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MORE IN FAVOR OF
 ANNUAL SESSIONS

(Continued from First Page) sessions, with a time limit set upon it. would effect a needed remedy. It is argued by many that such a revival of an old custom, with a prohibition put upon special legislation, would place Connecticut we'll in advance of other States in efficient legislative service.
 Will you be kind enough to give an expression of your views, for or against? We will appreciate your courteous contributions to lively symposium.
 Respectfully yours,
 N. G. OSBORN,
 Editor.
 Tn the replies printed this morning in The Journal and Courier the stud ent of current politics will find much Ito stir his imagination. The views expressed possess the value of origin ality and courage. Judge Fillmore s. Banks of Fairfield, (rep.) the house chairman of the Judiciary committee and leader of the Republican major ity in the House of Representatives, gives an interesting statement of the difficulties which have this year made a short session of>the legislature i'm possible. He apprehends that annual sessions would not remedy the com plaint The Hon. George M. Gum of Milford, (Dem.) the leader of the Democratic minority, is doubtful of annual sessions but faVors the prohibit ton of special legislation. His gen eral views as those of a veteran legis- blator are sure to elicit interest, if 1 they do not provoke comment.
 Ernest Walker Smith of Hartford, (Rep) who was an important mem Der of the Judiciary committee, with ! Mir, Gum, doubts the reformatory in- ! fuence of annual sessions. He, how ever, has a word to say about the jocleying" of party leaders and calls for sharper committee team work Thomas F. Noone of Vernon Dem.) a lieutenant of Mir. Gunn's declares for annual sessions under specified conditions but believes the prohibition of special legislation would eliminate LH6 dglldllOH TOT luOI6 frequent Ol shorter sessions. E. H. Tibbits oi Wallingford (Rep.) is for annual ses- sions with or without biennial sessions William J. Malone of Bristol (Rep who is spoken of as the next leader oI the House of Representatives and some day a speaker is Tor annual ses- sions with time limit set,
 
 E. Hart Fenn of Wethersflelt (Rep.) who for years was a keen leg. islative correspondent for the Hart. ford Courant, gives a characteristical ly laconic reply Both Thomas Clarl of Ansonia (Rep) and Frank o. Da wis of Pomfret (Dem,) favors annua sessions. The letters received are a! follows:
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de B. Parsons. E. E. LOrlIlard. and N

de B. Parsons, P. F. Lorillard, and W Kerr, before 4 p. m. on septembe The start will be made at noon.
 There will be a prize for first, if or more start; prize for second four or more start; prize for t If eight or more start. and prize fourth if twelve or more start, in class. Extra copies of the sailing reotions, or charts of the course. be obtained from the regatta conn | tee at the clubhouse.
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YACHTING AT GLEN COVE.
Autumn Cup Races of New York
 Yacht Club.

New York. Aug. 2S.-The annual re- gatta of the New York Yacht club for the autumn cups will be sailed on Long Island sound, off Glen Cove, on Thursday, September 5. It is open to
 all regular classes, and entries must be filed with the regatta committee, II.
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ATTORNEY PICKETT BACK.

Attorney Edwin s. Pickett, assistant clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, was at his post yesterday. He has jus. returned with Mrs. Pickett from a honeymoon trip of fortnight to Pow nal, Vt.
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Wallingford, Conn, Aug. IS, 19O7
Frequent Sessions Desirable.

Col N. G. Osborn, Editor The Journal
 and Courier, New Haven, Conn:
 Dear Sir: Permit me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter referring to the agitation for annual sessions of the Connecticut General Assembly. am just about to leave town, but de- gre to acknowledge briefly your very courteous letter.
 In my opinion, annual sessions of the
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It was decided to have no stock market next Saturday. So there will be three days intermission with Labor day included.
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"Women are 50 inconsistent.

