Litchfield enquirer., 1881-02-17
Legislative.

The Olil incorporating W aterDury C6sinty'
 was to be-, heard before the Committee or
 Tuesday Theee is lively fight for change
 of shire towns in Windham County.
 1 The following appointments have been sent
 in to the Senate by the Governor:
 John W. Bacon, of Dapbury, Railroad Commissioner. reappointed- Gan excellent ap. l pointmentl; Samuel Q. Porter, of Farming
 ton, to be Bank Commissioner, in place oi Postmaster Faxon; and Messrs. H. T. Sperry of Hartford, and John 4n. .Leeds of New Ha. ven, to be State Prison Directors (re-appoint-
 ments).
 Committee hearings regarding the Enfield Dam and the Conn. Valley railroad continued l during the week. The color-blind bill comes .nP today eThnrsdey) The doctors bill was beard Tuesday. n The Committee on Seuatori- al Districts propose increasing the number of Senators to. A and giving Hartford, New Haven, and Fairfield counties each one new Senator. The Agricultural Committee heard the dogss matter, Tuesday; they hear the fox bounty bill today; and the game bill next Tuesday. The Committee on Humane Af- fairs had queer proposition before them, last Week. Last year Bridgeport people wanted $2O, 900 from the State. provided they raised as much more, to build hospital. They could not raise the money, but they now ask for an appropriation of $50, 900 on the same terms. If they could not raise the $20. 900 a year ago it hardly appears probable that they can raise $50. 900 now. Still Bridgeport is an unaccountsbls place. 1a ssJoe .e' '9@
 By joint resolution the presentation of bus iness expired with the first week in February. The more important measures have not yet been acted upon in committee, and conse- quently the business of last week was not of great irterest. A bill passed both houses pro- viding that jailors should not be obliged to re ceive prisoners committed on civil process un. less his board is paid by the committing cred itor weekly in advance. .-ae 4.a s.... Bills passed the Senate restoring corporate existence to the Plymouth Woolen Ce. in cooperating various manufacturing companies i; incorporating the Womsn's National Hospital (for female druukards and opium eaters, etc. ) Resolutions passed directing Connecticut members of Congress to do all in their power to aid in removing the heavy taxes by the national government on national banks and savings banks; and to prevent the removal of the New London Naval School to Newport Messrs. Coe. Colt and Seymour were appoint ed committee on executive nominations, with instructions to report 8 rule in regard to such nominations; passed. A number of bills were rejected on unfavorable report from committees; and the Senate adjourned on Thursday til; Tuesday morning. tr-.
 In the House business opened on Tuesday of last week, with the presentation of remon- stranees against the release of Charles J. Al len from State Prison. Bills passed forbid ding certain investments by life insurance companies; amending the Danhury borough charter; allowing the Middlesex Mutual to in- sure against damage by lightning incorporat. ing the Woman's National Hospital; punish. ing theft from the person with not more than five years in State Prison; urging relief of banks from national taxtion allowing notices by mail where non-residents lists are increas. ed by boards of relief; authorizing sale of liquors by administrators on estates. The Normal School Commission reported favoring new building If the city of New Britain will help build it. Petitions were offered by 371 citizens of Woodbury fayoring the proposed new county of Waterbury. There were con- mittee reports favoring bills permitting the free manufacture and sale of domestic wine and cider; appropriating $2,6O0 to the State Agricultural Society restoring forfeited rights eM John Videan of Barkhamsted; preventing change of school text books oftener than every i've years; regulating confinement of insane criminals. A large number of bills were re- iected on adverse committee reports; among others the proposition tojfestore the whipping post for wife beatefs. The resolution of sympathy with Ireland passed in the follow ing form:
 ResoIped. That ,s the sense of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Connecti. cut Tn General Assembly convened That we declare our sympathy with Ireland in her present suffering condition and earnestly hope that such change may be speedily and peace fully wrought in her sy stem of land tenure as
 will prnmnie the highest welfare and prosperity Of her entire people.
 a.', .-------------&----~--- -a- On Friday evening last the prominent Re. publicans of New York gave dinner to ex. Senator Dorsey, the member of the National Commitee iwho had the Indiana election in special charge Gen Grant presided Ham. ilton Fish, Heury Ward Beecher, Vice Pres. Arthur, Sepatn- Plstt (of New York;. Thur. low Weed, Thomas Murphy. Whitelaw Reid, Jay Gonld, Rufus Hatch. John Jacob Astor, c. J., Huntington, Sidney Dillon, Lloyd Aspinwall, aud. near two hundred other prominent Republican politicians (chietiy Staiwart) and financial and railroad magnates,
 were present. The glory ,uf the Indiana v,c. tory was attributed to Dorsey. (Gov. Jewell
 waslnot at the mseting) and our Vice Presi. dent-elect made a speech from which We ex.
 tract the following s .o....t.l -, l do not think we had better 20 into the minute secrets of the campaign, because see