Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-15
ND VOTES FOR THE LADIES.

l The woman's suffrage Amendment Voted DoWn-Arsument On Our Side
 and Votes On she Other-A Charter
 For she Wtnchestor Horse Car Company-The Awaited Report On
 Consolidation-The Railroad Fight | To-M0rf0w.
 HARTFORD, May 14 Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUK- IKRI
 The House had double barrelled session
 to-day, reconvsning in the afternoon to set I tie the weman's suffrage question. The I lords of creation settled it with a refusal to surrender the ancient prestige they have held
 over women so long. The poor dear ladies must, for two years more at least, be taxed l without representation and be subjected to
 the dreaded tyrrany of the awful men they
 have suffered under so many years. It
 must be confessed that the weight of argu-
 msnt in the verbose war wsged on the ques-
 tion to-day was all on the side of arming the
 ladies with the ballot and bidding then. wade
 deep into the mszes of "practioal politics."
 but the votes were on the appropriate side. The suffragists, however, made a much big | ger showing than was expected, having | found forty-four representatives sufficiently gallant to vote ln favor of the bill striking | the word "male" from the constitution, The hopes of Isabella Bsecher Hooker and Mrs. Howells, who addressed the House the other | day, were disappointed in the fact that nine- \ ty representatives arose in heir proud might | and cest their votes in favor of maintain | ing the present domesticitv of taxed and dis | enfranohised women. Representative Bob | McCrone, of Enfield, doesn't wear conven- ! tional clothes, but he made one of the best | arguments in the matter. He would give | women the power to vote, and inquired \ txuh kha oII IaI ! than his mother, or the boy who wss better ! than his sister,
 Mir. Hall of Stratford made an able speech ! on the legal and constitutional rights of wo- | men, and Nessrs. Dimock and Hickox fa- \ vored the amendment.
 | Rev. MT. Knight of Hartland dwelt on ' "reminiscences of his boyhood and desired to
 keep women in the same sphere they then oc- ! cupied.
 | MT. O'Callaghan of Wallingford said if the | women voted men would have to go into ex- | ile. It WEI only the unmarried men who fa ! vored the bill.
 Dr. Chapin of Meriden would allow them | to vote on education and temperance and no farther.
 The vote was 90 to fl against submitting ! the amendment to the next legislature. ANOTHER VETOED BILL. Governor Bulkeley this afternoon retuI aed ! to the House without his approval the bill creating the Derby district court because the bill provides that the officers and judges of ! the court may practice in 1t themselves, | which the governor considers vicious le2isla- ton without precedent. The bill WIS re. committed to the judiciary.
 The House passed the bill taxing vessels at a valuation equal to their net earnings dur ing the year.
 The resolution providing that the con- troller shall issue pe1ses to the members of the legislature WEI rejected after much dis- cussion on the question of the free railroad pass system. THE SENATE. The Equitable and Industrial Insurance company of New Haven wes granted a char ter in the upper body to-day and the State treasurer ordered to pay certain funds in his possession to depositors of the defunct Town sends bank.
 The judiciary committee reported favora- ply on the bill relieving towns from provid- ing clothing for their patients at the insane hospital, and also the bill fixing the number of days which county commissioners may draw pay for, which in New Haven county is 175.
 consolidating school districts and b1ingiug
 them all under town management except in cities. Senator TwitcheIl moved to amend that the school committee shall serve without oth- er compensation than that fixed in section 2, 124 of the statutes which wcs az reed to- Senator Cleveland opposed the bill and called attention to the fact that in Massschu- sstts the towns are returning to the district system. He believed it would be improper to force this system on the tow ns of Connec- ticut against the will of the people, who un-
 der the present law may consolidate their dis
 tricts if they choose.
 Senator Fuller agued that the future pros perity of the schools of Connections depends
 upon this mee3ure. Such bill is working
 well in Massachusetts and the people are satisfied with it's operation Senator Fuller
 cited cs les of the ineffective working of the district system in this State, espe oially in the rural districts, where only twenty or thirty
 weeks schooling is given each year. Senator Graham characterized the bill cs
 vicious. If the towDs want this system,
 why haven't they adopted iti The Senate
 had no right to force such a system On the towns. The cities had been exempted solely through fear Of opposition. Senator Catlin I spoke briefly for the bill and Senator Read against it. Senator Clark made the point that the fact that the towrs had not consoli- dated their dist.icts is good proof that they don't want this bill. Senator Barnum argued
 that if the towns paid for the schools they
 should have the management of them. It will do away with the evils of the present system, poor schools, favoritism in hiling teachers, the maintenance of vsIy small dis trict1, etc.
 The bill was pe-sed by the following vote: Ayes-Robbins, Hodge, Corbin, Twitchell, Catlin, Fuller, Hall, Cowles, Bartrsm, Cofin, Sprague, Keeney-12.
 Nsys-Clsvsland, Graham, States, Gard ner, Parish, Mead, Crofut, Clark-S. TP8 WIN CHESTER AVENUE LINE. The committee on cities and boroughs will recommend that 6 charter be granted the Winchester Avenue Horse Car Co.,, or Elec- trio railroad. This afternoon William J. Atwatsr, representing the State street line and the West Haven road withdrew all ob- jections to the new road, which is not to in- wade the territory covered by these roads. PROBABLY AaAIKsT CONSOLIDATION.
 The committee will hold an executive sea-
 sion to-morrow and finally decide upon a re-
 port on the consolidation of New Haven, town
 and city.
 It is now generally believed that the com
 mittee has decided not to favor consolida-
 tion, but the exact nature of the report is
 not predicted.
 GRACE HOSPITAL. The committee on appropriations held the final hearing on the at aication for a home-
 opathic hospital in New Haven. More cu-
 initiative evidence was introduced.
 THE RAILROAD EIGHr. All the participants in the railroad ssrug-
 gle were laying on their oars to-day awaiting
 the struggle which begins in the house to-
 morrow Wednesday,, when the report of the
 committee on the petition of the Housatonic
 is the order of the day. A vote on the par
 allel project is expected during the day. Con
 siderable suppressed excitement was mani-
 fest to-day.
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