Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-06
SINGLE COPIES TWO GENTS.
The General Assembly.

The General Assembly. Capitol Gossip Regarding the Tilt Be-
 tween Governor Waller and MT. Btrd-
 saIl-Farther Consideration Ofthe West
 River Strafghtening-The Short Haul
 BLlI-Other Matters OfInteresf.
 HARTFORD, March 5. Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL COURIER.
 The principal talk about the Capitol to-day has been the tilt yesterday between Governor assume that the sympathies of the Senators and Representatives are with the Governor without regard to party. Mir. Birdsall at tempted to run the executive in his own way and he ran against snag. He found that his attempt to bulldoze the Governor was without avail and retired. Where the fault lies is simply matter of conjecture. Spec ulation is rife as to the final outcome of the affair. It is said that statements have been made by Mir. Birdsall that are without any foundation in fact. It is also said that MT. Parsons, the editor of MT. Birdsall's Tele- gram, after hearing about the trouble went home sick, at heart, at least. It is also stated that after Mir. Parsons went home Governor Waller sent for him and MT. Parsons repaired to the Allyn House and held a consultation with the Governor. Mir. Parsons expressed his regrets at what had occurred and the Governor assured Mir. Parsons that whatever the Telegram might say, he should still con- slider him (Parsons) as a true friend. The Governor appeared quite i'll at ease today. For a short time he listened to the testimony before the Railroad com mittee, who were hearing evidence on the short haul bill. Again he was in the Senate chamber where the Temperance con- mittee were listening to parties who favored the law giving women the right to vote on all questions relating to temperance. Bird sail has threatened to publish all the corre- spondence between himself and the Governor and he may do so in his own paper to-mor- TOW morning, notwithstanding the fact that not word regarding the unpleasant affair appeared in to-day's issue of the Tele- gram. It is safe to predict that nothing will appear there if Edit or Parsons is able to pre- vent it.
 Before the Committee on Cities and Boroughs this afternoon the bill providing for the strengthening of West river was farther heard The evidence to day was principally from witnesses in opposition to the project
 Sheldon filling was the first witness called He was on the stand when the last hearing was closed. To day John w. All1ng asked the witness a few direct questions in which the witness expressed himself Gs opposed to the scheme on the ground that the straight ening would be detrimental rather than bsne- fciAl to both New Haven and Orange. Wit ness stated that from personal inquiries made of property owners in New Haven, living in the vicinity of the river, they had generally stated that they needed sewer, but that they were opposed to strengthening the river. The witness was sharply cross questioned by Mr. Driscoll, but the facts brought out were immaterial.
 George filling, of Allingtown, was called by Lawyer filling, He said his experience had been that they could drain the meadows with ten feet of river better than they could with five. He said the ordinary rise and fall of the river above the tide gates was from eighteen inches to two feet.
 Sylvanus Butler, of New Haven, was called. He testified that from investigations that he made he had found that the mud V as very deep. He thought the proposed im- provement was entirely unnecessary ard that it would be many years before the meadows would be utilized for manufacturing pur- poses.
 Selectman Platt of Orange, objected to the straightening of tho river, except where it conficted with the sewer. He also said that the town of Orange would object also because they would be required to keep the banks or dykes on their aide of the liver in repair.
 The farther hearing was adjourned until to- morrow.
 The Temperance committee held a session this afternoon in the Senate chamber to hear the petitioners on the bill providing that Wo- men shall be allowed to vote on all questi ous relating to questions of temperance. This bill passed would of course give females the right to vote on the license question. The chamber was crowded. the larger portion of them being ladies and 8 number of them made arguments in support of the bill. It was expected that Mus. Isabella Bsecher Hooker would be present and address the committee ia favor of the bill, but she was not present, greatly to the disappointment of many who were.
 The "Short Haur' bill so called was under consideration b> fore the Railroad committee this afternoon in the Representatives Hall There was a large attendance of representa- tives and others intere sted in the bill. The principal witness was Mir. Albert Fink, who is an expert in the adjustment of freight rates. He was listened to with much interest
 Following is a summary of the business transacted in the Senate ard House to-day.