The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-27
LEGISLATIVE DOlRGS.
WORK OF COMMITTEES THIS
 FEAR.

FEAR. Not Many New Bills Ready for To-
 mOrrow's session-AppOintmen for
 Hearings on BiIIs--Contest for East
 Hartford Judgeship Still Awaits De-
 cision of Judiciary Committee-TwO
 County Meetings Tomorrow After
 noon. Hartford, March 26.-The senate will begin work this week with only half dozen new bills on the calendar ready to be taken up for discussion. There will be a larger number in the house, but not enough to prolong the session Tuesday noon beyond thirty minutes. The reports of committees have not come in as rapidly as in years past, but the committee work is actually ahead of that Of two years ago at this time. The delay in reports is due chiefly to the fact that harder work has , been required this winter than in pre- vious sessions in the committee rooms. Tho consequence is that bills when they reach the house or senate have been thoroughly scrutinized and can be dis posed of promptly on their merits. The only discussion of length that has taken place in the senate. for instance, was on one item in the appropriation for public schools and the school fund, in- volving not more than $40,000 That was for the transportation of high school students, who have to take the high school training in institutions outside of towns in which they live. It is not understood in any way that the senate is opposed to the main features of the school appropriation bill, which has been thoroughly investigated in Senator Pattison's committee. The objections were on the ground that the sum of $4000O was more than the state should pay for transportation of 800 high school pupils in two years. This was the animus of the debate engaged in by Senators Judson of Stratford and Peck of Waterbury. At the request of Sem ator Judson the bill was placed at the foot of the cafefsar and will be taken up again, possibly this week This dis position of the senate was evidently in favor of the sustaining the committees work in the main. The high school transportation feature may be changed, and probably ought to be. The propos- ed outlay might almost suggest "star routes" It ought to be said that the committee work, notwithstanding the occasional differences on the floor, has been admirably performed 5
 The committed on capitol grounds and furtiture, Senator Coe, chairman, has completed it's work for the session. E It has reported favorably on import ant projects pertaining to the state cap itoI, including the purchase of the .'round house. site. which was recom- merded by Governors Roberts in his message, and the requirement. of addi- tional land for a new building for state officials Senator McGovern's bill in flavor of the states making an appro- priation of S15,000 for the purchase of a silver service for the battIeship Con- necticut will be heard by the appropria- tions committee Friday afternoon, March 31.
 Senator Attwood's bill for the consol- ludllDIl tUl IA0 alUWll iuAsSlly# 5oNCIll- rnents of New Britain and revising the city charter and the bill providing for a board of public works, which he has in hand, will be considered by Senator Chatfield's committee, April 5. The changes proposed are of great import ance to New Britain, placing it in line with the large Acities in the state.
 Representative Waller of New Lon- don also has bill in the house con- soIidating the town and city govern lnents of that famous old whaling port. MT. Walters bill will be heard the same afternoon with the New Britain measures.
 Major Tilson's bill providing for ap- pointment by the chief justice of the supreme court of errors, before the first Monday of July, 1905, and biennial ly thereafter, two justices of the peace for the town of New Haven, with pow CTS and authority given to justice of the peace under specified sections of the general statutes and no other jus tices of the peace shall have power to act in New Haven is assigned by the ju- dietary committee for Tuesday after noon.
 Senator Hammers resolutions ap- pointing Edmund Zacher judge and Ed win R. Kelsey deputy judge of the Branford town court, will also be heard Tuesday afternoon. MT. Zacher, who is the law partner of Judge Lynde Har- rison was executive secretary under Governor Waller. He was for years 9 resident of Hartford and much interest is felt here in the success of his can