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...Republican Senators, who had settled down to spend the Summer at Rutland, Mass., waited to see what their angered Democratic colleagues would do. The Democratic Senators assisted by a Democratic Governor and Lieutenant Governor did what they could. They got two witnesses who testified that the Chairman of the Republican State Committee had instigated the placing of the ludicrous bomb. The witnesses also declared that one "Toots" Murray had actually placed the bomb...
...Republican State Senators of Rhode Island who fled their state following a Democratic filibuster and a literal gas attack (TIME, June 30) were discovered just over the border at Rutland, Mass. They fled, according to their own account, in fear for their lives. One heroic Republican remained behind, risking sudden death, in order to bring up the question of no quorum, if the Democratic minority tried to do anything without them?tried for example to call a Convention for a new State Constitution in place of the present Constitution which gives the country districts (Republican) disproportionately large representation...
...fleeing Senators, to protect themselves in Rutland, had on hand six members of the Massachusetts State Patrol as well as plain-clothes men from both States. For fear of kidnapping, no one of them is allowed to leave the hotel at night without a guard...
...spite of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the Republicans would doubtless be just as safe in Providence as in Rutland...
...possible routes to Silver Bay by rail have been recommended by the committee in charge of the Conference. The former, via the Boston and Maine railroad and the Rutland railroad, is a day trip. The train leaves the North Station at 7.45 in the morning and reaches Ticonderoga at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The trip is made from Ticonderoga to Silver Bay by auto. This route, which is strongly recommended, costs only $14.84 for a round trip ticket from Boston, including the auto fare to and from Ticonderoga and Silver...