The Newtown bee., 1909-08-27

he would vote for 1t if he could see any way the state could get back the
 Aoney 1t would expend on the office but he could not see how that is possible. The attorney general has now the right to secure legal as- sistanee and during the past seven months he had expended slSb. The present legislature had worked well and We had better stick to 1t. Mr
 Bush of Orange favored the bill, saying the attorney general knows what is needed for the proper con. duct of his office, Mir Payne of Grls- wold opposed the bill. It eonfuses town work and state work, turning over to the latter work now efficient ly Gope by the former, MT Parker of
 Hartford said the origin of the bill
 was q lucky stroke of the city of
 Hartford in collecting q claim but such cases are rare. In view of the small expenses of the attorney general for legal assistance, there is
 no call for the bill to become a law.
 Mir Leete of Enfield said he had no personal interest in the bill. He had
 great confidence in the ability Of the
 present attorney general and if he
 favored the bill MT Leete hoped 1t
 would pass. Mir Leete said in com
 ment that he did not suppose anyone
 but a lawyer and the gentleman from
 Newtown, who speaks on everything,
 had a right to speak on 1t. MT John son in replying said he understood
 MT Leete to say that he spoke on pretty much everything. The speak CT interrupted by saying "1he gem tleman is in error; the gentleman from knfield made no exception. That's what l was sent here for, said MT Johnson, "and I'm generally here and don't have to be sent for. " This reply to the gentleman from Enfield was in line, for the reason that it had been necessary to send an automobile in order to secure the support of MT Leete on an important measure. MT Johnson said the bill was born in the dark and had kept in it ever since. MT Burke of Man chester said the bill was introduced by the committee and the original was favored by officials from the comptroller's office and the substitute was endorsed by the attorney-gener- al. He made a plea for the bill, tell ing of the amount of assistance the attorney-general received in the toll bridge cases, saying the bill must have amounted to $5,000. MT Hall of Wilmington said ne had a copy of the original bill, saying it was drawn by Ex-Senator Spellacy, reported in the Senate and passed under suspen- sion. MT Hall said the comptroller opposed it and an amendment was prepared then and offered by Mr Hall. In his absence the bill Was re- committed and came up in this form. The attorney-general did not say that the office ought to be created, but as it was it should be under his control. The state does not need the law. MT Clark of Bridgeport opposed, said the state ought not to create the new of flee. To use the attorney-generars office was picayune. He moved the previous question which was ordered.
 MT Burnes closed, saying the only error in the action of his committee was that it did not provide that the attorney-general shold consult with the selectmen or Newtown. He as. serted that the bill was drafted by and approved by the attorney-gener- al. The bill was defeated. MT John son moved to reconsider and hoped the motion to reconsider would not prevail. The house refused to re- consider.