The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-16
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTERVIEWING HEARING BY THE
 OO1I1TITgEE ON TEMPERANCE.

and Power-Graoe Hospital and School
 for Trained Nurses.
 Hartford, May 15-The committee on
 temperance this afternoon gave hear
 ing on several pending bills. The first
 bill taken up provides that no applicant for a renewal of a license shall be
 prosecuted for selling without license lpending the consideration of the re-
 newal by the commissioners, provided
 the applicant shall pay pro rata for
 such license.
 The bill was favored by N. w. Ken dau president Of the Liquor Dealers association He said that while these prosecutions were not generally brought such prosecutions had been brought in
 a number of cases. The bill was so fair he did not believe there would be
 any objection.
 No one spoke in opposition to the bill.
 MT. Kendall spoke on the bill regard ing the law of 1889 concerning disclos- ures. The pending bill corrects the mistake of two years ago which failed to
 repeal the whole of the disclosure act.
 He said when a drunken loafer was
 brought into court he was sometimes
 asked where he got his liquor. In nine | ty-nine cases out of one hundred he testified that he got the liquor from the very man who refused him. The prose cutting attorneys would generally state that twelve men would not convict a man on such testimony. Such g. law should never have been permitted on the books of the state.
 S. P. Thrasher said he never had known of conviction in the higher courts under the jaw. Such testimony was not generally considered creditable.
 The bill providing that saloons may be opened on election days at p. m was favored by MT. Kendall, who said the liquor dealers of the state had no other requests to ask, except upon the matters taken up to-day. He spoke of the passage of the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor on election day, which was engineered by Dwight Futile and the late Hugh Dailey.It was railroaded through, and no liquor dealer of the state knew about 1t until after 1t was passed. He said he immediately had an interview with Governor Bulkeley re- questing that the judiciary committee be asked to have the bill recalled and referred to the committee on temper ance, where the liquor dealers could be heard. This request was refused in the legislature and the bill became a law without the signature of the gov ernor Two years ago the liquor deal- CTS asked for the repeal of the law, but it failed to pass the house. The law had accomplished no good, and was hard to enforce. It sought to provide prohibition, but the law was evaded, because people wanted to drink just as much on election day as on other days. (Thrasher. Yes; and more, too), and they would carry bottles in their pock- cts.
 The bill was opposed by Rev H. M. Thompson Of this city and by Rev J. H. James, secretary of the Connec- ticut Temperance union. THE BRIDGEPORT GRADE CROSS
 INGs.
 In the senate the bill providing for the elimination of the thirty-two grade l crossings In Bridgeport was set down | for the special order for tomorrow. | The bill provides for the four-tracking | of the Consolidated road, | building a new drawbridge and new sta tions and involves an expenditure of | like Sl,500,000
 This morning Senator Marigold asked | that the bill be postponed a week. He said the Bridgeport board of trade voted last night to request a delay, that they might consider the matter more fully.
 Senator Coffey, chairman of the rail- road committee-This Is q matter about which the railroad committee should have something to say. There is no reason why the people of Bridgeport should ask an extension of time. Our committee has postponed hearing after hearing, until nearly the last week in the session is full Of business. We have but a short time now and there is much important business pending and there Is no reason why we should delay the session. The city of Bridgeport is as able to act to-day as ever she will be. There is no reason why they will ever be any nearer ready to consider the matter than now.
 Marigold--These are representative who have asked this, and I could do no less than ask the senate 70 delay. Coffey-f Bridgeport had any reason 'or delaying this matter her people should come here and advance it, but lot reason has been urged for this lelay. The railroad committee has sev- ,ral very important measures pending md Bridgeport has had a whole year o prepare her case, and just at the t we of the closing of the session delay t S asked. ( Senator Douglass asked if it required 6 two-thirds vote to postpone the mat ( CT. s Senator Marigold read the rule, show ( ng that majority vote was sufficient. V Coffey-Bridgepor people were given | III the opportunity they asked. The ill pending was endorsed by the mayor. I This delay is unfair, is not right and ( hould not be granted. i It was then voted to make the Bridge l ,ort bill the special order for Thurs l lay, May 23. t Senator Coffey doubted the declara- I ion of the vote, but Lieutenant Gov I rnor Cooke ruled that the doubt was \ aised after the declaration of the vote f nd could not be entertained a