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Show CONNECTICUT SOLON CHARGES TAMPERING WITH HOUSE BILLS Alleges Bill Had Been Secretly Se-cretly Changed After Leaving Committee. HARTFORD, Conn., May Si. A sensation sen-sation ha been caused in legislative circlee her by charge that bill, have bees tampered with to the interest of corporation after leaving th hand, of houee eommititeea. A bill incorporating incor-porating s new railroad in th suburban suburb-an New York district waa eited on the Door of th house by Representative Garde, chairman of the railroad committee. com-mittee. i - "In aom strange, mysterious manner," man-ner," he told his colleagues, "this bill has been changed since it left the committee to be reported, and th bill in th file is not the on as laat aeen by the committee." Bepresentative Thomas asked whether "in the strange, mysterious" charge, that have been made, any additional ad-ditional advantage had beea given to the proposed company. Chairman Garde answered that the eompany bad been given the right to take land and later go to th court and have its value fixed. "This was not in the bill when it waa in the hand of th committee," he said. "It was added afterward." '' The bill we. sent back to th committee com-mittee for investigation. |