Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-26
IN THE SENATE
Woman's Suffrage Bills Defeated Al
 ter Prolonged Debate.


 Hartford. April 25-On the favor able repirt of the committee nomina- | ttons the senate today confirmed Gov- l ernor Holcomb's nomination of Chas. | A. 1ngerson of New Haven for har- | Dor commissioner of New Haven
 On the motion of Senator Hett the senate reeonsidered its action on the bill relating to the authority of the inter urban trolley service and the bill was tabled.
 Passed-Amending the charter of the Pine Orchard association of Bran increasing the salaries of the clerk and assistant clerk of the superior | court of Holland county from $2,o00 to s2,5o0. $500 of which is to be paid Suffrage Bills. The woman's suffrage bill was the | order of the day at 11.30 and 1t was | taken up a few minutes after that l hour: There were two bills. one for municipal suffrage and the other to | allow women to vote for presidential | electors. The municipal suffrage bill was first taken up. On the motion of ] Senator Williamson the question was { divided. The acceptance of the unfa- first considered.
 Senator Barnes, the chairman of the committee on. women's suffrage, ex- plained the report and said the con- l mittee thought if the women were en- titled to one bite of the cherry they were entitled to the whole of 1t. The committee voted II to 1 against the bill. He would not feel aggrieved if the committee.
 Senator Hinckley said that both of the two leading parties had in their national platforms come out in favor of woman's suffrage. He believed that the women in the exercise of the suf- frage would purify politics.
 Senator Hurley said he had received a dozen letters from the best women in Waterbury asking him to vote against suffrage. On the senator's motion it was decided to take a roll
 senator Williamson hoped the sen- ate would not reject the bill, as he desired to offer an amendment to sub init the matter to the people.
 Bills Rejected.
 The report of the committee was accepted and the bill rejected by the following vote:
 Ayes-Senators KoppIemann. Rog- CTS, Klett, Spencer, Whitney, Leonard, Doughan, Rolf, Neebe. Hurley. Barnes, Brooks, Stoeckel. Boyd and Lyman 19.
 Nays-Senators Hemenway. Grady, Futile. LarIkin, O'Sullivan. May. Hinck- ley, Bartlett, Caldwell, Bissell, Sal mon, Williamson and Quigg-1S.
 Absent or Not Voting Senators Broder. Hunt and HaII-3.
 By a viva voce vote. the bill to al: low women to vote for presidential electors was then rejected on the mo- tion of Senator Barnes.
 Clerks Salary Increased.
 The senate passed a bill increasing the salary of the clerk of the tubercu- 1osis commission from $1, 800 to s2,000 and appropriating s2,000 for the office expenses of the commission.
 Letter From McAdoo.
 The following communication was received from Governor Holcomb | containing a letter which he had re- ceived from Secretary of the Treas farm loan bonds legal investments, | and it was referred to the committee on finance: To the Honorable General Assembly: l
 On March 2sth received an i'm quiry from the Honorable William G. | McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, as | to whether or not your honorable body | had passed law making farm loan | bonds legal investments for savings | banks and like institutions in this | state, and I then informed him that | such a bill had been presented but had been rejected upon an adverse re- port by the committee to which it was referred.
 I am now in receipt from him of a letter as follows:
 Treasury Department,
 Washington,
 April 18th, 1917.
 While I regarded this legislation of vital importance before the declara- ton of war with Germany was made, I now feel that 1t is even more vital and pressing. regret exceedingly that the importance of the appeal which I made was not realized by the legislature of your state. Past and present war experience demonstrates that the production of foodstuffs Is the real first line of defense. It is most important that at this time, of all times. money should be furnished to the farmers in whatever amounts are necessary at rate of interest which will induce them to cultivate their lands intensively and extensively. The federal farm loan board has fixed the interest rate to be charged the farmers throughout the United States at 5 per cent for a period of from five to forty years. Applications at the present time for loans exceed 4.s.a