Putnam patriot., 1911-09-22
SENATORS PLAY
 TIE LOBBYISTS
Connecticut RiYaT fiafieT R.
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THE G0VERsOa'S VETOES
Senator sp.llaey Gets csll-do~n. About a Loving Cup-covernor's Pe- culiar Posfttcn on Constitutional Question.
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 HBttio.d. Sep. z3. One of the most am~sulg situations that have arisen in the state sennte So far in this pro tracted session WIS tbe one tbat arose yesterday afternoon The 6hbustert were sfilllus; ed. SD IL speak. and they rot mad about f so mad. i'll fact. that for awhile the senators had no hesitaney about telling the plain. un- vanished truth. or what alleged to bs the truth. about each other. Only Il few short weeks aeo tie opposition to tlie charter amendments being sought by the Connecticut River company ear ried OH 4 three days' flibuster in the senate and Senator Peek said that he would talk until the snow flew be fore he would let the company get what il wahted without some modif- cation. They fIihustered. and they were proud of it When the matter finally passed both branches of the general Assembly and went to the gov ernor fl Wis vetoed Tie house aeain passed the bill over the governors sig nature and scut fl ta the senate
 II @as than the tables were turned Whel fl gof inl3 The semte for action fine friends of the company were moi aHf fl force and tha few ttHt reHHfHpi eaW f4e #reH4t ii 8Hea H6a a9Hpai I5a ta tba charter ameHaAe#t# med u1 fe= ieaf Tho Hsli af once aud sIzlafa taE governors sef3 HafIv feH#ias ta erift tAe .Hess 5s fHffe tA= ##ffef aHaH athea zeaf4as. including SeHa.e Ch9rF t iarnuH chairman al tbs committee eH Interpretations, nliase committee lad fAe HHffef ia charge could ie present 70 thea tAe faa be- Eau As faat HIS the matter WoHld come To point whore vote might be taken enough would leave fae senate chamber to break the quorum. When the red light WIS out they would re turn. The opponents of the measure would not allow vote to be taken and have the senate adjourned and spoil the chances and hung OH, with fire. auent reeesses. trying 10 get quorum together that would Kill the matter
 Senate Plays Hide and Seek.
 The recess for luncheon was taken. and the sltnntlon did Het Improve Sen ator Hooker, who had taken Il promi nent part Tn the earlier fiibuster, was especially inee1sed When the senate recouvened in the afternoon he mtro- duced il resolution barring all lobbyists interested in the measure from the floor ef the senate and the antefoons. Then everybody got mad. Senator Hooker mnde Il violent attack on the lobby. saying that the lobbyists walked about the senate chamber at will and directed the deings of that body, and but few dared dlsohey their instrue tions After long wranEle the reso iution Wns tabled, but the game of hide and seek went merrlly on First there was quorum. and then there was not.
 Senator Mahan sald that the Con nerticut River company In trying 10 save its dirty dollars" was keeping senators out of their seats and delay ing the whole state. He called IL disgrace.
 Senator Fenn, once when q quorum was apparent In the chamber, wunted the doors locked Senator Spellncy opposed this He said he intended to stay in the chamber and east his vote, hut he objected to being locked in He asked to have tho matter made the order of the dny for today at II l:3o o'clock This was turned down and turned down so hard that Senator Spellacy took turn Ut getting angry and. forgetting his words of few min ates before, got up md left the cham ber. shutting the door with il hane after hlm Senator Fenn lost no time in calling the attention of the senate to this lust uct of tlie senator from the Third district
 Senator 4ooI<er's Sensation.
 Ii was then that senaror Hooker e5.r,mg the 5rDWbiue sensation 0f td# siay He rthearsed the history ef Senator Mahans banquet at the AllNH house several weeks ngo aud asked the sfaatars to recall that Senator Spellacy WIS presented Il loving euf osteusihy from the other members of the senate as a token ef e>tee}H of hts fellow members senator Hook or said that he Wus on the committee which purchased the presents present ed to the officers of the senate pur chased Wlth the money subscribed hy members af thnt body. He said th8t the committee had been criticised for giving two presents to members Whe were not otii CTS, Senators SpeliaeN and Rarnum These two presents, ht said were not purchased with tht eommHtee's money and were not pur chased hy the committee He said ht for one, and he was an active member of the rOmmittee had nn knowleyt-., of where these loving cups came trum hut said that they were delivered r fbe senate chamber with instructions to have them presented to the tw' senators named
 The senate sat sPets hless after th's remarkable urude for several minutes and then gradually drifted into au other mo quorum" state, which re suited iB another recess. When the senate reconyened a qunrter oI an hour later an aereement had been reached 10 make the matter the order of tue day for today at iisS0 o'clock.
 If Senator Spellacy sees it 10 ht- x,na t,.las.ss S.asiaF nnd f,antV fa the