Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-31
House..

Speaker Hall in the chair. Prayer was of- fered by Chaplain Sage.
 Reports of committees were received and tabled for calendar and printing, or other wise disposed of, as follows:
 Judiciary-Adverse on petitions concerning bill regulating ownership of seaweed and pc titioners given leave to withdraw favorable oa bill relating to elections in city and town of Waterbury, calendar substitute bill authorizing reorganization of New. Canaan railroad, calendar adverse on remonstrance of merchants of Meriden against change of factorizing laws, petitioners given leave to withdraw adverse on petitions against the passage of the bill exempting forty days wages from foreign attachment, petitioners given leave to withdraw.
 State Prison-Favorable on appropriation for repairs of State prison calendar. The resolution appropriates $1 ,23632 for neces- sary repairs and liquidating the balance of last years account. Cities and Boroughs-Advsrse on regula- ting fares on horse railroads, rejected. Railroads-Substitute bill concerning rail road crossings, calendar adverse on bill re- lating to annual returns of railroad compa- nies. calendar.
 Military Affairs-Adverse on bill concern ing communication tax, rejected. Contingent Expenses on purchas- ing legislative statistics for of members of the Legislature, and appropriating $500 in favor of Palmer bill, tabled. Business from the Senate disposed of in concurrence.
 Messrs. Johnson, of Enfield, and Owen, of Manchester, were appointed committee of conference on bill changing the term of office of fish commissioners and requiring confr- nation by concurrent action of the two Houses
 The bill amending the game law so as to allow the shooting of woodcock in July, Oc, tober, November and December came back from the Senate with the amendment reject cd. Mir. Bingham moved that the House in- sist and ask for committee of conference. He thought the amendment was necessary.
 Mir. Sill moved indefinite postponement. This course was opposed by Messrs. Nor throp of Middletown, Stanton of Stoning- ton and Cowles of Pennington.
 MT. Sanford, of Redding, favored indef- nite postponement. The previous question Branford. MT. Stills motion was rejected 56 to 113.
 TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION. At 1O:45 the order of the day, being on the temperance bill, was called for by MT. Griggs of Waterbury.
 An amendment by MT. Fox of New Haven, allowing women not of bad repute to be licensed, was opposed by Messrs. Gillespie of Stamford and Fuller of Somers, but advocat
 
 The discussion was continued by Messrs. Avery of Groton and Cowles of Pennington previous question ordered on motion of Mir. Coogan, and on vote the amendment was adopted III to 68.
 MT. Robertson of New Haven renewed his amendment on Tuesday, striking out the pro- visions which prohibit taxpayers from signing recommendations for licenses MT. Cleveland of Brooklyn opposed the l amendment, alleging that the bill as reported was in the interests of the public. On motion of Mir. Robertson, the yeas and nays were ordered, resulting as follows: To- tai number of votes, 211; yeas S4. nays 127, defeating the amendment. MT. Wright, of Branford, moved reconsid- eration of the amendment making the h- cense $;10O in towns of not over 5000 in- habitants, except to wholesale dealers and druggists opposed by MT. Griggs and re- jected.
 Mir. Coogan offered an amendment strik- ing out the following provision in section 3, chapter II: Whichever any town shall have voted against the granting of licenses for the sale of spirituous and Intoxicating liquors, the delivery (by the vender or his agent) within the limits of such town of any spirituous and intoxicating liquors shall be deemed 8 sale of such liquors within that town, although the contract for the sale of such liquors be made outside the limits of the town.
 The amendment was discussed by Messrs. Coogan and Taylor in support and MT. Sco- field against; on vote rejected, 52 to 94. Mir. Johnson offered amendment empting unfermented cider from the provis- ions of the bill rejected.
 An amendment by Mir. Scofeld requiring prosecuting agents to be approved of by judge of the Superior Court was adopted.
 MT. Ripley offered an amendment prohib- iting the employment of 8 minor by saloon keepers as bartender porter, the penalty for offense being forfeiture of the license.
 Mr. Fox held that the Legislature has no right to legislate that parent shall not keep his son. minor, in his saloon; also that no law should be passed prohibiting young man IS years of age from earning his iveli- hood by working in saloon.
 Mr. Northrop thought 8 saloon keeper should not have right to keep his minor son in his place of business. Society has right to that boy (applause), and no expert ments should be made with him in the ex pectation that he would become temperance reformer.
 The amendment was adopted without dis sent.
 At 1:15 the House, on motion of MT. San ford, took recess until 2:3O o'clock.
 AFTER RECESS.
 The House was called to order at 2:3O D.