The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-19
Senator Lounsbury Enters Denial of Subordination to Lobby, But Rockers Bill is Beaten When the Debate is Done.
Especial frol, United Press.

n Especial frole United PressA ' Hartford, July A9.-Senator Hook v CT, of this city, today. stirred m
 hornets nest when he made an at tack on the lobby for it's interference 2 With the passage of the single head ca banking commission bill. He at tempted to answer a question put tt t hlm by Senator Donovan of soutr I NorWalk. who asked why the state banks had been relieved bv inc nro. posed bill from paying the expenses or the examinations made by the bank commissioners.
 I Senator Hooker said:
 The banks are now paying to the
 state about s645,OO0 yearly in taxes ana these taxes are increasing yearly
 i.1 ra1m So,oo9 to $l0,000. The com 1 lniltee on banks thought it was un- I Iair Tor the banks to pay the cost of 1 the examinations inaSmuch as if was a small amount. ~ was | was stated. publicly, by J. Hen " Roraback that this bill should not pass The reason for this statamant nI' | am sure, IS because MT. Whiton. of New London, the House chairman of .ne committee on banks, was very
 tiea e.ga bill m s gushing for through the utili
 as l could to pass the latter meas1Ires
 Of course, the lobbyists who had
 worked hard against the utilities bill
 navlng lost the battle immediately de, 11,l lermined that no bill with which MT. should be passed if the lobby could prevent it. soaiu
 T have no doubt that if the now
 CTS that were seen and asked to fayor1 tnis bank bill and if they should be l paid the big fee they would demand the lobby would actively work for the bank bill and would tell their seconds to get out and work for it, T. ..,, NOW the lobby is objecting to this | .u plii because they are in fear of losing do not want to let this fact becnIos generally known throughout this state. It was actually the first ttn,e that the lobby has been defeated since I was born.
 Henry Roraback made the statement that Hooker and Wbitnx could get no legislation from tbis ie. lslative assembly"
 At this point Senator Woodruff. of orange Jumped to his feet and woodruff said, .I do not think that It IS fair to attack MT. Rorahack ir -nls connection by telling stories- MT Koranack has some friends in this
 ''Who are thavon vo11.a , Hooker 0endtor VI Tn one of them replied Senator ' Woodruff. Now, would like to asL VT. Hooker who it was that told bi,,, t his bilI.?'' oSoiHsl !
 Nobody" said Hooker. .N5r Roro c ,ack told Bank Commissioner Iinnit+ f nat he (Roraback) was very sorry for q eng against the bill, but that as 9i 99ng as Whiton or Hooker had any rn,,id @ tu onnn uo With It, he (Roraback), ' soulo oppose 1t and would see to # d hat 1t did not become a law Rora b ack further told Lippitt that whiton W nd Hooker were in favor of tha 1,tiI- u les and that they Or their seconds ouio not get any legislation through b. n1ss General Assembly. u Continuing, Senator Hooker said. m Not only was J. Henry Rora hacL el galnst the bill but all the satellites DO .om J. Henry down to Johnny King pl brlogeport and even Senators and el representatives, have been struggling m Keep this bill from becominp is The bill debated contempIates nut- by ng the state building and loan com 1ssloner under the state bank com. en lssloner as second deputy. Di senator Judson asked Senator Wood of If why he wished to table tbe hiI1 io
 You say you are a friend of J. Hen
 Roraback's,'' said Judson "Wby mot you, at this time, defend him Er Id let us take some action on tba Il, today?" on 'ne Si T said I twas friend of Rora- ( OK, replied Woodruff "and I am oud of it. I do not think it is fair CT
 tell these stories about a man.I oW this: that MT. Roraback has (E yer spoken to me about this hilI a doubt whether he is lobbvine En a1nst it. I am opposed to the biI ] 'self, but my position has been set Sid by what I heard and saw at nm1ttee hearings. Mr. Roraback is Sid man Of repute and I do not believe Tw u senators ought to tell stories of dor u klnd about him on the floor of kre Senate" s enator Lounsbury. of Sevnoour soid Pol IL he was surprised at Rockers re- TW rks ana that If he referred to him. Ru 'unsbury), as being influenced hH Ea aback, he GounsburyA took biS ney CTS from mo living man c ounsbury stated further that as Gill stee of the Seymour Trust com dist ly.4 he had spoken with other mem. mu Of the company and learned that thu y wanted these examinations by
 bank commissioner himself and AU
 by deputies. On that ground he ; opposed to the bill.
 was elected by the people to re Tn the Senate without fear or or Of any man and I am trying 10 my duties along those Hnes.' St ere Senator Woodruff withdrew nom
 motion to table. The bill was laun l rejected. The House last week, ocra cteo the bili also. man
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