Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-11
STILL DRIFTING APART.
The Senate Conference Committees
 Proposition Rejected.

The Senate Conference Committees Proposition Rejected.
 . HARTFORD, Feb 1.-The house con-
 vened promptly at II o'clock tr day. MT Upson of Berlin introduced a bill
 providing that the state armories shall
 not be rented except to members of the Connecticut National Guard or the
 Grand Army of the Republic. MT Beckwith of Winchester introduce
 ed bill compelling hotel keepers to
 provide ropes for all rooms in hotels,
 above the first floor.
 A bill was also introduced asking for l the repeal of the liquor law under which saloons must be closed from 13 o'clock | the night preceding until , o'clock the
 morning following an election. At this point an adjournment was taken until o'clock.
 A bill has been framed which will be presented by the democrats in a short
 time, providing for an increase of the salary of members of the general assem- bly, from $500 to $500.
 At 10:30 o'clock last night the confer ence committee of the two branches of the legislature went into executive ses- sion in the parlors of the Allyn house. At midnight the doors were opened and the democratic members went off by themselves for further consultation, and the republicans staid behind to talk it over. The committee will not report to- day.
 In the house this afternoon Mir Green offered a resolution raising a commits sion of five persons to be appointed by the governor to secure and erect statue of the late General Terry, on the eastern slope of the capitol grounds, no expense being fixed. Messrs Walker and Judson objected and the matter was tabled.
 Mir Milner introduced a bill raising a worlds fair commission of ten citizens to be appointed by the governor on salary, and appropriating S25,000 to meet expenses. He moved that the rules be suspended ard the bill passed. Mir Root objected and the matter was tabled.
 The house adjourned until 11:3O to- morrow, despite the objection of Mir Root, who wanted to stay and do some- thing.
 The republican members of the house held meeting this noon, heard the re- port of the conference committee and
 determined to stand by the republican ultimatum.
 The senate convened at noon, and the conference committee reported substan- tiallv as follows:
 That they had every reason to believe
 that the asking for conference by the house indicated that the house was ready to meet the senate in what it had done, | but to the surprise of the members of the committee, ,all the propositions of the house members were in violation of the deliberate conviction of duty of the
 senate as evidenced by the position it had taken. The house committee pro- posed an electoral commission. The senate committee could not agree to | this, but on the contrary offered bill
 for a public act providing substantially that all the democratic candidates shall be
 declared elected and take office; pro- | vided, however, that such action shall
 not prejudice the rights of any of the republicans to appeal to the court, and any one who feels aggrieved by the seat ing of such democrats may appeal to
 the superior court of Hartford county, which is hereby given jurisdiction over
 all the questions involved, with power
 to settle them, and that therefore this is
 to be the first business of the court.
 The republicans are not asked to declare
 the democratic candidates elected, but
 simply to recognize them for the time being in the transaction of business. The report was accepted and the
 senate adjourned until 1 80. This afternoon Senator Graham intro-
 duced worlds fair bill providing that
 Hon T. NJ. Waller, Leverett Brainard of Hartford, Hon J. w. Alsop, J. M. Bacon of Danbury, Senator Pinney and Repre- sentative Milner, be appointed commit
 tee to represent the state at the fair, acting without compensation.
 The senate then adjourned urtil 1:30 to- morrow afternoon.