New Britain herald., 1929-05-18
1 In Which Wc Try to Pierce
 T1ne FutuFo Political veil

11o EVue0 F0eWCAA Scu
 Now that the 1929 session of the Connecticut legislature is . matter of history. political depestsrs are privileged to speculate on coming events. The stets senate is censld- cred . fertile AelA fee those going oa up in the political arena. and from eesry quarter can bs heard the thought that Lsulsnant Governor Ernest '. Nssers will be offered the geverner's lob in the. event that 0everAer Jehn H. Trumbull doesn't wish to run again.
 Ressrs is from New London 70 the lieutenant governor must be selected from another county. The biz three of the senate this last session wsrs ssaatsr Christ of New Britain. Senator Lavery Of Fairhsld aAA ssnator Wilcox Of Neriden. senatar R. J. Smith Of Manchester was also . power but Ais recent ap- pointment to the county cnmmis- sieasrship eliminates him sfrom the Aeid of possibilities fer tho lieuten- and governorsAip. It can bs said that the senator. whe had tho mest power of the entire personnel Of the high body was Senator Christ. who. after 1t is all said and done, was the man who held up the grsat Hartford rsssrvolr bill. 6enator Smith. chairman of tho committee on cities and boroughs. made that statement giving. at the same ttmo, a testimonial to Senator Christ's powers. Other power indicators was the charter amendment of New Britain and the distribution of the states money.
 Senator Wilcox. president pro tenn. of the senate has . great num- Der of boosters for the lieutenant governorship nomination. but many Of Senator Christ's friends argue that the consenial senator from Meriden has time yet. being . young man in hts thirties.
 Senator J4avery of Bridgeport. by the process of elimination. is tho biegsst threat for power and higher honors that the New Britain sens- tor has to contend with. should both seek to 70 higher. Lavery. . republican senator from Fairfield. it is argued. would prove choice morsel for Bridgeport voters and swing John T. Kings old strong hold safely back into the repub'l- can columns.
 Senator Christs boosters counter with the idea that New Britain isn't the republican stronghold that ex- listed formally. and it would be well to put Cennecticut's fifth city safely within the c. o. P. ranks. This ses- sion. the committee on appropria- tions Of which Senator Christ waa chairman. turned out to be by far and away the most important corl- mittee of the legislature with the committee on finance running . close second. The judiciary con- n,ittee had . multitude of small bills 10 consider. The Hartford judge ship appointments afforded tue members tn. most embarrassment. 50 the finger of fate singles out the appropriations committee as the
 most powerful.
 Senator Christ's enemies will ask what he has done for New Britain which is . natural question. Ertt of all. he led the movement to get 3.o,o00 in all, for the improvem ant of the new Normal school, he killed the Hartford water rights bill. and put up . valiant light to have the back penalty tax f,xsd at 3 per cent instead of the existing IF per cent He said he was going to kill plac' ing appropriations of SS0.O00 o1 more on New Britain's voting ma' , chimes and it was killed-there wa
 no secret about that. Many of ths ex-servicemen of New Britain ant
 elsewhere were prone to critictx'
 him about the bill which would al low an exemption of 5000 instea. of 1l.000 on property of World wal
 veterans. The attitude of Senato
 Christ on that matter was beyont
 reproach. He was speaker of thu '' senate the day that matter came Sp
 He was called to the chair by Lieu
 tenant Governor Rogers. and durinl
 the debate which was heated ' showed no desire to stiffle discus
 sion, even when the senate maiorit. leader. who is now Judge Peaslc.
 of the Connecticut superior court Twas getting . tatooinE from Senate . Conroy. . democratic senator frcn t Hartford. The matter was los . without Senator Christ. in the chai' l. voting. Had it been tie vote IL ?. would have to vote. He gave tn II ex-servicemen the fairest shake c e any republican senator except Sena
 ter Arrigoni. also an ex-servicemar n It is the opinion of the observe
 that he can 60 higher if he wishe and can rest on his laurels of th '' 1929 legislature.
 l. Commissioner E. F. Nall Is
 70 Watchdog With Strong Teeth Commissioner Edward F. Hall ha le just finished his first sitting as hea
 of the states finances while th legislature was in session. and tn n. theory of Governor John H. Trum I'd bull. the originator of the appoint q s~aot hss h>An AAs,hlv sfrn n 1t h e n At