The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-04
LEGISLATIVE D0INGS.
ADJOURNMENT STILL SOME
 TIME OFF.

AGa AAu 2NAl OA oAASCS
 BIII-Much Business Still Before Leg
 IsIature.
 Hartford, July 3.-The present gene raI assembly will not be the only one that has remained at the Capitol after the Fourth of July. The session of 1895, when Governor Coffin was at the helm, adjournment was not ordered until July g. The current session will outrun that date, as there will be only three days for work this week, the re- turn of each house taking, place on "Wednesday. A great deal of business remains to be taken care of including the telephone bill, which is yet to be reported. Governor Roberts has not made known his decision concerning the personel of the state armory com mission. Much interest is felt in the composition of the board. The hand ling of the roundhouse site will depend largely on the governors appoint ments. The Hon. M. s. Chapman who was one of the commissioners taking part in the purchase of the site, has studied the situation as thoroughly as any one in the state. In his view or the issues involved in locating the state armory the question of relieving the state Capitol of the present congested office occupancy will have to. be settled by the armory commission. The sena- tors idea is that ths military establish ment now located in the Capitol should be provided for in connection with the state arrnory. An edif1ce especially esigned for the use of the military ofti- cials now having headquarters in the Capitol should be planned for. Senator Chapman holds on the site to be occu- pied by the state arnlory and arsenal The logic of this view is undeniable. By taking the military out of the Cap itol large amount of room will be se- cured for the states service and actu- ally postpone the idea of new build ing for the state. on Capitol avenue for years. The location of the military of- fees in a suitable structure adjoining the state armory will commend itself to every one. The headquarters of the National Guard, should be removed from the Capitol and established on the site of the armory, That would simplify q score of interests that must be settled sooner or later. Senator Chapman,s plan will deserve the sup port of the new commission.
 The annual meeting of the state board of agriculture was held Saturday afternoon in the room of the committee on agriculture in the Capitol. Every
 member of the committee was present except Iyerson c. Fanton of Westport, who is down with the measles. The expenses of the board for the year end- ing June 30, 1905, were in the aggregate s, 500. There is a comfortable balance in tfetreasury and the board will not suffer for two years at least from the ..rtt .Srt IT. Of aff one thousand dollars 8 year in the regular appropriation, The contest in connection with the secreta- ryship, which has been held for the past four years by Colonel James F. Brown of North stonington. showed a close alignment. The colonel was elec-' ted by a majority of one out of the eleven votes cast for the office The competitor of the colonel was D. Wal ter Patten of North Haven. Charles L. Futile of Hartford, who was reap pointed on the board this winter by Governor Roberts, and is a skilled po- litical manager, directed Colonel Browns canvas from the start. His reelection is mainly attributable to MT. Tuttle's management Colonel Brown, is an old Yale man and a vete- ran of the civil war. Edwin G. Seeley, of Roxbury, was reelected viee-presi- dent; and Charles A. Thompson, of Melrose, treasurer. New Haven takes four of the offices, Dr. E.. H. Jenkins, chemist; Dr. e. P. Clinton, botanist;, Dr. w E. Britton, entomologist, and N. s. Platt, state pomologist. Edmund Halladay Of Suffield and Colonel Brown were appointed a committee to arrange a summer meeting for the board in the tobacco section of the state. The time for holding it has not yet been selected. The salary of the secretary was continued at one thou4 sand dollars a year. The New member of the board, l.. H. Healey, of Wood stock, was present at the meeting for tfe first time. At the August meeting tfe plans for the Farmers institutes will be arranged.
 Senator Austin I. Bush, of East Lyme, representing the Twentieth dis tiICt, is one of the most successful col leetors of Indian relics in the state, and has valuable collection at his home. 1e8 is a lawyer by profession and thor aCugiay versed in probate law. His home in East Lyme has been in. the possession of his family for tw. Glun- lred years, and is located in taa heart Of the old Indian tracts. He has found in the treasury and the board will not ailoW factory, inyriads of flint chips showing where 1t stood. Senater Bush has some pofnthe handsomest specimens nf Indian 8arroWheads and battl ,-axes to be found in the state. It is his pur- lnose to contribute the 60 lection in the end to the Smithsonia Institute in Washington. r.....
 The study of the yea and nay vote in the senate, by which the judges salary bill was passed, IS interesting. Every lawyer in the senate voted for the measure. This list included Messrs. Platt of Milford, Phelan Of Waterbury, Brennan of New London, Bush of East Lyme Paige of Bridge port, Judson of Stratford, and Fessen- ,5a cayo4nr