Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-03
BRADLEY AGAIN
Hot Shot For Him in the House
 To-Day.
COMMITTEE REPORT REJECTED

By Vote of 130 to 46-Captain DoI6~
 van of New Haven Denounced Brad ley in the Severest Term--Severai Bills Rejected, Including One Re- gardingLife Escapes Several Water- bury Matters Acted Upon. Hartford April 3.-The claim of Captain Oscar Bradley of Meriden, Company l, c. N. c., for reimburse- ment for expenditures in connection with his case for trial by court mar | tial, provoked n long and sharply | fought debate in the house to-day. in | which Judge Bowers and Captain. Donovan of New Haven attacked the committees report and Captain Brad- ley. After an hours fight the house voted to turn down the report of Che committee.
 The committee considered the bill closely and Were unanimous in cutting the claim to $547. MT Jopp. Chairman or the committee, moved that the re- port be accepted. Judge Bowers of Manchester took exception to the committees report. and said that the committee did not know all the facts of tue case. He said that Captain Bradley got u good deal more than was coming to him when he received an acquittal. and it> was against the policy of the state to reimburse q court martialed officer. as 1t was against the policy of the state to reimburse man convicted in a po- lice court. Captain Bradley resigned. but he had friends enough in the court to hush the matter up. Governor Lounsbury alone brought the case to- the court martial It is d strahre4 steal from the state treasury and wrong princlple.
 Dr Pratt of Torringtbn said that if Captain Bradley was entitlaS,m1 pr1 thing he ought to be given alll
 had asked for. He asked whether report of the committee covered all Ithe'' expenses, but Mir Jopp refused to an swer. Dr Pratt said he thought the bill ought to be rejected.
 Mir Avcrill of Branford supported the committees report and said 1t should be adopted.
 Captain Donovan of New Haven made complete statement about the whole matter, attacking Captain Brad ley. Captain Donovan referred to the scene at Camp Mantle and said that Captain Bradley told an untruth be- fore the committee. He said that Bradley, ill answer to a question of tile attorney-general, stated that the men who testified against him were per jurerS and embezzlers.'' "This stnte- ment alone brings me here, !" snid Cap- tain Donovan. T denounee him n.ld his methods. The state has now paid S2,GOO on those proceedings. There have been scores of boys wh0 left this state to go to the front in the Philip pines and who nave died in that war and whose expenses have been turned down by this house. l say the bars should be let down in those cases and put up in this" As Captain Donovan concluded his remarks applause greet ed him from all sides of the house
 There were other remarks on both sides of the case and at the conclusion the house turned down the comnit- tees report by . standing vote of 180 to 40.
 MT Cavanaugh of Wallingford called for reconsideration of the bill and this was overwhelmingly defeated.
 Hartford, April 3.--The house sat for over two and one-half hours to-day and transacted an important amount of business.
 The bill making 1t crime to expeo- torate in public buildings was reject ed
 The bill providing for the erection of fire escapes on school buildings was rejected.
 The bill appropriating $165,ooo for the Middletown insane asylum was passed.
 The resolution authorizing Water- ! bury to issue water meter and sewer- age bonds, reported favorably upon by. the finance committee, was tabled fo1 the calendar.
 Among the calendar motions passeo n was the Waterbury hospital bill.
 The bill making 1t crime to attempt arson and setting the penalty at five years wa passed.
 In the senate John c. Bixley of Mer- iden, Eugene Hall of Meriden and John w. Coe of NIeridea were appointed trustee of the Connecticut school for boys.
 The bill providing that investments of savings bank ill Il certain 1lumber of railroad bons hould be legal was passed.