Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15


 division of committee appointnents
 between the republicans and the demo
 crats is the plan proposed throusIa
 which to bring about organization or
 both branches of the general assembly
 should this effort fail, the Likelihood IS
 that each body will name it's own com
 I1ittees to hold hearings and give con-
 sideration to matters introduced. inc
 senarate committee method is that fol-
 lowed by congress and by many leg1s- Iatures The statement that no Con necticut legislature has ever followed
 this method is accepted as correct
 Adjourned Till Next Tuesday.
 The general assembly stands ad-
 journed until next Tuesday, when the matter of passing a resolution glN1nS the senate an extra member of all joint committees will be the first busi- ness on hand
 Tine adoption of rules must be set tied before any business can be done.
 Today after the senate had indicated it's disinciination to adopt 1n concur renee the time -honored joint rules or many republican legislatures, Teso- lution was sent to the house 10 ra1se a joint special committee to report a code of rules to govern that body.
 This named two senators ana two rep reSentatiYeS.
 Committee of Twelve Named
 It was not cordially received by the republican majority in the house,Wh1cn felt that the pTerogatiVes Of the pody had been usIrped by the senate naming the house members Of the committee. The house amended and sent back tne resolution so that it called Tor three republicans and three democrats. The senate then amended it to proFfde Tor three democratic and three republican senators, making the whole coInIn1ttee twelve. equally divided politically, This was agreed to and the committee was made up as follows;
 Democrats: Senators Landers, Me Bonough and AdcNeii and Representa- lives Thons. Lockwood of Stamford and Bree of New Haven; republicans: Senators Perry, Reynolds and 1sbeH and Representative Hea4ey. Aagee and Hall.
 Special Committee Meets
 The resolution was so worded that Senator Cheney of the Fourth district, republican. was able to take Senator Perryss place, the latter leaving later for & trip in southern waters. In the original resolution Speaker Webster had been named by Jhe senate put lhe declined to serve.
 The special committee met in con- ference in the senate antechampef. Meantime the two bodies had pToiong- ed recesseS As restaurant had been opened in the building none of the members went hungry, Many Of them went over town to get bite to eat
 Equal Division of Committees
 The committee reported shortly be- l fore o'clock. In the senate Mir. Lam 1 ders said it had been unanimously l agreed that resolution should be put | in increasing the senate membership | to three. This would give opportunity 1 for equal division of the appointments i He went on to explain that he, as i president pro tenn. would be able to ] meet MT, Webster, the speaker. and l 2 anlicabIy agree on the makeup of com 1 1nittees. He thought 1t likely that if | house committees had five republicans that party would be given only one while inverSe1y four republ1- can house members on committee would call for two republican senators. 1 The makeup of committees would, however, see the political parity main tained. Also, he said. if a committee had democratic senate chairman the could have the house chair manship. He said that as the resolu- ton was not ready and that as some conferences were necessary, he sug- gested an adjournment until next Tuesday. He said that adoption of this plan would mean that both bodies could and get down to business The other and radical way would be l for each body to appoint it's own com rnfttees. The senate then adjourned without any further debate
 MT. Heaiey Dissents. 1
 Tn the house Mir Hall made the re- port, in which he said that the com mittee had unanimously agreed to re- port the resolution which would permit l 3 division of the appointments. He went into an explanation of the effect i of the resolution, mentioning the fact that if 9 senate member was the chair l man of a committee the speaker would l be called upon to name the house l chairman. MT. Healey, his republican colleague, at once took exception to 1 Ar. Halls explanation and said he had ! E6t agreed to any such thing. In the 1 committee, he said, he had opposed 1 any action which deprived the speaker of his preTogative of naming the house members. No member of the senate, | he declared, had any right to say who l the speaker should appoint on the l committee. He did not agree to what 1 MT Hall had said the committee had greed upon nor would he vote on Tuesday for any resolution which take away thejspeaker's rights.
 Would Not Abridse Speakers Rights.
 MT. Evarts of Milford rose and ask ed if he understood rightly that the re- port was unanimous. MT Hall said it was. MT. EIvarts could not understand he situation. MT. Hall had said the -eport was unanimous. while MT. Hea- ey said it was not MT. Hea1ey rose and said he did not agree to the action IS outlined by MT. Hall
 Mir. Evarts said he could not agree Ipon the plan of action if it took any l lights inherent with the house. He lad the greatest respect for the speak sr and would not vote for anything Sn1ch would depr1Te nm or CHe T1Snr Q name members of the committees.
 Magee for Separate Committees.
 MT Magee said that he understood hat the report was unanimous He lid not intend to support any reso1u- Ion that would attempt to force trough the house rule which would ake away the speakers rights He vas willing to have separate commit ees and thought the proposition had 'een a fair one to have the committees made six and six. equally divided po- ftically. Mir. Hall said he thought he had E made a correct report of the confer nee. The only resolution to be of cred would be one to make the. mem 'ership of joint comnni tees twelve by l