New Britain herald., 1925-01-03
EX|LED SENATOR'S
 RETURN 10 RI.
Adjournment Of 1924 Session
 Brings Back Legislators !

Rutland, Mass, Jan, S,-The Rhode Island republican senators are going homo today The seIt-assum- ed exile which began following tho release of bromino gus In the senate chamber on June l9 ended when the general assembly adjourned yester- day after d scSsioH which began on January l, 1921.
 Worn out by the strain of the fiIi- buster conducted by the democratic minority in which protractcd sittings were common, tho last Of 52 hours, and during which disorder several times occurred with threats of per- sonal violence. twenty-one of the twenty two republican left the state,
 Two days later they established themselves here in the Hotel Bart lett, the geographical center of the state. Since many of the families soon followed then and since several rooms wero required for inc week. end visits of party leaders and friends the hotel became almost com pletely a sub-station Of the Rhode Island capitol.
 The "Exilcs' organized themselves into a close-knit community. The floor leaders became the house com- mittee. Guards were hired and pa ,rollcd the grounds night and day 10 guard against the abduction which the senators feared would be at tempted to force q quorum in the senate.
 The senators led life in the open which restored their physical Ngor. The summer sports of bathing, ten is and golf, gave way to hunting and mountain climbing with inc coming Of fall. and they in turn 10 he winter sports,
 The Hotel Bartlett became the focal point Of the town, The sena- torial party organized a Fourth of July celebration which dwarfed any previous in the town. They provided the orators. composed half of the parade and outshonc everyone In fire works. The local storckecpers adapt ed their stocks to the senator's tastes, the moving picture shows, dances and sporting events swelled their audiences with visitors from Rhode Island
 And yet the hotel was almost a community in itself. Twice death visited it. Edwin Spraguo, it's man. ager when the senators first arrived. died suddenly one night. A few months ago Senator Jesse H. Hop kins, died while visiting relatives on Cape Cod.
 A marriage was performed, when a daughter of one of the senators transferred her ceremony to Rutland so that her father might attend. Children came here for their birth days; on Thanksgiving a gigantic dinner was served the senatorial family; on Christmas a tree bore gifts for all: and on New Years Eve the four story building winked lights
 
 in the village church nearby boomed it's announcement of the New Year.
 Meanwhile in Rhode Island the af- fairs in which the senators had been leaders went on without them. Their wives did double duty in maintaining homes while attempting frequent visits here. Sons assumed responst- bilities beyond their years on acting as contacts or managers in their fathers businesses.
 The elections were waged at long range. Thirteen of the twenty-five, several had not run again, were re- turned to office in the republican landslide which swept the state. Now with the stamp of approval placed on their course hy the voters they enter Tuesday upon new legislative year.