The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-23
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FARMERS ASSOCIATION AP.
 POINTS 4 COMMITTEE

To Look After the Railroad Bill Re Iating to additional Traeks--Mr.
 GriswOId's Recovery-Senator Ham-
 mer and the Committee on Education -Other Notes.
 Hartford, Feb. 22.-The farmers as- | sociation in the general assembly has appointed a committee to look after the railroad bill relating to additional tracks" which MT. Tilson of New Ha-
 ven attacked so successfully in the
 house Tuesday afternoon. The measure on the recommendation of Judge Ke-
 nealy was recommitted to the railroad committee. The farmers association ] which held meeting after the ad- l iournment of the house ordered a com mittee to watch the future course of the 1 bill. Major Tilson felt that the legisla- 1 tion asked for in the bill is of a shady character. Judge Pearne of MiddletoWn the house chairman of the railroad com mittee, after the debate had gone on for some time said he was willing that it should be returned to the committee for re-examination. It is apparent from the feeling in the house that the bill
 must be borne again before it will have the least chance of adoption. The reappointment of B. c. Patterson of Torrington as trustee of the Connecti- cut agricultural college is meeting with much opposition. There was a meeting
 of prominent grangers at the capitol, icludinE J, H. Hall of Glastonbury, for
 the purpose os organizing the opposi- l tion against MT. Patterson The fac
 ulty of the college is also understood to be against his reappointment In the
 resolution that was introduced in the senate appointing trustees MT. Patter-
 sons name was punched with the names of G. s. Palmer of Norwich and | Charles A. CaDen of Willimantic. Af- l forwards resolution was filed in the senate appointing Marlin M. Frisbie of { Southington member of the board Nr. F'rishie is a graduate of the col | lege and represents the alumni with lIp- to-date ideas The grange influence in pEA1SF CL lltG letSt lllut NIL F cillGlSuI been master Of the state grange will
 be heard with force at the meeting of 1.-the senate committee on nominations when the trustee resolutions are con- sidere6l
 Senator Arthur L., Clark of Winsted, chairman of the committee on military affairs, has received word from Repre-
 sentative Edward Griswold of Guilford
 who has been sick with pneunionia
 since the middle of January, that he will probably be able to attend the session next week. MT. Griswold is the
 house chairman of the military com ] mittee, which has delayed action on all matters up to the present time on ac-
 count of his illness. Senator James E.. McGann of New Haven is the associate of Senator Clark in the senate chair- manship. Representative Olcott F.. King os South Windsor is the clerk of the committee. He is also the secretary of the Farmers association, and one of the brightest young democrats in the house. The committee has a great deal
 of work on hand and will buckle down to 1t after the return of Chairman
 Griswold of the house. Senator Clark
 is man of energy and force and will be an able guide of military interests
 both in the committee room and on the 1 floor Of the senate. .< The committee on education, of which Senator Hammer of Branford is chair
 man, will have an executive session Thursday afternoon for the considera- tion of bills that hay ebeen referred for hearings. On Wednesday, March 1, the committee will take up the bills pro viding that the state shall pay $5 a
 year for each child attending the pulp lie schools between four and sixteen
 years, and s1o year for each child at tending a high school. The bills intro- duced by Representative E. Allen
 Moore of New Britain, making an ap-
 propriation for the state normal school in hat city, Major Tilson of Nv Haven, making appropriation for the New Ha- ven state normal school, and by Charles
 A. Hoffman of Danbury, appropriating
 for the Danbury state normal school,
 will be heard by the educational com
 mittee Tuesday afternoon, February 2S
 Senator Lakes bill providing $S per
 scholar in average attendance at even- ing schools to towns maintaining such
 schools will be heard Wednesday,
 March 8. Senator Hammers bill con
 corning the support of schools will be
 heard the same afternoon. Owing to
 the high standing of the educational
 committee important school legislation
 is expected from it.
 The committee on cities and bor-
 oughs will have a hearing Thursday
 afternoon on the house bill' establishing
 a state board of gas and electric light
 commissioners, and also on the bill au
 thorizing municipalities to establish
 gas and electric plants. A luminous af-
 ternoon is anticipated.
 The hearing which was to have been
 given the projectors of the trolley road
 from Southington to Waterbury Thurs
 day afternoon has been postponed until
 Tuesday, February 2S.
 THE CHURCH IN MODERN LIFE.