The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Business Transacted by House and
 Senate Yesterday.

| oGililt le5leIudy.
 When the senate was called to order yesterday morning Lieutenant Cover nor Gobin of Pennsylvania occupied a seat beside Lieutenant Governor Mills. After being in session few minutes
 the senate took q recess of ten minutes
 in order that the members might meet
 the distinguished visitor. During the
 recess al! the senators present were
 presented by Lieutenant Governor
 Mills. After the session reconvencd
 Governor Gobin made a brief address
 after which he left to catch train
 A resolution introduced by Senator
 Hall of Wilmington providing that all
 matters acted on by either branch of
 the general assembly be at once trans
 mitted to the other branch was passed,
 the object of the resolution being to
 hurry business. On unfavorable report
 from the temperance committee the bill
 to limit the number of licenses issued
 to one for every 200 of population was
 rejected. The bill for representation of | the industries of Connecticut at the Paris and Buffalo expositions was on l favorable report from the committee on
 appropriations, passed, The senate con- cured with the house in confirming the | appointment of Carnot O. Spencer to be school fund commissioner to fill the un. expired term of Herbert E. Benton, de- l ceased, and also for the ensuing term | of four years from July next. The senate also ooncurred in rejecting the proposed amendment to the charter of the law and order league.
 1 The bill to permit the paroling of life | pensioners was taken from the table. | Senator Baines advocated the passage l of the bill while Senators Hall of Will 1 lington, Burton and Kendall spoke against it. The bill was reported on | favorably by the judiciary committee, but the senate voted to reject 1t. It was voted to give the petitioners for an electric railroad between New Haven and Wallingford leave to withdraw. Like action was taken in regard to the petition for a five cent fare on electric car lines within the city of Norwich. The bill to direct the treasurer of New Haven county to pay annually $2000 to the New Haven County Law Library association and $1,OO0 to the Waterbury Bar association was rejected.
 In the house the bill concerning fire insurance contracts was rejected. The appropriations committee reported fav- orably on the bill to limit to $8.000 the annual state appropriation to the State Firemen's association and the bill was tabled for the calendar The house took a recess at lilo until o'clock. A short afternoon session was held but no quorum being present no business of importance was transacted and an adjournment was taken to 2:30.
 Each member of the house and each senator found upon his desk yesterday a copy of a circular letter issued by Alderman Henry Donovan of New Ha ven protesting against the passage of senate bill No. 20, which provides that towns shall pay one-half the cost of constructing highway bridges of rail- roads and maintain the bridges. MT. Donovan in the circular characterized the bill as "a deliberate attempt to have l the state assume obligations amount | ing to $3,O0O,0O0 or s4,000,00 which l rightfuly belong to the railroad com l pany to assume and pay" In the cir | cular it is stated that the bill was ob- | jected to at the public hearing by Cor poration Counsel Ely of New Haven, | acting under advice from the common | council. The letter concludes as fol- lows:
 At present I believe that the com- mittee Is considering substitute bill | submitted by the railroad companys attorney and if the railroad company | is successful in having the substitute bill reported on favorably I have no doubt that the state of Connecticut will be compelled to pay the obligations and debts of the railroad company and l I think they will hoodwink our able corporation counsel, and he may agree to substitute bill, which, while it may take care of New Haven's interest, will also do considerable damage to the in terests of the rest of the State. To sum up the matter in few words, in my opinion the Consolidated Railroad seeks to rob the state of Con- necticut of at least s3,00O000.
 If the senators and representatives are willing to allow the steal to go on the duty of the governor is to veto any bill that is going to saddle the state with any obligation which now belongs to the railroad company.
 Yours for public good,
 Henry DOuOvau