'What happened now?'
 Marie told her young man that she would never marry him while he used tobacco in any shape or form, and that he could put that in his pipe and smoke it. t."-Baltimore American.
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say that the present 0plnlOn or the public appears to be that we have ses- sions too frequently under the existing order. Certainly our sessions seem of unreasonable and unnecessary length
 It is of course impossible to hold hearings before committees until the time for the presentation of new bus mess has passed and nearly one-third of the session has thus been lost at times. To require all business to be presented on the first day of the ses- sion on the other hand would doubtless work substantial injustice in many cases. If annual sessions were held such injury could be partly avoided by the adoption of a rule that all business must be presented during the first week of the session in order to receive consideration as of right at that ses- sion and that all business thereafter presented would be continued to the next session.
 With a prohibition put upon special legislation" there would be no agitation for shorter sessions. This In my opinion Is tue key to the situation. Doubling the possibility of securing this I am in favor of annual sessions of restricted length and a shortening of the time for new business on the lines above suggested
 Very truly yours,
 THOMAS F. NOONE. Rockville, Conn, Aug. 20, 1907. For Annual Sessions.
 Col N. G. Osborn, The Journal and
 Courier, New Haven, Conn:
 Dear Sir: I have your esteemed cir cular letter of the 18th inst. and will try and give you my ideas in the mat ter. This years session was long and tedious and for that reason did not work any good In certain directions. In my opiuion it could have been made much shorter if the management of affairs had been somewhat different than 1t was, This is not in the form of a criticism but simply as a state ment of facts as they appeared to me
 It has always been a source of won- l uClAllClll lO lllG WllS 'COAllICNLlCul SluuIu insist on the antiquated custom of a l biennial session. We do not conduct our business in this way and I see nc reason why we should attempt to con- duct the States affairs on such pc. culiar basis. I should certainly advo- cate either a session each year or . session say from January until May and then a concluding session in the fall of the same year say from Oct 1 to January 1.
 Either of the above plans would un- occasionally conduce to better result as regards legislative enactment and believe would meet the support of { very considerable number of those whc have had any experience in such mat ters. Very truly yc2-srs
 c. H TTBBTTS
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Connecticut General Assembly, with time limit, would be beneficial both to the State of Connecticut and to the legislators thereof upon one condition, that being that some method be devis- ed which would make the first annual session of each respective two years bear fruit in the disposition of matters before the General Assembly, and which would not permit the valuable time of the first year to be frittered away, resulting in the continuance Of legislative measures to the next ses- sion under the excuse that there would be plenty of time for action during the second year. Very truly yours,
 WILLIAM J. MALONE. Bristol, August 15, 1907.
 Get Soon Quick Remedy. Col. N. c. Osborn, Editor Courier and
 Journal, New Haven, Conn. Dear Sir: Keep special legislation out of the capitol and the sessions will be short enough and the biennial system frequent enough for meetings of the General Assembly.
 Very truly yours,
 F. HART TENN. Hartford, Conn
 Brief Sessions Necessary. Col N C. Osborn
 Dear Sir: Tn reply to your letter of the 18th I would say that MT Heine- man of Meriden on one of the last days of the session, offered a resolu- tion in regard to annual sessions of the legislature, but 1t was declared new business and out of order.
 It seems to me it would be a good thing for not only the members, but for every one who had business with the State.
 If the session would begin in the early part of January and end on the S1st day of March It would greatly benefit large part of the members who have a business that needs their attention in the spring.
 Respectfully etc,
 THOMAS CLARK,
 45 Hull Street. Ansonia, Conn, Aug. 13, 1907.
 Biennial Elections, Annual Sessions. Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 18th, would state that I am in favor of an annual session of the General As sembly, and if the old rule so generally followed in years past of returning a memh for a second term was again tc be carried out should favor annual elections but with the single term Idea should favor biennial elections with annual sessions, limited say from the first Wednesday following the first Monday in January to the last Friday in March or April.
 With such a term think it would be easy to secure better attendance and that the State would be much better served.
 | With prohibition put upon specia legislation the business of a sessior should be very materially decreased. Respectfully your,
 FRANK Q, DAVIS. Pomfret, Conn, Aug. IT, 1907.
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Less Special Legislation

Less Speclal Legislation. Col N G. Osborn Editor, New Haven, Conn: Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry as to the desirability of annual ses- sions of the General Assembly I would
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House Leader Banks.

