New-York tribune., 1885-03-16
CONNECTICUT INTERESTS.
THE LABOR BUREAU REVIVED.

rRIFIING WITH WOMAN sUFFRAGE-AK. wAbLhn
AND THE LONDON CovSUTsHIP.
rvrou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Hartford, March 15.-Ihe House mas
passed a bill creating Bureau OF LABOR stausucs'
with q proper man Its head 1t may do serviceaoie
work But the experiment Of bureau was tIleo 10"
years ago. and the result disappointing tna the
record OF that trial has been enough to kill the PROPOSE
ton every time 1t has been made until now In 1875
oyerpor Andrews who in the House the year pre-
ceding his nomination for Governor, made the most
telling speech Of the session against bureau piii
The establishment Of the bureau In 1874 was uhuef
a revival OF Democratic Administrator IN
Connecticut after retirement extending over perou Oh
thirty years james F. Babcock OF NewHaven VINO
had been Federal oficeholder under Abraham Lincoln
and went over to the in Johnsons time wanted
sonethng and the Labor Bureau was created 10 make
q place for him. He held 1t one year ana diea' anu
eamuel j. Starr an fmpecunous Democratic editor nv
ing in MiddetoMn, appointed to succeed MN 1arr
selected Charles G. Commerford, OF Waterbury,
who had been labor agitator, for lis
deputy These men got out their re-
port at the close OF the legislative session ei
1875 and copy put into the hands OF Governor ip
ge before the Legislature had had an opportunity 10
read it. He impressed with the produeuoh tha'
he at once sent for influential members OF both
uou.es. and without delay bill introduced and
passed aboishng good part Of the report
was made No OF an article Strikes In General, which
was written by the deputy.
The habit of the of Representatives In this state
Is always to fatter the suragsts. by passing
hill with the certainty that the Senate will eject IT, Last
year, for the first time In many years, TWO DILs
were killed without ceremony: but last Fri
DAY the House passed bill saUns saU1s ,Sipci MSmeh
meetings The committee put on a taxpaying
asked for but the House struck that of and passed
measure the object being TO make the whole
thing douby Objectionable to the Sepete and yet there
are many wel-meaning women In the state VINO IaV0r
fhis legislation who really think that the House IL In
earnest and action of that body heraded abroad
as an Indication Of the growth Of public sentiment here
on the subject. With taxpayiDg quallheatlon,
q bill permitting women to act In school meetings
would have the approval Of many In the state and
there is feeling that the Legislature ought to stop
fooling give the subject 1t relates TO the man
attention. -. -
There is good authority for saying, notwithstanding
the denial OF OF his special newspaper organs that
Ex-Governor Waller will be rendered and will accept the
position OF Consnlenera at London He made no con
eealment OF the fact that he expected the appoint
nIent when he In this city last
week. though he thought premature announcement
would not be advisable Mr.. Barnum advised the ap-
pointment ~,
reference TO himself He considered the offer OF the
Bureau OF Agriculture to him an insult. because he
iagnes that his knowledge Of law entities
him 10 go higher than ordinary statesmen Here In
Connecticut Mr.. Eaton Is not known as alawyer He
has made stump speeches to juries but he stranger
In the Supreme Court He will not be consulted by the
Administration about any appointments