The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-14

mittee, explained the resolution. Sen
 ator Wright again spoke against it, ar guing that the holding of convention
 would be very expensive. He said tha
 it would cost a million dollars. Int
 amendment eliminating the clause pro viding for twenty-four delegates a large was adopted and Senator Ken.
 nedy then spoke for the passage of the } bill. The bill was then passed withou
 dissenting vote and was sent to tht
 expressing clerk under suspension o1
 the rules.
 The bill relating to the board of edu.
 cation of the blind was passed in con-
 currence The provision that the
 board shall contain one blind person is
 eliminated from the law. It is under
 stood that this is designed to favor the
 appointment of a successor of F. E.
 Cleaveland, the present blind member
 of the board.
 The Senate concurred in passing the
 substitute bill relating to sales of per
 sonal property It provides that if a
 retail trader sells out at a single trans
 action such sale must be in writing and
 acknowledged before some competent
 authority and recorded within one day,
 in the town clerks office. Unless this
 is done the sale shall be void as against
 creditors. The bill does nto affect an
 assignment by an insolvent debtor for
 the benefit of his creditors.
 The Senate concurred in passing the
 resolutions for the restoration of for
 feited rights of John Lawler, of New
 Haven, and Thomas O'ISeefe, of Wal lingford, and also in passing the
 amended bill relating to the establish
 ment of an isolation hospital in New
 Haven.
 The new corporation bill came up in
 the House yesterday. MT. Pearne, of Middletown, stated that the new bill was the most important legislation of | the kind that had come up in this state | in redent years. The bill takes special charters out of the General assembly, imposes franchise tax and opens the door to interpretations from other states A number of amendments fol- lowed on the introduction of the bill. The eminent domain section sending trolley roads, etc, to the courts was postponed for two years.
 An amendment was put in by MT. Pearne making it unlawful for the Gen. eral Assembly to consider commercial or manufacturing interpretations un- less such companies choose to secure special charters and pay a fee of $100 to the state treasurer was passed. This makes the present legislature the last that will give special charters on a large scale and will greatly shorten the session.
 MT. Whittlesey of New London, of- fered an amendment striking out the telephone companies from exclusion un- der the bill and on motion of MT. King this was done.
 On the main question MT Pearne said that the measure was as elastic as the state ought to have it, but that it might need revision later on. He hoped that the bill would result in keeping Connecticut incorporators at home and of bringing into this state the money of neighboring states.
 MT Bicknell wanted the balance sheets of all companies open to the pub lie as more and more concealment of | these facts works to the disadvantage | of the public"
 MT. Pearne contended against this on the ground that it was 'preposterous to allow anyone to examine the business of others
 MT. Guilfoile, of Waterbury, wanted MT BicknelPs motion passed MT. Guil- foile criticised the bill in relation to the making of returns by corporations. He liked the bill as a whole. While he ob- jected to any unwarranted intrusion on the affairs of a corporation, he thought that in the matter of publicity there was a difference between the position of an individual and corporation which is an aggregation of individuals. Mir. Donovan, of New Haven, asked that the bill be tabled until to-day.
 MT. Pearne, in reply to MT. Guilfoile, said that it had been represented to the tee that corporations were op- posed to the furnishing of balance sheet every year to the public. The bill 'equired more than the existing law in he matter of making reports He was wiling that the matter should be tabled temporarily and it was so tabled.
 In the afternoon after further dis ussion, the new corporation bill was passed The important political pri- nary came up late in the afternoon md furnished much discussion. The Jill provides for check lists at cau uses. MT. Calkins, leader of the dem ,, cratic side, opposed the bill and MT. 'reeman of Hartford, spoke in it's fa- or. The bill was passed, the demo- rats voting nearly in a body against |. The bicycle side-path bill, providing = pr county side path commissioners who hall build such paths and charge for cense to ride thereon was passed. :. -iolators of this law will be fined S3. |, he bill appropriating S10.0o0 for the j of barren lands by plant ', lg trees, etc., was passed. The New l ritain subway matter, permitting :, ne city of New Britain to extend it's n ectric wire conduits, was passed by !, le House this morning. 4 The $10 five-hundred- mile ticket bill, hich was recommitted on an unfavor- a ble report two months ago, came back Q 'om the committee yesterday on an C report again. Mir Allen, < 2 Groton argued for the bill, as did ~ [r. Bicknell, of Meriden. MT. Tucker 1 lid that the New Haven road had the q Iates printed for such tickets at the <, resent time and had promised to is o le them immediately, making such &C., a