The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-19

a better and more responsible govern
ment. He said that the court of COM
mon council was not legislative body
strictly speaking but an executive body.
George L. Fox also spoke for the bill.
General Registrars Hamilton and
| Foley, Senator Bree, Representative
Donovan, Mayor Driscoll, Representa-
| tive Housed and Alderman Miller spoke
F., for the bill to change the time of hold
| ing city elections. Elk Mayor Farms
worth, Mr.. Curtis and George l.. Fox
spoke against the bill. There was no
opposition 10 the other bill
| In the Senate yesterday afternoon
| the committee on judiciary, which heard
the petition Of David Callahan, who
asked that he be re-instated as men,
Der of the New Haven county bar, re-
ported favorably.
Mr.. Callahan, who was disbarred
some time ago by Judge Robinson on
the charge of nnisappropriating money
belonging to an estate of which he was
administrator, asked that the general
assembly state to the superior court
conditions under which he might be
admitted to the practice of law.
The report Of the committee made in
the Senate is as follows:
'The superior court is hereby en-
powered to admit David Callahan, of
the town of New Haven, as an attorney
at law on such terms as the superior
court may prescribe"
The report was tabled for printing.
A minority report of the voting ma
chine commission was sent to the House
to-day accompanied by two bills which
were referred to the judiciary commit
tee. The report Is signed by Speaker
John H. Light and Samuel C. Hardin,
and by Henry M. Smell.
The voting machine bill reported by
the minority Is for local option, and
provides for a voting machine commits
sion Of three members to be appointed
by the governor for term of four
years. One shall be a lawyer, another
a mechanical expert and third a
business man or merchant. This COM
mission upon the opposition of any per-
son shall examine the voting machine
and report to the secretary of state
when the machine can be safely used
by voters for election purposes The
machine approved by the commission
must provide facilities for voting for at
lease seven different candidates for one
office, or in other words there must be
provisions for seven different tickets
The other bill reported by the mi
nority Is a secret ballot law amending
the present act so that all the ballots
shall be printed under the supervision
Of the secretary Of state. All nominal
lions shall be forwarded to the secret
tary of state fifteen days before the
election, duly credited by the party
officers. The secretary shall furnish
to the various towns, five days before
the election all the printed ballots. The
envelope feature of the present law is
retained and so is the right to use
pastors, and to make changes in ballots
by erasure and substitution of another
name.
In the House Charles M. Downs, who
petitioned for charter for an electric
road between New Haven and Derby,
was given leave to withdraw on recon-
mendation Of the railroad committee.
The claims committee reported favor
ably on the claim Of Admiral Foote
post, of New Haven, for reimbursement
for the care of James Frear, veteran
of the Fourteenth United States infan-
try, introduced by Representative
Housed.
The committee on banks reported the
amendment to the charter of
the Connecticut Building and Loan as
ISOLATION: "Said corporation may lend
its funds when the same are not called
for by it's members to persons, firms
and corporations not it's members, such
loans to be secured by mortgages on
unencumbered real estate worth double
or it may take such other securities for
such loans as are provided by the law
regulating the lending of funds of saw
ings banks"
The House passed the bills establish
ing town courts in Milford and New
Milford and the bill amending the char I
ter of the Manufacturers Street Rail-
way of New Haven, to give permission
to extend tracks to the National Wire |
property.
There was discussion on the motion |
to continue ON the table the bill in |
relation to telephone corporations Mr.. |
Guilfoile, of Waterbury, wanted the |
bill disposed of and Mr.. King, of Wind !
ham, asked that 1t be continued on the !
table in the absence of Mr.. Woodruff, |
IF Orange. When Mr., Woodruff took |
ais seat Mr.. Guilfoile called attend to |