New Britain herald., 1925-06-03
LEGISLATURE IN X.
 LAST SESSION
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 The senate concurred on the Wal. lingford judgeships and on the mar. riage bill, It receded and rejected It's own amendment on the overhea d wire bill which left the bill in itt original shape, and 1t was adopted in concurrence. The senators began to depart from their dignity 10 the extent Of throwing streamers ot paper at each other.
 Al l2:lb capitol time, Mir Finkel- stone Of Bridgeport was placed in the speakers chair and the presen tation of gifts began. It was fear fully hot, the chamber was crowded and the fun uproarious, the ap. plause and cheers eehoing all over the building.
 A joke bill was adopted in the house establishing in Derby a royal dynasty founded on the pres ent chief of police who shall in his person administer the entire government Of the city, with full power, legislative and judicial" The said chief would have a seat Of of- flee with the inscription "by their nerve ye shall know them" Mrs Raymond of Lyme, In the manner of MT. sturges. explained a bill to in- corporate "the Woodbury mountain gas and hot air company" and Mrs. Lewis in the manner of Mir. Bell op- posed it as vicious legislation"
 The house sang Long, Long Trail' after Mir. Sherwood and Mir. Sturges had sung Farewell Ladies We're Going to Leave You Now"
 Mrs. Townsend had a bag of cook ies. She offered Mir. Barnes of Bris- tol one for his vote in favor Of the child labor amendment next time. Mir. Barnes repudiated the gift rath- CT than sacrifice his principles for cookie"
 Busy Session
 The session now coming to an end has been a very busy one for the past four weeks. For four months its proceedings logged along in a leisurely way, although committees kept up hard grind on a volume of bills and resolutions which com pared with Any for many years. There were introduced in January upwards of 1000 measures. To these were added In recent weeks scores of bills raised in committees on matters suggested by bills pre- viously heard and which the com nittees did not appear to like. Many who have had long experience in egisative matters are of the opin- On that more bills were raised in committee and adopted later by both branches than in any previous ses- ;ion for generation at least.
 What the exact volume of new public and special acts is will not 1e determined until Governor Trumbull has passed upon the bills which will go to him in the next week or two. The legislature un- ioubtedly has adopted in the last week more than 200 measures Of all 4jnds and 1t has heen both 2 physi- ,al and mechanical impossibility to get most of these measures to the executive In engrossed form. In the .ggregate it will probably be founo hat about c5o public acts and 400 pecial acts have been adopted and c these must be added scores Of .esolutions making judicial and ,ther appointments.
 The business of the session was nearly completed at yesterdays long ,ession. but there remained some matters to be disposed of today
 Three Measures Which Failed
 Three matters which the legisla- ure refused to adopt and which may ,e as much a subject of discussion n the next year or tomorrow as in he past year were these:
 It refused to ratify q proposed to the federal constitu- ion on child labor; 1t rejected the Jill to make women eligible for jury Iuty and it refused to adopt pro ,ibition enforcement bill which was by Chief Justice George Y. Wheeler and was popularly glv- n his name, although the measure ,roved to be unpopular with the egislators
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 Tn the session the senate leader ras Daniel NJ. Cronin of New Lon- on who had as his lieutenant sens tor Samuel Shaw of Bedding. Upon he latter fell a considerable part f the leaders duties as Mir. Cronin -as i'll for time. The house lead r has been Representative B. W. Hing of New Britain, serving his econd term, and while he was also ouse chairman of the judiciary ommittee a considerable part of the -ork of reporting on committee bills ell upon Representative Averill of 'ranford.
 The session began with an inaug- raj address by Governor Hiram Bingham and closed with an address Y Governor Trumbull, the former aving served in office but single ay. Senator J. F. Brainard of the 2th district became automatically cting lieutenant governor as presi- ent pro tenn. of the senate and he i'd not act with his county delega- on or occupy his senatorial seat at ny time. The session closed with some dis Ission on the part of members as customary of political aspects for
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