The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-23
By Our staff Corres.)

CBy Our staff Corres.)
Hartford, Jan. 23-There was great
dfssa tisfaction expressed over the ap-
pointments, of the various committees,
announced today, not only those of
Speaker Webster of the House, but
those of President Landers of the Sem
ate Two of the Oldest Democratic
veterans of the Senate, Senator Shan
ley, of New Haven and Senator Hurley
of Waterbury. considered that they
were treated very shabbily neither of
them receiving any committee appoint
ments. The Bridgeport delegations
Jared more favorably in the distri-
button
Senator Mcneil is made chairman
of the important committee on appro-
priations and also is placed on the
committees on manufactures and on
constitutional amendments Senate
WhHcoTnb receives the important
craftsmanship of the committee on pub
lie health and safety. Senator New
man is made chairman of the COM
nnittee or education and is assigned
as the second man on the committees
on interpretations and the committee on
insurance. Representative Wilson of
Bridgeport is the first Democratic
member named on insurance and Rep
resentative McMurray is member OF
the committee forfeited rights
Not only the Democratic membe ers
of the house but a great many of the
Republicans were Outspok6n after to-
days session adjourned, over the as
signTnents 1t was strongly hinted
THAT the hand of J. Henry Roraback
could be seen in the selection of the
House committee while on the other
hand several of the Democratic Sen
ators claimed that the Democratic Sc
lections in many cases were influence
ed by Former Senator and Congress
man-elect Bryan Mahan of New Lon
don.
Representative C1itus King of Fair
field is made House chairman of the
important committee on cities and bor-
oughs, Representative Brakeman of
4StratfOrd goes on the committee on
agriculture and Representative Tread
well of TrumbuH on the fish and
game committee.
It is no secret that Representative
Henry Hall of Wilmington who led the
successful. fight against the Roraback
faction IN the caucus Tuesday was
turned down by the only committee
Craftsmanship he requested, that on the
excise committee. Hall is perhaps the
a.bIest representative in the House and
his independent tendencies have cost
him the favor of the lobby group. His
turn down by the Speaker today has
incensed Halls followers, who are
many and it is freely predicted that
ere the session ends the powers that
be will have cause to regret the shah
by treatment accorded him
Following are the chairmen of the
committees named by Webster today:
Agriculture, Brakeman, Stratford.
Appropriations, Magee, Watertown.
Banks, Hall, wilmington. Capitol
Grounds and Furniture, Cook, Man
chester. Cities and Boroughs, King,
Fairfield. Claims, Danielson, Plain
field. Congressional and Senat toriaI
Districts, Boyd. woodbury.. Joint
Constitutional Amendments, Maltby,
CRANKY. Educational, Tracey, Thorn
aston. Engrossed Bills, Vail. Win
chester. Excise, Lyman, Middlefield-
Federal Relations; Dougla.g; Bristol
Game, LAandon, Old Saybrook. For
fetted Rights, Walker, Union. HUI
name Institutions, AIcorn, Enfield.
surance, Ryce, West Hartford. Labor,
Stoves, Ansonfa. Legislative Ex-
penses, Hutchinson, suffield- Manu-
facturers. LeavenWorth, Wallingford.
Military Affairs, Baldwin, Beacon
judiciary comrnittee-Healy Wind
sor Locks; Evarts of Milford; Hyde of
Manchester; Higgins of Torrington;
Rungee of Greenwich; Thoms of Wa
terb ury; Avery of Groton; Kelly of
Approprsations-Mage of Water |
town; Boyd of Woodbury.; Stevens of
Rocky Hill; Davenport of Pomfret; |
Davis of West Haven; Lucey of Mid |
d1etown; Bree of New Haven, and |
Rathburn of Groton.
New counties and county seats
Emery of Plymouth New towns and !
probate districts of. Man
chester. Public health and safety |
Pons of Roxnruy. Putnam MEMORIAL
roadAEno, Simsbury. Roads, rivers |
and bridges Macdonald of Putnam. |
School funds-Hyde, Manchester. Wo- |
an suffrage-Hunt, Glastonbury. Con- |
tingent expenses-Davenport of Prom |
fret.
The chairmen of the Senate COM |
rnittees are as follows: Agriculture, |
chairman, Peck of Redding; appro- |
priations Mcneil of Bridgeport; banks, |
Weed of New Canaan; capitol furni- |
ture and grounds. Stanley of New |
of |
New London; claims, Chairman Quinn
of New Haven; congressional and SEN l.
atorial districts, Avery of Norwich; |
constitutional amendments, Mcneil of |
Bridgeport; education, Newman of |
Bridgeport; engrossed bills, McDon- |
Ough of Naugatuck; excise, FrOlich of |
New Haven; federal relations, Hurley |
of Waterbury. fish and game, John /
son of MontviIle; forfeited rights, |
of Waterbury,; humane insti- /
tutions Mountain of MiddIetown; in
corporations, Mccarthy of Ansonia;
johnson of Hartford; judi
ciary, McDonOugh of Naugatuck; Ia
Dor, Neebe of Meriden; legislative ex-
pense, Miner of New London; manu-
factures, Johnson of Hartford; mill |
tary affairs, Purcell of Hartford; new |
counties and county seats, Neebe of /
Meriden; new towns and probate dis |
tricts, Quinn of New Haven; public |
health and safety, Whitcomb of |
Bridgeport; Putnam Memorial Camp,