Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-02


 of holding Friday sessions during the months of March and April. The action was taken only after considerable de- bate, and by no means received the united endorsement of the members. A yea and nay vote on the resolution was demanded by Representative Hall of Wilmington, 131 voting yea and S3 nay. Not q few members in attendance exercised the privilege of not voting either way.
 In March and April.
 As there was only a small amount of business ready for action Wednesday, Representative Dunn of Windham inn proved the opportunity to call the reso- lut1on providing for sessions for four days a week from the table. The res- olution in it's original form called for sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week un- til the house shall adjourn sine die, put as amended and passed provides only for the extra day of sitting dur ing the months of March and April.
 Representative Peck of Stratford op- posed the resolution as amended. on the ground that the committees will not advance their hearings rapidly give the house a. sufficient amount of business to consider on four days of each week: but he said if the house voted in favor of Friday sessions he would try and be present. Like num- erous. members who are attorneys, MT. come to Hartford on short saIendar day.
 Right for the Farmers.
 Repres entative Chandler of Rocky Hill favored the passage of the resolu- ton. and was of the opinion that March and AprA are just the time to hold sessions four days each week, as tho farmers who are members can then better afford to give their time in Hartford than in the late spring and summer He said that Friday. sessions would advance the committee work and that the congestion in business is due primarily to the delay by these bodies in filing reports.
 Representative Banks said the reso- lutiou put the question of sitting four days each week squareIy up to the members to decide, and that he was in favor of a roll call vote. so that all those who voted for @ Friday session would place themselves on record as favoring it, and would be expected to attend as regularly on that day as on any other. MT. Banks said he person ally favored sessions on four days of the week, but with his experience in the past as a guide he could not help dodbting the success of the plan. He urged the members to vote for Friday sessions if they really intended to be present and also to vote against it if thye intended to stay away.
 Vote of Three Counties.
 The vote by members from New London, Windham and Holland eooun- ties was as follows:
 New London county-Yea, Brainard, Morgan, Abeil, Allyn, Reynolds, Pal mer, Latimr, Chesebro; noy, Elgart, Sweet, Hoxie, Learned, F. A. Johnson, Whiton, Wheeler, Dearing. Craney, .Grenier, MaeCliman; not voting or absent, Fields, J. H. Hyde Chapman, Stark. Belcher, Stekart, Brown, Baib- cock, Lanphere.
 Windham county-Yea, c. s. Hyde, Warren, Bishop, Covells, Tracy, Dunn, Smith, Perrin, Kenyon; nay, Knowlton, Bennett, Turner, Phillips, Reach, La france, Thompson, Carpenter, Duvert, Kebler; absent or not voting, Fritts, Webb, Taten, c. J. Johnson, Rich mond.
 Tolland-Yea, Lathrop, s. L. John son, Davis. Moore, Avery, Lachersen; Walker; nay, Stetson, Rice, Burnham, Avery, Wood, PrauIx, Tingier, Farren- kopf, w. H. Hall, A. l.. Spicer; absent or not voting, Tucker, White.
 No action relative to Friday sessions was taken in the senate Wednesday, but it will probably come up there to- day. the consenSuS of opinion being that that body will concur with the agreement adopted in the house.
 it will be noted that a. majority of the members from the three eastern counties of the state who voted were opposed to Friday sessions, 35 register ing nay and 24 yea.