The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-10
THOMPSON ADMITS LOBBY AT CAPITOL But He Has Not Been Ap- preached by the Con-
 solidated Road. CASE OF MIR. ROBBINS. That Gentleman Quite Cap able of Taking Care of
 Himself.
CASE OF MIR. ROBBINS.

Senator Clarence E. Thompson talk ed vigorously last night on the serious outbreak of lobby and corruption charges in the legislature. He express ed no surprise whatever over the charges of Senator Judson and declared MT. Judson knew perfectly well why. He said there never had been chair man of railroad committee who had not been accused of being railroad man, and he supposed It would always be so. For some reason or other legis- lative railroad committees have always favored the railroad.
 MT Thompson then said: Speaking of bribery, I want to say that there has been no bribery on the part of the railroad so far as I know. I do not think MT. Judson would criticise my position two years ago when the com mittee reported unfayorably, as being improper for savings banks invest ments, certain bonds, and which report MT. Judson voted against"
 Speaking of the lobby Mir. Thomp- son said: "The present lobby Is not a shsdow of that of two years ago main tair ed by the Consolidated road and the Connecticut Power and Lighting company. The people back of the pro posed Morris Cove and East Haven road have been busy for some time. have been chased and chased. These people were busy even before the pres ent legislators were elected and have T interest in the matter and I have not been approached by the Consolidated road for or against any measure"
 Here Senator Thompson indirectly ad- mitted that the road was at work in the lobby through it's representative, Attorney E. D. Robbins, who was de- nounced in the senate Tuesday by Sem ator Atwater as the King of Lobby ists." The attack on MT. Robbins did not concern MT. Thompson. It was not hi9 funeral. He had noticed the rail- road attorney about the capitol and thought him quite capable of taking care of himself.
 Here the senator made a broad state- ment as follows: T want to say there IS WnOl0 lOL or LHOSe lellOWS lHdt are doing the shouting that would not ba so pure and holy as they would lead Us to believe if they could do the work and draw the salary of MT. Robbins.
 MT. Thompson would not commit hin self on the question as to how he would act if a resolution were intro. duced to oust MT. Robbins from the capitol. As to meetings In the rooms of the state board of education in the capitol from which. 1t is said, Mir. Rob- bins has directed his lobby against the Morris Cove and East Haven road, MT Thompson knew very little. He would not speak for an investigation of any one else's conduct. but so far as he himself and his committee are concern. ed he would welcome one. He had nothing to fear, but he felt certain the Morris Cove and East Haven people were not anxious for any incuiry Lobbying, he said, had always been done at the state capitol and probably always would be In one way or anoth- CT. MT. Judsons attitude might be ex- plained in his soreness over committee appointments.
 MT. Thompson mentioned the defeat of the denurrage bill, railroad meas ure, as an instance proving the Consoli- dated did not get altogether everything 1t asked.