Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-23
SHARP FIGHT EXPECTED.
Law and Order League May Get
 Severe Overhauling.
Ninety Pieces of Legislation Acted Cpon the Past Week-An Commit tees Now Have Work Well T,ndor way and Expect to Finish In Early

Hartford, March o3-Somo ni,,o+-
 ouu pieces of legislation were disnoseI VI py the two houses of the general assembly Fh1S week, and only a very ~ EI" measures were passed excent those slated for the calendar. The end
 IS now Ill sight before several of the IohlnlltteeS and there will probably De very few hearings during next nlohln oefore any of them. All the
 ,olt,i nontnii.tees nave refused to adjourn or postpone hearings unless it seemed necessary and on this account tha
 session Will be shortened appreciablv. lie fallfoad committee has now slat
 eu all of it's bills, making April 12
 the last day on which any hearings are
 to be held. The judiciary committee
 mas also filled up it's calendar, and
 VIII probably hear few if any bills
 next month. The committee on in-
 corporations will also close hearings
 by The first of April, so that nearly all
 of the public hearings will end with
 i'll the next three weeks Of the i'm poftant measures yet to be heard
 next week will cover the constitutional feform hearings: the Connecticut
 Western vS Consolidated road hearings is down for April 4: and the judiciary committee has several >measures of importance yet to hear.
 iohu StNtI1l moves n9ue III both
 houses this week it is evident that sharp fights may be expected on sev- eral matters if interest to the state at large. That the Law and Order league is due this year for q severe overhauling in the house s certain from the action taken by NIr King ill tablinS the unfavOrable report on the bill to curtail the powers of the league. There are q half dozen mem- berS of the house who appeared against the league at the committee hearing on the bill providing that league should not enter any town without the re- quest of the officials of the town, and these members will fight the commit tees report to the last ditch in the house. The result will be another Law and Order league fight. In the senate Mr Kenealey took an outspol1en stand against the league in reporting un- favorably on the bill eNIendins the powers of the league over prize lights, and his stand may have some weight in extending the fight ill the house to the republican side.
 The senate seems to be ready to in- sist upon the election of Senator James r. Bree as state auditor Tn spite of the action of the house, which naS elected Mir Newberry, the democratic caucus nominee, and a prolonged fight on this point is very probable. Another measure that is down for debate is the eight hour bill introduced by MT HouSel of New Haven. The i,ill was about to be rejected by the house when MT Housel saved it from i'm mediate defeat by arguing for its passage at once. and after two days fight on technical points the bill was tabled for printing, which assures it a long debate when it finally comes up for disposal.
 Before the committees this weel. seV- eral important bills were heard. From the position taken by the Judiciary it seems likely that an ln- sentence bill will be asked for this session. The tax commission sent in an important new taxation Dlll' which is being heard to-day. and the railroad committee got through con siderable of it's more important meas ures. The railroad committee IS Ill favor of putting the street railways under the present commission anu q bill to this end will be reported faV- orably in the near future.