The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-05
Queer Stories Circulate At Capitol About Recent
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 committee on the judiciary. he said. had labored long to evolve this just measure,'' which would bring to the people their due in the matter of pub lie utilities service.
 Senator Isbel1's voice almost shook with emotion as he painted word pie ture of his committees 1abors in be- half of the down-trodden consumer. He wound up by asking the passage of the bill without further delay. that conditions might be lighted And he seemed in deadly earnest as he spoke
 With the rapidity and ease of a we'll drilled organization, the Senate majority voted down amendments of fered by Senators Magee and Wilton. Senator Magee wanted to restrict the public utilities commission to grant ing power franchises where public necessity demands, and where the present companies are unable or uTl- willing to supply adequate service. Senator Wilton wanted to strike out the paragraph which repealed Section 3916.
 Senator wf1liam Bree of New Ha- ven, took a shot at his colleague, Sem ator Isbe11, in his opposition to the bill. He said he was startled Into all most speeches. surprise by seeing Senator IsbelI in the role of a cham pion Of the people
 e'He didn't seem to think so much about the people and their money. last week.. said MT. Bree. when he assist ed in jamming through a resolution for spending $42, 900 for a needless re- vision of the statutes.
 The legislative reporter of the Hart ford Times in his sneculatfons- flor everybodys specu1atfng now about who's who and what's what in the electricity bf11-presents this interest | Tn 5Sif1e1isrft to his readers: f4tSH
 ttJ Henry Rora back chairman of l the Republican, state committee, and l a daily visitor to the legislative halls. is said to have more than a friendly interest in the future of the electricity bill. Where are those who trace MT. Roraback's interest to the Nesting \ house company of New York and Pittsburgh, Penn, and it has been re- Hated in inside circles that Paul Brady, I a nephew of the late Anthony Brady, lis an important figure in the 1egtsla- tive raid on the legitimate electric lighting and power corporations of the state.
 "As the bill passed the House all lowing any company with the con sent of the public utilities commits sion to embark in the power develop ment business for the commercial market, it is said that the eIectr1e lligh ting companies of the state breath led freer. as the privilege was limited to electricity for power and heat The silence of the electric light companies I who might naturally be supposed tc resent an intrusion of their fields is f said to have been forced by the threat J from MT. Roraback that if they made an outcry. the bill would be amended in the Senate to extend the privilege ] to electric lighting also Under this threat 1t is said the electric lighting lcompanies of the state concluded thal they'd better grin and bear it.
 Counsel for the electric lighting in. Iterests of the state is William F. Hen Iney of Hartford. Judge Henney fs IRepubfcan national connnttteeTnaI from the state, and MT. FIorabaek is Echatrman of the state central commit. ltee. This statement would indicate 2 Hack of harmony of interests betweer these two distinguished political chief ltains. They represent business inter tests not directly in accord, the on. I iwth the other.
 People who has studied House bfI .i7T7 in its present form assert that i does not hit many of the established power companies of the state as yet But there are many opportunities fol its development and extension to d lso. That may come in later Som, lpeopIe recall that MT 5Roraback ant his friends own power company ans