Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-10

Members of ehe DOm1n0nb FaELy HI the LegisIature Vote To-Day to Make ure-The Grade Crossing Debate Opened-PleadIng For WomaR's Suf- frage.
 HARTFORD, May 9. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR IER.l
 The Republican members of the General Assembly held 8 caucus way up in the dome this afternoon. A doorkeeper was on guard and admittauce was by ticket sent out previ- ously. The caucus was held for the purpose of deciding whether to act ss party on the secret ballot question and the annual regis trstion bill which is accredited to Governor Bulkeley. It was unanimously voted that all the Republicans support the Henney secret ballot bill which was reported by the judici. arY committee to-day as party measure and also support the annual registration bill. The matter of restricting liquor licenses to one fo1 every 500 people was not brought up. The principal provisions of the secret ballot bill, which will of course become law in view of to-day's action, are that there shall be a pre- cinct for every 500 voters with secret ballot. The ballots are to be furnished by the Secre- tsry of State.
 The committee on adjournment reported in the senate that the assembly should adjourn June and it was so voted The more saga cious legislators say that this stake will have to be pulled up when it is reached and fix June 15 as the earliest time possible to wind up affairs.
 HoMEoPATHIsTs AT WORK,
 The committee on appropriations gave the petitioners for grant of $75,0OO for the Grace Homeopathic hospital in New Haven g hearing this afternoon. Judge Deming and Attorney Henry G. Newton appeared for the petitioners, ,and Attorney Henry 0. White for citizens present were Mayor Peck. Dr. Francis Bacon, H. W. Farnam, Eli Whitney, jr., General B. E. Bradley, Thomas H. Hooker, Dr. o. B. Adams, Dr. Walker, Dr. Cheney, General E. s. Greeley and others. General Greeley and others testified in favor of the troduced before the committee on incorpora- tions was put in before this committee.
 GRADE CROSSINGS.
 The House spent the day on the grade crossing and woman's suffrage questions. The former was the order of the day.
 Mir. Brown of North Stonington said the measure was not unanimously reported by the railroad committee, and he offered an amendment in the nature of @ substitute, re- quiring railroads to abolish crossings entirely at their own expense and providing that only one crossing need be abolished in any year on any road except in the case of double track railroads.
 Mir. Beardsley, of Milford, made one of the most effective speeches of the session in support of the committee's report. He said two-thirds of the committee had recon mended the bill reported placing 20 per cent. kI,af kI, highway had crossed an existing railroad. Putting the entire expense on the railroad would be equivalent to bankrupting several of the poor roads in the State, where as if only one grade crossing year was obliter- ated no one in the present assembly would live long enough to see them all abolished. Many roads had been built over the tracks for speculative purposes by people who had building lots to sell, and for these boroughs and towns ought not to be taxed.
 Speaker Perry favored having the railroads pay the entire expense and remove the grade crossings at once, rich and poor roads to be served alike.
 which was vigorously applauded, favoring the substitute bill. He argued that it was the fast trains which made crossings danger- ous, which were not so years ago; hence the railroad entirely created the nuisance and should abolish it.
 MT. Glover and Mr. Hyde of Hartford favored the bill reported by the committee. The debate will be resumed tomorrow.
 An adverse report was received on the bill making Saturday afternoon a half holiday, which was urged by the banks.
 THE SENATE.
 Most of the day in the upper tribunal was spent on the oleomargarine bill, which was finally passed in concurrence with the house. The bill prevents the sale in the State of "oleo'' colored into imitation of butter Senators Morse, Twitchell and Read opposed the bill ss unconstitutional, dangerous and undesirable.
 Senator Hall said the bill only prohibits "oleo" in imitation of butter, and it may be sold in it's natural color. The act is for the benefit of farmers striving to make living. Senator Bartrams and Csrbin supported him. The vote was as follows:
 Parish, Catlin Fuller, Nall, Bartram, sprague and
 Nays-senators Cleveland, Twitchell, Morse
 Paired-seaator Robbins Ges) with Senator Gra- ham (no), Senator cowles 0es) with Senator States
 The committee on appropriations reported in favor of $7,500 for marble statues of Thomas Hooker and John Davenport for the Capitol.
 SENATOR STATES IGNORED.
 On motion of Senator Graham, Senator States of New Haven was appointed trustee of the Stete reform school to fill the term of the late Charles Fabrique.
 PLEADING FOR HER SEX.
 At twenty-three minutes after twelve the House suspended business to give Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell of Albany, New York, an opportunity to address them for thirty min . utes on the woman's suffrage question.
 Next Tuesday the House will vote on the question of striking the word "male" from the constitution. An occasion of this nature would not bs complete without the presence of the venerable Isabella Beecher Hooker, and she was there.
 MT. Hall of Stratford, chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments in troduced her. Mrs. Hooker said that she wanted the men to bear in mind when they voted on this question that Thomas Hooker did not write the word male in the constttu- tion under which the State lived ITO years, and it was only in 1916 when it was put there. She enjoined the members to reduce the constitution to its old time grandeur and simplicity and introduced Mrs. Howell
 The speaker is @ lady who must be coquet- ting with nearly half century of subjuga- ton to the terrible men and Is possessed of rather more mobile features than are usually expected in strong minded women. She wore black velvet dress and a branch of apple blossoms nestled confdingly on her eorsage. After stating that she was born in Connecti- cut Mrs. Howell pleaded for the liberty of the daughters of Connecticut. She said that taxation without representation is tyranny. Our forefathers fought Great Britain on this principle and then came home and threw up on the women twice the burden of injustice they had shaken off. Men govern women without their consent. The speaker had seen thousands of women toiling at starvation wages which caused them to fall on account of woman's inability to take hand in law making. Women sought to vote for temper ance purposes and also because they don't like the company they are in among those disqual- flied to vote.
 Indians are not allowed the electoral fran chise. She could shake with them; neither could idiots vote. ''Idiots and women,' D women and idiots. 'I was asked to- day, '' Mrs. Howells continued, eff was Repub- lican. No. A Democrat? No. A prohi- hibitionisti No.
 "Of what party, then, are youa" I was asked.
 "The Idiot party, I was proud to reply"
 We'll, the argument is brought up that women don't want to vote. Those who do not are not obliged to do so. They say that women will not 20 to the polls because men