Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-23
5oarnaI arO GGlrier.
Wednesday Morning, March ss. 1881.
Local News.
IFor other Local News see Second Page.l
At the State Capitol.

OO OAAO G0pESOO N6SkAVOAs Action on the Brfbery. Bin introduced by
 MT. Futile of East Haven-The Woman
 Suffrage Question Before the Judiciary
 New Haven's City yCharter-Other Mat
 ters of Interest.
 HARTFORD, March 22, 1881. Especial Correspondence of JOURNAL AND COURIER
 The attendance of legislators at the Capi- tol today was larger than usual on the open ing day of the week. The Representatives were generally in their places and but one or two vacant seats were observable in the Sen ate The bill relating to bribery at elections introduced by MT. Futile of East Haven, and which was calendared as the special order for to-day at Il o'clock, was called up on an ad- verse report of the committee. MT. Futile made lengthy speech in support of the bill, but it was evident from the start that his case was hopeless one. The discussion created considerable merriment by the introduction of outlandish amendments which were passed. When the vote was called on the bill as amended, however, it was rejected by large majority ,a-
 The business before the committees this afternoon was somewhat light. The only committee that attracted large audience, and these mostly ladies, was the Judiciary. This committee were engaged in a farther hearing of the bill giving women the right to vote at all school district meetings. This bill was once reported upon favorably and passed the Senate by vote of 10 to 7. Afterwards it was reconsidered and referred back to the committee, hence this hearing. The com mittee room was crowded with lady friends of the bill, all of whom appeared to take deep interest in the proceedings. The Committee on Cities and Boroughs will tomorrow give a final hearing on the amendments to the New Haven city charter, and the arguments will also probably be made.
 Following is a summary of the business transacted to-day:
 Senate.
 The Senate was called to order. at 12 o'clock by Lieutenant Governor Bulkeley. Prayer was offered by the chaplain, the Rev. G. L. Thompson.
 The Committee on Insurance reported un- favorably on remonstrance of sundry persons against the passage of House bill No. 157, re- quiring charitable, benevolent and mutual benefit associations to conform to the laws regulating the business of life insurance in this State; report accepted and the remon- strants given leave to withdraw.
 Senator Seymour presented the petition of sundry persons in aid of the petition of P. T. Barnum ct al., in favor of the Bridgeport hospital, and asked that it be referred to the Committee on Humane Institutions it was so referred.
 Senator Alsop invited the Senate to visit the Middletown General Hospital on Friday next, the special train to leave Hartford at 12:44.
 Among the business received from the House and acted upon was a substitute bill for an act relating to fire escapes, and bill amending the charter of the borough of Nor walk both amended. The Senate concurred with the House in the amendments and the passage of the bills.
 The following bills from the calendar were acted upon:
 Bill for an act relating to lands and rights taken by appraisal, providing that when lands or rights to the of water shall be ! taken by appraisal a description of the same ! shall be spread upon record in the office of ! town clerks; passed.
 Bill providing for the printing of 5000 ! copies of the annual report of the insurance commissioners passed.
 Substitute resolution incorporating the In- | ternational Construction company passed. | The object of the company is to build rail road to connect the Southern Pacific railroad with the city of Mexico. The capital stock l is fixed at $1 1000, 900, with permission to in- | crease to $10, 900, 900; business to be com
 menced by the company when $10O,0O has I been subscribed and 10 per cent. of the last named amount has been paid in. The cof- porators nan4ed in the bill are Henry Sanford, Oliver Hoyt, A. N. Hawley, Henry P. Plant,
 Isaac E. Gates, D. O. Mills, Thomas W. Pierce
 and Benjamin Clark, all gentlemen of large | wealth.
 Bill for an act concerning the sale of prop | erty for taxes, providing that such sales by | warrant of collector of taxes shall be good \ and valid to the same extent as though the ! sale had been by metes and bounds; passed. l The measures rejected were as follows :
 Bill for an act concerning grand jurors; bill
 for an act providing for compensation of at torneys assigned by the court to defend pris- oners and resolution authorizing the Gov
 ernor to order the Second Company of the | Governors Foot Guard to attend the York town, Va, centennial celebration. | At 1:15 the Senate adjourned.