Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-16
Democratic Leaders Surprised.

Democratic Leaders Surprised.
 This result was a great surprise to the democratic leaders. The lateness of the hour is held to be responsible for the absence of a number of mem bers when the vote was taken, as some are so located that it would have been hard for them to reach home if they did not take trains about o'clock.
 Judson keenIy Disappointed.
 Senator Judson and many of the other senators sat in the house all the afternoon. When the result was known Senator Judson left. He had very little to say but he evidently was keenly disappointed It was known generally that a canvass had been in formally made of the house on We'd nesday and the results had indicated that the Judson bill was likely to pass by large majority.
 Peck Gets After Comstock.
 While the debate moved along smoothly in the chamber there had been many interesting incidents in the lobbies. Senator Donovan in the morning had vigorously criticised J. Henry Roraback, George l. Allen and many others for their activity among members, and had expressed his views in the senate along the same hnes- Prominent also in the lobby was Charles w. Comstock. chairman of the democratic state central committee. He was met by Representative Peck of Stratford. who said to him: Tt seems to me MT. Comstock, that you are only here in crises: you were here two years ago when the Barnum bill was under debate"
 MT. Comstock replied that he didn't believe all his people were to be classed as fools
 Donovan Also Tackles Comstoek.
 Senator Donovan also met MT. Com stock and intimated that he was very active among the democratic mem bers. MT. Comstock offered to give the senator a thousand dollars if he could find anyone he had been talking to about public utilities.
 Spoke for Banks Bill.
 The members who spoke for the Banks bill were Representative Banks, Hall of Willington, Garde of Crom- well. Perrin of Woodstock HotchkisS of New Haven. Hyde of Canterbury and Knight of Salisbury.
 Spoke Against the Bill.
 Against the Banks bill and for the Judson bill, Representatives Tfnsier of Vernon. Chandler of Rocky Hill, PhiIlips of Stamford. Meltzer of Bridgeport, Murphy of Danbury, Eth eridSe of Thomaston, Johnson of New town, Johnson of Manchester. Fenn of Wsthersheld. Dunn of Willimantic and Hunting gton of Windsor.
 Banks Bill Ridiculous.
 Members in debate, if they were against the Banks bill, did not hesitate to refer to the lobby, the lobbyists and other interests" Not many person. alities were indulged in, but once Rep resentative Huntington declared that the Banks bill was ridiculous and he pointed out wherein, in his opinion, it was defective.
 A Great Deal Made of TrifIes.
 Representative Chandler took up the points made by Mr. Banks against the minority bill and briefly under took to show that Mir. Banks had made a great deal of trivialities. He also said that laymen could not pass upon constitutional questions, and he doubted very much if the lawyers could. He advocated, with Represen- tative Huntingdon, that the only place to test out the constitutional question was in the courts.
 Banks in Happy Mood.
 Toward the close when Representa- tive Banks was having questions aim ed a him, he remarked that he never felt happier in his life. He had got rid of his speech and was now indulg- ing in little fun. He was happy, in spite of all that had been said against him and his bill, because he was bound to win. He would win. he said, heads or tails. If the bill passed he would win; if il was rejected he knew it was bound to be thrown out of court within six months
 Adjournment Until Tuesday.
 The debate closed so late that mem bers were not in a mood to discuss the future of the bills when final ad- journment was taken until Tuesday.