Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-28
3urrnaI xrS GOlnisr.
Saturday, April 2S. 1883.
The General Assembly.

Hartford, April 27. Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND COURIER
 A time for final adjournment has again been fixed by the House for Thursday next at 2:3o D. m. Whether this desirable end will be reached remains to be seen. One thing is certain, and that is that the present General Assembly is very uncertain, so far as the time of final adjournment is concerned. There is no reason why this desirable end should not be reached before that time. In the Sen ate the ten hour bill for women and children
 factories was discussed at length and final ly rejected.
 Several matters of public interest were con- sidered in both houses, and an adjournment until next week was then ordered.
 Following is 8 summary of the business transacted in the Senate and House to-day. The Senate.
 Lieutenant Governor Sumner called the Senate to order at 1O:3O o'clock. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Parker.
 Concurrent action was taken with the House in accepting the amendment to the | resolution raising committee of four Sena- | tors and sixteen Representatives to report to | the Assembly the nominations of four mem bers of the board of pardons.
 The resolution releasing Matthew Ahsrn from State prison favorably reported by the Committee on State Prison was indefinitely postponed in concurrence. This course was rendered necessary by the death of Ahern. The bill requiring boats over twenty-five feet in length, engaged in the oyster interests, to be registered and numbered WAS again passed In the House it had been rejected.
 Other matters from the House were acted upon in concurrence.
 The Committee on Cities and Boroughs re- T ez- l. nIrrtT ont ! izing the borough of Newtown to establish and maintain fire department rules sus- pended and resolution passed.
 The bill relating to the pay and days of service of county commissioners was taken from the table and amended by providing that the commissioners for Hartford and New Haven counties may serve for 190 days instead of 15O days as provided by the bill. The bill was then passed.
 The resolution fixing the date of final adjournment upon Friday, April 27th, was amended by making the date Thursday, May Sd, and passed.
 The bill imposing the penalty of confsca- ton of the boats, tackle, etc, used by per sons convicted of stealing oysters, was, in conformity with the suggestions of the Gov ernor in his veto message, amended by pro- viding that confiscation shall not take place of the crime, and also by providing that the penalty shall not apply to innocent boat own CTS. Ike bill was then passed.
 The bill increasing the salary of the city clerk of Bridgeport from $4OO per annum to $75O was opposed by Senator De Forest. Af- ter debate by Senators Boss, Hills and Sco- field, it was rejected by vote of to z.
 The House amendments to the bill forbid. ding the employment of women and children in manufactories for more than sixty hours per week were adopted. Senator Sturtevant opposed the passage of the bill as being unjust both to the manufac- turer and the employe, and one which, should it become law, would strike severe blow to the manufacturing industries of the State.
 Senator Plunkett quoted, in support of the bill, from the laws of France, where boys under seventeen, and girls under eighteen ye ars of age cannot be employed in manu factories By the laws of England the hours of labor are restricted far more than by the Connecticut laws For the interest of the future and for the interests of those who cannot help themselves, the speaker urged the passage of the bill.
 Senator Baker offered an amendment giv- l ing to the State board of health power, after | inquiry, to order that women and children l shall not be employed more than sixty hours per week.
 The amendment was adopted.
 Senator Barrows opposed the bill, saying that it's operation in Massachusetts had re- 6u1tSu III DI4uS4uS dDOu6 du 1uuloDS0 numO6r of strikes. In Connecticut the employees are l given plenty of time to accomplish their work l and there is no unhappiness among them. A 1 strike is never heard of in the eastern sec 1 ton of the State. |
 Senator Welch said that he would like to l inquire if anybody ever heard of any of these | oppressed operatives in Connecticut going back to the country from which they came. l In the mills and factories in which the speak. l CT is interested he said that ten hours is ] regular days work, but at times press of | business necessitates longer days work and I the operatives do not complain at this. On ] the other hand dull times often reduce the ! hours of labor.
 Senator Clark stated that there is no com 1 plaint from the employees of the district ! which he represents, the Second, where the | chief interest; is the manufacture of hard l ware.
 Senator DeForest urged that under the 1 amendment all possible objection to the bill | is wiped away.
 On vote the bill was rejected.
 Senators Colt, Plunkett, Hills and Richard | son were appointed members of the con- mittee to nominate members of the board of | pardons.
 Donald J. Warner, of Salisbury, was ap- pointed judge of the Court of Comm on Pleas l of Litchfield county for four years.
 Adjourned at 12:4C until Tuesday at 12:3O p. m.