Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-15

trade, had both strongly expressed them selves in favor of 8 bill which would drive out from New Haven the pool rooms which are such 8 dark blot upon the city; ! and that Chief of Police Smith had said to 1 hina that the police authorities had been ! advised by legal authority that they were 1 not warranted in breaking up the pool | rooms by existing law. In conclusion MT. ! Cleaveland read from printed interview with the late City Attorney Daley, a sholt time before his death, in which Mr. Daley was reported to have said: "It is because the statutes do not cover the pool rooms that no action has been brought, but be- the general statutes will be amended to cover all such kinds of gambling or partici- patton in such gambling"
 OTHER PROCEEDINGS DE ABOLITION OF POOL
 ROOMS
 L. J. Nickereon of West Cornwall, who introduced the "Wood bill" to abolish the pool rooms, argued in favor of abolishing betting on horse races and gambling at all times and under all circumstances. Attorney O'Neil of Waterbury said: If gambling is wrong 1t is just as wrong on race track as in pool room, and I would abolish it in all places at the earliest pos- sible time.
 Attorney Henry G. Newton of New Ha- ven also favored the abolishment of these pool rooms.
 OTHER BILLS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO NEW HAVEN.
 Two bills were introduced in behalf of the Fair Haven and Westville Horse Rail road company, one allowing them to join the West Chapel street end of the route with the Westville end, going out Chapel | street to Central avenue, to Fountain | street, to Orange, to terminus of the West vile end; and one increasing the capital stock of the road to $1, 500, 900 and allow | ing them to issue bonds for $700, ,000 Another bill was the George D. Watrous | bill askiDg for committee of three to re- | wise the New Haven city charter. The Senate.
 h the senate this afternoon 8 resolution and tabled appointing H. L Vists of En- l field and L. F. Woodward of suffield con- missioners of the Thompsonville bridge for two years from July 1, 1893. Resolutions appointing John c. Geary | judge and c. D. Smith assistant judge of ths polica court of New London, and Will liam J. McConville police judge of Hart ford were reported adversely by the judic- ! isry committee and were rejected. Bills and resolutions were presented for the incorporation of the Pennington River Power company; increasing the capital If the Hartford Electric Light company to $500, 900; authorizing the city Of Waterbury ! x, ip 4 pI to take land for sewerage purposes; amend ing the charter of the Fair Haven and Westville Horse Railroad company; making it crime to "visit' gambling house; authorizing the Masonic Temple associa- tion of Bridgeport to issus bonds; impos- ing maximum fine of sl ,000 and one year on anyone publishing a journal devoted solely to lust and crime; licensing station ary engineers; amending the charter of the Greenwich Gas and Electric Lighting company; incorporating the Greenwich Tramway company; ineorporating tbe | Craig Silver company of Bridgeport; ap- pointing Colonel H. W. R Hoyt judge and George G. McNall deputy judge of the borough court of Greenwich authorizing the borough of Greenwich to issue $50, ,000 4 per cent. bonds; amending the char ter of the city of Norwich.
 The senate adjourned until Il o'clock tomorrow, after confirming the recent ap pointments of Governor Morris
 | The House
 l When the house of representatives con vened at 1 o'clock to, day the members were confronted with the question Of the ref erence of the Storrs Agricultural college bill, which caused an adjournment lest Fri day for want of quorum. The judiciary and agricultural committees again took uI the eudgels, each side claiming possession
 of the bill. After fifteen minutes debate
 the agrioulturists won.
 Mir. Wood of Manchester explained tn,
 matter for the benefit of those who wer' absent last week. He was followed b, ) MT Hale of Glastonbury, who seconded |. the idea that all the agricultural committe
 relating to dogs. He thought the commit tee qualified to consider the subject O l agricultural education for boys. , It was in vain that MT. Wood and MT
 Callahan of New Haven argued tha
 there were legal points involved and tha the bill should go to the judiciary. Tn motion to send the bill to that committe was lost by vote of 47 to 12O, the bil
 was referred to the agricultural committee and the friends of that committee ap
 plauded loudly.
 These matters were preferred to tn. ! proper committees:
 PETITIONS.
 For the incorporation of the Lisbon an6 the Voluntown Street Railway company
 to amend the charter of the New Londo1
 Horse Railroad company; to amend th, charter of the Montville Horse Railroad company; to confer suffrage on the women of the Grace Hospital society of New Ha
 ven for an appropriation; to make an ap propriation for a deficiency in the Portland school district; of the Hartford Equa Rights club to raise the age of consent te eighteen years; to amend the charter of the Missionary society of Connecticut; to ex tend the limits of the city of New Britain to establish court in Stonirgton.
 RESOLUTIONS.
 Incorporating the Memorial Hospital as sociation of New London, the New Haven Building and Loan association, the St. Patrick's Y. M. T. A. B. Society of New Haven. the Umquaqus Water and Light company of Fairfield, the Connecticut Temperance union, the Christopher Colum bus Mutual Benefit society Of Meriden, the Joseph Poniski Sick and Benefit society of Naugatuck, the Madison Water company and the Bridgeport Medical association; amending the charter of the New London Horse Railroad company; establishing a l gate at the Main street crossing of the Norwich and Worcester road in Jewett City; amending the charter of the borough of Danielsonville; reimbursing the city of Hartford for laying @ sidewalk opposite property owned by the state.
 MT. Hicks of Holland introduced in the house resolution Investigating the doings of county commissioners for several years past. After warm discussion it was tabled. A resolution was passed appoint ing Dewey, republican, Olmstead, repub- licsn, Hayden, democrat, county commis- | sioners for Hartford county. Among the | more important matters introduced into the house were bill prepared by Isabella Hooker for woman suffrage, bill prohib iting unnaturalizsd citizens from selling liquor and bill to tax street railroads 3 per cent. of gross receipts.
 The house elected Sylvester Barbour judge of the Hartford police court, and ad- journed at 4:30 o'clock to II o'clock Wednesday morning after acting fsvorablv