The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-01
Resolution for Immediate Consideration of Resolu- tion Naming Foster
 and Wilder Defeated Twenty-one Votes Were Lacking of Two-Thirds
 Necessary to Pass
 Malone's Motion.
It Is Evident that House Is With ''Old Men's'' Slate, Although ssYoungs" Will Keep Up Fight-Parli- mentary Mix-up Makes Confusion.
By Our Staff Correspondent.)

HartfOrd,A April "Wednesday of next l week is likely to. witness the grand wind up of the Bridgeport City Court | fight in the General Assembly. The ''Old Mems" Republican faction, SO. l called, lacked 21 votes of the number
 necessary to carry their fight to vic l tory to-day. Confusion worse con-
 founded" prevailed. owing to the par l liamentary mix-up which the matter has fallen into
 On two skirmishes fought out in the leading the Foster and Wilder forces, | the 'Old Men, won. There could be no question of the temper of the house, judged by the viva voce vote. It was only when, in order to get a | final vote upon the Foster and Wilder resolution in concurrence with the Senate, who passed it. yesterday, that | the ''Old Men" lost. This was because pend the rules Judge Malone forced his motion for a suspension against the plea of Judge Burnes of Green wich, house chairman of the Commit The total vote boiled on this ques- tion was TO; necessary for suspension 114. Voting in favor, 93. Voting against, 77.
 On the face of this vote it will be seen that the Foster and Wilder ad- herents have majority of the House with them. It is only fair, however, to say that the total strength of the '+O1d Men'' was not shown by their vote to-day. rss
 Representative Chandler of Rocky EiIl irifo StheA the house that while he favored and would vote for Judge F0s-1 ter and Judge Wilder in accordance with a promise which he made some time ago, he would oppose the motion for suspension of the rules, because he believed there was no necessity of don arfir fr0r O nd ly procedure.
 At the outset of the fight Judge Will liam J. Malone of Bristol endeavored to clarify the parliamentary situation. For time it looked as though the question was hopeless1y. involved.
 Speaker Banks, however, made the situation plain and aided the gentle man from Bristol at the request of the latter, in indicating the mode by which the matter could properly be brought up. Having got started Judge Malone succeeded by a substantial ma jority, in securing the defeat of the report of the Judiciary committee which was unfavorable upon the reso- lution reporting Foster and Wilder. !.
 Having succeeded in this phase of the fight he moved that the House pro- ceed to consider the question before 1t, to wit, the substitute resolution, pass ed yesterday in the senate, appointing Foster, Judge and Wilder deputy judge.
 Judge Burnes objected, stating that the matter was one which should not. be considered until it had been reach ed in an orderly way upon the ca1en- dar. He said it was bad precedent to establish and that no harm could come, either to Judge Foster or MT. Wilder, if the matter was allowed to take it's due course.
 Malone insisted that nothing was to be gained by delaying the matter, in- asmuch as the Senate had already ta-l ken final action and all of the reSolu- tions pertaining to the Bridgeport City court were before the body.
 Malone's motion again prevailed.
 Then followed his attempt to secure a suspension of the rules for an inn mediate consideration of the Foster and Wilder resolution, which involved a two-thirds vote, which, as stated in the foregoing, was not forthcoming.
 No argument was made upon the part of any member of the House to favor the "Young Mems" slate.
 Judge Malone, speaking for the 'Old Men's'' candidate, said, that at the hearing before the Judiciary commit tee the advocates of Foster and Wild CT made the best showing. He said that the ability and competency of MT. Foster and MT. Wilder were admitted by those opposed to them; that two out of three Republicans and one out of two Republican representatives from Bridgeport favored them. That they also had the support of the presi- dent of the Board of Trade, the presi- dent of the Bridgeport Business Mems Association ana d1SO the SuppOTC OI many of the large manufacturing in terests of Bridgeport. That 54 law ytrs of Bridgeport, practically all of the Bridgeport Bar, through the president of the bar association, fav- ored them. That the Republican town committee and the Republican executive committee and the Republi- can mayor of Bridgeport, also deemed them the ones best fitted for and en- .itled to the position.
 Representative Fayette c. Clarke, of Bridgeport, arose to address the House but Speaker Banks ruled that discussion on the merits of the question were out of order.
 The -.youngs'' were not, however, en- tirely discouraged by the result. They | said that the matter had come up when only a portion of the membership of the House was present. They prophe- sled a closer result on Wednesday, l Careful observers are not of the same | oipnion Indeed the "Olds'' claim that | their vote will be larger, rather than 1 smaller.
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