The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-28
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
L-AW AND ORDER LEAG UEByLI OR
 DER OFDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY,.

Eight Hour BiII Referred to Attorne
 General for an Opinion on Its Consti
 nationality Question of Reference 0
 tho Eln for n Constitutional Conven
 tion-Othcr Business at Yesterday
 Session.
 The resolution amending the charte
 of the Law and Order league so tha
 the league shall not act unless town ot
 ficials ask the league to do so created
 a stir when it came up in the House
 yesterday. MT. Kipg, of the judiciary
 committee, said that the bill would ab-
 solutely cripple the league. "The jul.
 dietary committee has taken conserva-
 tive action of this matter" he said
 ''and when we have declined to extend
 the powers of the league and we have also declined to cripple it."
 MT. Guilsoile asked that the bill be tabled for the order of the day next ' Wednesday, MT. King said that tie committee wanted the opponents of the report to have a fair hearing on their side, but asked that it not be made the order of the day MT. Gullfoile agreed to this.
 The eight hour bill came upon the calendar starred for action yesterday kand MT Manville, of the committee OH labor, stated that his committee was of the opinion that the bill was unconstitu- tional and ought not to pass. MT. Housel, of New Haven, the author of the bill, then pressed the measure on the House and the yea and nay vote which would put every member of the House on the record for his stand in the matter. This was the question that split the House last week and that caused long debate at the time, the republican side fighting against the yea and nay vote, but the minority carry ing out on the question by one vote each time. MT. Housel asked if the yea and nay vote still stood and the speaker said it did. He was about to move that the vote be taken when MT. K ng rose and championed the cause Of the ma jority.
 MT. King said: 'In the case of the state against Conlan, the supreme court has handed down decision that makes this bill unconstitutional. If you pass this bill you do something tha- will not help the people whom you profess to help. If you want to help the laborers pass a bill that will give than some thing to stand on and not one that will break down and crumble away as soon as it strikes the courts. But I do not want you to take my unsupported testi- mony on this point. I move that this bill be sent to the attorney general of the state for an opinion as to its con- stitutionali.y."
 The motion was second, Nrr. Housel being agreeable, and was passed unan- imously.
 Important action was taken by the Judiciary committee to-day and by the House in passing the bill making it crime of the legal status of rape 10 criminally assaul. any female under sixteen years. with imprisonment for ten years as the penalty. 1ha action makes the present law in the ma tier clearer and increases the penalty.
 The bill amending the act concern ing the election of county auditors so that both auditors should not be elected from the same party was passed on re- port of the judiciary committee.
 The bill providing that if a town fails to choose it's representatives, the cleo ton be postponed to the following Tuesday was passed.
 ha nlyi to officially placed lanterns in street im- was passed and S7 set as the penalty for the crime.
 The resolution was passed request ng the United States senators to favor resolution now pending Tn the United States Senate limiting the hours of la DOT. The bill providing for an appro- oriation of $200,0o0 for the establish- nent of reformatores in each county vas rejected on motion of MT. Chand- CT. of Thompson. MT. Chandler said | hat other bills to the same effect were low before the committee.
 The act providing that the governor | ,e paid $S0o0 for special state" ex- )enses was passed on recommendation f the committee on appropriations.
 The bill appropriating $150G0 for the are of sick and wounded soldiers for he last two years was passed.
 What threatens to be a most unfor- unate break between the House and enate on question of procedure ropped out in the Senate yesterday af- CT adjournment. An executive session ,as held and after a half hour ad burned each senator wearing a mask f innocence as 10 anything interesting aving happened.
 What was done was this The old uestion that has already gone the ounds of debate came up, as to wheth- r the Senate should be given any par in the hearing or disposal of ne resolution calling for a constitu- onal convention. The resolution was riginally referred in the House to the l [ouse committee on constitutional { mendment and this has ever since been bone of contention, Senator Landon r the joint committee demanding that l le Senate be given proper recognition. executive session to-day the senators l sisted on this procedure and sent a { of enc senator, Nr. Kenoalev, ! advise with the House committee on ( le matter. Senator Kenealey met the Y ouse committee at 1:30 and stated af- l rwards to the correspondents that no I suit had yet been reached. He said: The whole question is whether the presented in any matter that comes t