Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-17
LITTLE BUSINESS

? !. Done by the Assembly Testerday-
 The Senate Makes the Corrupt
 Practices Act the order of the Day
 for Next Thursday-G0vernor nor. = ris Vetoes. the Military Company
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 HARTFORD, June 16.-[Special1.- The house and senate were in session but an hour to-day. The senate took up most of the time discussing the resolution incor-- porating the Union Mercantile and Invest ment company. Senators Root and Oleye- land thought it was about time to stop the passage of such bills, which gave to com- panies altogether too much power. - =. =
 Senator Holden, chairman of the com mittee on Interpretations, objected to the way in which bills drom his committee were spoken of, and the matter WAS tabled.
 The corrupt practices bills, which were indefinitely postponed in the house yester- day, were made the order of the day at l o'clock on Thursday of next week.
 The senate also passed the bill authori- zing cities and other municipalities to es- tablish plants for the manufacture of gas and electricity. Unfavorable reports were received on the resolution for an assembly horse railroad companies in New Haven, and for the establishment of regiment of Hibernian rifles.
 The House.
 Governor Morris to-day sent to the house veto of the bill establishing "Troop A, a proposed new cavalry at Bridgeport. In giving reasons for his actions the governor says:
 "The ratio of the military force of the state is now larger in Connecticut than iH almost any other state in the Union, and do not see any need of further increase of the same at the of affairs that seems to call for any increase and If there was, 8 cavalry company would pc least likely to be called into service. The ex pense of the military department of the state if
 aesd can pe shown for greater force am ep ] posed to increase that expense" The committee on appropriations re ported favorably on resolution appropri atipg $40, 900 for the Storrs agrioulturs college for the two years beginning June 30, 1898.
 The committee on cities and borought reported fsvorably on resolutions incor porating the Derby and New Haven Eleo tric Railway company and amending thu charter of the city of Waterbury. The temperance committee reported ad versely on bills abolishing the office O. prosecuting agent, fixing the maximum O license fees at $1, and repeating the lav providing that persons convicted of violat ing the license law shall not be entitled tt license within year. All the bills wer rejected.
 The committee on military affairs re ported bill providing for the equipmen of companies of the Governors guard on acquisition by the commandants, witt | the approval of the governor. The bil l was passed.
 The house refused to accept the senat amendment providing for elections o
 county commissioners by the people, mi nority representation and all, was killed ! Resolutions were passed appropriat ing $1S,000 for new building
 at the Industrial School for Girls amending the charter of tn city of Middletown, amending the eharte
 of the Norwich Street Railway company incorporating the Beehive association o
 Ansonia, incorporating the Radcliffe Bros
 of Huntington, incorporating the Sheltol
 Savings bank, incorporating tho Portian
 Street Railway company, amending tn
 charter of the Middletown Horse Rsilros
 company, incorporating the Manufactul
 ers' Street Railroad company of New Hs | ven.
 ! At 12 o'clock the house adjourned to 1
 o'clock Tuesday.