Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-06
AN IMPORTANT CHANGE

 In the Law of Appeals to Higher Courts
 Proposed in tho Legislature by Rep.
 resentative eWOlfe-SenatOr Grahana's
 Continued Illness - The Judiciary
 Committee Hears New Haven Demo-
 crats.
 HARTFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 5. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR- IER.l
 Representative Wolfe of New Haven in- troduced an act into the General Assembly to-day which will be of great interest to the legal profession. Mir. Wolfe's bill provides that in appeal cases where the trial judge sends up his finding of facts he shall incor- porate into the finding the claimed facts of attorneys of both sides, and himself desig. nate these paragraphs which he finds proven. The bill also provides for sending up the evil dence and record to the reviewing court. The act, if passed, will place Connecticut more in harmony with the great States of New York and Massachusetts and others where the entire record of the evidence is is sent up. The present system is very un- satisfactory, for when the trial judge himself practically passes upon himself. The bill was referred to the judiciary committee. THE RAILROAD HEARING. Again the various lawyers and others in- terested in the Housatonic railroads petition for new charter were disappointed to-day. The hearing before the railroad committee had been continued until this time in the hope that Senator Graham, the chairman of the committee, would be able to be present. When the committee met this afternoon Mir. Beardsley, Milford's popular representative on the railroad committee, reported that he had seen Senator Graham, whose doctor for bade him frem going out of doors this week. The senator wanted to be with them very much and was slowly improving. The hear ing was again adjourned until next Tuesday.
 To-DAY's LEGISLATION.
 The usual round of new bills, petitions and resolutions were introduced in the House to- day. There were one or two secret ballot bills, which contain no new features, and the usual quota of grade crossing bills
 John Stevenson, Bridgeport's character, who sent in petition for pensioning dudes and other weak intellects, perpetrated an- other one of his jokes on the house to-day. To-day's atrocity was as follows: The peti- t1oner, John Stevenson, asks your honorable body to pass an act abolishingcourts of law, both civil and criRinaI, and create and es- tabllsh in their places a commission of arbi- tration composed of three men and two wo- men in each county to meet the first Monday in each month to arbitrate and decide on all matters, both civil and criminal, and their decision shall be final and no appeal allowed. At 65 the commission shall be retired on half pay.
 Representative Hammer, of Branford, in- troducing another grade crossing bill provid- ing that the ssleotmen or courts of common council may apply to have grade crossings removed and if the railroad commissioners thought pablic safety required it, the rail- road shall remove the crossing at it's own ex- pense and thereafter maintain necessary bridges.
 Nr. Graves offered an act to repeal State taxes on towns.
 Representative Wolfe, of New Haven, in- troduoed an act to prevent jewelry auctions at night; an act to increase the time for pay ing taxes in New Haven to September, in- stead of July; an act concerning issuing of executions authorizing the commitment of girls to the Connecticut Industrial school may be until they are eighteen years of age instead of sixteen, the present limit. Other proposed acts were-to give the State board of health power to abate nuisances in natural streams and summon witnesses; a secret bal lot bill introduced by MT. Glover by equest by MT. Hickox of Litchfeld an act to create a fire insurance company of the State, and that all property on which taxes have been paid in full shall be restored by the State when damaged.
 By Mr. Holt of Putnam an act to provide that in all public business honorably dis charged soldiers and sailors shall be given the preference; by MT. Graves, an act giving the governor power to fill all vacancies in the judiciary, an act to limit the number of sa- looms in towns to one for thousand inhabi- tauts.
 The petition to the general assembly of George M. Beard of Milford for divorce from his wife on the ground of insanity has led MT. Wolfe to offer an act giving the Superior court complete Jurisdiction over all divorce proceedings and giving the court power to grant divoroes for incurable insanity of five years standing.
 JUDGE sTUDLEY's ELECTION.
 The Senate was in session but few mo. ments to-day and transacted but little busi- ness of general interest. Senator Hall of the judiciary called the favorable report of the judiciary committee on the appointment of Judge Studley for the New Haven Court of Common Pleas, from the calendar. A ballot was taken and Judge Studley received the entire number of votes cast.
 The most important net proposed wss by Senator Fuller, which in effect will remove the separate school districts and make the town government control tho schools The act will not apply to towns which have 
 tant section of the bill are as follows: Every town in the State shall from and after September l, 1889, assume and maintain the control of all the public schools within it's limits and for this purpose every town shall be school district and shall have all the powers and duties of school districts ex- cept in so far as these are inconsistent with this act.
 The annual town meeting shall be the an- nual school meeting and transact all public school business.
 Senator States introduced resolution ap- propriating $50 to each member of the New Haven company of Horse Guard to renovate and repair their uniforms, which was refer -ed to the committee on military affairs.
 THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
 A number of well known New Haven gene mittee immediately after adjournment. The committee had assigned the petition in favor of Burton Mansfield for assistant judge of the City court for to day with several other mat ters.
 State Attorney Doolittle appeared before the oommitte in opposition to the bill which provides that the board of pardors shall sit at the States prison in Wethersfeld instead of at the Capitol as formerly. MT. Doolittle said the Capitol was the place for such meet- ines and there was no sense in dragging the members of the board down to Wethers6eld The only argument MT. Doolittle had heard advanced for the change was that prisoners might escape If brought to Hartford. He had seen thousands of prisoners taken from New Haven jail to the court house and never knew of g single escape.
 DWIGHT TUTTLE's INTERROGATION.
 Several well known New Haven Demo- crats were present to speak for Mir. Mansfield or rather the Democrats. Attorney W. Law said all the offices of the City court had been held by Rspublicaos. Previous to that time Democratic legislatures had given the Renuhlicans an assistant iudpa and attnrnay