The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-14
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
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Says Capital Has Furnished Governors and Senators and Now Wants to Con- frOI the Judiciary-SenatOr PheIan and Fine orchard BHI-New Haven County Tuberculosis Society ApprO-5 priation.
 Hartford, April 1S,-Activity of the general assembly to-day was confined to the reception of committee reports and action on calendar matters. The various committees are speedily finish ing their work at each session.
 Bills that would abolish the state po- lice department and restrict it's duties were rejected by the house this morn- ing in concurrence with the senate.
 The house also concurred in rejecting several other bills which received simi- lar action in the senate earlier in the week.
 The bill amending the present law SfDsuUU A1lsoiASSA that can be recovered at law for loss of life which was rejected by the sen- ate yesterday, caused mild discussion in the house. It proposes to remove the limit and have the amount determined by the court. Representative Kenealy of the judiciary committee, which re- ported adversely on the bill, upheld its action in 8 brief speech.
 Representative Connor of Enfield held that in other states it was left to courts of justice to place the amount of dam- ages as high as $50,000. On his motion the bill was tabled for printing.
 In the senate Senator Phelan of Wa terbury moved the senate's reconsider ation of the resolution amending the charter of the Pine Orchard association, which was rejected in that body yester- day.
 Strenuous opposition on the part of Senators Judson and Donovan failed to defeat the motion. :: ,...s s
 Senator Phelan then said he. would like to have the matter tabled until fur ther light had been shed on it.
 Senator Hammer of Branford object ed to this and requested the immediate action of the senate. The motion to table finally prevailed.
 Tfe Hartford city court was the ob- feet of several senators solicitude. The substitute bill reported by the judiciary committee was called rom the table by Senator Paige. It provides for the ap- pointment of a recorder by the general assembly. -...ss ..,.. ..5.-f
 The city has heretofore appointed the recorder of the court and Senator Nc Govern said that it claimed a vested right to do so by reason of it's ancient charter 8 t. 4-. @'
 During the discussion the house took X a recess to await the senate's action Senator McGovern advocated the doc. Urine of home rule for Connecticut cit ies and said that any infringement or the charter rights of Hartford would be bitterly resented. His remarks oc- cupied nearly an hour. #s.. ..
 At their conclusion Senator Judson WftIl. sarcasm said that Hartford had furnished the state with governors and United States senators in generous measure and it was a pleasing and fit ting climax to it's arrogant assumption of political power that the judiciary branch of the state government should be given over to the city. He ther went into the legal features of the mat. ter, supporting the action of the judi. ciary committee in ignoring the peti. tion.
 The bill was passed by a vote of i: to ' and transmitted to the house.
 An appropriation of s1O,000 for two years to the New Haven County Anti. Tuberculosis society was favorably re. norted in the senate