Putnam patriot., 1911-08-11

gran ed bE previous sessions. ana there was quite rumpus over fhg charter extensions of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company. which is now operated under fl gJ9 year lease by the Connecticut company the New Haven raaas trolley corporation These included fae right to sell gas in He~ on Bedding and HHcrtawu After being tabled tive or three times 10 avoid mere acrimonious debate than was lndulged in eeeu the measure WAS passed with this privilege iB the town of Reddlng amended out
 Roll Calls at Conventions.
 One measure of some moment which was passed in the course of fhis days business provides for roll call vote ou any question in a political conven- ton when called for by one-nfth or more of the delegates composing the convention This. of course, has spe- eIal reference t9 the last Republican state eoa ve8tion. when q roll call vote would have gbyia5ed ait of The confu sion and reerimiBations which follow ei the Grst very close vote between the Lake and Goodwin followers and fhe claimed finding of aH extra ballot on the floor when second count showed that the one vote over the to- tal nuuber If delegates iu tie conFen- tiou supposedly shown by fhe first count seas a7t on The table
 
 Senator Malan.s bill providing for Sl0O00o of park bonds for the city of New London which has passed the senate passed the house on Wcdnes day despite the arden opposition of both New London representatives Thi~ k the last matter but ane affect ing his city which the New London mayor=snuufur has before tHt eeHef3iI a-<cmb6F Ihe ether is the nnHeXaa don of tbe town of Waterford to the itY of Ne11 London. which Uas T spc #ial order 5f the day tn the house yes terdaF
 There WAS considerable belief thaf fine bil which raises the rate=of taAa lion ou oyster grounds from tue pres pnt T. mills to t11a mills Shon.d htEr further consideration and chance should be given for amending it sa as t9 include productivity tax. such as was in the bill which the committee on finance recently uuintentionaIlY re ported but this measure was finally passed by the house with only the IT., mill tax in fl. On Thursday. how ever. it was reconsidered and tabled.
 Taylor's Legislative Souvenir.
 TharsdaY.s session was also one of accomplishment for the house. though fewer members were in attendance than on Wednesday, The resolution appr0Briating S4UOU for the Taylor legislative souvenir, which Governor Baldwin vetoed and which has passed the senate over his veto by virtue of Lieutenant Governor Blakeslee break ing tie was perhaps the chief piece of business before the house. The Democrats were in control. and d Iof of them ire determined to stand bN their governor on this matter. where fore they tried to vote down the reso tution after il had been reeousidered iu the routine manner on motion oi Judge Peek of Strattord
 Probably the vote UdS against the resolution. but the friends of if were fully aware ot the situatiun and. afler lot of snarrius. learning taat there was scarcely aaee thau a quoruu present. enough of them went into the Iabhy before Speaker Scott could order the doors closed sn that even the enthusiastic efforts of Teller Dunn uf section te count quorum faile4 and the speaker adjourned the houS till ? o'clock Ii was about then Upon its reassembliug Mir. Isbell of AnSonia offered m amendment chang ing the method of distribution. and also that of payment for the souvenir. but there was plainly not a quorum present and the house wished 10 dis pose of some routine business, so tabled the matter
 The house on this day passed a proposed amendment to the constitu- ton by which the salaries of members of the general assembly are raised from the present $500 to $500 and the venerable hunters license bill which has been the cause of so many verbal battles in the house was finally passed with an amendment providing that a boy of sixteen and under may hunt when accompanied by parent or guard ian.
 Another act of the house which should bring 1t much credit WAS the passage of bill under the terms of which the speaker of the house is to name the chaplain of the body sub ject to confirmation by the house, in- stead of the chaplain being elected by the majority caucus the night before the organization of the general assembly as has been the practice for many years and which has led to much eanvasSing on the part of candidates among the clergy and some unseemly incidents,