Putnam patriot., 1911-09-08
ASSEMBLY TIED
 UP INDEFINITELY.
Legislators Want 10 SeG iha
 Connecticut Fair.
SENATOR'S RAP EACH OTHER
Flibuster on Connecticut River Fight Has Senate Tied Up Since Last "Wednesday, While Business Piles up-Detsds Of prss,dent rat's visi,
Especial Cofrespondenee.

Wednesday. While Business Pile,
 Up-Detals Of President Tsft's Visit
 Special Correspondence.I
 Hartford Aug. G-The eternal ques ton in the corridors of the state capitol has become. When will the general assembly adIournT Nobody Eas an authentic answer for the ques ton. The house had oniy four mat ters left ut present on which il can act, but there k vast accumulation of house business on the table in the senate. which has been accommodating since Inst Week Wednesday. when the hlibuster on the proposed amendment to tue charter Of fhe Connecticut river began. This filibuster has been fin operation ever since. and as soon as Connecticut river power is mentioned 8p the senate f is the recognized sig nai for roll call votes galore and speeches on every technical point that ap opposition of less than dozen sen at0rs can raise Senator Peek, the leader of the Glibuster. has said that he will talk until the snow flies before he will let the Connecticut River com n3nY get what f wants. and there is every indication that he will make good his threat if he gets half a ehHnee.
 Already this week the entire Iegisla ture has shown q disposition ta takn Inc week off aHd spend fl studying agriculture ard ballet dancers Ht thP Connecticut faif at Charter Oak park That precludGs my possibility of nd 5oHrn'ne sine dIe this week Those iH eiese touch elth tbe situation believe that adjournment may bc reached same time next Tuesday perhaps # the sen ate gets busy in the meanwhile and makes up for ieat time The latter proposition, however, is not I safe one fo depend upon.
 Senate Reopens In III Humor
 1aere WIS aH uHmistakable display of Ill humor when the senate reopened for the week yesterday. The only thing that saved serious clash be tween some of the factions that had got out of patience with each other was the adjournment at 1 o'clock. which had been previously ordered Senator Spellaey's resolution to put the five minute rule on all speaking was the signal for hostllitles, and the Hart ford senator tSpeilaey) found himself the storm center Senator Peck open ly accused him of acting ln bad faith and told him that he was trying to smother the opposition to the Gonnec- ticut river charter amendment He fur ther told Senator Spellacy that he tspellacy) had occupied more time in the last seven months than any half dozen senators. He accused Senator Spellacy of trying 10 apply the gag rule" and otherwise denounced him Senator Spellacy denied that he was trying to smother the opposition to the Connecticut River company. to which Senator Peck hotly replied. That was the purpose of that resolution and nothing else, and you know H." When the senate adjourned Tuesday not single matter of business had been transacted The entire time had been spent in parleying.
 Senate and House Change About
 During the past week a curious shift has been made in the situa ton in the capitol For several months-in fact, for nearly the entire session-the sen. ate has been about a month ahead of the house in the transaction of busi- ness. The delays in the senate in the last week have changed the situation entirely, and it Is now up to the sen ate to hurry up for the final adjourn ment
 Next Monday will see the official birth of the public utilities commis. sion, The act passed by the general assembly becomes law sixty days after it Is signed by the governor. The sixty days win be up next Monday and the railroad commissioners will change their titles to public utilities commissioners.
 With their change of title come many additional powers and many new causes for complaint. which will undoubtedly be taken fun advantage of hy the many who always have some kind of a complaint to air about a puhlie service corporation. Since tho passage of the original public utilities bin several additional bills have passed the general assembly. giving them additional jurisdiction in many different classes of eases. One of the important matters still before the gen eral assembly will make a big differ s~fct In the amount of work the com missioners will have to do This is the securities bill which Is still on tie table in the senate. II II becomes law the commission will have the direct supervision of the issuance ot all securities In the state and will have 10 pass upon their value and see tO fl that none are issued until paid for at par value in cash or its equivalent The bill Is drastic and does not leave much in the way of discretionary pow CTS with the commission
 Incidentally. while Che commission becomes live body next Monday. so far 1t has no money to begin is busi ness with The bill making an ap propriation for il is buried tn the sen ate under q mass of other house mat. ters that have not been acted upon
 The house broke with the senate yesterday in passing the state tax, which the senate rejected last week. The bill was favorably reported by the committee on finance, but Senator pcek of Danbury got out after it, and nfter a lengthy debate in the senate kf ln1 AErE