Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-30

on the question or reJecJlOn OIL the DlE
then the bill is before the house for It's
action. Several members have amend
ments ready to offer and others nave
drafts of a bill which is on more con-
sentative lines than that recommend
ed by the commission and which is
now parliamentary tied up.
Adverse Report Accepted.
The house voted to accept the adj
verse report of the judiciary commit
tee but when the question OF rejection
of the bill came up and both factions
were nerved to a high tension, Mr..
Chandler of Rocky Hill. a warm sup
porter of the bill, thought he saw
chance to save it from death. He
made motion to adjourn and the mo-
ton prevailed.
Matter Comes Up Again Tuesday.
The matter will come up the first
thing Tuesday morning, at 1l.SO. on
the question of rejecting the bill. De
bate is already closed and the vote is
all that remains.
The Debate.
Judge Bush Of Orange was the first
speaker. He is a member of the jul
, dietary committee, but was prevented
by illness from being at the hearings.
He is opposed to the proposed bill
and is uncertain whether he would
support a public utilities bill Of any
character; he doubts whether there IS
! any need of such a bill. The state
has been jogging comfortably along
for years under existing conditions,
the steam roads, trolley roads, tele
phone company and other public serv-
| ice corporations are giving good serV
! ice now and they will continue TO de-
yelop under the existing law. If any
| change is made it may hamper them
( Some have said that The judiciary
| committee ought to have prepared a
| substitute bill during the past few
weeks on a subject that it has taken
1 competent men two years to produce.
| Mr. Bush was in favor of letting well
| enough alone"
Commission Needed.
! Mr.. Payne of Griswold said that it
| vas with diffidence that he arose to
| speak but had screwed his courage up
| TO the proper point. He resented a
remark hich he said had been made
/ by somebody recently. that country
members Of the general assembly did
not know the difference between GER
| tificate of stock and a handful. Mr..
Payne said he is in favor of some sort
| of a public utilities bill
Step in Right Direction.
MIR. Tingier of Vernon declared that
| in a general way he favors the pro-
| posed bill. 1t may not be all that is
| desired; some of its features he does
not approve Of, but as a whole it is a
! step in the right direction.
Substitute Needed.
Mr.. Cronin Of New London of the
| judiciary committee said that he VOtr
| I'd against the proposed bill i'm COM
mittee session and would vote against
| it on the floor of the house. He is in
/ e.. ~s II s.fV = ItrN
| not of the bill in it's present form; he
| had read it from cover to cover. and
| the bill is not to the best interest OF
/ the people of the state.
In Opposition to Report.
| Mr. Chandler of Rocky Hill again
\ spoke in opposition to the report In
| conclusion he said:
| Let rs have another set Of hear
| ugs and invite the attorneys Of the
! Consolidated road, other lawyers. bus
! mess men, etc, hold three or four days
/ II necessary; let them offer sugges-
| tions as to changes and amendments,
| and l believe that something salts
| factory VIII come Of it,
/ IF, gentlemen, you strangle this
/ bill in the unceremonious manner
] proposed, it will go to the wall; you
I are saying to the people of the state
I Of Connecticut that you did mot try
1 to do your duty, that you did not do
! the best you could" (Applause)
Closing Argument.
I Mr. Burnes moved the previous
| question and then spoke at some
/ length and vigorously against the bill
| in the closing argument the privilege
/ of which was accorded him by cour-
I tesy as the house chairman Of the
| judiciary. committee.
Motion to Adjourn Carried.
Mr. Malone started to speak further
/ in relation TO the bill, but was de
clared out o. order by the speaker.
Mr. Chandler wanted more parlia-
mentary information from the speaker.
He asked what the status of the bill
would be if a negative vote on the
question Of rejection was passed. The
/ speaker replied that the bill would
/ then be open to table amend or any
/ thing else desired by the house.
Then, Mr.. Speaker, I move this
house DO now adjourn" returned Mr..
| Chandler, quick as a flash.
! Mr. Fisk Of Bradford undertook to
say something, but Mr.. Chandler
would not give way, even when Mr.
Fisk persisted Mr. Chandler re-
marked something to the effect that
/ there was a chance for the bill in ad-
( journmeHt.
On a viva voce vote the response
wasn't very strong, but the speaker
/ decided the yeas had it. Mr.. Burnes
I doubted it. On another of the same