Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-09
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

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Delegate to. the Bankers Con.
yention. at Chicago The senate
.-sAdjourns Until Next Week-The
House and senate. /
HARTFORD, June s,-[Special. 1.-The SEN
Ateto dsy, 3after short debate, passed the
bill providing for An attorney general
with an amendment appointing SEN
ator Noble e. Pierce. Of Bristol attorney
general from the time~of the passage OF
the bill until the governor can appoint in
January, 1895. The bill provides that the
governor shall, with the advice and con-
sent of the senate, within sixty days after
the organization Of the general assembly in
January, 1895, and biennially thereafter,
appoint an attorney general, who shall
hold Office from the first day of July fol-
lowing his appointment, and until his sue
oessor is appointed and duly qualified.
The salary of the attorney shall be s., 900
per annum. He shall appoint law clerk
or assistant who shall receive salary of
$4,000 per annum. The Office of the at
torney general shall be at the capitol In
the city of Hartford.
The bill also designates the duties of the
attorney general, which will be similar to
the duties of attorney generals In other
states. It also provides for his removal at
any time by the governor, with the con-
sent of the senate, after due hearing.
Mr.. Pierce, who is. to day one of the
leaders of the senate, Is an able lawyer
and jurist, and in the minds of the leaders
at the capital will make an excellent at
torney general. Senator Pierce was born
in Bristol, and is tharty.sight years old.
Heis graduate of the Yale law echool,
andrhas practiced In Bristol since his I'D
mission to the bar twelve years ago. His
first legislative experience was in the SEN
ate of 1891, where he was one of the &C.
knowledged democratic leaders during the
deadlock. He declined a -nemination for
lieutenant-governor in caucus. just previ-
Gus to the last democratic state conven-
ton, preferring to return to the senate.
He Is treasurer of Hartford county.
His nomination was earnestly favored In
the senate by Messrs. Holden, Fox, Cleve-
land and Holcomb.
TO AVOID PERJURY.
The senate to-day also passed an act re-
pealing section 8, los of the general stat
utes, which provides that whenever any
person who shall have been found intox
icated, or shall have been arrested for in
toxicstion, shall, at the request of the
prosecuting officer, disclose to him from
whom, when, where and how he procured
the liquor by which his intoxication was
produced, and shall, in the opinion of said
officer, testify fully and freely upon the
trial of the person accused of selling him
such liquor, such disclosure and the evil
dence giving by him on such trial shall not
be ueed against him on any prose outien
for such intoxicatioa The evidence go
given shall be taken down in writing by
the nagistrate OF clerk of the court before
which said evidence had been produced,
and shall be read to and signed by the per-
son so testifying and be certified by said
magistrate or clerk, and shall then be for
wsrded to the states attorney for the
county where said prosecution shall have
been made.
Mr.. WILBUR +. DAY SELECTED.
Mr.. Wilbur F. Day of New Haven has
been selected by Governor Morris as the
state delegate to the bankers convention IL
Chicago from June Is to %.
The Senate.
The senate to- day amended the bill re
garding the appointment Of an attorney
general, so as to appoint Senator Noble
E. Pierce to be attorney general unit
1895, when the governor will have power
to appoint. An attorney general !,
badly needed in this state, and bettel
choice could not be made that of Mr.
Pierce. Acts were passed repeating sec
ton 3le5 of general statutes de peach vel
lows; authorizing city of New London t,
issue bonds for school purposes; de shee]
and dogs; de appropriation for Norwicl
schools. The order Of the day went owe
until next week and the senate adjourne
at 1890 until next Wednesday at l
a. m.
The House.
The house to day after a brief debat
passed resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution providing tha
state officers be elected by plurality vote
On the direct vote Messrs. Chaplin of En-
field and Filley of Windsor, republicans
voted against the resolution, but subse
suently changed their votes. The resolu
ton was passed by vote of 1853 to 4
Those voting in the negative were Messra
Vaudeville of Redding, Barhite of Ridge
field, Sanger of Plainfeld and Porter o
Goshen, all republicans.
The amendment to the pool bill, passes
in the senate yesterday, was adopted i
concurrence without debate, and was 8
once sent to the Office of the secretary 9
state.
The committee on railroads reported &C
versely on petition of 1000 citizens c
Bridgeport demonstrating against the crei
ton Of special commission to conside
) the matter of abolishing grade crossings
| that city. The petition was rejected. Th
committee reported favorably on a resolr
ton incorporating the Westerly and Jewel
City Horse Railroad company.
The bill creating the Office of attorne
that Office, which was passed in the senate
was tabled on motion of Mr.. Gum of Mil
ford.
Resolutions were passed appropriattn
$50, 900 for each of the normal schools a
New Britain, Willimsntic, New Haven an
Bridgeport, incorporating the South Con
gregational church of New Britain, payin
Thomas J. Hughes of Middletown 81, 90
for injuries received at Mantle, appropri
ating $25, 900 for hospital at Stamford
amending the charter of the New Londo1
Horse Railroad company, authorizing tn
trustees under the will of the late L. Black
stone of Norwich to hold stock of the TOT
okett company, restoring rights to Abe
Adkins and William Cole of Danbury, in
cooperating the Mad River Rapid Tranai
company of Waterbury, amending tn
charter of the Ponemaeh mills of Norwich
and appropriating 81, 500 for deficiencie
in the shell fish commission.
4. bill. was passed compelling railroa.
companies to keep in repair all bridge
over crossings now in existence or hereat
ter to be built.
At 1:40 the house adjourned to 1913
Friday.
At City Mission Hail.
At the City Mission hall, corner of Coul
and State streets, meetings are held ever
evening of the week. This evening an
every Friday evening through the summe
| the meeting will be conducted by the circ1
of Kings Daughters recently organized Q
the mission hall by Mrs. s. NJ. Finken c
the First Methodist church.
No Session This Year.
The Connecticut Music Teachers assoc
alton, which was to have held its fourt
annual convention in Hartford the 26tt
9th and 25th of this month, finds It in
practicable to do 30, owing to the imam
fold disappointments and hindrances" er
J countered by the program committee, an
postponement for one year Is announced
Membership tickets for 1898 will be ex
tended to December 81, 1894.
West Haven Notes.
The arrangements for the graduation o.