The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-05-03

spoke in favor of the amendment anc
rotation in office"
The temperance committee voted yes
terday, by a majority Of 5 to 4, to repor
to the house a bill advocating license
fee of 5000 and q restriction to provide
that there shall be only one saloon fol
every 400 inhabitants. In towns where
there are less than 5000 inhabitants the
fee was fixed by the committee at $500
The beer license fee is left at $500 and
the hotel license fee in towns of over
400 inhabitants increased from 5000 to
$780,
There will probably be minority re-
port in favor of $500 license fee. and
no restriction as to the number of sa-
looms. %tj
The free text book bill, one of the
most important educational bills Of the
session, was reported favorably in the
house by the educational committee
yesterday morning The bill provides
| as follows: THAT 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 visitors, the board of education
or the town school committee shall pre-
! scribe. 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 when said parents or guardi-
ans so DESIRE The bill was tabled for
| printing.
An important educational bill was re-
| ported providing that all school COM
mittees in towns in which the districts
have been abolished or consolidated
| shall provide suitable arrangements for
attendance of all school children, either
oy the location and construction of
proper schoolhouses by transportation
of children or by arranging with Off
cials of other towns for their attend
ance. The bill makes it mandatory on
each town to education its children I'M
der all circumstances
Mr.. Averill of Branford offered res
olution appointing Edwin r. Kelsey
deputy judge Of the town court of
Branford. 1t was passed and transmit
ted to the Senate, where 1t was passed
in concurrence.
The resolutions appointing Dwight A.
Lyman and William A, Arnold deputy
Judge of the police court of Willimantic
were passed.
The bill providing that second convic-
tons for illegal selling of liquor shall be
punished by fine and Imprisonment
was rejected, as 1t was claimed that
the present law was much better as it
left the punishment in the discretion of
the courts.
The bill providing that when cider is
sold without license it shall be sold
only by the direct manufacturers was
rejected 1t was stated that the bill was
intended to help matters only in one
town in the western part of the state,
and the citizens Of other towns we're.
much against such bill
The bill providing that no divorce
shall be granted in this state for native
born petitioner unless the claim is made
on the grounds of divorce that are legal
in thesstate where the complaint arose
was rejected.
The bill providing that election ballots
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ders or other proper officials was re-
jected.
The bill was rejected providing that
no teacher employed for five consecu-
tive years and paid by appropriation
by the state shall be discharged except
by two-thirds vote of the board of
control.
Senator Orville H. Plat was the
guest of the legislature yesterday and
both houses assembled in the hall of the
House to be addressed by him. In a
graceful speech Senator Plat went into
the general prosperity of the country.
Speaker Light introduced the senator at
11:45 as "the pride of our state" He
was cheered heartily as he entered the
speakers rostrum. In brief he said
MIR. Speaker and members Of the leg
islature: I hardly know how to ex-
press my appreciation of your kind re-
ception. If I have acquired any in
fuence In the United States senate it is
because I have endeavored to truly
represent the people of Connecticut.
MY inspira ton has not been from am
bition but ftom desire to do well |
what have been sent to do.
II like to think of the people of this |
state as belonging to one family, and |
all have one interest. AS the years |
creep on me 1 am getting to feel that |
I am the elder brother of the family. |
The first real republican government of |
the world was settled right here in |
Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield 1t |
has always been true to the old code |
which / think ought to be published in |
the revision of the statutes which you |
are now considering.
"It has been a state in which the
rights of the people have been recog-
nized as the paramount thing to treas |
ure. The state has held true to it's
code and has never de-
parted from it. 1t has not been lag
gard in the wonderful progress of this
great country Of ours.
II would like to speak to-day of the
progress Of the union. We
are no more confederation of states,
out union with all the powers of a
United nation. And we have indeed
made great progress. Perhaps the
'ternness and angularity of our Puritan
may have been rubbed away.
Though a state of limited resources we
rave kept up with the other states. We
lave caught something of the dash and
oush of the west, so that our Puritan !
'train may have combined with the en-
rgy of her western sons. We are per- |
laps the most enterprisng of all the
New England states Our progress has q,