The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-19
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
BEGINS 4 STRENUOUS WEEK
 THIS MORNING.

HOlfday-Judge Preston of ROxbury
 --R. w. De Forest, Yale 70, Mrs.
 Russell sage's Counsel.
 Hartford, Feb. 1S.-Both branches of the general assembly will be in the Capitol at noon Tuesday, with the prospect of d strenuous week at hand investigations will be the order of the day In addition to Governor Wood ruff's services in that line the general assembly will take up the New Britain Savings bank situation and the Fair field county causus will appoint com mittee to investigate the county conn missioner charges in that section of the state. The Savings bank situationis one of grave concern and will necessi- tate changes in the present statutes concerning savings institutions in the state. The need of more rigid exami- nation is at the bottom of the whole question. The idea of registration of securities held by the savings banks and the safe-g guarding of the funds and bonds by making access to them inn practicable by single official is all right as it goes. But beyond these steps there should be a thorough reg istration of all loans made by the saw ings banks, which should be subject at any time by the bank commissioners. This feature has not been pressed in the past. The lack of law requiring registration of loans by savings banks has afforded opportunity for the prac- tice of great Receptions by the bank of ficials upon the bank examiners. II is of great importance at this time that the committee on banks in the house has at it's head a man of thorough knowledge of banking principles. Rep resentative Hooker of Hartford is a man for the emergency that has arisen So unexpectedly since the beginning of the session he has been at work for mulating measures along the line of Governor Woodruff's s recommendation concerning savings banks. A bill of decided merit had been reached before the New Britain Savings bank troubles were unearthed. It isl safe to say that these troubles will be the occasion of more drastic legislation relative to savings banks than has been dreamed of for years.
 It is expected that Washington's birthday, which comes on Friday, will eliminate one of the session days this week. The legislature has not been ! accustomed to hold sessions on Wash ington's birthday and there has been 1 no loss experienced from this course. On the contrary the session in patrio- tism, which the observance of Wash ilgton's birthday has afforded, has been worth a great many times than the cost from adjournment.
 Representative Edward w, Preston l of Roxbury with his wife is domiciled at the Allyn House for the session. He is Judge of Probate in the Roxbury l district and goes out every Frtday for l court day. He is native of the town of RoXbury and is In the prime of life | Judge Preston is Q member of the house committee on finance of which Representative Arthur A. Bailey of Windsor is chairman and is regarded as man of high attachments. Louis E. Pelton of Bridgeport. one of the doorlSeepers in the senate, Is veteran l of the civil war. He belonged to Com pany c of the Sixteenth Connecticut enlisting from the town of Clinton, Of l which he is native. His father was James Peton, who was the pilot on the Oliver Ellsworth, the first steam boat that came up the Connecticut l from New York to Hartford. At Point Look Out, Md he was in charge for 1 months of the Flag of Truce Mail that was sent and received by the Confede- l rate prisoners of war Senate Door keeper Pelton had brother, James Henry Pelton, in the United States navy during the civil war He was a dry goods clerk in Hartford when he enlisted in the Sixteenth regiment un- | der Captain Nathaniel Hayden of Un- ionville, who had his pick of the young men of the city. MT Pelton has been the adjutant of Elias Howe, Jr.. post of the Grand Army in Bridgeport.
 Comptroller Thomas D. Bradstreet will be one of the principal guests at the grand army festivities at Foot Guard armory this week, The function will be given under the auspices of Robert Tyler Post and will be in honor of the veterans in the legislature. The event will be one of great interest in l Grand Army circles.
 Robert Weeks de Forest of the class of 1870 at Yale is the legal counsel ol 1 Mrs. Russell Sage of New York in the
 distribution of her millions. A number | of letters asking for help have beer
 sent to Mrs. Sage from Hartford MT l de Forest has referred the requests tC
 the charity organization here for inves
 tigation. He is an old friend of At
 wood Collins of the board, a Yale mar
 of Prominence in Hartford, and no re-
 quest that is not deserving will run tht gauntlet, Mir de Forest, who is widely
 known as a publicist in New York is z
 classmate of President Morris F. Tylei
 of the Southern New England Tele.
 phone company, General McCormicl
 Reeve, who served in the Philippine!
 from Minnesota and of Judge Morris
 B. Beardsley of Bridgeport.
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