Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-08
THE WASHINGTON ANNIVERSARY.

THE WASHINGTON ANNIvERsARY.| Legislature Arrangements to Repre- sent the State fn New York April 23-A BIll to Cut Off the Heads of the Railroad CommIssfoners-Gthe Acts Proposed To-Day.
 HARTFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 2. l Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL CoUR- Senator Read, chairman of the committee | on military affairs, offered 8 report of his committee in the Senate to day concerning l the celebration in New York, April 23, of I the anniversary of Wsshingtons inaugura- ! tion. The committee favor sending Connec- l ticut delegation, consisting of the Governor, | State officers, eight senators and sixteen rep- I resentatives and general descendants of the | first congressman, and also giving the Gov l ernor authority to designate one of the regi- ments of the National Guard and one com 1 pany of the Foot Guard to accompany him. Should the bill pass the people of the Second district will hope that the Governor follow the magnanimous example of Governor Bige- low and select the Second regiment, which now leads the brigade as the First did when Governor Bigelow selected it for the York town trip. The resolution appropriates $1O,- 900 for the expenses.
 The following order from General Barbour, issued to-day, is interesting in view of this affair:
 STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
 HARTFORD. Feb. 6, 1889. J Permission is hereby accorded all regularly or arms, uniformed and equipped, to enter and pass through this State en route to and returning from D. C.. March 4, 1889, and the centennial celebration of the inauguration of President Washington at New York, N. Y, April 30 1889. By order of the Commander-in- Chief, LUcIUs A BARBOUR, Official Adjutant General. George M White Assistant Adjutant General
 MURDERER's PLEA.
 The legislature will soon have the unpleas- ant duty to perform of disposing of @ human life. John H. Swift, the Hartford murderer sentenced to be hung In the summer, peti~ tions the legislature for communication of his sentence to life imprisonment. Senator Cleveland introduced the petition into the Senate to-day, the board of pardons not hay ing authority over capital cases.
 Senator Hall introduced bill to limit the ! number of liquor licenses to one for every 800 people. I
 The senate adjourned after fixing next | Wednesday as the day for hearing the re- |
  which will make things lively.
 NEW HAVEN AFFAIRS. Mir. Bryant introduced a petition of the ! West Haven horse car company to issue $5O,- | 900 worth of bonds.
 MT. Wolfe introduced petition for the | incorporation of the E. A. ChatfeId company with $25, ,000 capital stock to continue the I present business of E. A. Chstfeld 6 Co.
 Another bill of Mir. Wolfe provides for the ! biennial election of New Haven's town clerk, assessors, tax collector and other town off, 1 cers instead of yearly elections. E. P. Ar | vine, J. B. Morse, W. J. Atwater and Roger | s. White signed in favor of the bill.
 FAVORABLE REPORTS. The respective committees reported favora- l ply upon the proposed amendments to Nor- !! wich's charter; the petition of Meriden to | issue bonds; the act to compel schools to hold l sessions thirty-six weeks in the year; and the | bill providing for the sessions of the board of l pardons at Hartford instead of Wethersfeld, ] which State Attorney Doolittle favors.
 CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION.
 MT. Brown of Andover introduced bill l providing that there shall be one senator 1 from each county and two if there are 50, ,000 inhabitants, and also bill that hereafter the Senate shall consist of one member from each l of the present twenty-four districts and ff- teen to be elected at large, no person being allowed to vote tor more than bare ma jority.
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 ARADICAL CHANGE.
 One of the bills that will create the biggest kind of commotion was offered to-day by MT. Shepard of Old Saybrook. This bill | abolishes the present railroad commissioners | ard provides that one from each county shall be elected by the county instead of being ap- pointed by the governor at present. The | salary of each shall be but $500 year, and | any member who accepts railroad pass shall | be disqualified, and furthermore the commits ! sioners to be prohibited from riding in ! special trains.
 IT'S ENGLISH. Mr. Cascardin, of New Britain, offered I resolution to-day based on the English elec- tion system which will make the politicians | howl. The act provides that any csnnidate l for office by the popular vote shall within ten I days after election file 8 sworn statement of l every cent of his expenses or disbursements during the campaign, and also publish the ! same in newspaper. Every club or politi- ! cal organization working for candidate | must do the same, under 6 penalty of $2, 900 J
 IN THE SWIM. l
 Other matters introduced provide for the I taxation of horse car companies like any oth- | CT property owners.
 Petition of Waterbury to issue water bonds to the extent of $2OO,O00.
 Giving grand jurors $1 day and 10 cents mileage while attending court.
 Compelling all cities to provide the fire " 6h00G rying life lines, fire escape chutes, flexible ladders and jumping nets. TEMPERANCE LEGIsLAT1oN.
 It is rare day at the Capitol when one or more bills, concerning the liquor traffic, are not sent in.
 Mr. Capen, of Windsor, by request sent in an act to compel saloons to close at Il o'clock, except when allowed by selectmen or courts of common council, to keep open until 12 o'clock, which law is now in force.
 MT. Chspin, of Meriden, bill to prevent any curtains or screens in windows of sa- looms during the hours to which sale is by law prohibited. A third bill empowers the States attorney to appoint two prosecuting agents in each town where there are not now regular prosecuting agents.
 Mir Graves of Ltchheld evidently does not favor the expediting of court business, for he introduced bill to-day abolishing all court stenographers.
 The Republican members of New Haven county met in caucus to-day and renominat- ed Judge Coe and Assistant Judge J. c. Thayer for the Meriden police court. There was no opposition.
 The committee on labor held a meeting this afternoon and heard the report of the factory inspector. The labor day bill has not yet been considered.
 hIsr or Patents.
 List of patents issued from the U. s. Patent of- dcs for the week ending Feb 5, 1889, for the State of Connecticut furnishedus from the office of John E. Earle solicitor of patents. New Haven, Conn: