Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-16
TuE PRopLE MAY ELECT

House.Senators Fox and Holden Make a Hard Fight and Force the Hill Through the Senate-Tne Constitutfonal Convention Blu Goes Over Until Next Week-The Good Roads Bill Indefinitely Post poned-The State Prison Committee to Report Next Week-The senate and House.. HARTFORD, June 15.-[Speoial.] ]-To-day at the capitol proved to be one of the most interesting of the session, especially in the senate. The fun commenced when Senator Cleveland called from the table the order of the day. consisting of senate bill No. 2s5 and house bill No. 3. being acts to provide for constitutional conven- tion. .
 Senator Holcomb, republican, moved that the bills go over until next week Tues day, as several of the senators were absent who ought to be present.
 Senator Fox opposed the motion of Senator Holcomb on the ground that the people demanded that some action be taken in the matter, and that at once. He said that his constituents were already finding fault with him because something had not been done in the case, which should be acted on at once and not again postponed.
 Senator Holden also took this view of the matter, and in his usual clear and con- else manner described the needs of the people for such 8 convention. He thought that the matter had already been too long delayed, and action should at once be %kau h. absent, as they have received notice of the matter, and it was their own fault if they were not present to vote on it.
 Senators Root and Crandall also thought tHat the matter had been delayed long enough, and should be disposed of to- day. ,l Senator Pierce then arose and no doubt, to the surprise of his democratic brethren, stated that in all party fairness and sena- torial courtesy, the matter should go over until next week, as Senator HoIcomb had moved. He said that as party whip for the democratic side of the senate, with Senator Holcomb as leader of the repubH- cans, he had always found the latter ready to extend senatorial courtesy and postpone any matter at his request. We all know that without the cooperation of the republicans this body would never have been able to organize and do any business. The republicans have always been ready to pair with the democrats and to grant us any favors we might ask. To, day Senator Holcomb asks us to table 8 matter until next week, and am in favor of so doing. Senator Cleveland did not think the bill was needed at present, and favored the motion to table.
 Senators Fox, Holden and Root thought | that senatorial courtesy should not enter ! into such sn important question, and urged for immediate action.
 l A vote was taken on Senator Holeomb'i motion and was passed by vote of 10 te 3, making the matter the order of the day for next Tuesday at o'clock.
 VOTES FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
 When this bill was called from the table to-day Senator Root had prepared ar amendment to Senetor Fox's amendment which allowed for minority representa-
 tion. The Fox amendment was fully ar
 gued. The text of 1t was printed in yes
 terday's COURIER. The amendment of
 fered by Senator Root is what is known a
 the Roche amendment, which was adopted
 by the house.
 Senators Root and Cleveland were tn
 only ones to uphold the Roche amendmen
 on the democratic side, and after consider
 able discussion in favor of the Fox amend
 ment by Senators Fox, Holden and Gran l da1l, the Roche amendment was rejected b
 a vote of IS to 2, and the Fox amendmen
 adopted by 8 strictly party vote, whicl
 stood 7 to 2, the tie being then voted off i
 favor of the democrats by L!eutentant Gov
 ernor Cady.
 NO GOOD ROADS OR NAVAL RESERVE IN THI 1 STATE.
 The good roads, bill which caused sucl
 a long discussion in the house yesterda,
 afternoon, was taken up again this morn
 ing and after further discussion indefinite ] ly postponed by a vote of 101 to 76. The naval reserve bill was also reconsii
 cred on motion of MT. Lounsbury and fl
 definitely postponed by vote of 121 t37.
 STATE PRISON.
 Senator Root said today that he wa
 ready to report in the state prison matte
 and that the committee would meet o
 Monday evening of next week to discus
 what report they would make as commit
 tee, and would probably present the sam
 on Tuesday to the general assembly. B did not say whether there would be on
 report or two.
 TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF BILLS. On motion of Senator Fox an act wa
 passed which provides that all bills for put
 lie acts shall be introduced in duplicate
 one copy of which shall be transmitted b
 the clerks of either house to the clerk (
 his office. The copy retained by the clerh
 of either house shall be deemed the orig nal copy. When bill is favorably rt ported upon by committee and table
 for calendar and printing in either hous' the original shall be sent to the clerk (
 bills, who shall send the duplicate copy { the printer and return the original cop
 to the clerk from whom ne received 1t O
 the day when the printed copies are dii
 tributed.
 EVENING SCHOOLS.
 Another measure passed by the senst
 provides that every town and school dis
 trict having ten thousand or more inhab itants shall establish and maintain in addi tion to the schools required by law, even ing schools for the instruction of person over fourteen years of age, in such branche as the proper school authorities of tn town or district shall prescribe; provided that this act shall not apply to any dis trict located in town which maintainl such schools.
 No person over fourteen and unde sixteen years of age, who cannot read ani write, shall be employed in any manufac turing, mercantile, or mechanical occu patton in any town where evening school are established, under the provisions O the preceding sections, unless he can pro duce every school month of twenty days, certificate from the teacher of an evening school, established under this act, showing that he has attended such school twenty consecutive evenings in the current schoo year, and is regular attendant. Any person who shall employ a child contrary to the provisions of this act shall be fined not more than $50.
 ! AGAINST FISH POUNDS.
 The house spent the greater part. of thu day discussing the bill to restrict fsl pounds, and finally had to adjourn at o'clock without having acted on the matter for lack of 6 quorum. Two reports wer' made by the fisheries committee. Th' majority of the committee, five in number reported in favor of the pounds, but thu other four committeeman reported bill which prohibits fishing by pounds or ethel \ stationary contrivances in any waters 0! the state from April 1, 1894. toJuly 1, 1894 and in each and every year thereafter during the same period for the term oi L. l. GvSA ,E