Putnam patriot., 1911-03-10
INCARNATION
 NOT APPROVED.
Insurance GOnTisSiOnGrSh'p kof
 Yst S3itlGd.
DEMOCRATS TRY FORCIAj.
spsllscy's Tactics Net Successful Legislature Tackles Local Judge ships = Workren's Compensation Matters-Ta Resolution Defeated.
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 fort of the Democrats in the state sch ate t0 force consideration of the gov erHor's nomination of Burton Mans field of New Haven as insurance com missioner of the state to succeed Theo- d0re Macdonald of New Haven failed because of its very pferipltapey. Sen ator Spellacy led the effort and was moi supported by the Demo ratic lead er of the senate. senator Malian oi New London Up to the opening Of fhe session today most of the Repub- iican senators had expected that there would be held au executive session and this nomination would be taken up and the matter settled. but at the last minute the friends of Commis- sioner Macdonald. not considering II q safe time to have the matter come up for final settlement. agreed to stall off the executive session if possible.
 The session of the body was short. and at the conclusion of the routine business Senator Woodruff. who leads the fight for Macdoualds retention and the holding up of the governors appointment until after May 1. when the general assembly can appoint, al once moved an adjournment. Senator SpnlIacy objected immediately and stated that he was about to move an executive session of the senate to con sider the Mansfield nomination. He said that there seemed little hope of the committee on executive nomina tions reporting on the matter and he desired to offer Il minority report.
 Senator Judson suggested that if would be but fair for that committee. If which Senator Woodruff is chair man. 10 have chance to take up the subject i'll the usual way. and after some discussion back and forth Spel- lacy moved that the vote on the mo ton to adjourn be by roll call. This was ordered. and the roll call showed 20 to 13 i'll favor of adjournment. q strict party vote except for Senator Mahan. who favors putting the Re publicans absolutely on record In this matter and voted with them to ad- journ.
 After adjournment there was held a conference of the Republican senators, some of them refusing to enter a formal caucus. and after more than an hour in the lieutenant governors room it was announced that they had come to no decision.
 Wednesday of last week being Wash ingtons birthday. there was no session of the general assembly, and the first Friday session this year made up for this deficiency though it was freely said ny the opponents of the Friday session that this presaged no conces. son of q permanent nature on their part
 Committee Reports Begin.
 The committees have begun making their reports in both houses, but only local matters and those of little mo ment have as vet reached the clerk : desks These 90 on the calendar and are disposed of after the usual waits so that the general assembly can be said to have actually got down tc business It is behind the customary run of recent sessions in almost every department of legislative activity. how ever. and there Is heard on all sides the prediction of long and wearisome session.
 One or two more important commit tees, such aS the judiciary, are gettine the hearings on some momentous mat ters out of the way early or at least beginning their holding early, but the appropriations committee is far behind on it's work and has taken up nothing of much moment yet, due partly to the delay on the part of other com mittees which have matters that must later be referred to appropriations and partly to the general dilatoriness.
 The committees on judiciary and Ia bor are meeting together to considei the subject of employers liability and workmen's compensation and have held three or four hearings, fnall' last Friday asking the manufacturers who favor q workman's compensation act to the exclusion of anything else the State Federation of Labor. whicl favors only repeating the fellow Serv ant a,-s: ths Civic Betterment people like Professor Fisher and the Middle town mayor. who are for any possible uplift and he Socialists, who are for g particular and very radical workmen' compensation act which they claim te have had approved by some 300 unions iE Connecticut. if they wouldn't get to gether and agree on something which could he offered as representing a com promise which would appeal to all 0. them as better than nothing.
 Minor Judges Appointed.
 The judiciary committee has held some hearings on local court judges and Thursday the senate passed reSo- lutiOns naming the following, in none of their cases having been any con test before the committee: William T Malone judge and Burdette A. Peck deputy judge. Bristol borough court James r MeSkill judge and John H kirkham deputy. New Britain city court: William A. Arnold judge and James X Shea deputy, Willimantic city court; Wesley T.. Pearue and \ Harris Warner. MiddlctOwn; Thomas F. Weleh and John W. Gridley, South ington. ana Frederick r. Latimer and Augustine .. Chester, Groton. On the same day the house passed these Walter Heleomb and Edward Wall Torrington; Frank w. Seymour. Win | sted; William H. Heald and Michae D. oConneIl, Stafford Springs; Harry ! E. Back and James N. Tucker. Killing ly. On Friday the house passed Rob