Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-08
All The Republican Nominees Received
 Approval of Legislature
LIVELY DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
Vote was 1O9 to S1 Against Submitting to Judiciary Commttee-Several Hearings on Other Matters Without Action Taken Manufacturers Argue for Re- movaI of $5,OO0 Death Damage Limit.
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 Hartford. Feb. IA near blizzard did not materially reduce the attend- ance at the capitol when the sessions Tuesday. The understanding was that the business to come up on the open ing day would prove interesting. It did, especially in the house, where the resolution appointing county commits sioners was made the order of the day, commencing at 11-30. Because of the la:eness of trains, however, 12 o'clock xas the hour at which the business was taken Up.
 Price of Printing. Ice, Coal and Other
 Necessities.
 In the meantime. in the house. the members agreed to take some resolu- tons from the table and act upon them one of these, introduced by Mir. Banks. to raise committee to investigate the cost of printing to the state, and another. also introduced by Mir Banks to raise a committee to investigate the fixing of the price of coal ice and other necessities. were passed under suspension of the rules and immediately transmitted to the senate The committees arc to be made up in each instance of one senator and four representatives and they are to make their investigations and report with their recommendations at this session of the legislature.
 Stirred Up Lively Debate.
 The first lively debate of the session was precipitated when Representative Tinsier of Vernon moved that all res- oiu.ions pertaining to the appointment of county commissioners be referred to the judiciary committee for hearings before being presented for final dispo- sition. More than an hour was con- sumed by members of the minority in urging this procedure. which was final sy cruslied by a vote of 10s to S1, action being taken almost strictly on party lines. although a few republicans vot- d with the democrats, and vice versa
 Approving County Comnnissionsrs.
 With the republicans exercising their power of the majority, the republican nominees from various counties were approved es county commissioners Charles H. Smith of Groton and Fred ,. Brown of Lebanon being approved Tor New London county. Edwin Fl. Hall pf Wfndham and Charles B. Barber of P1ainfield for Wlndham county, and Rufus H. Leonard for Holland county. What Tinsier Resolution Intended.
 In . nutshell, the intent of the Tin yier resolution was to secure hearings before the judiciary committee on the
 
 that the people of any county might be given the opportunity to say whether The nominees of the county caucuses were satisfactory to them or not, and Mfr. Ting1er's plan, while aimed at the game end. was entirely apart from that of the Fairfield county democrats, who while in a majority in that county knew that the republican majority in the house would not ratify the demo- cratic nominees from that section as rof1ufv comm 9xfoperq
 After the matter had been threshed cut, Mir. Banks maintaining that the |. republicans would assume the respon- eibility for all appointments, they were put through in their order on the call endar.
 Clash Over Rockville Nominee.
 There was a slight clash when the name of Rufus IL Leonard of Rock vile came up for approval. In the party caucus Mr. Leonard received B out of the 15 republican votes in Tol- land county. However, it had been said from the floor of the house earlier in the day by Representative, Tingier c'Ccnnell of Stafford, both democrats, by the way, that MT. Leonard was not tho choice of the republicans of Tol- land county: that that gentleman did not know himself that he was to be a candidate for county commissioner if teen minutes before the caucus nomi- mated him. and that John G. Wight man of Stafford the present republi- can county commissioner over in that section, was the man the rank and file in the republican party in Holland wanted.
 Motion 10 Put in Wiehtmsn.
 When the Leonard resolution came Sorners, the only republican from his county who made any move toward opposing the action of his party taken sn caucus. introduced a resolution to amend the resolution appointing Mir. Leonard a county commissioner by striking out the words Rufus II. Leon ard and inserting in their place the name of John G. Wightman. This brought Representative Hall of Will iington to his feet with the declara- ton that hs would expect the mem Der that introduced tine resolution to defend 1t. Mir. Moore said nothing.
 Amendment Was Defeated.
 Representative o'connell stepped into the breach and said he was sure it was che eense of the people of Holland county tt1zt the rames be changed as proposed in the amendment. The amendment when nut to the test of a vote was defeated. 127 to 64 The resolution naming Mir. Leonard com missioner was then passed.
 Waloftry 0n1dHoraoie 70 TirgIer Reso-
 Iution.
 As d general proposition Nr Tin gfer'~ resolution to refer all resolutions pertaining to the appointIpeDt of coun- ty commissioners to the judiciary so that tho people might have & chance to come into the legislature and be heard relative thereto. did not make s hit on the majority side of the house, sl- though ik did on the minority side, where fits adoption would have meant an opportunity to make lot of talk in favor of party candidates. The F's3rheld county democrats were par ficu3zriy strong for 1t, as they ara in the ma jority in their county delega- tion. had named Dennis Mulvihill as a candidate in the county caucus and were anxious for him to receive the approval of legislature with repub- ucon majority. But he did not get it ana tis ca candidacy V ent the way of the other AspiraDts of his polfficaI shade.
 onnks Hits ths Nail on the Head.
 Representative Banks led tine argu- ment from the republica n side and got rf91t to the root of the matter in r1lntlnE out that tho proofduit in the p19*knE on tnr rftVlutiv1As under con-
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