Col N. c. Osborn, New Haven, Conn:
 Dear Sir; Replying to your favor of the. 18th inst. I would say that the lcng sessions of the General Assembly In this State are principally due to the fact that the State is so small terri torially that the members can conven- iently go home each afternoon. The natural inclination of the members to return home nights is encouraged by the convenience with which this can be accomplished. and by the fact that the State furnishes free transportation.
 Less than one-fifth of the members of the House remain in Hartford over night; the result of this is that it is impossible to begin the daily sessions before Il o'clock and by 2:3O or 1 recess must be taken for lunch and by 3.30 in the afternoon four-ffths of the mem- bers are thinking about home. This is most unfortunate because during the early months of the session committee work is greatly hampered, matters as- signed for a hearing are only partly heard on the day assigned, continued over to some future day and thus drag along undecided, and during the later months of the session it is impossible to have quorum in attendance more than three days in the week and more than about two hours during those three days
 If some method could be devised which would require the members to remain in Hartford over night the length of the sessions would be reduc- ed one-third to one-half. Of course, in the case of the session just ended there were exceptional reasons for the length of the session, It requires near ly an hour to take roll-call in the House, and as a roll-call is required by the constitution whenever a bill or resolution is vetoed, and, as l have above stated, about two hours per day is all that quorum can be expected to be present, you will readily see that action upon two vetoes is about all that can be accomplished in one day.
 or course, the answer to all this is that members should be willing to at tend more than three days each week, and should be Willing to remain ln att tendance six or more hours per day in- stead of two Or three, but experience has conclusively proven that this can not be hoped for under existing condi- tions very much fear that if sessions were held annually the same practical conditions would tend to lengthen the annual sessions, and that the General Assembly would be in session nearly as long each year as it now is every two years. Very sincerely yours, ELNtORE s. BANKS.
 Fairfield, Conn, Aug 19, 1907.
 Mir. Gunn's Views.
 N. G. osborn, Esq, Editor Journal and Courier:
 Dear Sir: A reduction in number of members of House of Representatives of Connecticut Swill do more for good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
BUT ONE BLUE SUNDAY
New York Officials Are Afraid to Try
Another One

New York, Dec. 9.-New York's
Blue Sunday" will be remembered
for a long time. For the first time in
the history of the city $4,000 people,
who usually attend some form of
amusement on that day were forced
to amuse themselves by walking ON
the streets or in the parks. There
was not theater,- a concert hall,
dance hall or lecture room open in
the city and 400 penny and nickel
arcades that usually do an enormous
business were closed. Even the dom
keys that carry children on their
backs for small fee in Central park,
rested.
1t is, estimated that actors, must
clans. and employees of the various
entertainments that usually are open
on Sunday, lost $4,000 by the forced
closing of everything and the esti-
mated loss to the amusement interests
of the city is placed at $150,000.
The board of aldermen will meet
tomorrow and will remove the cause
of the difficulty insofar as it is pos
sible for them to do so. It is thought
that conditions next Sunday will be
improved from the view
point of the amusement seeker. The
police say that genuine disorder would
follow the attempt to enforce another
"blue Sunday"
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PAY FOR HALF A MONTH.
City Employees Won't Get Cash in
Advance for Services.

1.-The council has decided to pay en-
ployes of the city this year, up to and
including that date, on December 16.
This is done to accommodate these
employees so that they may have money
for the Yuletide season, in case they
need it," said Mayor William Green
this morning "It has been the policy
of the city heretofore to pay employees
of the city before Christmas for the en-
tire month of December. Past exper-
fence has shown that the city has lost
by this nearly every year, sometimes
pretty heavily.
This year the council decided to be
accommodating to employees of the city,
but at the same time to compel all the
employees to tote fair and SO the coun-
ell simply adopted a plain, straightfor-
ward business plan. Therefore. the
men will be paid their wages for half
the month and If they desire to quit
work then they may do so without
causing the city any loss or inconven-
fence. There is no other way to do
business.
This administration has striven all
of the time to conduct the business of
the city as it would be conducted by
private individuals in their own bust
ness houses and in most instances we
have saved and are saving the people
considerable money.
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BUT ONE CASE OF DIPHTHERIA
City Is Remarkably Free From Con-
tagious Diseases.

