The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-29

| prisdnment for debt were rejected in 1 concurrence with the action of the
 House.
 The nomination of William s. Case
 for judge of the common pleas court of l Hartford county was confirmed by
 vote of 172 to 1.
 The nomination of Ephroditus Peck,
 deputy judge of the same court, was
 confirmed by a unanimous vote. 1 The bill providing that no teachers
 shall teach in public schools of the
 state without certificate from the state ! board of education was rejected.
 The resolution appointing George C.. Clark judge of the city court of Derby and Frederick w. Benham deputy ! judge were passed as were the follow ing: Appointing Herbert o. Bowers judge and Fred w. Mills deputy judge of the town court of Manchester: Ly-
 man Burr judge and James D. Cooper deputy judge of the police court of New Britain. a5
 The bill providing that all soldiers and sailors of .he civil war be buried at state expense when. their estate is
 too small to pay their own funeral ex-
 penses was rejected
 The House yesterday noon before ad- journment received a petition from the
 Cornelius S. Bushnell Memorial associa-
 tion asking assistance in raising the
 $25,OoO necessary for the erection of its
 memorial tablet in New Haven. The petition is as follows:
 'The active committee of the Corne- Illus s. Bushnell Memorial association
 desires to present to your honorable
 body the following: The state of Con-
 necticut at the last session of the gen. eral assembly appropriated sum of $5,000 for the erection in the city of New Haven a suitable memorial to the Hon. Cornelius s. Bushnell, the builder of the famous Monitor, whose energetic effort unquestionaby to a arge extent contributed to save the country from disruption, and eorced a revoution in the mode of naval architecture. Supple mentary to the appropriation mention cd the active committee of the Bush nell Memorial association appointed to organize and develop the object speci- fled have been successful in raising about $3,00O But in order to procure fitting and suitable memorial to per petuate the memory of the illustrious builder the committee estimates that it will be necessary to raise the sum of $25,000 and to expedite the general plan this amount must be guaranteed no lat CT than May 15. 1901.
 ITO this end it is requested that the representatives of each town with the addition of no less than three promi- nent citizens shall act as a committee for the purpose of raising a sufficient amount of money so that each town may make creditable showing in the work specified. Said committee will be empowered to represent their towns at the dedication of the monument. The dedication, when the monument Is com pleted will be one of the grandest af- fairs in the history of the state of Con necticut, and will not only reflect cred it upon the state in particular but its influence will be far reaching and ex- I tend the length and breadth of our country where the history of the fa- | nous battle between the Monitor and | Merrimac Is household information.
 Most of the money contributed has l been secured from the different cities l under the supervision of their srespec- tive mayors and all that is necessary to | do to comDlete the work is to have prompt and energetic effort made by | the several town committees, etc"
 After the House adjourned yesterday the legislature of 1901 was organized. Speaker Light acted as chairman and Representative Taylor as secretary The following officers were elected: Presi- dent, John H. Light; vice presidents, Governor F. O. Keeler Senator Michael Kenealey and William A. King; secretary, William H. Taylor; treasurer, A. R. Wadsworth; executive Senators Roberts, Thompson and Bree, Representatives Tucker, Brady, NCalkins, Rice. Chandler Pratt, Pearne and Fahey, representing each county.