The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

bate to make a personal attack on Senator Browns father.
 Judge Barnes is now completing his third term as judge of the court.
 The row was precipitated by the receipt of a divided report from the judiciary committee, the majority, consisting of Senators Delaney and Brown and Representing Buckley, Campbell, Hall, Nickerson and Perry, favoring Libby and the minority consisting of Representatives Darbie, Barry, Sherwood, Storrs, Wall and Williamson, opposing Libby and favoring the reelection of Barnes.
 Upon call from Senator Banks for an explanation, Senator Brown said considerable opposition had de veloped to Barnes on account ot his conduct, which had been such, he said, that he had lost the respect ot the majority of the people ot Nor wich, to such an extent in tact, that his retention on the bench was the issue in the election in which he (Senator Brown) had been chosen to represent the Nineteenth District in the Senate.
 Senator James Graham ot Lisbon, Senator Browns colleague from New London county, charged that the Norwich iudgeship squabble was the outqrowth of a difference between Senator Brown and his family and Tudge Barnes and his family. He in timated that a political caucus which heIDed secure the senatorial nom1na- ton for Senator Brown had been packed and charged that the senator had buttonholed every senator Tn what he (Senator Graham) termed his personal fight against Judge Barnes. "I'm not asking you to scratch my back and l don't think his back should be scratched" he said, alluding to- the fact that Senator Brown had recently been appointed to the superior court bench.
 Senator Brown said he was at a loss to understand the animus behind Senator Graham's remarks. He had absolutely no personal feeling aga1ns' Judge Barnes, he said, and he knew of no family differences. q have tried to be polite about this matter and to avoid getting into unpleasant details" he said, "but in view of the senator's remarks, 1 feel forced tc do SO. I must take this course whether I have been appointed to the superior court or not, although the fact of the appointment makes i harder for me to do so If the senator was such a good friend to Judg' Barnes as he says he is, he wouldn' force me to go into these details.
 Following a recital of the quallfCa tions of MT. Libby for judge, Senate Brown Contlnued:
 "Barnes is a man who, by reasol of his conduct, has earned reputa ton of unrcliability and lack of in tegrity. He has used the court as al agency to maintain his own polltlca position. In 1917, when 1 was mayo of Norwich, 1 met Barnes after
 hook and ladder company banquet an he said to me, Be a good fellow nov and help me out I've got two candi dates for prosecutor and only on place to fill. I'm going to put ln
 bill to create q position of assistan clerk and prosecutor to take care c one of them 1 told him that
 would do all in my power to oppos such a move. He succeeded in gettln a special act passed to create the Jot
 "In August, 1920, when one Will . Ryan, an employe of a person C some political influence, was present ed for a violation of the motor Veh1Cl law, when a child was seriously lr iured, Barnes ordered the case nolle upon payment of $5 to cover the cost and afterwards remarked to a coul official, I let that fellow down brett easy, but we may want to use hir (referring to the employer) politicall sometime.'
 "He once told Alderman Charles Wells, a manufacturer and presider of the Norwich Chamber of Con merce, who has a large political fo lowing, that if ever any of his en ployes were arrested, just to call hi1 up and he would take care of the1