The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-09

the Philippines-Thinks We Should
Have n Peace Army of at Least 80 200
Nien-Business Transacted in the AS
sembIy Yesterday.
In the house yesterday the committee
on interpretations reported favorably on
the following matters:
Amendment of the charter of the Ed
dy Electric Manufacturing company;
extension of time for the organization
of the Municipal Bond and Mortgage
company; incorporating the Mutual
Fire company of Torrington; incorpor-
ating the Rowe Patent Square Shoulder
Shoe Calk company; amending the
charter Of the Hartford Electric Light
company; amending the charter of the
Sharon fire district; incorporat ting the
Sisson Drug Store company; Incorporate
Ing the William L. Matson company;
Incorporating the Bridgeport Business
Mems association; amending the arti-
cles of association of the Bloomfield
Cemetery association. These bills were
tabled for calendar.
UnfavOrable report was made by the
same committee on the bill to provide
that the list of stockholders of a COR
poration shall be open for inspection,
and on the bill concerning the election
of officers Of corporations Both bills
were rejected.
The judiciary committee reported ia
vorably on the bill providing for the
changing of the name of the College
Street Congregational society and on
the bill providing for trial of actions
begun by bringing foreign attachment
when the defendant does not appear.
Both matters were tabled for the calen-
dar.
Mr. Bree of New Haven presented a
petition, signed by Asoph H. Hale and
other residents of Portland, favoring
the building of street railway between
Middletown and Meriden. Other petit
tions favoring the same were presented,
signed by residents of Meriden and
Middletown. The petitions were refer
red to the committee on railroads, to
which the resolution for Incorporating
the Meriden and Middletown road was
referred.
The house concurred with the senate
In rejecting the bill for an investigation
of the sanitary condition of the Mantle
camp ground.
The unfavorable report of the commit
tee on public health and safety on the
bill for an act requiring the use of spe-
cial bottles for poison was accepted and
the bill was rejected.
The following bill concerning divorce
petitions was passed: Whenever any
petition for divorce shall have been re-
ferred to any committee of the general
assembly such committee may give to
the attorney general reasonable notice
of all hearings on such petition, and he
shall thereupon take such action as he
shall deem to be just and equitable in
the premises, and he shall appear before
such committee in such cases whenever
in his opinion justice so requires, the act
to take effect from it's passage.
Another bill passed by the house was
that providing for Imprisonment of not
more than five years for any one at
tempting improperly to influence jury.
A number of resolutions and bills print
ed on the calendar were also passed.
Shortly before ~ o'clock the house
took recess until 1 o'clock on account
of the joint session of the house and
senate to hear Senator Hawley. After
the recess a short session was held,
and no matters Of Importance came up.
to-day.
In the senate the following calendar
bills. ready for action, were passed: /
Incorporating the Grand Lodge Vasa |
Order of the United States; incorporat-
ing the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe COM
pany.
Confirming change of name of Arthur
J. Sherman to Arthur B. Todd.
tot, INV
water commissioners on landy supplied /
with water.
Authorizing John l.. Hunter Of Wilt /
mantle, as trustee, to mortgage the
lands Of Rebecca ]. Young.
validating election of Edmund Bas-
sett as Justice of the peace in Hebron.
Resolution extending time for the ex-
change of stock of the Consolidated road
for that of its merged lines
Resolution authorizing the East Hart
ford and Glastonbury Horse Railroad
company to extend it's line on the New
London turnpike in Glastonbury, and to
change the company to "the East Hart
ford and Glastonbury Street Railway
Company"
The bill providing for the exemptions
from taxation of the property of blind
passed, as was also the bill to allow the
Transportation of explosives on Connec-
ticut railroads, under certain regula-
tons to be made by the railroad COM
missioners.
Before the senate adjourned Senator
Burton of Ansonia Offered a protest
against passing bills without printing
them from the table in parliamentary
order. Other senators participated in
the discussion which followed. The
senate adjourned until 1870 to-day.
The Joint session of the house and
senate began at II o'clock, being called
together by Clerk Healy of the house,
Speaker Brandegee of the house was
chosen chairman. Senator Kendall and
Representatives Kenealy and Woodruff
were appointed a committee to escort
Senator Hawley to the chamber. The
senator was accompanied by Governor
Lounsbury and Mrs. Hawley Senator {
Havley was introduced by Speaker {
In the course of his speech, the sena-
tor said, in speaking of the Philippines: i
Hence the great importance, the i'm g
m "a S1l "a BILE Importance of an army Dill '