The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-01

would have the state held for the school fund and every acre of property in the state would be held for the fund and the interest would be held for the l benefit of the children. This would be better than to loan the money on shaky values in the west. The state owes about $2,500,000 and the school fund is about $2,0OOO00, which could be applied to the payment of the state | debt.
 The bill was referred to the commit tee on the school fund. MT. Clark was the only member to speak on the resolution, but after ad- journment several members talked over the measure informally and it was the general belief that 1t was all right and would place the school fund on an en- tirely secure basis.
 PROVIDING FOR HIGHER LICENSE. A bill for higher license that will bring out an important hearing before the committee on temperance was in- troduced in the house by Representative Warner of Putnam. It provides that in towns of less than 1000 the license shall be $200; towns of over and less than 1000, the fee shall be $500; towns between 1000 and 5000, a fee of $4O0; towns between 5000 and 10000, 5000; and towns of over 10000 the fees shall be $70O. Licenses to sell lager beer, ale and Rhine wine, fee of $100. CONTESTED ELECTIONS DECIDED.
 Two cases of contested elections were decided In the house to-day. The com hot to txya Fahey of Vernon was i'll and unable to qualify as a member of the house. They recommended that McNierney, one of the representatives elected in 1892, who had applied for the position, should be seated until such time as MT. Fahey should apply for his seat. The recom- mendation of the committee was adopt Ted.
 In the November election R. M. Burn ham was elected from South Windsor His contestant was Oliver Clark, dem ocrat. On several ballots containing Ransom's name the name of the party was omitted. Clark claimed the election on the ground of omission. The com mittee recommended that Clark, peti- tioner, have leave to withdraw. The
 
 at length by Representative Judson, the chairman, and the report was adopted.
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 Judge Elmer of Middletown is Speaker Fessenden's right hand man. Nearly every day just before the adjournment and during a Hull in the proceedings in the house, the judge walks down from his seat and either takes a seat beside the speaker, or leans over the latter's chair to consult in regard to public business. Sometimes there are two or three of these conferences dur ing the hour The little judge is always cordially grfeeted and the speaker deems these calls quite helpful to him self in pulslng the condition of the public business.
 The senior member of the house is Representative Washburn of Stafford. MT. Washburn has served seven terms in the general assembly, once as sena- tor. He attended four sessions of the house in the old state house at New Haven when these gatherings were on the even years, his first term being in the year 1S50 He says he always en- joyed the New Haven session and still thought a good deal of the Elm City. Mir Washburn, who is now seventy-four years of age, is in excellent health and has promise of attending several additional sessions of the legislature of Connecticut. He was selected to pre- side at the house caucus of the repub- lican representatives held on the even- ing before the converting of the legisla- ture.
 Representative Cowell of Waterbury has prepared a bill providing for the cataloguing of the state library. He says that this work has never been done and 1t Is a work that should not be delayed longer.
 Before the committee on cities and boroughs this afternoon there was a bearing on the proposed revision of the charter of West Haven. There is a desire to enlarge the powers of the warden and to provide important fea- lures made necessary by the growth of West Haven.
 The house adjourned until tomorrow at II a. m. and the senate decided to adjourn over until next Tuesday at 12:30.
 
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