Putnam patriot., 1926-03-12
BILL" FORAN NIGHT
 AT B. F. .O. E, NO. 574
coNNECTICUTs MORAL
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Ta the E Itor 0f The Patriot
 Professor Lawrence uf the faculty of -1e college for women at New London IS quoted as saying that Con- H.ctzegt is ruled by q rural oll- garehl. and one ef the daily news papers af fhe state comments that tne statement is true with the quail hcat8un. with an office iu the city
 A one Of tho represg ntatives 10 she General Assembly Of 1925 from a "ruraIH town of a total population of 418 by the last federal census. lef me call tbe attention of champions af representation by men instead of acres. that the authors and chief champions of tine most vicious legls- iation in that Assembly were from the big cities SO how can Il be proven that the state would be any better off f the entire government were turned over Co the cities?
 Whence came chiefly that vicious attack on the high courts of the state in the interest of eoooZers. bootleg gers. and bbodlers" as one disgusted Republican from '.the rural districts expressed it2 Whence came the sue eessfuI plot Co weaken the Jury sys- sten7 Whence came those raids on local town and city governments Whence came the plan te secure ab- solute control of public-utillty fran ehises without state regulation. and the ruthless overriding Of amendments offered by representatives of rural towns designed 10 sustain the piea oi Marcus Holcomb. Charles Phelps and Thomas Bradssrect in a special re- port to the Assembly If 1909l asking for more efficient maintenance of public utilities better regard for public safety" for "a longer ride. better transfers t' a larger fund for wages. ? better health for employees greater safety for passengers in the avoidance of labor troubles ard strik- qs aH How many citizens of GOunec- ticut ever heard of this report Of the distinguished officials above named or realize that this report was side tracked by influences apparently under the thumb of "a bigger man than old Grant"
 [: e quite true that these and simi- lar measures against the public wei fare could not be put oyer' with mt the subseryienee af the rural members But whence has come for many years the plotting 10 control tHe members from the rural towns. h= maalHalafuz their caucuses plot tine and planning that are already uass #sfI advanced for the coming Ta6f fhIs fali. in order to control .f manner the General As
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 The political condition of the agar4ee party mah iE Connecticut is well illustrated by story which ''the representative from Ashford told on tIs ataf If the house on the last day of the Assembly of 1925. when re- -reudine t1 the beautiful presentation winch was made ta him of 2 "cow ee1H' and a miniature of the steam uH which "the gang' had tried "a run over him earlier m tba session AWH The confusion of the closing Haars. it is doubtful fl many members caught the significance of that story and so l ask Co repeat t here. for # h5ys the naiteal situation exactly