Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-09
CONNECTICUT AT WASHINGTON
Nutmeg State Labor Leaders Sending
 in Many Bills.


 Nutmeg State Labor Leaders Sending
 in Many Bills. Washington, Jan 9.-The committee on pensions on the part of the senate yesterday reported favorably on the Dill granting q pension to Joseph H. Barnum of Hartford, late a captain of Company H, 16th Connecticut yolun- teer infantry. Senator Hawley in 1 troduced this bill and it calls for $50 month, instead of the pension he is now getting.
 MT Sperry today introduced resolu- tlons from the Bricklayers' and Ma sons International union of Middle town, fayoring the employment of un- Ion bricklayers and masons in the construction of the naval dry dock at New Orleans. Also petition from the international Association of Machin- lsts or Ansonia, in favor of an appro- prlation of $4,000,000 for ordnance in the navy.
 The postoffice department to-day is sued orders for the establishment of two new free rural delivery routes in Branford. Branford was the first town in Connecticut where rural free delivery was established and the ser- vice is in such demand it was found necessary to have three carriers. The two new routes are 43A miles in length and cover 20 square miles in area. A population of 1,296 will be served by these two routes.
 w. K. Hendricks, formerly editor of the Milford Citizen, is in Washington. MT Hendricks was appointed inspec- tor of rural free delivery last spring. but was removed November 30 of last year without any cause being as- signed. The free rural delivery ser- vice went into the classified service by order of the president November 27, and the question now is whether Mir Hendricks could be removed with out due cause and full hearing on the case. The civil service commits sion will probably take the matter up and investigate 1t.
 Connecticut pensions have been granted as follows: Original. widows. Fidelia Clemens of Torrington, SS per month, and widows renewal, Aman- da l.. Congdon of Ekonk, SIP per month.
 J. A. Burrows of New London, lieu tenant of the capitol police, was one of the bearers at the funeral of Ed ward Clark yesterday. Rfr Clark was for nearly forty years the architect of the United States capitol
 The president to-day sent the follow ing nominations of Connecticut post masters to the senate: Frederick l.. Gaylord, Ansonia; Marshall Emons, East Haddam: Joel T. Wildman, Gull ford. and Charles $. Hall Walling- ford, all in the second district. These were re-appointnT61ts, with the excep- tion of J. T. Wildman of Guilford, who takes the place of Mrs Bullard
 Arthur B. Anderson of AIeriden has been promoted from messenger at SS40 a year to a position as skilled la borer at $1 200 in the geological sur vey.
 Congressman Henry presented in the house to-day a resolution adopted by the Hartford Labor union, signed by it's president, Louis +. Elsie, and it's secretary, c. J. Conway, asking that congress insist, in the next naval ap- propriation bill, provision that some of the vessels provided for in the bill be built ill the navy yards of the United Staes. The resolution recites that for the past ten years $15O,0OO,- GOO has been paid to comparatively few contractors, from the profits of which these contractors have amassed a capital whose obvious purpose is to coerce the general government into awarding them such work at enhanced profits.
 MT Henry also presented a remon- strance from the Lithuanian Citizens club of New Britain against the pas sage of any bill which will permit the unrestricted immigration of Chinese into the United States. The commit tee on immigration has already draft ed a bill in accordance with the wish es of the thousands of petitions which are daily received from every part of the country