Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-15
OUR LEGrsLaTOKs.

A Variety of Business-Committ
 Busy-The Shell Fish Commission
 QuestI0n-COntinua of the Hear 1ng-Some Strong Testimony in Favor
 of the COmmtssion-The State street r Horse RaflrOad-The New Haven
 Water Company.
 HARTFORD, Conn.,, March IA. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND
 CoURIER.l
 A quiet day was spent in the halls ot state. The several committees began work late and ended early, so that many of the members could reach home tonight.
 Several petitions were received in the Sen- ate for the abolition of the shell fish com> mission.
 The committee on railroads reported sub- stitute bill permitting railroads to substitute water tanks for water boys.
 The Hartford burglary insurance company was incorporated with a capital of from s10O, 900 to $500, 900 to insure plate glass and burglary; also when s20O, ,O0O are subscribed to GO fidelity business.
 There was long debate on the bill to in- corporate Christian churches. Senator Coffin amended SO that societies might transfer their property to the churches by a three-fourths instead of of unanimous vote. It was de- feated to II. Senator Sprague offered an amendment to strike out the whole section, but withdrew it. The bill was then adopted as reported.
 Speaker Perry was elected judge of the Fairfield court of common pleas.
 The Senate passed the bill giving the town of New Haven authority to issue $200, ,000 in bonds to fund it's debt, but the bonds are taxable.
 A long petition headed by J. D. Dewel 6 Go. favoring the Housatonic was offered in the house to-day.
 When the cigarette bill was called up MT. Wolfe moved to strike out the clause fning minors $7 for smoking cigarettes.
 O'Neil of Waterbury wanted to forbid the minors under sixteen years without the writ ten order or request of a parent or guardian. The latter part of the amendment was elimi- nated Graves of Litchfeld thought it would be more seemly for Connecticut, if to- baceo is harmful, to prohibit it's growth in Connecticut. He suggested that the mem- bers of the assembly had better reform them selves first and then attend to the boys. O'Neil's amendment was adopted and the bill was passed.
 COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
 The committee on agriculture considered the bill to prevent deception in the manufac- ture and sale of butter which prohibits oleo- margarine. Revenue Collector Troupe ad- dressed the committee and said that the law which the people wanted was simply to com Dell grocers to sell oleomargsrine for just what it is, and not to prohibit its sale. Rep resentative Wolfe said the Chamber of Com merce of New Haven would oppose the bill and did not wish to destroy the oleomarga- rine industry. Nathan Mayer, the New Ha- ven oleo manufactures, also opposed the bill,
 The committee on finance considered Mr. O'Neils bill to tax telegraph companies on three miles of wire. Willard Brown ot New York, attorney for the Western Union com pany, opposed the bill. Attorney c. E. Gross, representing the State treasurer, fa- vored the bill.
 Tuesday night the committee on incorpo- rations will begin evening sessions in order to finish the immense amount of business on hand.
 Before the committee on railroads Vice President Sinner of the New England road spoke, on grade crossings and reiterated what Attorney Robbins said the other day. Speaker Perry submitted some written views on the subject and ex-Judge Harrison spoke briefly.
 The committee constitutional amend ments heard another section of the prohibit tory amendment arguments. Editor O. B. Lincoln of the Connecticut Home made long speech in favor of submitting the pro- amendment to the people. Joseph L. Barbour spoke against.
 Secretary Winter of the Connecticut Tenn perance union made an emphatic address in favor of the bill. He said that he had suf- fered the greatest difficulty in an attempt to keep his temper during the progress of the discussion. His side had not gone into the merits of prohibition, but simply confined their argument to the fairness of submitting if fn the nAOnla tn V0ta WhiIa fha nfhar side had put on President Kendall of the State Brewers association and treated them to on beer. He called attention to the fact that all the informal resolutions of the Chicago anarchists was steeped in beer.
 The judiciary committee considered the bill of attorney w. A. Wright, of New Ha- ven, regulating the salaries of clerks of courts, lessening the fees of isigants and turning them into the State treasury instead of to pay the clerks as at present.
 The committee also considered the bill to repeal the law exempting $50 of wages from attachment and making the ex- smption 50 per cent. instead. Several State merchants favored the bill, while others op. posed on the ground that the present law vas conducive to cash business. An important matter was heard by the committee on constitutional amendments he bill changing senatorial districts and ;n- reasing representation. Prof. Simeon E. 
 representation was very unfair | LOW. Dividing the population by 24, the number of senators. would give one for about ,6, whereas most of the present districts lad much less than this. He would also fa- TOT minority representation. In the house here should be one representative for so many thousand people. This would oe practical politics. for it would 1ot materially alter the po- itical complexion of the legislature
 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS FOR REPORTERS. Representative McCrone, of Enfield, made dad the hearts (sweethearts) of the re- ,orters in both branches of the legislature his morning. Each of the scribes was pre-. ented with cornucopia of beautiful roses, rought from MT. McCrone's conservatory. hey are beauties, including in the varieties | larechal Neils, Duchess de Brabrants and l ther choice kinds.
 THE CIGARETTE BILL. It is reported that the farmers of the House | 7ill rap the 'cigarette bill' sharply, because f it's interference with their private affairs. Jnder it if farmers boy, under sixteen, rives into town or to the village store, and instructed to buy tobacco for his father or le hired man, or anybody else, the store- eeper dare not sell to him because of the eavy penalty.
 HE SHE'LL FISH QUEsTIoN-soME INTEREST | ING TESTIMONY FAvoRING THE CoMMIs- sIoN's CONTINUANCE.
 The shell fish hearing was continued to- ay. c. w. Hoyt was asked by H. c. Rowe
 it is SO, as has been stated, that the rowth of the oyster industry is due to.the