lobby dreamed of.
 A Queer Thing.
 | One queer thing about House Bill 175 was that an attempt was once made to l kill 1t under the guise of House Bill i 75 which had been previously killed | The former bill was starred for action correctly, but 1t was dlscovered that the bill in the files was House Bill 70. The Intent seemed to have been to have re-killed House Bill 75 as House Bill 175, but the scheme was exposed.
 "Side Room" Measure.
 The side room" bill is the one in which the Ministers associations of Norwalk was interested, and the pas sage of that measure In the senate had many interesting details which seem bound to come to light before long One funny happening was that while the bill was under discussion a member oi the temperance lobby wrote out ar amendment to the bill which would wipe out all reference to side rooms booths, etc, making the bill senseless and sent it to the excise committee chairman with Q note that certain member of the liquor mems lobby thought it was a good change The amendment was offered as q joke and those who were aware of 1t were sur. prised to see the amendment sent tt the clerks desk.
 Women's Loitering Bill.
 The women's loitering bill was at. tended by some discussion and wal passed on minority report. Another humorous incident was that, although the excise committee reported unani mously the music in saloon bill. whicf was not opposed by the liquor men, the senate chairman of the committed moved its rejection, which was done.