The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-06
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE HOUSE REJECTED THE FLYER
CONSTITUTIONAL 1MENDMENT.

CONSTITUTIONAL II M E' D4n ~" -
The Vote Came at 4;15 Yesterday After
noon After Four and One-HaIf Hour
Debate and stood I45-6I-Report oil
the Conversational Redistricting E1
pected To-day-Reported Making o
the Second District-Ornnge to b.
Placed In the New Fifth District.
The House of Representatives a
Hartford after a debate lasting abou
four and one-half hours rejected the So
called Fyler constitutional amendment
by vote of las to 81. The session Of
the House yesterday was the Longest
since the assembly of 1901 has been ir
session, lasting about five hours The
Fyler amendment, which had been fav-
orably reported by the committee or
constitutional amendments, came up as
the special order off the day at II
o'clock Mr.. Freeman of Hartford
chairman of the committee, opened the
debate by explaining the bill.
Mr.. Scoville of Salisbury offered the
following amendment: In section l,
line 4, strike out the words having less
than $500 inhabitants In line strike
out the word every and all that fol-
lowing in section /. Strike out sec
tons and to the word effect in line
4, section 81 The purport of this
amendment being that each town
should have one representative.
Mr.. CaIkins of East Lyme said that
while he thought that constitutional
convention was the only proper meth
cd of obtaining relief from the pres
ent system he would vote for the Fyler
amendment.
Mr.. Chandler of Thompson, Mr.. Reed
of Stafford, Mr.. Stone Of Bethlehem,
Mr.. Baldwin of Beacon Falls, Mr.
Pearne of Middletown, Mr.. Donovan Of
New Haven, Mr. Banks of Fairfield,
Mr.. Alling of Groton, and Mr.. Silliman
of New Canaan, spoke against the
amendment. Mr.. Pratt of Torrington,
Mr. Woodruff of Orange, Mr.. Tilley of
Waterbury, and Mr.. King of Windham
spoke in favor of the adoption of the
proposed amendment by the present
House.
The vote was taken about Ais after
the previous question had been order
ed on motion Of Mr. Bowers of Man
chester Mr. King, the republican lead
err of the House, closed the debate, Mr..
Freeman of Hartford, the committee
chairman, giving way to him. Mr.
King, made an imprisoned appeal to
the republicans of the House to vote
favorably on the amendment, saying
that the good of the party as well as
fairness and Justice demanded such ac-
ton.
The democrats of the House voted al
most solidIy against the amendment,
opposing it on the ground that it would
not furnish adequate relief from the
present system which they declare is
unjust and on the ground that the
Fylar amendment was only a make
shift to sidetrack the main question,
that of calling constitutional conven-
ton.
Prior to taking the order Of the day
a number of committee reports were
received
The committee on appropriations re-
ported favorably on a resolution appro-
priating the sum Of $4,000 for the cree
ton of memorial tablet or monument
by the following battery and regiment
al associations Jointly, viz; $1,000 each
to First Light battery, Sixth and Tenth
regiments of infantry.
The committee on public health and
safely reported favorably on the fol-
lowing bill:
"Section 1853 of the general statutes
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Every person who shall wilfuly sell, |
or offer to sell, or ship out of this state
the flesh of any animal or fowl which |
died or was killed when diseased, or the
flesh of any calf which was less than
four weeks old when killed, shall be
fined not more than 500 or imprisoned
not more than six months"
The committee on roads, rivers and
bridges reported an amendment to the
law for the improvement of public
roads. 1t provides that the salary of
the highway commissioner shall be So
300 year with $1,000 for travelling ex-
penses and s4,450 for office expenses
each year. For improvements to cost
81 900 the commissioner may allow the
town to do the work. The bill pro-
vides for the apportionment of money
among IIle lOWHSt etc.
The committee on roads, rivers and
bridges reported substitute bill maxi
ng appropriations to supply deficlen-
lies for the two fiscal years ending
September 80, 1901 Clerk of court of
common pleas for Hartford county for
;heriff's attendance, ETC., ST. 900; for Il
Jerk of the New Haven court of COM
non pleas, $4,000; state attorney for
Fairfield county for costs, 81, 500; clerk
# court of common pleas of Fairfield
ounty, sheriff's attendance, $500, Jury
ebenture $1,500, clerk of bills $500
ngrossing clerk $4,000; Connecticut {
ospital for the insane, $11 900; COM
missioner on diseases of domestic ami
Is. 81 900; Frederick De Peyster, rail- {
DAD fares, $27.61.
Other committee reports were receiv-
d as follows:
interpretations Substitute bill, |
mending the charter of the Pynchon t
and and Construction company; fav- t
rable ON resolution Incorporating The /
ity Missionary association of New G
[aven; authorizing the town of South e
lgton to purchase the capital stock c
nd works of the Southington Water t
amending the charter of the C
oneman mills.
The resolution validating and con- 7
rming certain oyster grounds in b
harbor to F. j. Lyon and E. | I