The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26
TEETH DRAWN, ANTI-L0BBY
 BILL PASSES
Judson Measure Approved by Senate After Vital Pro-
 vision Is Taken Out
Was Planned to Force Lob byists to Register What They Received and Ex- pended.
(From Our Special Corres.)

(FrOm our special COrreS.)
 Hartford, July 26.-Senator, Stiles Judson's bill providing for the regis tration and disclosure of expenses and payments of all kinds of lobbyists engaged in influencing or advising legislation at the state capitol passed the Senate today after it's teeth had been extracted.
 The principal provision of the bill was contained in Section which compelled the lobbyists to report to the secretary of state list of the expenses disbursed by them and the section was stricken from the bill by a vote of 5 to 12 and the bill was then passed in it's original form, minus this important provision.
 Senator Judson explained that this law was similar 10 laws in sister jdr- York and Massachusetts. It was, however. less drastic than the Massa- chusetts law. He said that there had been criticism of the bill because it included in it's provisions private agencies and individuals. Personally he had no objection to eliminating this feature and to have the bill ap- ply only to the public service cor porations. He said that the public service corporations are chartered by the people of the state and he could see no improprieiy in a law which agents make disclosure of their ex- penses and of the compensation which ehey received.
 Senator Woodruff who fathered the amendment to strike out Section 4 said he thought the time had come it fair to compel either the public service corporations or private con- cerHS or individuals to publicly dis close their expenditures.
 Senator Fenn, arguing against the Woodruff amendment, said that the state had as much right to know how the legislative agents were expend- ing the money intrusted to them for work on legislative matters as to in sist that a candidate for public office had to make @ sworn statement of his expenses.
 Senator Judson said that Senators present as we'll as himself knew that members of the legislature and Sem ators in this chamber have been cor- rupted in the past by accepting large retainers. Subsequently in reply to @ question by Lieutenant Governor Blakeslee as to whether he referred to the present Senate or not, Judson replied in the negative. He said that it gave him pleasure to repeat what he had previously said concerning the membership of this Senate,-that in his judgment it was the best Sem ate the state has ever known and the freest from corporation taint and corruption. Personally, he was proud to say that he was a member of it.
 Senators Holloran of New Britain and Hooker of Hartford opposed the Woodruff amendment and favored the Judson bill. Senators Woodruff, Ma han, of New London, Platt of Water bury and Spellacy of Hartford were opposed to the Judson bilL Mahan said he was opposed to the bill, even as amended by Woodruff. The vote as taken roll call, showed that the Woodruff amendment was carried by 15 to 12. The bill as amended then passed, only two votes in the nega- tive, Mahan and Platt.
 Senators Paddock and Bartlett Of Bridgeport voted for the Judson bill. Senator McNeil was absent.