New Britain herald., 1923-01-13

hly history, but is fully qualified in
 every way to fll the lob,
 Oliver q, Jennings Of Fairfield, who
 sits in the house for the first time,
 Is also an interesting figuTe, and sill
 he heard from before the session is
 over, Mir, Jennings is many times
 millionaire, and is one of the diree-
 tors and a large stoekholder in the
 Standard oil company, as well as be-
 ing interested in many other large
 companies, His place Of business is
 in Vanderbilt avenue. New York, and
 he is greatly interested in agrieultuE,
 al work in Fairfield,
 Senator James II, Macdonald of
 New Haven, is picturesque figure in
 the senate, and is constantly mem toned as the first man who will prob, ahly he selected for a highway conn missioner, under the new plaE Of plae- ing the highway department under three headed commission, which an- parently will pass in this session, The venerable republican leader Of the Elm City Is at present in Chicago, at- tending the convention of the Ameri- can Road Builders assoelation, When Jim" was highway commissioner Of Connecticut 20 years ago. he organiz- ed this body, with four other state commissioners joining him in the ef- fort. Today it is one Of the biggest in the country.
 Regret At Bcanett's Departure.
 While on the subject Of the high way department. there is no question that everybody in the legislature is sorry to sec Commissioner Bennett leaving his post Mir Bennett Is con ceded to be an efficient and capable | highway official. and this sentiment | was expressed fully. regardless of par ty affiliations. Naturally. the future | policies Of the department. and its new head or heads. are the subjects I Of considerable talk. and already can- didates for high positions are popping | up. No bashfulness is exhibited in | the candidacics either.
 Appointments Of committees left some members disgruntled but dis pleasure is the usual thing with many members after committees arc ap- pointed. It is usual for the president of the senate and the speaker of the house to write the members in ad- 'ance. asking for their preference as Q committees. Each time scores Of are received for appoint nents to such committees as finance, and cities and bor- 'ughs, and as only two senators and eleven house members can go an any me committee, many requests must ,e changed, other committees are substituted, and .some disappointments Ire inevitable. Undoubtedly the sem lte president and the speaker con- ider the hardest job of the session 'ver when the list of committees is , complete. It is always a long and f edious process. A perusal of com $ nittee personnel, after the commit , ees were announced gives one the { impression that both house and sen- : .te committees are headed by con- [ ervative. experienced. capable men, , IS whole, the membership of the committees is the same. The .so- alled independent or radically in- , lined" element is sitting outside the :; ale of good committee membership. .
 Democrats Fare We'll 2
 Of course democratic members are + nterspersed in the committees, and 2 $ usual have one or two men on i; he important committee and two or r tfee on each Of the less important ' mes. However, from comparison 2 rith past sessions, it is apparent that hey fared much better than they q ave previously. Minority leader r ,cnton is chairman of the military f fairs committee, where in former f 'ss'ons it has been customary to Y lace the minority leader as second F Ian on some important committee Ut not chairman. In the senate, < ignam of Hartford is second mem- VI CT of the important committee on a Dor, and Senator Clyne of New Hav- l, another democrat, has an import 1t place as second member of the il ,mmittee on shell fisheries. Dem- 4 ,ratic members of both houses state i, lat they are very well satisfied with n makeup. h
 Bills Left Over From 1921 z, If the newly appointed committee [, l unfinished business cares to delye q to the files of the office of the sec n tary of state, there will be found fl ven bills left over from the last ses- N on, which, according to statute, may fs brought forth again. However. 1t
 hardly likely that this will be done h, One of the bills concerned the to yiding of the state into six congress if onal districts instead of five as at C. esent. In Washington, this has a, en put over until the next congress, te d such disposal allows of no fur to CT action on the part of Connecticut. m lother bill would allow the governor F,
 disapprove of an item in a bill thout having to disapprove of the th tire bill. This would have to be q GU institutional amendment, and wifi Lin obably be brought out in new "; I in this session. CT The bill concerning zoning will obably. recline in the secretary's of-