Putnam patriot., 1911-09-15
rspeelal corre.pondeaee ]

Hartford. Sept l3. Yesterday work in the senate has cleared he leg 5Slative atmosphere to such an extent that in all probability the general a@- sembly will adjourn sine die oD Thurs day CT Friday of thls week The re distlicting plan passed by b9sh branch es settles the question that has been bothering the state for the last eleven years and has been discussed by nearly every governor within that time. The new division of the state BaEes Hart ford county fl district by Itself and separates Fairfield and Litehfeld conn tles. which have hitherto been ln the fourth district Friends of Congress man Ebenezer ]. Hill of Norwalk be lieye that this will mean the defeat of one of Eonnectlcuts best known rongressmen. while Fairfield county representatives believe that Fairfield county caE take care of Congressman HI and wlli re=elect him next fall Anyway. the new sth heme does away Mlth the office 9f congressman at lnrGc which has been in esiaeaae since 1901. If malzes Eitehfrl1 county. with Il few towns from New HHfea county afth district and wlH 5aeH Hua new field for naiifieal conquest ii that SC rlnded tian of the stie. lt will give somebad4 u Lithdet8 county T chancc t0 iaak for seat h congress- which was something He eHe had ceef dreamed of before in Congressman HITS time
 The passage of thls aet. and the Hps proval of the governor is assured, lifts fl load from the minds of the legis lators. who did not believe unHl last week that nn agreement could bo reached on the matter and that dis agreeing action would be the inevitable result While Governor Baldwin had not said SD in as many words. he bad strongly intimnted. both In Il special message to the general assembly sev erll weeks ago and In an interview which he recently gave out fin New Haven, thnt if the general assembly failed to pass such legislation he would call a special session before the year was over This prospect did not please the lefislators and lt ls believed such a contingency went long wny toward Influencing A number of seHa tors to ngree to concurrent action with the house.
 A caucus Of the Republican senators WAS held last week. and It that time fl was agreed that the redistitcting ..n hA eral assembly regardless of the party's platform. which called for such an act at this general assembly, The action of the caucus did not even cause rip pie on the surface when fl came to vot- ing on the question yesterday. The minority plan was adopted, IS to .. Following is the vote on the question: Yeas Senators Hooker. Spelacy Ifenn, Alsop Hnlloran. Marlowe. Par ker, Lawlor. McNeil junior. Paddock, Peek. Judson. Donovan. Hammond Burnum, Brinsmnde. Wright and Leonard
 Nays Senators Bailey. Dickerman, Marsden. Woodruff and Isrlsbie.
 The question of readjusting the sen aiorial districts of the state is yet 10 be disposed of. but this question will probably not he settled this year.
 The Highway Commissioner.
 Highway Commissioner James II. Macdonald has been in the limelght probably more than any other state commissioner ever since the present general assembly began to work last h.At, the governor tried twice to displace him by appointing another to that of fee The senate refused te confirm either of the appolntees thut Governor Baldwin named. and the time finally lapSed in which the governor could appoint, and Commissioner Macdonald continued in office mcrel1 hY defoult Governor Baldwin In some of his mes. sages has s8id thut he did not believe Commissioner Macdonald efficient and that he should he replaa ed Friends of tine commissioner saw the hand writing on the wall and believed that as soon as the general assembly was safely out of Hartford the governor. who had the sole power of removal. would start proceedings and dislodpe the commissioner and prnreed to ap point whoever he wanted in that place.
 The Republican caucus held last week. which has caused so much com ment. was hela primarily for consider ing this situation lt was therefore ngpsed to tAek an amendment on ta the appropriation for the wark of that office. mattef of SL6u2, ,o00. as a rider. Then the governor could uot veto Che new provision without ujso Yetoing the appropriation and leayiul that department entirely without funds for a mtter of two years it the general assembly failed ta pass the measure over his veto or te make oth CT provision This matter came be fore the senate yesterday and wa' successful
 It became practically B party issue only two Republican senators votin against the decision of the caucus The amendment attached to the hA-i way appropriation bill provided tAa the governor could not remove th highway commissioner without heal ing before q judge of the superio court and prescribed the procedur' First he must make his cause of con plaint known to the attorney genera who should investigate. aud, 1T h deemed if proper. bring an action e' fore any judge of the superior cour after having legal notice of the pr'
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