The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-30
TEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WOMAN,S SUFFRAGE BILL RE.
 JEC1ED BY THE HOUSE.

WOMAN,S SUFFRAGE BILL RE-
 JEC1ED BY THE HOUSE.
 The Free Text Book BilI Also Rejected
 Andrew F. Gates of Hartford Nomi.
 mated for State Tax Commissioner
 Derby Trolley Petition Favorabiy Re-
 ported In the sennte-Contagious Dis
 case Hospital BiIl Tabled Other Busi-
 ness In House and Senate.
 As was forecasted in the Journal and Courier yesterday morning the railroad committee of the general assembly yes terday reported to the Senate favor ably on the petition of the Fair Ha- ven and Westville Railroad company for permission to extend it's tracks from New Haven to Derby. The accompany ing resolution was tabled for the cal endar and printing.
 In the House the bill to admit women to the rights of suffrage in municipal elections and the free text book bill were on the calendar for special orders of the day.
 The woman's suffrage bill was the first taken up. MT. Peebles of Mansfield said that at times the subject has been received with a degree of merriment, but 1t is deserving of serious consider ation. The bill was drawn by dis tinguished citizen of the state whose death has cast gloom over his circle of frio dc- ohy Mr HnO1xpr, was assisted in drafting the bill by his wife. The bill as far as it went put women on an equality with men. The same principle is in successful opera tion in England, Scotland and in Ire land-he believed-and in Canada. A number of states have adopted it. Dur ing residence in a western city where there was universal suffrage he had an experience in women's suffrage when he and his wife walked to the polls to- gether He never knew how his wife voted. He ridiculed the statements made by those who are opposed to wo- mans suffrage, to the-effect that fami- ly quarrels and domestic dissensions would result from the extension of the franchise to women. The trend of events points to women's suffrage. Wo- men are interesting themselves in the business interests of the country. J1e denied the statement that women have no business acun1en. Women are or ganizing into clubs to study questions of citizenship. On principle that there should be no taxation without represen- tation the local franchise should be eX- tended to women.
 The report of the committee was re- jected by vote of 56 to 9S.
 MT. Hubbard of Litchfleld then nov ed the adoption of the bill.
 MT. Hubbard offered the following amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and add the following
 Section 2-Section 36 of the general statutes is hereby amended by striking out the word male in the thirteenth line thereof"
 The amendment of MT. Hubbard was rejected. The bill was then rejected by an overwhelming majority
 The following bill concerning free text books WAS considered:s
 Section 1-Section 2124 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: The board of school visitors the board of education, or the town school committee of each town shall. purchase at the expense of the town the text books and other school supplies used in the public schools of said town and said text books shall be loaned to the pupils of said public schools free of charge, subject to such rules and regulations as the board of school visi- tors. the board of education or the town school committee shall prescribe. Said text books and supplies shall be sold by said board of school visitors, board of education, or town school committee at cost to parents and guardians of pu pills in the public schools, when said parents or guardians so desire.
 Section 2-Chapter 27 of the public acts of 1897 is hereby repealed.
 MT. Williams of Glastonbury, the chairman of the committee on educa- ton, said the question of free text books had received full consideration from the committee. The weight of ar glments seemed to be in favor of hav ing the towns furnish free text books to the school children. The report was mt unanimous. In few towns in the state the children are properly equip ped for their education, while in the others they are not. Ten per cent. of the wages of teachers is lost by reason of the troubles caused by the fact that children are not properly equipped with text books. If this is true that the furnishing of free text books would pauperize the children then the free school system would pauperize the children.
 Mir. Calkins of East Lyme spoke against the bill. Dr. Pratt of Torrington offered an amendment that the children be given the text books instead of loaning them He said there is no article in common use SD difficult of disnfection as a book. A long, debate ensued, and the Pratt amendment was lost, MT. Pearne of Middletown offered the following amendment: "In any town within which there is a school district organ- ized out of a school society under the l provisions of the act of 1885 the pur- chase and control of said text books shall be under the charge of the board of education of said district, and the town shall pay over to said school dis | trict such sum or sums of money as shall be required for the purchase of said text books and renewal"
 The amendment was also lost and | then the bill was rejected by vote of | 97 to 63.
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