Fred H. Crabb, aged six years. son
of DR.. J. A. Crabb. residing at 1247
Lane street, is confined to his home
with diphtherja. AS soon as the dis
case was diagnosed this morning and
pronounced diphtheria the house was
quarantined by the Topeka board of
health. This is the only case of
1iphtheria in Topeka, according to the
records of the board of health.
Topeka is freer from any sort of
contagious diseases at the present
time, according to the board of health,
than any city of similar size in the
whole country. There are now only
three cases of chicken DoX and one
case of scarlet fever and one of
diphtheria in the vicinity of greater
Topeka. Considering the population,
this record is said to be remarkab bly,
good. The record of the health of the
city, however, has been splendid for
many years. there having been moth
ink like an epidemic in the capital
city for many years.
This showing is due to the health
officers to a great extent. The city is
always in a fairly good sanitary con-
diticn and the board of health is ever
alert in ferreting out and stamping
out conta gicus diseases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
GIFTS FROM MISS GOULD.
Many of Uncle Sans Sailors Garry
Bibles She Gave Them.

New York. Dec. 9-Scores of the SAIL
ors on the battleships which are about
to sail for the Pacific will carry with
them on the cruise Bibles, the personal
gift of Miss Helen Gould. on the fly
leaf of which is her signature and
Scripture text written by her The
gifts were made by Miss Gould to the
sailors who have taken special interest
In the religious meetings at the naval
branch of the Young Mems Christian
association. The lack of chaplalns in
the navy that has been discovered,
forces the fleet to sea with only four
naval ministers aboard They are on
on the battleships Connecticut, Virgin
ia, Georgia and Rhode Island
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
RICH IN TIMBER.
of the Philippine Forests
Said to Be Great.

New York. Dec. 9.-Major Ahern
head of the forestry bureau of the Phil
ippine islands is in New York for the
purpose Of attempting to interest lum-
bermen in the forests of the Philippines.
Few Americans realize the POSSIBLE
tiles of the forests of our possessions in
the east" he said. "In the less popu-
lated islands of the PHILIPPINES there are
immense forests of hard timber that
could be substituted for the valuable
woods that have become scarce in Eu-
rope and America. We have there the
wood of the Nara, similar to the ma
hogany we know here: the Aole wood is
more beautiful than black walnut and
is used extensively for the same pur-
poses. Molava is a light yellow wood
used for general building purposes,
while Tangible and Iauna, soft woods,
are excellent substitutes for pine.
1.-THE forests of Yaoa1 and Malave
are extensive enough to produce mill
lions of railroad ties, to which use their
woods are adapted.
1.-THE government is selling no timber
lands, but is disposing of the standing
timber as fast as possible under restric-
lions against cutting small trees, and
thus providing against denuding the
land.
Half of the profits from the timber
sold have thus far gone to the bureau
of orestry-"
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{ Third Floor

