The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
Especial to The Farmer.1

Especial to The Fafmer.1
 Hartford, Feb. 24-The open re- volt of forty Republicans from ma chine domination in the tanning through the House of the IsbelI Civil Service law, yesterday afternoon was the cause of comment to-day at the CapftoI. The opponents of the bill mustered 93 votes against the major ity's 140, in the final roll call which came late in the afternoon.
 The normal minority strength is 5s, and there were several absentees on the Democratic side. This would in- =dicate that nearly 40 Republicans the move to kill the bill. This was even better than the advocates of civ il service had hoped for, in view of Speaker Hea1y's public announcement that the machine was determined to shove the legislation through If it took all night 7
 Representative Shaw, of Bedding, a Republican, openly called the major ity bill ia xnistake,, that would hurt the Republican party. He said the Is- bell bill virtually s'IkiIls civil service in the state," and urged that it be recommitted oSthe committee
 Representative Bronson, who off fered substitute bill that was voted down by his fellow Republicans. warned his party that 1t was making Ia grave political erF0F-
 This bill is aimed primarily at two officials in the eapitol.,' he said- There is no use trying to cover up the real object of this legislation"
 Representative Perry, of New Ha- ven. also took a shot at the majority bill and the motives that were behind it. He foresaw dire things po1iti- calIy for the majority were sscivil ser- vice erased from our statute books.
 It was then that Majority Leader Hyde temporarily let his feelings get the better of his judgment and an nounced that the Judiciary commit tee didn't want to hear any more about the bill.
 we've been clzssed and damned on this matter until we're sick of it, :, he said. We've made report to you You can take it or leave tive don't want any more of it.
 Speaker HeaIy then swung his war club He wasn't at all pleased with the way things were going and fur l ther debate didn't tend to put the G. o. P. in pleasant light,
 tThis house is here to do the States business, and we're going to do 1t. he announced from the rostrum. We're going to do the States business, if we have to stay here all night
 This was taken by many as an ul- tinaturn of the G. @. P machine that the bill was to be damned through at sl1l costs ana DFOuEhI some Ol L11e Republican parliamentarians to their feet.
 Representative shawis motion to TO- commit was sidetracked when the Speaker announced that Leader EIyde's motion to indefinitely post pone the Bronson amendment took precedence. The motion to postpone was carried.
 l A roll call was then ordered on the passage of the majority report The l roll call was demanded by Democratic ltLeader Devine. who said:
 "At this time would offer my deepest sympathy to the Speaker Two years ago, in this House. he urg- ed the passage of the civil service bill that suddenly is discovered to be SC malicious.
 "IIe now presides over the legisla- tive body that presides at his death He watched over the bill when it was born. I join with him in the deer grief that he surely must experience now at it's death.''
 Representatives Kelly and Garlick of Bridgeport; Blakeman and More house, of Stratfordss King and Lacey of Fairfield; and Sherwood, of West port, were all regular in their votes with the Republican majority for the emascuIation of the civil service law
 Representatives Shaw and Hazen ol Bedding, and Mead of Greenwich bill
 The vote in detail fellows:
 Those Voting Yes. ? Hartford county -Messrs. Hydel GriswoId, Mexcur, Hohbein, Lawton Goslee, Steele Ward. Lough1in, Wood ward, Sanford, Goddard, Chittenden Hitchcock. Hyde.. Schultz, Goodwin Churchill, Carter, Lenox, Andrus. A R. Wells. Clark. Spear, Deming, Tenn D. Wells, House.
 New Haven county-Messrs. IsbeIl Osborn. Peasley. Peck, Aubrey, J. ID { Brown, F. T. Clark, Stamford, Revere Eaton Martin. Talmadge, Pearson ] Mitchell.
 New London county-Mes Stark ' Williams, Davis. Lathrop, Kenyon Taylor, Tinker, Crontn. Bailey. Hen derson, Pend1eton, Mitchell, Rogers l Wilcox, Babcock, Morgan.