The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

5luEly DIODdDlg I4lOiO lAAcllA Oh6A4h " have been handled at any one session, and with the population of the State constantly growing, it is safe to as- srme that succeeding sessions will have just as much business and be just as long and tedious. To my mind, the cure lies in annual sessions. Inn proper laws. could then be repealed or after one years trial and I believe the mere fact of annual meet ings would have a tendency 10 reduce the dangers of improper legislation. If our legislators were selected for their previous experience, we would have body that would move methodically and give Connecticut a service of which she would be proud.
 FRANKLIN L. ROMAN,
 Tenth District.
 New Haven, Aug, 26, 1907.
 Senator Atwater.
 Editor The Journal and Courier:
 do not believe annual sessions of the legislature would be beneficial, If the former custom prevailed it would put a useless burden upon the treas Jury of the Consolidated road which assumes to dictate to the people of Connecticut what laws snail or shall not be put upon it's statute books. It takes a large appropriation to main tain such legislative agents as D. D. Robbins, J. H. Roraback, Harry F. Back, Lucius Robinson and at times many others, with the incidental eX- penses incurred at the Heublein hos telry in Hartford, to say nothing of carrying free of charge at all times many of the State commissioners and subordinates. It would double the expense to the widows and orphans who own so much Consolidated road stock
 The extended session this year was due mainly to the activity of the lobby in killing off legislation which may or may not have been hostile to the Con solidated road and in passing it's blanket extension charter which was Iactde upon in the senate with shame ful rapidity and in the house became a subject of considerable delay by req son of, bull-dozlng, trading and possi- bly bribery.
 Kick out this brazen lobby, the head of which organized the import lant committees the past session; elect Independent senators, who will be their own bosses and treat legislation upon it's merits, and there will be nc long sessions or talk of a return tc Iformer custom.
 1 With biennial legislatures the peo- pie do not fiow hardly become ac- lquainted with the new laws before Ithey are superseded by others. There lis too much useless legislation.
 Give Connecticut public utility commisslon which shall have authori ty to grant such franchises as are nov granted by special legislation, and { three months session once in twt wears would take care of all the busi ness presented.
 FRANCIS ATWATER,
 18th District Meriden, Ct, Aug 1907, Senator Farrel. Col. N. c. Osborn, Editor,
 Journal and Courier.
 New Haven, Conn.
 : Dear Sir:
 :, Your favor of the 18th is received and in response to your request I wi in a few words give you general idle " fof my opinion relative to annual ses Isions of the General Assembly as or 7 posed to bi-annual sessions.
 If the method employed in thi state for taking care of legislative bus < ness was less antiquated and more e, U peditious I believe that the duration { the session would be so reduced tha ' there would be no necessity for an
 such change.
 :, A single instance of what I mean = seen in the way unfavorable repor < are handled, great deal of prc v posed legislation is introduce y through misunderstanding and is o
 ten covered by other bills or by u present law. This class of legislati' !. matter never should, in my opinio 7 come before the committee at all; b 7. as 1t does, of course the only repo Y. lthat can be made is unfavorable. N fact, the great majority of the cor
 mittee reports are unfavorable No
 each of these committee reports ha < to be brought in, explained, and VI " uable time is lost in disposing of the
 Besides, there are many times nul
 erous petitions in regard to the su . feet which also demand attention. av tour assembly operated like some otf ' Legislative bodies no unfavorable ports would be brought in by the = rious committees unless formally ca ,o ed for by a member. If such r Io was in vogue at the last session ~ would have saved at least month.
 There are a number of other WI " by which time could be saved and 'p session shortened to reasonable Ii W" wy, it, and in view of this it seems to ,5 decidedly premature to return to nual sessions now when our pres WS W system with a few changes would ,
 adequate for the needs Of the State .lo some years to come.
 .-.N Yours truly, "A "A, ALTON FARREL, o,e , 17th Distr