Connecticut western news., 1907-06-27
CHANGE
 IN ELECTION LAW
WILL EFFECT REPRESENTATIVES,
Doings of the Lawmakers at Hartford During the Past Week-The Speaker HustIes Things by the Passage of Three Bills Minute.

According to the reports in the daily papers the law makers at Hartford, dur ing the past week, talked much and ac- complished little. Railroad legislation received the bulk of the attention.
 Considerable debate followed the in troduction of an unfavorable report by the committee on appropriations for a model farm in Fairfield county. The bill was finally referred to the committee on agriculture, which has already had it once. The bill raising the salaries of certain county commissioners was pas sed and one permitting the sale of liquor near the Willimantic fair grounds was rejected.
 Representative Alerton of Middlebury spoke at the Farmers Association on the subject of good roads and further pro- gress was made in the matter of effect ing permanent organization.
 Dr. Knight, representative from Lake vile, was one of several who urged the need of an institution for the care of cpl leptics. Dr. Knight did not approve of the expensive way some institutions were built, so as to care for paupers in luxury, and told the committee to ealcu- late on the basis of $25, 5,600 for 50 patients and $50, 1000 for 109 For site, the Sha- ker settlement was suggested and the committee were informed that 800 acres with buildings could be bought for S125, ,000
 The automobile bill was recommitted to roads, bridges and river after lot of amendments had been presented. Some reduced the speed limits now in force, increased the dealers license fee, allow ed temporary tags, allowed local officials to fix speed limits, etc.
 Senator Middleton spoke for the bill passed by the House concerning the pre- vention and treatment of rabies. The Senate adopted the House amendments and then Senator Luther presented a substitute bill. being an amendment to section 1864 of the statutes. simply add ing dogs to the animals that may not go at large without keeper. The amend ment was lost and the bill as amended ill the House was passed in concurrence
 The bucket shop bill was passed with an addition that it should not take effect until July 1, 1908.
 The amendment to the Sunday law, that would, in the opinion of many per- sons, have meant wide-open Sunday, was withdrawn and the bill passed as the House left 1t. A bill was also pas sed placing parochial schools on the same footing with public schools when the matter of applications for liquor licenses are concerned. The rule requiring bills to lie on the speakers desk for day after passage was also suspended by both houses. The bill providing for female factory inspector was passed after beiug amended so that the appointment will be made by the factory inspector.
 The bill to have representatives elect ed on the state instead of local tickets will require, it is said. the nomination of representatives three weeks earlier than has been the custom and will bring the caucuses into time of the year when many people would prefer to be off on vacations instead of looking after politics.
 Acting Speaker Gum got more work out of the House after recess Tuesday than 1t has accomplished in the same period of time in any other day of the session. When he called the House to c.der he had an attendance of about twenty five but when it was discovered that he was passing bills at rate of three to the minute, regardless of the absence of chairman, the hall filled up