New Britain herald., 1923-03-15
NO BOSS LAWSIN
 CONN.,. CHRIST
Says No Orders
 Come From Men "Hisher Up'

That members of the legislature are not receiving orders from high CT up" regarding how they shall and shall not vote was testified to by Ernest W. Christ, representative from New Britain, at meeting of the Berlin Mems Bible class at the com munity house in Berlin last evening,
 Mir. Christ spoke on Early lm- pressions on the Beginner in tho Leg islature" and said he had heard, and many people are of the opinion, that members of the legislature are re- ceiving orders. He said he had an experience to contradict the suppo- sition. A certain measure to which Mir. Christ was opposed came up for hearing before his committee. Many letters were received from peo- pie in the town concerned for and against the bill Among them were two letters from the so called "old guard" In the letters they stated that they had also sent letters to men higher in authority asking them to straighten MT. Christ out on that particular bill as they knew he was opposed to it.
 Some days afterward, one of the leaders in the legislature approached him, saying Here's one of the let ters I received, Ernest. Read it and tear it up." That episode shows how much the leaders are influencing the members as to their voting.
 Fanatics in Prohibition Ranks. t,n carelessness with which bills are drawn up. There are several kinds of bills of this loosely-drawn type which, if passed, would be of no benefit to the state and might cause harm.
 Some. of these are bills drawn up on subjects over which the particular persons interested have gone crazy, he said. A few of the bills regarding prohibition are drawn up in all earn estness, but those interested have be- come fanatics on the subject and therefore have included many drastic clauses which would not be beneficial, he said.
 Another MT. Christ said, is the bill regarding some problem in a certain community, which would not be &C., ceptable as state law as it would not affect the entire state.
 Like Old-Fashioned Blunderbuss
 Then there are others that aim at some particular thing, but are so loosely drawn that Hike the old fashioned blunderbuss they would kill everything in sight" as the speaker characterized them. They are aimed at one thing, but would al- so include and possibly hurt many others, he declared.
 One bill requires dealers to stamp all eggs to show their degree of freshness. This bill seemed an eX- cellent public measure when first brought up, but it has lately devei- oped that, as the bill would only af- feet eggs sold in this state and as many of the big wholesalers order and buy the eggs from other states it would not be effective. A bill is now in progress whereby cold storage eggs would be permitted to come into the state only in sealed packages. These eggs must be sold in the packages.
 
 in the fate of men who made election and prediction promises to the vot- CTS. Several of these men agreed to do all they could to have service charges by public service corporations, such as gas companies, done away with
 Many times the laws that men rant about when they are running for of- flee are perfectly all right when the people are not excited by some dema- gogue, MT. Christ said. The people are stirred up by a man anxious to get an office. This is unfortunate said the speaker as there are many people who are not familiar with the laws of this country and who go up in the air at the slightest provoca- tion.
 The speaker said that there is much criticism regarding the scant courtesy given those appearing before commit tees in the interest of bills. People do not realize that sometimes the same bill comes up year after year and if the members are veterans on the particular committee, they are so familiar with it that they don't want to hear any more of it, as there are so many bills to be discussed.
 The best way, said the speaker, if one is interested in bill is to have two or three people who know the facts speak briefly on the subject the others interested being registered by name. This would save time.
 Out-Nlancuyering the Opposition
 In speaking of the financial condi- tion of Connecticut, MT. Christ said that there is not money enough to go around and probably some of tho people and towns will have to go with out things this session. If the states indebtedness is allowed to grow it will be one of the hammers the opposi- ton will use in the next election, he said. People have pressed for ex- emptions and changes in the tax laws, but they will probably be disappoint- cd.
 Concluding. the speaker expressed curiosity as to how representatives can get the opinions of those they represent. The members always hear from the noisemakers and the radi- calls, but the really worth while citi- zens do not say much. They kick once in while, but only after every thing is over and the legislation has adjourned. He urged organizations like the Bible class to get together 4at1