Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-16

iFufPoSe to FFoSloe r or l akihq Vote
 of Connecticut Soldiers and Sailors. :. !, If the members of the general as- sembiy, who were elected in 1916,
 show the same interest in the spe-
 eial session which will convene
 Tuesday at II o'clock as their pre-
 decessors of 1914 did in the special
 session that was held in their 1ernl,
 there will be a large attendance. of
 legislators at the capitol when both houses are. called to order. At the 1916 special. session 246 members of the house, twelve less than the en- tire membership answered the roll call and in the senate there were only three absentees. It is ex- pected that the session will last only one day and there is no reason to think that this expectation will be disappointed.
 The purpose of, calling the special
 session is solely to provide the legal | machinery for taking the vote of | the; Connecticut soldiers and sailors in the service of the national gov ernment in the war, and any at tempt to extend the scope of the i. business beyond that purpose will not be. encouraged. Indeed, there i is doubt-and it is entertained by no 1 less an authority than the gov ernor himself-if the general as- l assembly is competent to take up any
 matters that are not germane to 1 the governors expressed purpose in
 calling the session.
 | Tn the senate the chair will be
 taken by Lieutenant Governor Clifford l B. Wilson. He presided at the special 1 session of 1916. He. is mayor of. the | Af Tv-iI 1 lieutenant-g t-governor of the state and
 there is a possibility that the duties of his municipal position may detain him 1 in Bridgeport and prevent his presiding l in the senate. In that event the chair l would be occupied by Senator Henry
 H. Lyman of the Thirty third district, who: is president pro tenn. of the 1 senate.
 The democratic leader of the senate at the regular session in 1917 Senator P. B. O'Sullivan, of the
 Seventeenth district, having entered the military service will he absent. l crats to choose a temporary leader
 who will act as their spokesman. 1 Suggested for Appointment. l It has hsea suggested 1. that Sena tor Charles c. Hemenway, of the CSCOIlu suiSlT1Cl, ~SnOulQ pc dppO1nLeQ. 1 The senator took a prominent part 1 in the business of the. last session. 1 From the fact that he attended the recent non partisan conference it has been inferred that he is the choice of his democratic colleagues flor the leadership But there are
 some who say that the position 1 should go to Senator Stephen Whit new of New Haven and in support of this statement it is recalled that Sen : ator Whitney refused to be a candi- date for the leadership at the. reg
 ular session against Senator O'Sulli- van. But it Is uncertain that Sena : tor Whitney will be able to attend l the special session. He Is now, in the government service and,@as first lieu tenant. is attached to the ordnance de- 1 partment with headquarters at
 Bridgeport. Major John Buckley. executive 1 secretary, who was clerk of the 1 senate at the last session, will l ofhciate as clerk until the senate is organized and then the clerical l duties will be handed over to either 1 Alfred c. Baldwin of Derby or Will liam II. Blodgetts of Winsted,. both I of whom are former clerks of the senate. J. Frederick Baker, who was assistant clerk of the senate in 1917
 is iB the service and will not be able