The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
Davenport MUST Have A Giant Intellect,
 Is Whiton's Taunt
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 Senators, official attaches of the Leg
 islature, reporters and ladies be allow ed in the House, Representative Banks said:
 'I offered the resolution not because I doubt the honesty of the House or the honesty of any man who might wish to enter here, but I desire the msmbers should not be interrupted. assume that every member of this House is going to vote on this meas ure as his conscience dictates. I shall find no fault if any of the members do mot vote with me. I have my duty to perform and you have yours. ''Fhis matter of a public utilities commission is serious one for the State and it demands your sober and deliberate consideration. I have no speech prepared and I shall just try to reason with you. There seems to I,be no need of oratory any longer, be- cause we have had all that when the bill was before the Senate and again, yesterday, in the Senate chamber.
 What is needed now is sensible discussion, reason and argument It is fortunate that this question is not a political one because both parties declared in the platforms in the last election for such bill"
 Representative Banks then declared that the majority report was not real ly report from the majority of 'the Judiciary committee. So far as the minority report was concerned, 1t was presented at only one meeting of the committee and was later presented to the Senate. He stated that both bills were reported individually by two Senators, referring to Judson and Ma han )gudge Banks probably referred t } a newspaper story printed in Hartford 1. Attorney Judson in his speech whio n lar Ltn d 1 not charge Judge Banks with being a corporation attorney, but. referred to the corporation record of his paru ter, Attorney Daniel Davenport)
 .But so far as has been repo rted 1 by the public service corporations, | continued MT. Banks, neither orie or us falls within the class of lawyers the public service corporations seek. | They demand the best lawyers i daughter)
 "The reason for the disting uished | Senator's statement was to warp your | judgment and to try to prejudi ce your | minds in this matter in advan9e. He l must have referred to me because MT. | Davenport was never conce fned in l this matter except at my suggestion.
 But then, I shap not f1atter the Sen ator by a comparison with Attorney Davenport for it would be- unfavor- able to the Senator. And no matter | w. | might be it would flatter, the distin- (guished Senator, Judson.)
 | MT, Davenport, (of BridgeporO, l | consider man possessed of the great est mind, the biggest heart of sincere
 loyalty and of the sweetest disposi- | tiOn of any gentleman I have ever come in contact with. He represents
 public service corporations, it is true, but his ability has been so great that | he has been called to Washington as consulting attorney to the National Judiciary committee.
 What interest could he have had | in the matter? What do you think of the criticism and aspersion cast on the motives of such man ?"
 Banks then read a letter written to Davenport in which Banks asked | Davenport 10 draw utilities Dill
 which would be constitutional. Banks | stated he received in return a bill the | substance of which is in his amend ment
 This so-called Judson bin," contin ued MT Banks, twas drawn by Sen ator Judson and two other members of the Judiciary committee, I under
 stand. I'm going to ask you if you, after sober consideration, can vote for
 some of the things that the Judson bill contains? I believe that there are some things that you do not know. also ask that you believe that I am as honest In this matter as 1 con- Sider you are. If my amendment Is lost and the minority bill is passed you will not hear one murmur from me concerning the vote"
 MT. Banks took up Section 5 of the
 minority bill and compared the para graphs relating to removal of commits psioners for misconduct or incompe- l tency. to his own bill. He cla i1led that the last sentence of Section of the minority bill providing that the 1 attorney general must file 9 complaint against commissioner on the petition of 100 electors of the State made it impossible for any member of the House to support the bill
 Just imagine: you get this commits sion going and it makes a decision on some town matter. The citizens are dissatisfied and as is often the case they blame one of the comm issioners. | Then there would be trouble. One hundred of the electors of that town
 would bring the commissioner. com plained of to trial.
 "In all seriousness I want to with draw my decision that I made the | other day here in the House to the
 effect that I would vote for the mi