The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-03
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PETITIONS IN FAVOR OF CHAMBER
or COMMERCE. BILL.
Seven Presented In the House Yesterday
Laid by New Haven County Conven-
tion-FavorabIe Report on n Voting
Machine BiIl-Other Business Before
Senate and House Yesterday.
Senate and House Yesterday.

tIOh-paVOTdOIc nepOTt Oh
Machine BiII-Other Business Before
Senate and House Yesterday.
The New Haven county convention
met at the capitol in Hartford after
House adjournment yesterday and
voted two-tenths of a mill county tax
for this year and the next adjournment
was taken until May 5.
The committee on appropriation con-
sidered yesterday afternoon the biennial
general appropriation for governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary, treas
urer, attorney general, comptroller,
state librarian, state board of education
and commissioner of school fund. The
Joint committee on constitutional
amendment heard appearances in favor
. Of the two resolutions passed by the
last general assembly providing for plu-
rality Of governor and redistricting the
Senate. Governor Buckley was the
only speaker on the two matters.
The Judiciary committee listened to
arguments for the bill increasing the
nnumber Of superior court judges to four
teen. Attorney Fahy, of Meriden, SEN
ator Kennedy, Attorney Charles S.
. Hamilton, Judge Blydenburg, of New
: Haven, and other attorneys from all
parts of the state appeared in favor of
the bill. The McTammany voting ma
chine bill also came up, Mr.. McTam-
many speaking.
A majority of the joint committee APP
pointed by the general assembly of 1885,
consisting of one senator and eight rep
resentatives, under a resolution author
ing the investigation of the subject of
voting machines and methods of bal
loting, to report at the fhen) next ses-
sion of the general assembly, has rem
dered it's report.
The report says that the present sys-
tenn seems to be unsa tisfactory and full
Of defects and favors the use of voting
machines.
The committee recommends the pass
age of the following act:
Section 1.-The common council of any
city, selectmen of any town, the board
of warden and burgesses Of any Dor
ough, is hereby authorized and empow-
cred to apply to the secretary of state
for a sufficient number of voting ma
chimes to enable the electors of said
city, town, or borough to vote at all
elections in accordance with the pro-
visions of an act of the general assem-
bly, passed at the January session, A.
D.. 1895, to provide for the use of vot-
ing machines in towns, cities and Dor
oughs.
Section 2-The secretary of state is
hereby empowered to purchase such
number of machines as may be neces-
sary and to supply them to the several
cities, towns and boroughs upon such
application therefor.
The report is signed by Warren L.
Hall, chairman; J. Raymond Warren
secretary, and Edwin S. Thomas, j.
Lersy Buck and George A. Williams.
Chaplain Lowell opened the week in
the House yesterday at12:30 with a fer
vent prayer Of thanks for the capture
of Aguinaldo and for the guidance of
this country in the new duties regard
ing the Philippines.
Over a dozen petitions were sent in to
the House, among them the following:
Seven in favor of the chamber of COM
merce assessment bill, of New Haven;
others in favor of the proposed bill to
institute free public employment agen-
cies
The judiciary committee reported I'M
favorably on the bill changing the pres
ent system and providing that the SUI
perior court stenographers should
travel with the judges in circuit. Re-
jected.
The same committee reported unfa-
vorably on the following bills and they
were rejected: Providing that judge
shall not conduct examinations in pres
ence of the jury; providing that inmates
of the almshouse in New Haven vote
in their own wards, Mr.. Woodruff, of
Orange, stating that a similar bill
would be reported favorably later
The bill providing for the purchase of !
the Thompsonville and SufIiield bridge |
was rejected.
The petition for a statue to Major |
General Joseph Spencer was rejected. |
Tia governor sent to the House the :