The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-03
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
STATE LAW MARKERS, BUSY DAY AT
 HARTFORD YESTERDAY.

Hartford, May 2.-In the house to-day the bill amending the charter of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad was considered. It relates to the wiping out of the Union Wharf conn pany and the Tomlinson Bridge com pany. which properties have been ab- sorbed by the railroad.
 Colonel Wood of Derby offered this amendment:
 That nothing in the charter of said company, or in any amendments that may hereafter be adopted, shall author ize the building of it's line over any elec- tric road at grade"
 Colonel Wood made a long speech on the amendment. He said it would bring the company under the special law on the subject.
 Representative Warner said the amendment was not all all germane to the resolution. The resolution did not provide for any new tracks.
 Representative Gum of Milford-The Consolidated railroad has expended large sums of money in New Haven in buying up these wharf properties. There is no electric road on the purchase. It is for the purpose of furnishing the city of New Haven with adequate terminal facilities If the house insisted on this amendment it would cost the railroad $2,000,000. This sum would be expended in Bridgeport alone. The position at present is that grade crossings can be removed and the expense divided. Get ting an electric road over a steam road at grade would not cost over $5,0OO, but in getting a steam road over an electric road would require a grade running back mile or so at an expense Of $3OO,- 900.
 The amendment was also opposed by Representative Newton of New Haven. The amendment was adopted, but the house adjourned for recess. It was taken up again in the afternoon, but it was finally decided to postpone consid- eration until next week.
 THE POOL BILL.
 The anti-pool bill was again before the legislature to-day in the original form of it's passage at the last session, with an amendment attached permit ting the selling of pools on race tracks during certain period of the racing season. The proposed amendment came from the Judiciary committee with an unfaworable report, and that report was the order of the day in the senate.
 Senator Warner, in behalf of the judi- ciary, explained why the committee had reported unfavorably.
 Senator Chandler favored the amend- ment. He said if pool selling on tracks was not permitted, horse racing would soon be extinct in this state, at Charter Oak park and elsewhere.
 Senator Warmer, in reply, said the policy of the state in recent years had been to oppose gambling. The state could not consistently declare gambling a crime and then legalize it in certain places and in certain periods of the year.
 The acceptance of the amendment was then put to a yea and nay vote. The following senators voted in favor of the amendment, which permits the selling of pools on race tracks: Hall, Coffey, Birge, Webster, Mix, Johnson, Douglass, Hunt, Chandler, Bernd and Marigold-11
 Against the amendment-Dayton Lee, Palmer, Fuller, LittleRAverlll, War ner, Smith, Ferris, Lounsbury and Gates-11.
 The vote being declared a tie, Lieu tenant Governor Cooke, presiding, cast the deciding vote in favor of the orig ina1 bill and rejecting the amendment.
 Senator Coffey, who voted in favor of the amendment, asked that the rec ord of the vote be changed. This is to permit him moving for reconsidera- tion, which by the senate rule may be made within three days.
 The friends of the original bill en- deavored to have a motion for recon sideration made to-day, which would nullify Coffey' plan, but no one offered 1 1t. It was stated this afternoon that ! the two absent senators would vote for | the amendment. THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL |
 AMENDMENT.
 This morning at il o'clock in the house l the resolution proposing an amendment | to the constitution relating to an in- crease of compensation of members of | the general assembly came up as the l special order. Representative Judson of Startford said the matter came up as @ recommendation from the last legisla- ture, but the committee on the judiciary ! of the present legislature reported un- favOrably. He said the constitution In fixing the present compensation did not the biennial sessions, but he was glad to say that under the pres ent compensation the state was able to assemble very likely body of repre- sentatives of the little town sovereign ties. Of course these members did not come here for the pay, for it was really compensation for the work, but they came here for the honor of the towns. The commit tee had therefore voted to report unfa- vorably.
 The speaker said the amendment was voted favorably by the last house of and to send the bill to the people it would require a two-thirds vote at this time.
 The amendment provides that the ,onnpensation of members of the general assembly, shall not be over $500 for each session and the state shall furnish f Speaker Fessenden said the vote must be taken by yeas and noes.
 The amendment was lost by a vote of ,6 to 146. The New Haven county mem- o,.e. 1,o otri1n er in favor were Terrell of Raa-