Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-23
Disagrees With House by Rejecting Amend
ment to the Minority Report, I'll to 13
AVERY IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
Bitter Personalities INDUCED in by Senators Judson and
Spellacy-Former Says He Was Hoeing Crops When
Latter Was Shooting Craps in the Street-SpelIacy
Charges Judson With Inconsistency.

could agree. Said Senator Judsos>
The senator knows that Nnen re
would come in next Tuesday ths BIZ
would still be in the possession Of the
house. As to the senator's plea Tor
delay in order to read the bill. It seems
almost reflection upon the fnfsl4l-
gence of the senate to ask srca a
thing"
Accuses Judson Of Inconsistencl.
The ghosts Of former LEGISLATION
staIked forth when Senator 5peTlacy
charged Senator Judson with being ia
consistent this session in demanding
a bill in which there were Teeth and
he said that in 1905 Senator Judson
had stood up in the senate and pleaded
for q corrupt practices act win teeth
in it," Yet, as personal counsel for shs
late Governor LilIey in an election
case, Senator Judson had declared tn
act passed in 1905 had no Teeth III g
and was useless.
Reference to Reporters' crstsTty.
Senator Spellacy said he wished to
show that Senator Judson was not
omnipotent in his legal knowledge
and cited that the senator mad had =
rule passed to give eleven newspaper
men 5000 each, and Judge Williams
had thrown it out Of court and frs
men could not get their money. Nr.
Speellacy claimed that II Mr. hudson
was honest In his wish TO have pub
lie utilities bill passed if he dtd not
let pride and ambition interfers, ns
would get the minority report into fh6
senate and amend IT to be sccsptshis
by altering the sections which have
been attacked as unconstitutional
Speliacy Asks for Tirns.
He was willing TO help Senator
Judson pass such bill II eha1zsf.
GIVE US time" said Senator Spelacy.
Don't say you are afraid that sonrs ~
your number are likely 20 be irf1-
enced. I stand where I first st5o3.
Give US a bill that will not perpetusts
name"
Another Attack on Judson.
Later Senator Spellacy again at
tackled Senator Judson ann when Re
mentioned the corrupt practices act -
1905 Mr.. Judson rose and said mat ~
never had one thing to DO with fhsr
act. It was reported by a special corr
mittee Of lawyers and passed a. r.
ported and except for a clause tcuor n
as the Fox clause. which the court id
not uphold, it stands a. strong sn
agency for clean elections az Il ever
did. and had done more TO keep down
corruption at elections than any o-ner
law on the statute book
speIIacys "Strssnn Of Ego"
At one other time Senator SpeIlscy
charged Senator Judson Wsth n7yinS
great personal ambitions. aIH the "a
ter said he wished to dispen that idea
which sfnvades the fertile stream o
ego which wells up in the bosom q
the senator from the Third" He ssi1
it was unworthy the senators v no nsd Il
tried to excite prejudice by dwslHr< z
on a remark humorously made 81
had deemed themselves TO be a 1u1y
had deemed themselves to De a tory
constitutfonally empowered % pass
upon the constitutionality OF ire nj
nority report.
When SpeIiaey Was Shooting CRAPS
when the senator from the Third
was shooting craps on the sidevslks
of his home city l was proososy noe
ing crops on the homestead, and I
would be the last to refer in silsh =
ing manner to the men who TIL tns
SOIL
spefIacy's Rejoinder.
Senator SpeIlacy retorted tsat tn7
senator evidently was hoefns foy 20
litfcaI preferment