The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-21
REPUBLICANS LEAD OPPOSITION AGAINST
 ISBELL AMENDMENT


 national and statewide prominence lead the opposition to the Isbell amendment stoS the civil service law ats the hearing before the Judiciary dent william H. Taft and former Governor Rollin VVoodru ruff. who were unable to be present, sent long letters warning the Republican party that the emascuIati lion Of the civil service law, as proposed in the aIaendnnen1 would Jeopardizes the po- 1ifical future of the party
 Iohn Perry, of Southport, for nzer Repuhlican speaker and senate leader in the last session. Horace D. 1Hft, Of VVatertovzn, a bTotller Of the former pF aHident; Attorney Arthur M Marsh of Bridgeport D.. HoadIey pronaine1at manufactures of Waferburys were among the Re- pkablicans who protssted vigorously axainst tffe anendments Former cemptrolleE Daniel Dunn spoke briefly aga1nst the annendxnent, but the rna5or haft Of tn tll1ae was taken sEp by R exJN ba7ca ns. Fl
 John Gunshannon Of Hartfords vEas the rst speaker. prefaced his by sayzag that he didn t IAgV ana the1t he did not favor the IsbelI amen drlent. Te said hQWever, that his kperfence on fhe tuberc3l- ldzts commission. showed him that. sena changes should be made in the Iasw. 4e ssg geated faat the law of peFenaptor Tsennoval Of enaployes for cause m sK1t be invested m the Teads Of varto4ls state instituttons
 Judge Perry started the real pyro- teehnica1 test against the bill
 sI look up on civil service and the civil service law from three several 1afewp point z he said.
 First zIl regard to the framing of tze present laws Following it's in fodurts at sn the General Assembly proper com Enittee and hearings we're Held upon it at which free expres- sEnns of opinions were invited and. Es3ven when Hf came back to the senate. it sxas m a form that was sa s- fsRaetory 10 tfe Committee and WIS
 Al ths request of Senator Isbens astion on the bill was temporarily de1ayed. Senator McDonough, Sena- foF Stevens. Senator SNeebe and my self explained it as fully as we pos sib1ys could. When a. vote was taken, flzere was not a dissenting vote-as the records shozV-and, so far as I can learn, there wasn a dissenting veIce-
 saTha bill came back to the house da June the last day of the ses- sion There ita was again explained 1 Mr Healey and others. It was
 ssed fnme edaate1y, again without dzssent And you knows MT. Chair nan, that had one member 90 desired he could easily have killed off this o any other bill, such were the con fiskion of things on that last day But there was no dissent So much for tfe alleged ehasty and nasty way in which this civil service law v as pssed-
 secondIy, have long been in flavor 0 civil service for a. state or a zrla1- ncipaIity. 1e is a. splendid thing, Lnak- ie for most efficient public service n is no longer an experiment. in trial. has passed that stage long ago and n5w has nerited and it receives the hzaI and enthusiastic support of hun RNads of thousands Of Americans believe in civil service laws and civil service principles, and every thinking person can see the benefits thereof. Df course there can't be a law that Hpesn,t contain some exceptions If Mr Gunsh annon thinks 1t shouldn' t hnpIv to his connEni issd sdorA2though | fail Ee see why it shon1dn'tIet the com mission apply to the civil service hoard sor removal from its Jurisdiction
 The third point would touch upon Is this For eleven years have been member of the state police con1nis- sions a. large part of that time as its president Taat csonnndssion is not under ffFes civil service law The cfvil
 
 be, and the four lawyer members ot Dur commission thought otherwise Ehe attorney general supported us in pr content on We are still without fe civil service law, and personally ] dsnst think we should come under 1t Hsft that is only our side of it. If ths E77H service commission can show rns how we can better administer our of fec under the law, for one would b< too glad to have the state police board fzithin it's jurisdiction.
 MT Chairman, want to tell you Eat our present civil service law is just about as good as you can get EeIae slight changes may be deemed aavisaapIe. but, as a whole, the law is . good one.
 ssnator rsbeiI -.sI5et ma ask you, Mir Perry Was there any discussion O . this law when it came into the Senats for action last session 2s
 ATr Perry--T There was The bil Exas explained at length in the morn lng session, and at your request ac lIon was delaped until afternoon The7 tI1e bill was again explained, and waa passed without dissent
 Senator LsbelI-s.Y ou say that on man could have killed the bill dn tn, house cn that last day How do yo' 7@
 Er. Ferry-ssYou know we'll enougG naatat a graveyard for bills this cham b became The smallest part of 1 man, had he so desired. could effec taal1y have killed this or any othe legislation on that day by any ono 0 hendreds of parliamentary tacttcs.'
 Kseprezan tive King Of Fsairflef. asked Mir. Perry if he didn't belfew his II years on the police commission qualified him better to administ9r tn duties than if he were under a civi service commission which had no prae Heal knowledge Of the workings of tn office.