Putnam patriot., 1911-09-29

l rendered Every messenger boy who
 bad greeted the legislators daily with
 q smile got his reward. The climax
 came when Senator Paddock intro l duced resolution instructing the comptroller to see that the desks and
 chairs in the senate chamber be sent | to the addresses Of the senators and 1 reporters who had occupied them dur | ing the session. He explained that. as 1 the next legislature would Use the new
 senate chamber. the desks and chairs
 would be stored away in the attic
 and in the natural course of events | would some day be used for kindling | wood. The senators took most kindly 10 the idea. and the desks and chairs | were voted To the senators and re l ,orters Lieutenant Governor Blakes- | lee was also voted the speakers desk
 ss memento. A prominent politician
 was heard to exciaim after this vote had been passed. Thank God they
 haven't thought of the painting" Penalty of Legislative Greed. Legislative greed accounts for the defeat of the Connecticut river propo- sItion So measure of the session has | been worked harder by the lobby than l this. and the lobby thought 1t had both branches ali sewed up. 4 charter was asked for that would have bestowed remarkable powers upon the Connect icut River company The agitators gave lt 10 be understood that they ua tad Il gfa mt for DO amendments and if technical l error in the language of the bill had been in question they would still have fought against any change.
 The matter went through without hitch, and il looked reasonable that the company would be allowed 10 bot fle Hp the Connecticut river and walk pf with if without protest from any quarter Governor Baldwin. however stepped in with q veto. and probably
 no uct of hs since his election has
 aeen so populur with fhe people as
 his Tho -anate. after two of the bit
 reet sessions eyer held in Coauecti-
 ut 4esSIau4 in which one senator ns
 seHe3 another and bifter deHuuciation
 ras a8le1 at thp lntbr5sts he ger
 #asa letn WHz sHsiaiued Action at
 .i7 seesian ua8.d have heru defeated
 isat fhefs. ha1 SeHtor Hooker wh9
 a4s HseH behtfcrsHr opponent of The
 a8f=s E. Eaa8eh3 m hill which he said eoal4 nre tac eouaceticaf company F
 raH+f charter He would ike To SEC ls 2feaf eAer lower developed he saa. lut he didnt want 10 see the Ieer given 8WaY without any strings tmrhed
 Govcfuer Baldwin indorsed this char. ger he sald and promised Chat il woud not be vetoed The senate passed the bil bat the lobby. like the little boy who wouldn't play unless he could be The horse. stuck up It's nose and ad verltSed the fact that II wouldn't have any charter at all if it couldn't s-et what it war- 'd
 The house refused to receive what # termed new business" at this late day. and the senate got so disgusted that 1t said Ii didn't believe in letting the Connecticut River company's lob. byists play tag with 1t any longer. Al | the last session this legislation cost the company $3ooO0 in lawyers fees and | this session II has cost more. Appar- | ently the company intends to continue | shelling out until it has struck Il gen
 eral assembly easy enough to let them | hluf through the "stringless charter. which is apparently all they will ac- eept.
 Where the AK Has Fallen. Labor men about the state who had | looked Ia this general assembly with the expectation of being rewarded for | The arduous nbors which have met | win only failure for years are not as | happy as might be It ls true that they | have receive some recognition, hri l much that they had hoped for has fall | on beneath the legislative aX. Tn, | movement for more liberal Sunda! | law failed. ns did the direct primaries | hil. The employers liability and work | mgmen's compensation bills. over which
 so hard q battle was waged. all cam, to naught except for the wide interest
 that has been aroused in the proposed
 legislation. The creating of a publit | utility commission Is generally admit
 fed the most important act of the ses
 sion. and this act alone viii enabl,
 both political parties to go Into th'
 next campaign hoastful of having ful
 filled thcr pledges. The Johnson ne
 weight package bill, the hIll giving [
 pension cf $50 to civil war veterans
 and the cattle Inspection bill are amons
 Che mar" important measures enacted. | The state hns been divided into dv'
 congressional districts. dividing New
 Haven county and eliminating the cun
 eressmap at large GeHeruor Baldwin
 has been generous with his vetoes an,
 has protested against the foilowins
 matters. Making an appropriation fo
 the Taylor legislative souvenir, dlvorc
 ing Hermon O schmidt, the soldiers
 pension hlll. the highway appropriation
 bill. the biH regarding the sale of brea'
 hy weight and two of the Connection
 River comnany's bills.
 On thls record the fame of the gen
 ernl assembly of 1911 1e muSt rest.
 AT a Court of Probate held at Putnam l "A within and for the district of Putnam
 on the eth day of Sept, A. n., 1911.
 Present, Edward u. Wright, Judge
 Estate of Jouanpa Vale, late Of Putnam Il l said district. deceased.
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