The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-30
NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL
MANY HEARINGS TO-DAY AND TO-
 MORROW.


 | Temperance Men and the Liquor Interest to Lock Horns-C Conference of Chsirmen
 and Clerks of Committees will Confer
 This Evening-An Early Adjournment Assured.
 Both houses of the general assembly meet to-day at 10:30 o'clock and unless something unforeseen occurs, which, by the way,sis more than likely the ses- sions will be short. There are no orders for the day in the house, but in the senate the age of consent bill has been made the special order. There was a minority report offered by MT. Cowell of Waterbury of the judiciary committee dissenting from the opinion of the ma- jority and offered minority report. which was rejected by the house, and the majority report was accepted, re- jecting the bill.
 The senate, when it has had all the time 1t wants to discuss the measure will probably concur with the house and reject the bill.
 What the sessions lack in work will be made up in the committee rooms as there are many hearings assigned for this afternoon, all of which affect i interests of the state. The temperance committee will listen to what there is | to be said for and against the con- cert hall bill, which not only prohibits such halls to be run in connection with | saloons, but also the playing of any musical instrument in a saloon. Anoth- CT measure which the temperance peo- pie are advocating is one which will prohibit the giving away of liquor on 1 election day. But the anti-whiskey men are not going to have all the say this afternoon, and the liquor brethren are going to urge upon the committee | to report favorably on the bill allow ing saloons to open at the expiration of half hour after the polls close on election day Another bill that has been introduced in the interest of the ! whiskey element issone allowing sa- | looms to open on election day of special 1 not more than one officer to be elected. | The bill permitting the sale of liquor after o'clock on election day is anoth- CT measure which is being asked for. l The hall of the house will be occu- pied this afternoon and tomorrow af- ternoon by the appropriation committee for hearing on the tuberculosis bills.
 One proposition is to repeal the law altogether; another calls for the ap- pointment of a single commissioner. l There is still another which provides that there shall be a single commits stoner at $3,000 per year, and that there shall be an inspector in each town. One bill places the matter in the hands of the selectmen of the towns to inves- tigate and report the diseased cattle to the state board of agriculture
 The chairmen and clerks of the vari- ous committees will meet this evening and arrange, if possible, the day for final adjournment. Reports will be made from the committees on the time l for further hearing necessary to com- plete the business. It is said that there will be an attempt made to have the five-minute time limit adopted for speeches during the remainder of the session
 Tomorrow afternoon, at the conclu- sion of the tuberculosis hearing. the 1 appropriation committee will consider the proposed memorial for Harriet Beecher Stowe, and on Thursday the appropriation for the American School for the Deaf in Hartford
 The fourth hearing to the itinerant vendors license bill will be given. The bill is before the judiciary committee.
 There will be a hearing tomorrow af- ternoon on bill which is a legacy of the session of 1895. and affects insur- ance companies. It relates to the val uation of policies of life insurance com | panies.
 Vestibules for electric cars will be given a hearing this afternoon. There will be large attendance at the hear ing.
 After the conference of the chairmen and clerks this evening an approximate estimate can be taken as to the time of adjournment. Many of the members are of the opinion that they will go home by the middle of May. Senator Warner is reported to be of the opinion that June 1 will be the date of adjourn ment