Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-19
-HE FINAL ADJOURNMENT
OF CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE
This the Burning Question of the Hour
at State .capitol-The Two Houses
in a Fine Mess.
Especial to The Bulletin )

Hartford, June 1S.-However much
more important some of the matters of
moment before the legislature may
sc EN- to people about the state who are
OF in close touch with affairs at the
state capitol, the burning question Cf
the hour is when final adjournment is
to come, now that the legislators have
in some slight degree awakened to the
very fine mess into which they have
got themselves and the dubious pros
Iect which the future holds, This is
nainly the result of the resolution in
troduced Tuesday by Dorrnftzer of
Woodbury.. providing for adjournment
one June 80 to November l, which with
that introduced Wednesday by House
Leader Burnes, and finally passed, pro-
wiling for adjournment on July Is.
furnished a reason for more than two
hours of discussion, some of it heated,
during the three session days of the
past legislative week.
The trouble was-or one trouble was
that Dormitzer introduced his resoiu-
t1cn a bit too early. If he had waited
1nd the weather had got real hot. and
len overwhelmed the house with a
statement of what it had still to do be-
fore final adjournment could take
pace. he would have arriea1 the mat
Ter to a successful conclusion. But he
tells me he was expecting to go away
himself for three weeks on Thursday
Of this week-and as a matter of fact
he did go-and therefore he had to get
it over with. The matter had been
| ", rked up to some extent in the
Farmers association, and it was be-
| iieved that there was plenty of sap
port for it as matters stood, but the
| Farmers association this session
doesn't amount to hill of beans. and
ieIa
affairs III the house, and proved the
v eak reed to lean upon that one might
have supposed it would.
There are too many interests at
| stake, and there would be too much
! chance for conditions now prevailing
regarding matters to change altogether
before next fall for the leaders in eth
er house, and especially in the third
| hot Sc, to favor this recess scheme.
They want the session to go on to its
ere be that end when 1t may. And
| l. will despite what anyone may do or
| ssy. That end will not be July 10
| trough the house has voted to adjoArn
| snc die that day. Nor is it at all like
| lv to be August 1st. Moreover, the
yCry men who make those bluffs about
| the possibility of adjourning the mid
dc of next month on the floor know
perfectly we'll that nothing of the kind
| is possible. and admit it in private con-
versatfon with no hesitancy whatever
In the end the result will be annual
| ses sions. These may not come imme-
diately, but they are no far off-un-
less some very radical reforms are in
stituted, and 1t is extremely doubtful
il those could be put into effect.
Our legislative methods and manners
| apa practice have been all to seed, way
way to the bad and matters will only
get worse apd worse without very
| thorough hotsecleanmg. For instance
| il is hard to see how anything could
/ be more off at tangent from proper
parliamentary procedure than permit
| ting committee chairmen to speak on
a measure they have reported after
tie house has ordered the previous
Question. Nothing in parliamentary
| law instines this in the least. Every
| member of the house stands on the
anne footing. according to ii. And .tht
committee report. which has in reality
! title or no Significance has come to be
| a pure fetch. e. ID. Robbins told the
special committee on public utilitie:
soIne truths anent this subject the 9th
e. day. %
Meanwhile the two houses are in {
frc mess. IF the foot Of the calendar
in Doth houses is Included. there are
enough matters now before them tC
oc cupy three legislative weeks of gooc
4 es: nest work, even If there were held