Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-03

it's former action Ca motion which had it bee
 adopted would have killed the bill) Iii
 Speaker said that inasmuch as the House Ina, reconsidered it's action there was nothing fo
 it to adhere to. The motion to amend wa
 adopted. Motions were then made to continu
 to the next session and to indefinitely post
 pone. The speaker ruled that this latter ques
 tion was debatable, and on this question, Mr
 Colyer read from printed slips quite care fully prepared speech, in which the exaction Of the New Haven road were not very favora bly, contrasted with the rates charged by tn, other roads leading out of New York.
 Upon the conclusion of MT. Colyert remarks, Judge Catln said he would like te call attention to the exactions of the Nauga tuck railroad and said he would confn9 lis remarks to the prescribed five minutes. Dur ing that time he said that the Naugatuck com pany had been, for years, paying ten per cent dividends on nearly $2, 900. 900 of capital up- wards of $600, 900 of which had not been con- tributed by the stock k-holders that it had in- creased it's fares in 1864 some thirty per cent, above the rates charged during the most of the war; that it had continued these high rates for the past fifteen years, and was now charg- | ing upwards of three cents per mile; and be- tween many stations four cents, the average of all receipts, as shown by the railroad com mssioners report, being 68-1O0 cents per mile. He also called attention to the fact that the company charged dollar per ton more for freight or ceal to Litchfeld, than it charged for hauling it thirteen miles further to Win sted, and said that these rates were unreasona- ble, and should be restricted by the General Assembly.
 Mr. Graves of Litchfeld rose in reply He said that in the early history of the Company it paid no dividends: that the stage coach from Litchfeld charged nearly 15 cents per mile, and that, when he reached the railroad. he found it's rates so much less that he was quite satisfied with them. He thought that the gen tlemen from Darien and from Harwinton were both influenced by the gentleman from East Hartford, and that this fight against the rail roads has been kept up long enough
 MT. Catlin said that the gentleman from Litchfeld was much troubled with East Hart ford on the brain. As for himself, he did not represent East Hartford, but the town of Har- winton, and as long as he lived, this fight would be kept up until the railroads became more reasonable in their charges
 The vote was then taken-a very emphatic "aye"-and the speaker announced that the bill was passed. MT. Graves claimed that the question was: ''the indefinite postponemeat of the bill," and that the House had indef- nitely postponed it. The Speaker said tha: that was the question, but inasmuch as the House had voted under misapprehension, he would put it to vote again. The result was more emphatic ''no" The bill was then pass ed by very decided vote. The Senate rcf;;s- ed to concur with the House, and 50 the bill has failed to become a law.
 It is noteworthy fact that only one lawyer in the House (Judge Catlin) advocated the passage of the bill and that while most, if not all, of the other lawyers covertly opposed it. Only one opposed it openly, and he the father-in-law of the president of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Go. G.
 A position upon the Supreme bench seems hardly as desirable in Kentucky as in quieter states. Only last week, after decision in the Supreme court against him, disgusted liti- gant coolly shot the judge who was to give the opinion dead with shotgun. He probably did not wish his name to go into the reports
 There are serious charges against MT. Bright, elected Sergeant-a Arms of the senate. It seems that he narrowly escaped conviction for defrauding the state of Indiana on stationary bills. It seems also that the newly oleotod Secretary of the Senate, MT. Burch, of Ten neesee, made a fortune by dealing in State bonds while Comptroller, using his position to further his stock specuations.
 Woman suffrage came the nearest victory it has been reached in Massachusetts, last week. A bill allowing women to vote for school con- mittees passed the Senate 21 to il and was en- ly defeated in the House by three votes