Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-15

terford Like an Old Ladies' Tea Party.
 While the vote was being taken there was much subsequent talk.
 Speaker Webster rapped for order and
 remarked: This reminds me of an old ladies' tea party, more than Iegis- lative session" There were many wis
 itors in the house including several senat tors, and the speaker remarked that visiting seemed of more import ance than business and he suggested
 that the visitors retire and permit the business to proceed.
 Before the vote was announced, MT.
 HeaIy made the point of order that in
 violation of the rules of the house,
 Mir. Lanphere had voted in a matter in which he had personal interest
 and therefore the vote should be taken
 from the roll. The speaker ruled the
 point well taken and Mir Lanphere's vote was not counted.
 Speaker Made It Tie Vote.
 The speaker declared the vote to be 103 yes and 102 no. He announced his vote as no, and declared that thereby
 a tie resulted and the resolution fail ed to pass. A motion to reconsider was lost.
 The Rule in the Case. The rule which sent MT. Lanphere out of the chamber was number six teen which is to the effect that a
 member may not stay in the chamber when a question is decided or decided in which he is interested. The dem OcTats scanned the rules to find any other rule to fit this situation. Mir Lanphere had stayed in the chamber and had voted and the rules had not said he could not vote. Democrats drought the failure of the repubN- can side to have MT. Lanphere sent out earlier might furnish grounds for quo warFanto proceedings against whoever was elected as county com missioner. As it stands now there
 has been no election.
 The action of the speaker is justified by Rule g of the rules of the house which reads: In all cases of ballot
 ing the speaker shall vote; in other
 cases he shall not vote unless the house be equally divided, or unless his vote, if given in the minority, will
 make the division equal. And in case of such equal division the question shall be lost.
 Fairfield County
 The republican candidate for com-
 missioner for Fairfield county was 1 Whitman s. Mead. and roll call vote
 was ordered on the resolution for ap-
 pointTnent The result of the vote: ,, Whole number. 2oS: necessary, 102; yes, 1os: no, 95. The customary mo- 1 JADA ID EGGpASAueE Wd9 4DSG
 On motion of MT. Wilson of Bridge port. a roll call vote was adopted on 1 the resolution appointing Dennis Mul- Vihf1i, democrat. county commissioners for Fairfield county. The vote: 1 Whole number, 186: necessary, 94: consider was lost.
 Motion to Adjourn Voted Down. Mir Weeks made motion to adjourn and the the balance of tha county l commissioner resolutions be made the order of the day for next Tuesday. Mir. Healy spoke in opposition and said l this waS a clear case of endurance as the only possible show the democrats had to get in was in New London l county, The motion was declared lost. ] Mir Thoms moved t0 adjourn to l Thursday morning at i1.S6. Mr. ! HeaIy objected The motion was lost, ] by a strict party vote.
 l Windhan4 County.
 ] The resolution appointing E. Her i bert CoTttis. county commissioner for 1 Windham county was then taken up. l 4 roll call was ordered on motion of i Mir Kelley of Wiliimantic. MT. Beers
 moved indefinite postpOnement and i the motion was ruled out of order. MT. 1 Caine of Naugatuck arose to q point of order, and was ruled out of order. At
 the request Of Mir. Healy the speaker at 430 ordered the doors closed in 1 order of q possibility of the house be-
 ing left without a quorum, as many , democrats were leaving. When the name of MT. Thoms was reached MT. Thoms said that while the speaker 1 could prevent him from leaving the house he could not be compelled to vote, and he did not. Many demo- Crats did likewise. MT. Healy raised the point of order that every member 1 of the house was required to vote
 under the rules, unless excused by unanimous consent.
 Mr-HeaIy quoted from rule F that members shall answer to their names or the speaker shall count the house and members present and not voting as presumptively voting with the ma
 jority. The speaker took this view.
 Upon request Messrs. Kelley and Bugbee of Willimantic, were excused
 from voting, the point being raised
 when the name of NIT. Kelley was
 reached The vote: Whole number,
 12S; necessary 64; yes, S1: no. 45 A
 count showed a quorum present MT.
 Healy made motion for reconsideration
 and Mir. Caine moved that when vote
 be taken 1t be by yea and nay vote.
 The motion for roll call prevailed on
 the motion to reconsider and the vote ] was: Whole number. 121; necessary, 61; yes 37; no, s4. A count of the house revealed a. quorum.
 It was sure case of endurance as l train time" arrived, when Mir. Bald win, republican of Beacon Falls was the first to break the spell. He asked permission to leave the house. but the i speaker refused stating that he could
 not excuse after ordering the doors closed, during the progress of the vote. ! On motion of Mir Wilson, democrat 1 of Bridgeport the unanimous consent of the house was given Mir. Baldwin to retire.
 Action Denounced as Tom Eoolery." i At 5.2D Mir. Weeks renewed his mo- i ton that the order of the day be con- 1 tinued until next Tuesday. Mir. Magee
 spoke in opposition and said this de- l lay was due to the action of the dem 1 oerats and q purely political party move. Mir Taylor urged that the pres ent methods were waste of time and should end for the geod of the state. ] MP. KebBleman while in favor of roll call votes, hs did net favor a con- tihdahea with 3 decreased attendance
 of members. MT, Fhonas moved to ad-