Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-09
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A Great Flow of the Soul on the Tramp
 Law Amendmcnt-Semato Cleveland
 Shakes up she Senator in the old
 Time Style-More Talk Than Busx-
 ness on she First Friday Session. HARTFORD, Feb. 8. [Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CouRIER.1 The General Assembly for the first time this session tried the experiment of attempt ing to legislate on Friday with appalling re- suits. Affected perhaps by the truitions of the day the house was made the victim of l torrent of oratory that nearly caused col | lapse of all but the most robust auditors and
 the orators themselves. Even the dignihed
 senate, which is rarely rufied by anything 1 more exciting than 'tMr. President, beg | leave to offer resolution" caught the infec- | tion, and Senator Cleveland held forth with his traditional vim. The senator was him 1 self again, and loosened himself on the ques-
 ton of Judge Thompson's appointment, which came from the house for concurrence.
 Senator States opened the action by opposing | the resolution on the ground that Judge Thompson was not resident of New Haven. Senator Cleveland then let the eagle scream in a speech which rehearsed the Democratic \ wall for judgeship of the City court and f | CTS, and wound up with Lincoln's peroration | at Gettysburg.
 | Senator Hall in reply called the gentle mans attention to the fact that the Republi- cans had no justices of the peace in New Ha- ven. and that the Democrats themselves had \ established the nonresident principle by ap- pointing Judge W. B. Stoddard of Milford.
 Senator Cleveland said that precedent
 should not govern the senate, which was to
 make precedent, and that Democrats did ! wrong sometimes as we'll as Republicans. He | confessed that he had sometimes found 1t ! hard to keep in line with the Democrats. ] Senator Coffin said nothing had been alleg- l ed against Judge Thompson and his reap | pointment would be in accordance with the | doctrine, dear to Democratic hearts, of civil service reform.
 | Senator Hall said nothing was to be gained ! by delay as every senator knew how he should ! eventually vote.
 The ballot resulted in 14 votes for Judge Thompson's appointment and only against 1t. The principal bills of importance intro duced before the senate adjourned provided that the salary of county commissioners be $4 day, not to exceed 150 days in the year, and 8 cents 6 mile travel, and that there shall
 be no saloons in grocery stores. GEN. MERw1N's SUGGESTION. A man who said he was Yankee, but not doctor, and could cure pneumonia after a victim was 50 far gone that he had proved I the truth of the 'probation after death" the ory, appeared in the senate retiring room i'm mediately after adjournment with 8 general Ing machine with which he threw a stream | of stomized vapor and gas into the nostrils and lungs. Lieutenant Governor Merwin humorously suggested to the senator from the First district that there was a chance for him to become reinfiated. Several senators took Q charge and still live. THE HORSE STORM.
 Oratorieal flood gates were opened in the representatives chamber on bill to amend the tramp law, which provides that the mere ! asking for food shall not be legal proof that the person is tramp according to the present construction of the law. The gentleman from Enfield went at the question with tre- mendous energy. He resembles tragedian without the usual historical paraphrenalia and wore 6 grey flannel shirt, without the ordinary establishment of collar. The trend of the gentleman's remarks and the vivid way in which he circulated his arms called general attention to his unconventional tout ensemble. ! He said the present tramp law was the |
 most cruel thing in the annals of civilization. | Any animated being who wandered about, as ali animated beings had to wander, was
 made by 1t a criminal. and Oliver Goldsmith, the great poet and author, would have been 6 criminal in Connecticut. MT. Donaghue of Wallingford arose, and, gazing towards the heavens, said that he himself had been traveller and might have been taken a tramp. It was poor law that made poverty 8 crime. Old Mr. Nye of Groton said that if he was out of town the only perceptible difference between himself and tramp under the pres ent statute was that he might be dressed little better, although many of the tramps
 that came his way dressed pretty well. He | thought the law was pretty harsh. Fifteen representatives jumped to their feet simultaneously ss he sat down. Colonel Mowry of Norwich was recognized and moved the previous question. l The proposed amendment to the law was defeated by big majority, as was vote to reconsider. THE CONSOLIDATED ROAD. MT. Lane of East Hartford offered bill validating the purchase by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company of stock of other lines, so that the transae- ton should have the same relative status ss if done by special act, and also empowering the road to consolidate its stocks and bonds with those of any of it's leased lines and change it's name to the ''Consclidated Rail- road" HUSBANDS MUST NOT BE CROSS. Dwight Futile of East Haven offered an l amendment to the divorce laws, giving the | Superior court power to grant diYorces on the I ground of habitual indulgence of ungovern- able temper.
 Another proposed act repeals the law in regard to swearing.
 | Mir O'Nsil put in a bill making the salaries of clerks of the Supreme, Superior and Com
 mon Pleas courts 8, 900 per annum and pro
 viding that the present fees shall be convert ed into the State treasury. This will meet | with vigorous opposition from the incum- bents of these positions, some of whom re-
 ceive fees amounting to $7,oO0 or more a year.
 Another bill affecting the courts provides | that justices of the peace may receive g day for trying cases and 10 cents mile for | travel.
 \ TO ABOLISH THE FISH COMMISSION.
 Mir. Shepard of Old Sayorook seems to be
 getting after the people who hold office under ] appointment by the governor. Yesterday he
 introduced bill to do away with the present railroad commissioners, and today bill to | abolish the fish commissioners because the
 sale of oyster ground does not pay the ex- penses of the commission.
 THE UBIQUITOUS DOG.
 Canine influence is felt at Hartford to such an extent that every day two or more acts
 concerning dogs are introduced. To-day Mr. Doolittle of Bethany offered an set 10 compel \ sll dog owners to give bonds for any damage \ that dog may happen to do throughout the year.
 \ THE GROWING PILE.
 Nearly nine hundred bills have been intro
 dueed up to date, and, as Tuesday is the