Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-20
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,.

A Quiet Day About the CapftOl-The Senate Not i'm Session Plenty Of Rusiness on the Road to Final Ac- tiOn-An Early Adjournment Pre- dicted-The Trial Justice Hill Re. ported-Other Matters of Importance.
 HARTFORD, February 19, 1886. Special to the JOURNAL AND COURIER.
 It was very quiet about the Capitol this morning The Senate was not in session, number of the members of the House had gone home to remain over Sunday, there were no committee meetings this afternoon and the lobbies were almost deserted. Dur ing the short session of the House, however, there was considerable business put on the road to final action in the way of committee reports, and some of it, as will be seen by the summary, was of an important charac- ter and will no doubt create considerable discussion on it's passage through the two legislative bodies.
 Next week there will be plenty of work and there will be no time lost in disposing of the many bills that are crowding the calen- dar from day to day. Up to this time there have been about seventy-ive more bills dis posed of than at the last session during the same time At this rate of disposing of
  journment may be safely predicted.
 Following is a summary of the business transacted in the House to-day: The House.
 The House was called to order at 1030 a. m. by Speaker Tibbitts. Prayer was offered by Chaplain
 The stationery contest which has been in prog ress since the session opened was settled by the passage of resolution authorizing the Contingent Expenses committee to procure any additional sta tionery which may be necessary.
 Reports of committees follows:
 Military Afairs-Adverse on bill providing for brevets for officers of the Connecticut National Guard [tabledl.
 Roads and Bridges-Favorable on bill punishing
 JudiciaryNF avorable on substitute bill relating to courts and providing trial justice system The the New Haven bar on this bill. Railroads-Adverse on petition for greater safety at the railroad crossing in Bristol the matter hay ing been arranged. Adverse on Senate bill 5s re- garding grade crossings lrejectedl. Favorable on vorabe on extending time for building the olm sted Parallel road for three years Adverse on Dill to prevent discrimination in freight rates tab- Iedl. Favorable on bill regarding grade crossings, providing that for crossings hereafter estaoilshed the county one-tenth and the estate one-f1fth of the cost.
 Constitutional Amendments Adverse on bill that contested elections of members of the legislature shall be decided by the courts and not by the legis lature.
 Messrs. Hubbard, of Middetown, and Clark, of Haddan, were appointed conference committee on disagreeing vote on the Middietown horse rail- road.
 MT. Hamersley, of Hartford, Cby. requesD offered a resolution appropriating $500 for printing the laws in the German newspapers. It was received and tabled
 Mir. Hamersley of Hartford called up the bill passed yesterday closing all saloons at Il o'clock and on which a motion to reconsider had been made. He said such a law would be of irritat- ing and nagging character, and the citizens of the larger places would be much dissatisfied with any bill which should close every restaurant at Il o'clock The motion to reconsider the vote prevailed, a dozen Republicans voting with the Democrats for the mo tion. MT. Searls, of Thompson, suggested that as there were many absentees the matter had better lie on the table until there a full House. MT. Hamersley offered an amendment that "the provis- ions of this act shall not apply to any town Bridgeport, believed that the attendance in the House was large enough to ensure fair action. MT. Graham, of Orange, hoped that immediate action would not be pressed. Finally MT Phelan said that to make test vote he would move to table, but afterwards abandoned this intent and the sub ject went to the table on motion of Mr. Searls
 The House at 11:40 a m. adjourned to Tuesday next at 80 D. III.