Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-11

Change fin New Haven's Charter More County Home Talk-The Short Haul Bin-CommOn Pleas and City Court Judges to be Selected To-Day- Other Matters Of Interest.
 HARTFORD, March 10. Especial to the JOURNAL CoURIER.l When the Speakers gavel fell in the
 House this morning there was less than Q | quorum present. Routine business proceed e1, however, without question, and before any matters of importance were reached the vacant seats had been so far filled that regu- | lar business was not interrupted by the ab- l sence of members. There was nothing of | great public interest transpiring in either House to-day, the more interesting matters | being reserved for committee hearings this afternoon. The Pigott hearing Elsewhere
 reported)was topic of much conversation in the lobbies up to the hour appointed for the | committee hearing when there was a general l rush for the room where the New Haven peti- | tioners were to be heard
 The proposed amendment to New Haven's | charter received another airing before the | Committee on Cities and Boroughs this after | noon Corporation Counsel Driscol looked after the interest of the Democratic Alder men and others opposed to the change, while | Lynde Harrison and Julius 0. Cable cham pioned the cause of the petitioners. MT. Driscoll thought the proposed change was unfair to the Democratic portion of the com munity, who were largely in the majority. | He thought if such change was made it should be a general law applicable to all 1 cities and that New Haven should not be | singled out and be saddled with 8 law which he was satisfied 8
 very large majority of the voters opposed. He said he had never, before this | petition was presented, heard any objection
 to the present method of electing the com l missioners, except that the power of ap- l pointment should be vested in the Mayor, ! subject to the approval of the Board of AL l dermen.
 Mr. Harrison said he had no doubt but that large portion of the Democratic party
 were opposed to this change and there might be some Republicans also who would prefer that things remain as they are.
 Alderman J. J. Kennedy told the commit
 tee that he had talked with some Republican | Aldermen about the change and they had | told him that while they were in favor of the
 change politically, yet personally they were | opposed to it.
 | Representative Troup told the committee | that he was opposed to commissions in any
 way. He thought the work of commissions should be done by the committees of munich pal boards. He also argued in favor of an
 enactment that would give the Mayor the
 casting vote in all cases of tie. He said he
 would not object to the proposed change
 unless it was strictly partisan measure; as
 it was he objected to it in the most positive | terms.
 l Alderman F. A. Munson and others spoke | in favor of the bill It was their opinion | that city like New Haven could be gov | erned in no other method than by
 non-partisan commissions, and they
 thought the proposed plan of electing them | by the people was the correct one.
 The Committee on Railroads gave their final hearing this afternoon on the ''Short | Haul" bill, so-called, which is intended to
 prevent discrimination of freight rates be-
 tween competing points.
 The Committee on Humane Institutions gave another hearing on the bill relating to
 the continuance of county homes for neglect
 ed children. Most of the speakers favored such continuance and it is likely that the commit tee will report favorably on the bill. Tomorrow Wednesday,, immediately af- ter adjournment, there will be a caucus of New Haven county Republicans to select 8
 judge for the Court of Common Pleas, and in
 case of Judge Studley's selection, of which there appears to be no doubt, then the selec-
 tion of his successor in the City court will be in order. Judge Deming appears to be the only one named for this position, and he will no doubt be promoted
 For assistant judge there are number of candidates, most of them being young Re. publican lawyers. Each of these candidates for judicial honors seem to be paddling their own canoe, and to-day they have been very busy buttonholing members. Tomorrow
 will, no doubt, be busy day in both houses, and the lobby as well and New Haven will probably be well represented in the latter.
 Following is summary of the business transacted in the Senate and House to-day:
 The Senate.
 The Senate was called to order at 12:30 p. m. by Lieutenant Governor Cooke. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Taylor.
 Committee reports were received as fol lows:
 Banks, MT. Turner chairman-Bill regu- lating the winding up of defunct banks and trust companies and defining the duties of receivers; also resolution repeating the law passed in 1883 directing the immediate wind ing up of the defunct Townsend Savings bank; calendar.
 Manufactures, MT. Day chairman-Adverse on two bills regulating the hours of labor of women and children employed ill factories. One preventing working over 10 hours day under IS years of age and the other under 16 years of age; calendar.
 Agriculture, Mir Crandall chairman-Sub- stitute bill that the pecuniary loss caused by the quarantining of domestic animals shall be paid to owners; calendar.
 Sale of Lands, MT. Smith chairman-Au- thorizipg Charles Perrin and Harvey Camp bell, trustees, to sell land and furniture of the estate of Martha O. Moves, late of North i5tonington; calendar.
 Business on the calendar was disposed of as follows:
 Parental abductors of children for out of State purposes may be fined $500 and i'm prisoned three years in jail. The Governor may appoint an executive clerk, instead of messenger, at $1 200 year. The Danbury and Bethel horse railway company was incorporated; capital $100, 900; l fare five cents; limitation for completion 1890. The public acts will not be printed l this year in German. Adverse report upon incorporating the Farnham Type Setter com pany of Hartford went to the foot on motion 1 of Senator Walsh. l sBill limiting interest drawing deposits in | savings bank to 5000, adversely reported, | was called up by Senator Alsop and rejected | without debate. Martin Sterling had his for feited rights restored. Senator Clark ex- plained that he lost them because he stole l bod of coal and some meat to comfort his | family. He was poor, eccentric and ortho- | dox in his Congregational religion.
 Only three unfayorable reports were ready for action and all We're accepted and bills re- jected, viz: Incorporating the Farnhana Type Setter Manufacturing company; print | ing the laws of 1855 in the German language; and that no dividends be paid on savings bank deposits over $5,0OO.
 The Senate coneurred with the House in passing a resolution authorizing the painting of picture of the Governor for the State li- brary, and adjourned to Wednesday at 1O:30 B.. m.
 The House.
 The House was called to order at 10:30 a. m. by Speaker Simonds. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Pardington.