The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-04
APRIL 1895

there is no high school, and who at
 tend the high school in a neighboring
 town, shall be paid by the comptrol-
 Ter of the state, was unfavorably re-
 ported and rejected
 HOUSE.
 Bills passed-Relating to transporta-
 tion of parcels by the post office giving certain persons residing in the house of l Wilson Sherman the right to vote in l Monroe; bill concerning pawnbrokers;
 concerning appeals to the superior l court; concerning crimes; concerning 1 the abatement of nuisances; concerning I conservators; amending statutes re-
 lating to pharmacy.
 l The committee on contingent expen-
 ses through its chairman, MT. Law of
 Killingworth, reported in favor of pay
 ing William B. McNiernery $25 for con ltesting his seat from Vernon. He ex- plains that the petition was in favor of payment of $100. but when MT. McNier- ney qualified for representative the gen. | tleman elected, who had been i'll, came in the next day and took his seat. The committee believed that the sum of $25
 was fair compensation under the cir oumstances. The house so voted.
 The bill authorizing the state attor- ney in any county, with the consent of any judge of the superior court, to em- ploy one or more persons to aid In the investigation and discovery of crime was passed.
 A law and order league bill went, through the house It Is in effect that no person shall keep a maternity hos fNft tol 1Vrf,, crf fY,tr r11o son has previously obtained a licenset therefor, duly issued by the mayor or board of health where such institution is situated.
 The house accepted the railroad com mittee's adverse report on the petition of West Haveners for a five cent fare on the Savin Rock road, and the petitioners were given leave to with. draw.
 The resolution extending the time for. the organization of the Milford Land and Cottage company to July, 1897 was passed. The time for the organiz- ation of the Milford Electric Light and Gas company was extended to July, 1897.
 The resolution authorizing the Union school district of East Haven to issue $10 900 worth of bonds was passed. The house concurred' with the senate in re- jecting the resolution for the legislative trip to the Meriden reform school Fri day on the ground of economy.
 The house voted, 110 to 36, to send the oyster police bill back to the senate. The senate voted last Thursday to re- commit the bill to the committee. Yes terday 1t voted to recall and now 1t has and will probably pass it. The bill was tabled in the senate owing to the ab sence of Senator Coffey, who Is opposed to it.
 Several reports from the committee on agriculture regarding the game laws were made. Unfavorable reports were made on the bills regarding snaring- repeating section 2,545; on bill regarding sale of partridge, wookcooks. etc; re- peal of the law forbidding shipping game in Fairfield county for two years; prohibiting the killing of homing pig cons; making open season for game birds and squirrels from September l to December 1 providing bounties for killing foxes, wild animals; re- pealing law prohibiting shooting off eagles, making penalty for going onI land of another hunting bee trees, as4l for fishing and shooting; that rail may | be shot only from shoulder and not 1 from boats propelled, except by oars, and all these bills were rejected,
 The committee on interpretations re- l ported on the bill relating to quasi-pub- l lie corpora tions-that all such charters'l shall expire in thirty years. It pro- vides that just before the expiration | these companies must apply to the leg 1 islature for new charters.
 Favorable report on the bill amend- 1 ing the charter of the Home of the l of New Haven; incorporat- ing the Connecticut college of Dentis- | try, and the Municipal Bond Mortgagey Guarantee company, The reports were tabled for the calendar.
 The order of the day was q bill creat- ing a commission of fisheries and game. | Judge Cowell of Waterbury attacked Samuel M. Bronson of this city, mem Der of the fish commission. He said if the stories are true about him that he had read in the newspapers Bronson should be legislated out of office and at l once" He, according to Judge Cowell, | naq refused to prosecute VlolatlonS oI'i the law and had'hampered prosecutions
 The bill was then recommitted.
 I am opposed to the amendments of- tered giving additional power to the mayor, because this standardization of power in the amount of patronage itj affords, imperils good government, opening the door for a system of black nail, fraud, dishonesty and corruption In the experience of Brook yn and New York city,
 A glance at the report of 1892 illus rates this question of patronage.
 In the fire department, 123 men, sala- 'les $75, ,365; police department, TIT men, salaries $145, ,104; in the board of public works, over $50, 900 paid in salaries, and n case of consolidation a. large addition Q transcient labor amounting In 1894 70 employment of 1,41S men, mostly for
 short time, long enough to secure their votes, in many instances.
 In the three departments there wasI ,aid for labor and salaries $27O, 469 in me year, represented by 300 mem in the ,o1ice and fire departments, besides an rmy of transcient laborers in the board # public works, which we have been ,ble to count by scores, assigned to a ew days work on our streets and town