Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-13

The House was called to order at 1C o'clock. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Stone.
 Committee reports were received as fol lows:
 Finance-Favorable on bill relating to tax levies, fixing the fees for town clerks in col lectipg them; calendar. Favorable on bill relating to special taxes on corporations or ganized under the laws in this State, and not actually doing business in it, or paying taxes to the State; calendar. Military Affairs-Substitute bill exempting the property of widows (while they remain widows) of soldiers who serTed in the war of the rebellion from taxation to the value of $1 ,OOO; calendar. Cities and Boroughs-Adverse on bill com polling New Haven street railway corpora tions to sell twenty tickets for $1; tabled. Adverse on bill relating to transfer tickets on horse railroads tabled. Business on the calendar was disposed of as follows
 Resolution releasing Earnest Miller, of Bridgeport, from State prison, sent up for assault on young woman. Explained by Mir. Mclean, of SimsLury, advocated by Mr. Lockwood, of Bridgeport, and passed. Bill to prevent fraudulent votes at caucus es and primary meetings. Mir. Robbins, of Wethersfeld, argued in support of the bill, and was seconded by MT. Troup, of New Haven, who was in favor of even a more stringent measure.
 MT. Simonds of Canton, said he intro duced the bill for which this was a substi- ute, and he was in favor of 8 provision stricken out giving caucuses the right to say who should take part therein he believed that this would yet become law. However, he cordially supported the substitute bill.
 Mir. Carter, of Waterbury, wanted to sub- stitute the original bill for the committee bill. The latter did not remedy the evil of persons
 
 mess there, while the original bill prevented frauds of this nature
 MT. Robbins, of Wethersfeld, was opposed to this course. Such law as the original bill could not be enforced.
 MT. Mahan, of New London, favored the remedy packing caucuses-one of the greatest evils. Men of means can do this and there is nothing in this bill to convict them or remedy the evil
 Mir. Law, of New Haven, thought it would be an easy matter to enforce such law as the original bill. But even this did not reach corrupt men who shall influence per sons to stay away from a caucus, an evil greatly resorted to.
 Mir. Brown, of Norwich, favored the com mittee bill as providing remedy for caucus evils just as far as law can be made oper- alive.
 MT. Lockwood, of Bridgeport, thought the  committee bill goes as far as law can safely go, and is move in the right direction. Mir. Wright, of Branford, thought the committee bill suficent.
 Favorable report from the Finance com mittee compelling railroad companies to car " free of charge members of the Legislature from their homes to the capital was killed.
 MT. Elton explained the act concerning the crossing of one railroad by another. It pro vides that no railroad hereafter constructed shall cross any other railroad at grade, except for the purpose of connecting herewith, where the avoidance of grade crossing is practicable, and the Railroad Commissioners shall be judges of the question of practics- bility.
 Mr. Schofeld offered an amendment to in- sert after the words ssother railroads" !" the words stof ten or more miles in length The Senator said his amendment affected only one road-the New Canaan-and it had few grade crossings and run only four trains daily. The amendment was adopted and the bill then passed.
 Bill that whenever any boy committed to the State Reform school, or any girl com mitted to the Industrial School for Girls shall die, the superintendent shall cause i'm mediate notice to be sent. by mail to the registra of births, marriages and deaths of the town from whence the boy or girl was so committed; passed.
 Bill amending chaper cxxv, of the acts of 1878, providing that mercantile business