The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-05-20
CBy Our Staff Gorres.)

(By our starr SOrr6S.)
Hartford, May 20-Entfus by stir
ring speeches by House Leader Hea1y
Of Windsor Locks, = Representa- atives
Thoms of Waterbury, Storrs of An
sonia, Law1or of Hartford, and Will
son of Bridgeport, the House by un-
less than one hour passed the Work
ingmens compensation act precisely
as it had been sent to it by the Demo
cratic Senate.
The unanimous vote brought forth
applause from all parts of the floor
and galleries It was Grained that this
is the most important piece Of advanc-
ed legislation ever passed by a Con-
necticut General Assembly.
There were 1872 members present and
every one rose to his feet when the
question was put for passage of the
measure.
The bill was taken up at noon as the
order of the day. "A debate OF some
length took place upon it. The pro
test Of the Socialist party was read
by Mr.. KoppIenan, of Hartford. Mr.
Hea1y the Republican leader, said that
the compensation bill was the most
| important piece of legislation of the
session and the most important leg1s-
1ation of it's kind in the country He
reviewed the history of the drafting
Of the bill and said it was a, question
upon which all parties were agreed.
He also said that the State was be-
hind in the enactment of this kind OF
law and called attention to the fact
that most of the industrial States and
most of the European countries had
compensation acts.
He declared that if the bill were
passed every member of the assem-
bly, could be proud of it, He ex-
pIained the bill and said it was not a
charitable affair He stated that the
toll of injuries in the State of Con-
necticut exceeded the records of the
battles of the Civil War. He paid a
compliment to the work of Represen-
tatiye Hyde Of Manchester, Represen-
tative Storrs of Ansonias and Senator
Neebe of Meriden, who are on the La
bor committee. He said that MI
Hvde spent six months prior to the
session of the General Assembly IN
STUDYING acts of other States.
He said he wanted the State of Con
recticut to say to those women and
children who were earning less than
five dollars a week that the State
consider ed that five dollars week was
the smallest amount that snoulo pe
paid in the way of compensation lie
tsaid it was not true that stock 1nsur-
ance companies of the State would get
the greater part of the beneflt- lie
also said that no amendments except
the formal amendments urged by GOV
Baldwin and passed by the senate
should be allowed.
| Representative Storrs. OF Ansonia.
| urged the passage of the bill as a1d
Representative Lawler, of Hartford
and MT. Thoms of Waterbury. MI
! wilson, of Bridgeport. said that the
law would perform an act of signal
service not only to the workers but TO
| the mnaufa cturers He said that the
lawyers formed the only class who
would lose anything by the Dill:
After further argument the oeoale
was closed and the bill passed on a,
rising vote. Mr. Healy, in behalf OF
the House. thanked Mr. Hyde and Mr-
| storrs for their 1abors in connection
with the measure
When the Senate opened, senator
| Isl,e11 offered an amendment to the
| arn,orzr, bill which will come up for
| detate tomorrow. and which he asked
/ 10 have printed as it cleared UP the
wording of the armory Dill aIler It's
division into separate appropriations.
| : A favorable report was made on
| obappe of the present law which pro
| hibits railroad companies from carry
| in1 excursions on railroads on sun
days The change permits railroad
| coronany to carry an excursion UP to
| osc1oclr in the morning of Sunday.
This is to meet situations in the State
! wherein Saturday excursions have
been delayed and have not reached
| their home destination until after mid
night Sunday morning. Many socie-
| ties in the State had already arrang-
| ed for Saturday excursions with a re-
/ turn schedule which would bring
them home about midnight and the
railroad company had called the atten-
ton of these societies to the fact that
/ If the excursions did not reach home
until after midnight they would be
| Obliged to charge the regular fare for
| that portion of the trip home after
| the midnight hour. This amendment
/ will remedy that condition.
| A batch of IA bills containing pro-
| me tn Haven
| charter were rejected in a bunch and
| they are unnecessary owing to the
| fact that New Haven now has a home
| rule bill.
Among other reports favorable were
those requiring six months notice OF
claims for injuries against railroad
companies and recognizing the validity