Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-11
AT THE CAPITOL
Committee Places for the Connec. ticut Members--Bills Presented
 at To-day's Session.


 committee; Tawney of Minnesota, on appropriations; Jenkins of Wisconsin, ! judiciary: Hepburn of Iowa, on inter- state and foreign commerce; Hit of Illinois. on foreign affairs; Hull of Iowa, on military; Fowler of New Jer- sey, on banking and currency; South ard of Ohio, on coinage, weights and measures: Burton of Ohio. rivers and l harbOrs; GrosvenOr of Ohio. merchant marine and fisheries: Wadsworth of New York, agriculture: Mr Henry of 1 Connecticut is on this committee; Lacy of Iowa, public lands; sherman of New York. Indian affairs: Hamil- ton of Michigan. territories: Sibley of Pennsylvania. manufactures: Earth oldt of Wisconsin. public buildings; Gardner of New Jersey. labor; Sullo- way of New Hampshire. invalid pen : sions: Laudenslager of New Jersey, pensions: Babcock of Wisconsin. Dis , trict of Columbia: M0ndell Of WyO- ming, irrigation of arid lands: Howell of New Jersey, immigration and nat uraliZation: Cumpacker of Indiana. census: McClary of Minnesota, library; c. B. Landers of Indiana. printing: Gardner of Massachusetts, industrial arts Mann of Illinois. elections No 1; Olmstead of Pennsylvania, elections No 2: Driscoll of New York. elections No 3: Foss of Illinois. naval affairs; on this committee Is George l.. Lilley of Connecticut: Oyerstreet of Indiana, postoffice and post roads; Sperry of Connecticut is on this committee: 1 Cooper of Wisconsin, insular affairs. MT Henry of Connecticut is also on the committee of expenditures on pub lie buildings. MT Sperry is chairman of the committee on alcoholic liquor traffic. MT Hill is also on the commit tee on expenditures in the treasury department Mir Higgins is on the committee on territories and expend:- lures in the navy.
 Connecticut Bills.
 / Senator Brandegee to-day intro- duced in the senate a bill for the relief of the heirs of Jenkins & Havens. This is an old bill, introduced several times by Senator Platt. 1t calls for the suiu of S1. .433.32, which is alleged to be due for the building of the brig Warrior in 1915. Mrs Franklin F. Lee of Stam- ford is one of the beneficiaries, and the bill is introduced at her request.
 Although it is practically certain that there will be no general river and harbor bill this session, Representative Sperry to-day introduced several bills for harbor Improvements. MT Sperry did this in order to be sure that some of these matters, at least, might be in- cluded in bill that the committee on rivers and harbors is likely to prepare to be passed possibly next session. The bills introduced were: For a general re-survey of the harbor at New Haven. to determine the future needs of the whole harbOr: an appropriation of $40,- 900 for improvement and $10O00 for maintenance of the Connecticut river below Hartford; S75.00O for the harbor of refuge at Duck Island, near Vest brook; S47, 900 for the dredging of the Housatonlc river, and S100.000 for the west breakwater at New Haven.
 Mir Sperry also presented a bill in- creaslng the cost of the public building at Meriden by $J0000. This amount was put in the public building bill last session, which was not acted upon by congress. Two bills for money due for labor performed for the United States government in excess of eight hours per day were also introduced by NIT Sperry. They were in behalf of John Moriarty of Waterbury and Morgan Kavanagh of New Haven. Mir MOri- arty claims S2.TS0 between the years 1869 and 1879. No specific amount Is stated in the Kavanagh bill.
 The following pension bills were In. trOduced by MT Sperry. all calling for $30 per month. In behalf of Edward F.. Crandall of West Haven. late of Company C. Seventh Connecticut Vol unteers: Weston Ferris of New Haven formerly of Company E. First Con- necticut Cavalry: to John Platt Ot West Haven. who served in Company IT, Twenty-third Connecticut Volun. teers; to Stephen C. Smith of Middle town. who served in Company D. Sixth T.. s. Infantry. and to Major William A. Lincoln of New Haven. who was in Company r. First COnnec- ticut Heavy Artillery.
 Philippine constabulary.
 Numerous inquiries are being made by applicants from Connecticut rela- tive to appointments in the Philippine constabulary. The war department has Issued circular on this subject which states only graduates of recOg nized colleges and universities are being selected for these appointments from this country. Natives of the Philippine Islands are preferred. in fact. all examinations are at the pres ent time held in Manflla. Applicants should be between q and 90 years of age and must pass a very rigid physl- cal examination
 General Henry T. Allen. who Is the chief of the cOnstabulary force. is nov in Washington on leave. While herc he will investigate the qualifications of a number of candidates for these positions. All original appointments are made to the grade of third lieuten- ant. which carries an annual compen- satiOn of s1.100.
 Notes and Visitors.
 Colonel Norris c. Osborn. the vel known editor of the New Haven Regis ter. arrived in Washington this morn- ing. and win be the guest of Colone. Petit for a week. It is safe to bet that there will be adoinzsr during the week.
 Miss Maltbift of New Haven is the guest of Mrs Graham H. Powell other Connecticut visitors are 2fr and Mrs T. IT. Hart of Stamford. who are