The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-07
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
THE MILL WILL RESUME oPER-
ALTON TO-DAY.

PropOsed Monument to Union Pris-
oners Who Died in Rebel Prisons
The Bill for More Elaborate Head
stones for Deceased Old Soldiers
Other Matters of Interest,"
Hartford, March 6.-The sessions Oh
both houses will be resumed at Lz''O
Tuesday noon. Lieutenant 6oSeflioi !.
Woodruff, who was at the inaugural "a
President Roosevelt Saturday. anu
Sneaker Holcomb, who was also al the
inaugural, will both be present THURS
day. 1t fell to the lot OF aellaIot
Chatfield of New Haven TO pressure IA
the senate last Thursday during IhS
absence of the lieutenant governor anu
he showed special aptitude for that
function, turning off the business OF
the day with facility and dispatch II
is expected that Senator Paige OF
bridgeport. who has been out OF the
state during the past week, VIII alSo
he in his seat Tuesday. In the absence
of Senator Paige the leadership Oh Ine
senate has been held by Senator Jud-
son Of Stratford the associate senate
chairman of the judiciary committee.
Senator Judson has marked quaiiHca,
tions for leadership on the noor anu
thoroughly understands the leslsldlioii
reported for action from the committee
rooms. The return of Senator Palge
will be heartily welcomed by MS asso-
ciates in the senate, as he is one OF
the favorites in that body. He mas won
his way up to the leadership OF the
general assembly by unquestloned
ability and hard work. He will be IN
the field for governor some day, II MS
friends can prevail on him to accept
the place. Time and again his name
has been coupled with the governor
ship this winter in club and legisia-
tive circles.
A bill of more than common merit
is expected to be heard this week by
the committee on military affairs. 1t
provides for the erection of monu-
anent in memory of the union prisoners
of war from this state who died IN the
Confederate stockade at Apdersonville,
Ga, and appropriates $4,000 for that
object. The commission which Will
have the work in hand is to consist OF
Colonel Frank w. Cheney of South
Manchester Insurance Commissioner
Theron Upson, General Henry c.
Dwight, George E. Denison, Major
George @. Whitney and Norman Ii.
Hope of Hartford. Messrs. Denlson,
Whitney and Hope were in the prison
at Andersonville through the summer
Of 1864, and know from personal ex-
perience the sufferings and martyrshlp
of the men who died there, not less
than IL, 900 in all. The bill will be ad-
voeated by the Rev. DIR. John J. NC
Cook. the Rev. Joseph III. TW1tchell'
the Rev. DR.. ]. Coleman Adams, ex-
President Francis B. Allen of the
Army and Navy club of Connecticut,
and Major George @. Whitney. me
composition of the commission, which
is proposed by the veterans Is OF the
finest character Every man OF the
number saw brilliant service in the
war. and represent ait the present time
fhe foremost business interests in the
state. The bill authorizes the erection
Of the monument in Connecticut or at
Andersonville, the decision being left
with the commission. The states OF
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio and
michigan have monuments on the pris-
on Site & -&#
The bill which Senator Fessenden in
trodueed relating to the headstones of
old soldiers in the state has not yet
been assigned for a hearing. 1t pro
yides for a more elaborte headstone
than is now authorized under the law,
costing $25 instead of SIS, the sum al
lowed at present. The bill is instinct,
lively just and its adoption due to the
veterans of the civil war.
There are two important bills relat-
ing to the board of control that will
soon come up for consideration. One
is by Judge Pearne of Middletown,
which adds the attorney general to the
board and authorizes it to increase any
U appropriation, whenever necessary in
any Of the departments, while the gen
eraI assembly is not in session. The
second one is from Senator Pattison,
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations, and provides that the in
crease in appropriations made by the
board of control shall not exceed $780,
600 during the two fiscal years for
which the appropriations were origin.
ally made by the general assembly.
There are important differences in
The bills, which will be adjusted in
the committee. The feature of Senator
Pattison's, limiting the amount to be
appropriated by the board of control
has good deal of public utility in it.
The standing of the committee on
education warrants the view that good
work will be presented in both houses
as the result of it's deliberations. Sen
ator Alfred e.. Hammer of Bridgeport
holds the Craftsmanship of the commit
tee He is a native of Boston and was
member of the house from Branford
in 1889. Senator Hammer is one of
the trustees of the Blackstone library
in Branford, one of the most beneficent.
ly founded institutions of the kind in
New England, and is patron of art
and letters. He has rich collection
of coins in the library, secured from
different sections of the globe. He is
one of the largest manufacturers in
Connecticut, and is deeply interested
in the problem of education for the
masses. His associate from the senate
on the committee is Senator Frank TT
Baker of Stafford, the only representa-