The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-15

Hartford eounty-Morgan G. .Bulke- ley, John R, Buck, Lewis Sperry,
 Charles E. Billings Marcus Holcomb
 Ernest Cady, Charles Landers, Thomas
 MCManus.
 New Haven county-Henry B. liar
 rison, Charles R. Ingersoll, Stephen w.
 Kellogg, James A. Howarth, Edmund
 B, Gager, Norris G. osborn, Herbert 10.
 Benton, George T. Bissell.
 New London county-Jeremiah Hal
 sey John M. Thayer, Augustus Bran
 degee, Thomas M. Waller, Frank T.
 Brown, Hugh H, Osgood.
 Fairfield county-Lyman D. Brewster,
 John H. Perry, William D. Bishop,
 R. J, Walsh, Morris w. Seymour, Ed
 win L.. Schofield, George D. Waldo, Charles s. Andrews
 Litchfield county-Charles ID. Searles,
 John M. Hall, D. A, Buck, Charles B, Andrews, O, R. Fyler Andrew B. My gait, Thomas L. Norton, Milo B. Rich ardson, James Huntington, l Mfddlesex county-William T. Elmer, John I. Hutchinson, Washington EVIL cox, Clinton B. Davis
 Holland county--Charles Phelps, ID. Stevens Henry, E. c. Pinney, w. B, Foster.
 After considerable discussion it was voted to make the bill special order for Tuesday, May 21,
 The amendment on election of officers and plurality vote was made the special order for May 23.
 AMENDING THE ERECTION LAWS.
 In the house this afternoon the judi ciary committee reported an amend ment to the elction laws providing that the ballots shall be of uniform size and design, and that the envelopes shall be self-sealing and not less than three inches nor more than five inches in length. They shall bear the state seal The selectmen shall provide suit able places for voting, one box for the national vote one for the state and pro- bate and one for the women's vote. Those in charge of the ballots for each party shall be distant seventy-five feet from the ballot boxes
 The law and order league policy bill, a radical measure, providing extreme penalty for policy writing, playing, or holding of slips, passed.
 The Woodmont local option bill pass ed the house in the same shape that it did the senate, allowing an appeal to the superior court, and preventing the defendant from selling liquor until that appeal is heard.
 TRANSPORTATION OF LEGIsLA-
 TORS.
 A report was made in the house by the committee appointed to ascertain V,1n ,H Inv the comptroller in making arrangements for the transportation of the members of the general assembly, also the ex- pense incurred in the transportation of the members of the legislature of 1893. The report statest that the contract made by the state with the several railroad companies for the transporta- tion of members provides for payment at regular communication rates for each secular day of the week. The cost to the state is about $12,OO0 per quarter The members of the general assembly In order to secure the benefit of this contract are required to make an as- signment of mileage allowed them by law or one mileage of twenty-five cents | per mile each way. The average total 1 amount for the mileage of senators is | S478, the members of the house 10,S55 | miles, amounting to $5,462.50. The ex- penses to the state for each regular ses- sion of the general assembly is about | BIC, 900 more than it receives from the | members for mileage.
 THE TELEPHONE RATES.
 This afternoon in the senate an un- favorable report was received from the committee on cities and boroughs on Ill the bills calling for reduction of telephone rates. The report, as tabled Or calendar and printing, is as fol- ows:
 "Mr President and Gentlemen:
 "In reporting adversely upon the bills E o reduce the rental of telephones, the |, .easons which have governed the com nittee in coming to their conclusion hould be stated, inasmuch as nearly { very business man is interested pe- k in the subject.
 with the perfection of the telephone Et as come their introduction into almost : -'ery business office in the coun Try, 50 hat to the business men they have i ome to be regarded as a necessity. lt With the subject of the cost of mainte- l ance, the expense of operation, the ( utlay of construction, and the methods 7 conducting the business the general ( ublic have no knowledge, and without ' his knowledge there has grown up a t aeling that the sum fixed for rentals I ras in excess of what it ought to be, z nd this feeling culminated in the peti- a ons which were before your commit c se. After carefully examining into | r 10 subject, we find that, with the re- il uction of rates as recently announced, V 0 greater concession could be safely fl Iade by the company at the present t me. lh 'The Southern New England Tele- Iit hone company has divided it's ex- 2 langes into three classes. This divi- S on is based upon a study of the II mount of work required of the com- b my by the average subscriber in the h ,changes it is now operating The a vision was made for the purpose of n ljusting rates W "Classification is as follows: The II st class includes the cities of New q aven, Hartford, Bridgeport and Wa rbury. In each of these the territory " vered by the exchange has popula- rt ,n of 50,000 and upward, and the ex- m anges are all over 800, with possi- tl lity of at least 1000 in each ex- ht apua ee