The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-27

the police was not efficient as he hac
 intimated
 Rev pr. Newman Smyth-There is z
 very general agreement that we neeC
 some improvement over our presen city charter At present we have 2 system of shields and covers. The
 charter before you offers a great i'm
 provement, while it may not break
 up the whole ring. I have been pres
 ent at long investigation of the police
 department and about one-half of the force has been before us under oath The evils in the police department are
 two-fold. The policemen are under
 many, instead of under one master l It is difficult to keep up the discipline l of the force. The other evil is the man.
 ner in which officers are appointed and promoted. The present charter leaves undisturbed the by-patronage of the 1 police commission. The proposed char | ter offers promises of improvement and | will relieve the vicious system of ap- pointments. The superintendent is commander-in-chief of his force. It
 makes the superintendent independent
 of the commission. Under the old char
 ter the mayor when he reads the riot act has some power; but Mayor York
 had no more power than the merest child to suppress pool rooms in New Haven Under the present method | every policeman becomes a small poli- tician. He is dependent on his pulls
 with the commission. In this respect
 the new charter offers to us many i'm provements. There has not been a
 time in ten or fifteen years when an. investigation would not have shown corrupt condition of affairs of a very surprising character. Under the new charter the superintendent can step in and weed out inefficient officers and the rights of the officers also giving the right of appeal to the commission. In the violation of the liquor laws we found politics interfering to prevent the same. The evil lay in the com mission itself; also in the contributions of the law breakers to political funds. Policemen are not appointed on the Judgment of the board, as board.
 At the conclusion of Dr. Smyths tes- timony the hearing was adjourned to next Thursday afternoon. It looks as if it would take week to complete it.
 AN AGRICULTURAL HEARING.
 The agriculturalists of the state had a big hearing in the hall of the house of representatives this afternoon. At ? D. m. the committee on agriculture, Sen ator Averill chairman, gave a hearing on the bill relating to the preventing and suppressing tuberculosis. The bill proposes an appropriation of $25,000 for a commission to locate diseased cattle, condemn and kill them. There is great doubt among many whether this scheme is worthy of approval It is looked up- on as the beginning of very expen- sive enterprise. Massachusetts has tried it and has expended tens of thou sands of dollars, and the disease still prayes upon the cattle. Many doubt if the disease can be fully determined by the examiners. Last week ten cattle were condemned and killed at Brighton, Mass, five of which were perfectly healthy. Some of the country members of the house say that there was but very little of the disease until modern barns were built, where there is poor ventilation.
 IN THE SENATE.
 When the senate convened this morn ing Senator Coffee spoke on the bill l for displaying the national flag on the l capitol, and suggested that it would be | better to have it on a staff set in the | ground. The matter was tabled for fur 1 ther consideration.
 TUI,a I>, 1, was rejected in concurrence with the house.
 The bill incorporating the New Eng land Railroad company was ordered on the calendar.
 The bill turning the collection from license fees entirely to the cities was rejected, also the bill prohibiting Fourth of July celebrations.
 The committee on education reported in favor of Edward D. Robbins of Wethersfield and Anthony Ames of for members of the stated board of education. The nominations were confirmed.
 The bill incorporating the New Haven Trust and Safe Deposit company was passed.
 bUolIN EDO LIN l HE .I1OOCh,
 In the house this afternoon a bill was passed to authorize the City of New london to issue s6O, 900 in school bonds. The resolution appointing William H ennings, jr., deputy judge of city court if Norwich, and George Curtis Nor ,an, assistant judge of the police court f New Londan was passed.
 Several matters from the senate were dopted in concurrence.
 ,TATES AND THE TRUSTEESHIP. A meeting was held to-day by the committee on executive nominations egarding the nomination of member f the reform school board of trustees lver since the school was established lew Haven has been represented, and ames N States of that city was the lst trustee. Recently G. w. Howe of . Ieriden obtained the nomination, on it is allaged. that there i ,as no objection in New Haven to his I ppointment. The contrary is the case, | 1r many New Haveners were strongly favor of the appointment of Mr. t | n, - , c