Putnam patriot., 1911-08-18

! amendment for tbe latter purpose was 1neecd By Senator Judson and limits he amounts which may be lawfully syEeHded bF candidates for office 10 <lu per thousand voters for u0mina- lions and sl1 per thousand for elec= tons This doesn't ln iude United States senafurs. who may spend not 10 exceed Ss.lO0. or one-third Of their eearly salary There WIS little diff druty over passine the bill. which WAS -eHt alaHg to the house
 The hil making permanent the office of clerk Of bills t0 the legislature was the subject of short discussion and then was rejected by the senate by an almost unanimous vote r was favor ably reported by the judiciary com mittec. but seemed tO receive no favor able consideration in the senate.
 Both the employers liability work mems compensation bill and the 5000 death damages bill which was passed with limit of Sf0.O0O in the senate were before the house on Wednesday, and in each ease that body insisted on lts former action In the former case f. granted committee Of conference and in the second case insisted on its former action and asked committee of conference which the senate grant cd. SO that the matter now stands with committee of conference on the ability compensation bill consisting Of Representatives Ensign of Simsbury and Russell of Middletown and on the death damages bill of Me-Srs. Dunn of Wmdham and Carpenter of Putnam The former committee has Senator Barnum as it's senate member. and yesterday the senGte made Senator Park the senate member of the latter
 East Haddam Bridge Passes.
 The main subject of discussion dur ing the morning session of the house Wednesday was tho East IIaddam Haddam bridge. which i- 10 cost S225,- 0oO and To remain toll bridge So as fo carry tlie charges on this money md it- operation. About the only members of the house who voted lgaiast if. and certainly the only ones who spoke against it. were McsSrs. IIl of Wiliugtau and Donovan of Nuridcn. who are members of the ap. arnprutiane committees which reported hp ui1i adversely after il Was referred =5 il from tha committee on roads. =Iidae- aud rivers with favorable recommendation. There was no need 5f tae ceable of hanr-. talk which the retffF received. except to gel speeches If members minds. for the house was .ead8 To pass the bill almost unani- aouslY.
 This hill passed inc senate yesterday with very little opposition. and there aas pnssed III the snme time a bill which gives to Fairfield county S50,00O for lts bridges ny way of slate aid,
 Another matfor which took lot of he time of the house on "Wednesday was The annexation of the town of Waterford to Che city of New London. 5n which there were two reports from fhe committee on new towns and pro hate districts and the minority report in favor was that of house members. il WAS no use trying 10 save the propo- sitlon. however. despite the fact that the bill provided Il referendum to the two towns. either of which voting ill lividually against it could kill It.
 Personal Amenities In House.
 During the afternoon In the house the hot weather got on the members nerves. and there were several per sonnl interchanges which aroused sleeping members. When Republican Leader Banks said that when MT. Metzer of Bridgeport was speaking members on the other side of the house could hardly tell whether he was making speech or singing song he said what Is literally true, though It might have been stated In kinder language. and there was no oc- 5asion for Phillips of Stamford 10 spring to the defense of the Jewish race agaiu Mir. Meltzer Is not so thin skinned as to be looking con stantly for some slight on his race, and Banks meant merely to make joke, as he convinced Meltzer next day.
 Mr. Chandler of Rocky Hlll said pat Inlnk Nuth, III itlif t' of Easton. who has become unbear- able in his constant caviling at er- erythlng done. he said that he wouldn't reply because he had learned that when you go to the circus and talk back to the clown the laugh is on you. This was in connection with the meas ure providing commission to investi- gate the subject of state insurance and report to the next general assem- bly. which the house passed in concur renee.
 On Thursday of last week only the house was in session, the senate hay ing assiduously ploughed through it's calendar Co the end on Wednesday and adjourned over to yesterday and the chief business done was the rejection of the bil providing for the registra- ton of lobbyists and legislative agents AS reported adversely by the commit tee this bill called not only for regis tration with the secretary of state, but also for filing statement of income and expenditures The senate passed the bill after cutting out this pro vision. but the house refused to pass fl in any form The vote against it was GT to 5'3. totaling less than a quo. um but the tellers counted quorum n fhe house at the time.