Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-03-06

the State may hold stock. Ra1lrOads-Ad-
verse to bill compelling railroad companies
to stop running trains or switching at or near
any depot three minutes prior to the arrival
OF departure of a passenger train; calen-
dar.
Senator Stanton called up the favorably
reported bill creating high schools in towns
of 400 OF more families. Senator Crandall
thought it would eventually be popular that
it was cheap and would improve the schools.
The act would tend to consolidate school dis
tricts. Senator Alsop thought the law
would bear hardly upon some of the towns;
the act mandatory. Senator Crandail
thought it would not act harshly: the com
munities had from thirty to forty scholars
each for the higher education and only few
would have to build new school houses Sen
ator Cooley denounced such a mandatory law
as over-leg1slation. Senator Walsh favored
improving education, but spoke severely
against the measure unjust and unneces-
sary.
The bill was defeated-6 to H.
The substitute bill concerning Irregular
ties and informalities in elections of justices
of the peace came from the House and was
passed under a suspension of the rules on
motion of Senator Maltbie.
On motion of Senator Cooley the Senate
adjourned to Friday at 1890 a. m.
The House.
| The House was called to order at 1890 a.
| m. by Speaker Simonds. Prayer was offered
by Chaplain Pardington.
The Judiciary committee reported adverse
ly against making appropriation for pre-
serving records of Fairfield Historical socie-
ty; adverse several bills relating to elect
ors and elections, one of which was to close
| the polls at o'clock.
Appropriations to bill adopt
ing New York city time as the official time
for Connecticut.
The Committee on Appropriations sub
mitted their report making the appropria-
ton for military purposes for the ensuing
year as follows: Adjutant generals depart
| ment, So, 800; quartermaster generals de-
| partment, $4,000; paymaster generals de-
partment, 5000; surgeon generals depart
| ment, $3.50; Governors Guards $4,000; for
! pay of National Guard, Governors staff
armory rents and all other expenses connect
ed with the maintenance of the National
Guard, $S4, 900.
The Finance committee reported adversely
upon bill RENTING the tax of the Meriden
and Cromwell railroad.
The bill to prohibit trustees of State insti-
tutions from furnishing supplies was adverse
ly reported, but at the request of Staub, of
New Milford, it was ordered printed. The
bill was once favorably reported, but was
recommitted for further hearing, and as
the result was adversely reported to-day.
A large number of petitions signed by the
selectmen of nearly all the towns in the State
were received. The petitioners ask that the
present county homes for dependent and neg
lected children be abolished and that State
home for such children be established.
Clark, of Haddam, moved reconsidera-
ton of the action of the two houses on We'd
nesday in continuing the resolution for a
stitutional convention for the next General
Assembly. He said he desired the reconsid
Grafton in order to move the indefinite post
ponement of the whole matter.
oE nj &c
Hartford, opposed tie reconsideration, thiuk-
ing that no harm could come by continuing
it. The motion to reconsider was tabled, as
the author of the bill, Mr.. Wallace of Wal
lingford, was absent.
At II O'Clock the special order of the day,
the bill revising the divorce laws, was called
up. The bill is similar to the New Y ork law
and prohibits divorce Tor any cause except
adultery. Legal separations between man
and wife are allowed. Swartwout, of Siam
ford, the author of the bill, delivered l1ng
address in support of the proposed law. He
read a history of the divorce legislation of
the State.
Barber, of Pennington, supported the bill
as a most salutary measure, and Newton, of
Durham, favored the rejection of the bill.
The latter said that more abuses had arisen
since the repeal of the omnibus clause than
had existed under it.
Lee, of Meriden, deprecated the. oft re-
peated statements that the code of law and
the code of morals in New York is higher
than in Connecticut. He did not believe
such to be the case and should refute it at
every opportunity He was against any
change in the divorce laws
Perry, of Barkhamstead, favored the bill
and Joslyn, of Hartford said that he thought
the sentiment of the Judiciary committee
was in favor of a change in the divorce law,
but they did not believe the New York law
practical. He therefore was not in favor of
the bill.
Judge, of Seymour, minister of the
Methodist church recited the law of the Metho-
dist church forbidding their clergymen to join
in marriage any person who may have been
divorced for any cause other than scriptura1
adultery. He moved to recommit the
bill.
Phelps, of Vernon, thought that the pres
ent statutes regulating divorce to be right
and proper and to change them by other
means proposed would work harm. If the
only cause for divorce should be the commits
sion of the great crime, that crime would be
increased by the passage of the bill
Gum, of Milford, said that a recommittal
of the bill could not change his opinion that
it was ill-advised, and he therefore should
vote against the motion.
Slade, of Bridgeport, in an interesting and
able speech, opposed the bill. He sketched
the safeguards which are thrown about the
marriage relation under the existing statutes,
and opposed the change suggested by the
bill.
Clark, of Haddam, called for the previous
question, which was the motion to recommit
The motion was lost.
In closing the debate Startwout said that if
the Judiciary committee were satisfied that
the divorce laws should be changed, but that
this bill was not satisfactory, they should
have reported bill embodying their views.
He urged that the bill was a proper one and |
would correct existing evils.
Perry of Barkhamstead, called for the yeas
and nays the passage of the bill. The |
vote resulted as follows:
hole HuLtpeI VI 100
Necessary Tor passage. 1G0 |
Nay.................... -. 80. ..........1O2
The bill was declared rejected by the above |
close vote.
At 40 the House adjourned until 10 |
a. m. Friday.
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