Putnam patriot., 1925-06-05

GOVERNOR JOHN H. TRUMBULL z.asa bar association But that incl dent is closed. and I is uot likely Co be reoreued at a future session II at another session if Is faHnd necessary 20 make the law more effective iu cop fne Hifh the violations of the federal statute. another means than those suQQ ted ia the Wheeler bill sill be proTUsed.
 Speaker Darbie
 Any reference to tne work of the session of 1925 would be incomplete winch dad not notice the manner in which Speaker Elhart l. baFbie, of killuglE performed aiz duties, I'm med8ateiY after the -tate election iu November. when # Was seen that che Republicans had #er4ftd control at the Hugse and thai AiF barbie had bee8 elected aHc af Che represeuta- 4tee ftam She t0Wn af klnzIg Els election t8 the eHeakefsH3B of fha aaa=. s8- predicted The names of others were tentatively mentioned bu rivalry sussIJed when Mr DlHhie aa- aHaeea h.z candidacy He bad served ln fhe t@e previous sessions uH the committee au tha Judiciary. ani Hl one was more eni hu-iastIe for his ei- eet#su - tHa HeakersHIH taau His Hil ea=##u#He aH thas committee. 4H. DHH.e Haz HaH model sHeIEFr fl has neea courteous and faif te every aHe aa# HI= HH ruEt HuH nf fEe ruf
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 a.A t#. #H4t faata Hat fu4HH WftH H# ElHr aa Hh#a Ar Hannah D. iaHn Uu5 1t the repra seafatiges aE Aea Haven. complained that the
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 h.Ned sHat z was la sei an hi and fandius The session af l13a wa the flr.t session iu fortN tLree se4rz thaa the position of speak tr Has aiIad bA representative from Nudham county 4 tha session af tss2 the ate JahH N Hall of Wind ham, Hho Nn- afterwards president of fHe &eH sfk, ArN Haven and Hart fond railroad company filled the office. MHdham county has reason Co be preud of tho manner in which Mir DafhIe presided over the sessions of the h9use iu 1925
 From the standpoint of town gov ernmcnt in Connecticut there was nothing more important at the session than the hlll which deprives the city of Bridgeport with lts population of iGG 6vu. uf the right to control its own local taxation Within that lim- itation the state. in the exercise a. lts sovereign power. has abolis he'd local government in the second most popu- lous town in the state. lt was q serl- aus matter and the conditions in Bridgeport must indeed. have been in- tolgrahle to justify tt There iF tho possibility .hat the dEtase was de- reHatc and that its eradication requir- ed desperate remedy That frnaiHS Co b. seen. The best thlne shoat tho law the hmt on it exist tnce. lt will cease to be in effect when the al legged abuses in Bridgeport are remov- ad lt was a daueeroas precedent ta .tahlish. and f makes foNn govern mrnt uncertain ln the fuure inc lu. cad government of Hartford of New Haven CT nf any other city ar taWn in she state may b superseded ty 8 com. Il mission appointed by she general as. -semhly.
 |, The contest over che Stamford 1, iudgeship resulted iu a compromise ,5 which was victory for Senator Mat. ' thew H kencaV the son of the for. mef chairman of the Republican state !, central committee. lt had personal !, interest which Was all its own
 !, Perhaps the most effective speech delivered in the house was that of Harold K Durant of Gulfert. ln ap position tu the charter of the New Haven Water Company Many ycau -aeH Hafrs 4-aas HIz friends prefer ft
 hn Was the ass stant clerk oi fhe house He was chen t resIden. 70 Waterbury
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 Perhaps tnc most outstanding fg
 -r Was fHat 0f S natar Fred rie q Walcott uf Narfulk. wha rEtsz HfaI ths fhfty-iIr-t HtStfl1t n fi wae the chairman of thc committee
 aaanse a committee chat Is always 2 important hut whose importance Al the ' session af l9-a Was tHhaHetd hF the personality If ifs senatt chairman l. ! x seldom ur ever that that committee has had chairman who MAS s0 well - equipped faF his work. and the state Was indeed fortunate u having hlm at , thc head Of thc committec $ nator algat. is comparatively a newcomer York .tate. where he has important business interests He dret entered the putae lfs of the state when be WAS appointed a member of Che hsh and game commission hy Governor Lake in 1927 He is now president of that commission The valuable service which be has rendered the state in that capacity is seen in the improve ments in the work of increasing the fish supply Of Connecticut and of game l. IS uo wonder that the people of the state are associating him with higher hunors than these which his eonspleu- aus merits have brought hum He may hs the Republican candidate for Unit