r. Y. M. c. A, tomorrow night will
consist of a mock trial. Clarence
Bradley will be arrested under the Sun
day labor law for maintaining a Sun
day theater. He will be defended by
William McJones, Frank LeBlank and
e. G. Messenger. A. L. Mayer will Of
hciate as prosecuting attorney while
James Mullin Will try the case as judge
B. w. Uric will act at bailiff.
In the free for all athletic events at
the r. r. Y. M. c. A. Saturday night
Jesse Storms won the championship
event in the spring hand jump at feet
inches. Carl Williams was second
and G. r. Blazier third. The standing
in the medal contest at the present
time is c. Williams, first IL points; r.
Reser, second, 10 points; and F. Howe,
third, 8 points. New competitive teams
were chosen, the Tigers, Gophers, Ted
dy Bears and Cubs and a tryout at
basketball between the two teams fol-
lowed. The event for next Saturday
will be a standing high jump. The ad-
vance gymnasium class will hold an
open house Wednesday night at which
all friends and ladies are invited to at
tend.
W. L. Allison, mechanical engineer at
Chicago, went through Topeka yester-
day on a western business trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
WHOLE BLOCK BURNS.
Pawnee, Oklahoma, Sustains Fire Loss
i of 100000.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Dec. "a mes
fire beginning about 2 O'Clock this
morning destroyed a whole block, caus-
ing a loss estimated at 5000, 900. A high
wind was blowing and all the fire de-
partment could do was to confine the
fire to the one block. The fire started
in the rear of o. P. c. H. department
store, destroying it, the Weinberg dry
goods store, Robinson grocery store,
the Globe hotel, Mentzer Brothers
hardware store, the Masonic lodge
building, the Yellowstone and Globe
bars, the postoffice and postoffice news
stand and a drug store. The cause of
the fire is unknown. Insurance covers
about one-fourth of the loss.
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1. M. PENWELL
Undertaken and Embalmer
SIT Quincy Street.
Both Phones l01
GALLAGHER HAS GONE.
Important Witness in Frisco Graft
Cases Disappears.

San Francisco. Dec. 9.-The disap-
pearance of former Supervisor James
L. Gallagher, one of the most inn
portant witnesses for the state in the
bribery graft cases, and the inability
of the prosecution to locate him. this
morning. caused postponement of the
trial OF Patrick Calhoun, president OF
the United Railways, until January z.
Mr.. Calhount desired to go to New
YORK, and was given permission by
the court to leave the state.
Judge Lawler in making the order
of continuance laid stress upon the alb
sence of an important witness for the
state, coupled with uncertainty of his
temperance in this city. This has
given rise to rumors that Gallagher
left with the intention of not returns
ing to San Francisco. The prosecu-
ton regarded his testimony as the
self confessed Ego between" between
Abraham Ruef and the boodling
supervisor as one of the strongest
links against the public service cor
porations.
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ANGRY AT BREWER.
President Declines to Listen to Peace
Envoy.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Associate JUS
tice Harlan of the United States su-
preme court, may be, and undoubtedly
is, a great jurist, but as a peace envoy
he is a rank failure. A short time ago
Justice Brewer of the supreme court,
made speech in New York in which
he said something about Roosevelt
presidency. His observations attract
ed much attention among the politi-
clans, especially at the White House.
President Roosevelt took deep offense,
and to many callers he plainly said SO.
In his characteristic way he called
Judge Brewer several kinds of a pre-
varicator, only he used what he terms
a more ugly word
Justice Brewer heard how the
president felt about it. He claimed he
had intended no offense. He had used
the term hide and SEEK in a ocular
way to drive home a point which he
presidential term should be lengthen-
ed to seven years with an ineligible
clause for second term. Judge
Brewer didn't think the president had
any ground for showing his teeth but
in the interests of peace and harmony
he commissioned Justice Harlan as
peace envoy to assure the president
that no offense was intended.
Judge Harlan went to the White
House a few days ago bearing the
message. He went over the speech in
detail with the president and gave
Judge Brewers version of the of
fensive" utterance. The longer Judge
Harlan talked and the more he ex-
planned the more convinced Roosevelt
became that Judge Brewer had used
the "hide and SEEK term with malice
aforethought.
What the president said to Harlan
about Judge Brewer wouldn't look
well in print One of the mildest ex-
pressfons was that Judge Brewer had
for brains" After the
president had finished his few brief
but pointed remarks Judge Harlan
saw that it was useless to press peace
terms any further and quietly with
drew.
Diplomatic relations between the
president and Judge Brewer continue
to be strained.
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He Couldn't Stand Suspicion.

New York. Dec. because his
business integrity was doubted Theo-
dore Seiz. an art dealer, killed himself.
He left a letter for his son in which
he explained the reason for his act.
Some time ago a customer left a val
liable painting with Seiz who was to
frame it. A fire occurred in the store
and Seiz said the picture was Destroy
ed. The customer sued for the value
Of it and recovered a judgment for
$4,000. Seiz said the jury must have
believed he sold the picture and this
reflection on his honesty was more
than he could stand. He shot him