The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-04
LIVELY LEGISLATION
 CORRIDOR GOSSIP Storrs School Graduates Eli gible for Trustee
 ships. APPROPRIATION FIXED. The Enormous Demand of the Norwich Insane
 Hospital.
APPROPRIATION FIXED.

Hospital.
 Hartford, June Ex-Governor Wood ruff has signed the bill authorizing the election of an additional trustee of the Connecticut Agricultural college 1 by the alumni of the institution. The college has a list of 20 graduates, most of them residing in the state. Up to the present time the alumni have had only one representative on the board of trustees. The position is held by A. J. Pierpont of Waterbury, whose term will expire July 1, 1907. His re- election is expected. Ex-Representa- tive Olcott F. King of, South Windsor | is the candidate for the second alumni trusteeship. He has been out of the college ten years and is known l throughout the state as an efficient representative of the college interests. MT King was a member of the general assembly two years ago and was sec retary of the Farmers association in the legislature He was also clerk of the committee on military affairs.
 George w. Rouse of Norwich, one of the house messengers, has been nom- mated for first city sheriff by the re- publicans of that city. Messenger Rouse was a member of ex-Mayor A. c. Hendricks regiment, the Twelfth Connecticut, during the Civil war He was also in the Twelfth battalion of infantry, serving until August F, 1865. He is a member of Sedgwick post of the Grand Army in Norwich and is popular with the war veterans.
 The number of notary public com missions that have been issued since the beginning of Governor Woodruff's administration is 2,160' The number expiring this year is 2,2O0 The gem eral increase each, year is 100 and 1t is expected that 2,3OO commissions will be out for the current twelve months. 1 The income from this source is one ldolIar for each commission.
 The visitation of institutions in the state by the committee on appropria- tions with the view of ascertaining what amounts should be recommended for their support has been completed But a number of important hearings lstill remain to be given by the com lmittee. There seems to be good deal of doubt in the minds of Eastern IConnecticut senators and representa- l tives concerning the amount that will be reported in favor of the Norwich Hospital for the Insane. The sum of S6O0,0OO was asked for the erection of necessary buildings, but these figures l will be tremendously pared. The Icommittee's bill that was fought out in the senate last week, increasing the cost of maintenance of insane paupers by the towns in the hospitals at Mid- ldletown is intended to reduce the num- ber of patients in each of these insti- Itutions and thereby avoid the need of additional buildings for the present at Norwich. Senator Charles B. Waller Iof New London is especially apprehen- sive concerning the outlook. Senator | A. R. Alcorn of Norwich, who is new senator. has done all that man can in his first term for his home institu- ton.
 The annual meeting of the Connec- ticut State Society of the Cincinnati will be held in the senate chamber, IJuly 4. The historian of the society, the Rev. A. N. Lewis of New Haven lhas completed and published the his-
 tory of the order, giving the names and rank of the original Connecticut members, and the present list of
 hereditary members in the state and
 elsewhere, who have descended from them. Interesting arrangements will
 be made for ethe meeting here in July
 Captain Sherwood Cheney of the reg ular army, son of ex-Senator John S Cheney of Manchester, will be home the
 last of this week from Washington Iwhere he has been suffering from a long attack of pneumonia. Captain Cheney has been appointed on tho gen
 eral staff of the regular army in Wash lngton. The promotion is one of the prizes that Is highly valued by the young military officers in the service lCaptain Cheney has served with dis. function in Cuba and the Philippine Is-
 lands. He has been assigned for New. Iport in August.
 The father of Superintendent Spragut of the capitol, Benjamin Sprague oi Andover. was the principal in con tested election case In the house hali
 a century ago. William Babcock hac
 been given the seat from the town anl MT. Sprague instituted the contest which resulted in his favor. The affair
 took place in the old capitol, which now
 belongs to the city of Hartford, and is used for city hall, A few years agt
 the son-in- law of William Babcook Ed
 ward Thurber, was contestant for tho seat from Andover, which was held by the Rev. William c. Walker, a Baptis . clergyman, and father of the abscond ing treasurer of the New Britain Say.
 ngs bank. The contest proved to bt Ifruitless, MT. Walker being finally en trenched in the office.
 Chairman Kingsbury of the commit , tee on agriculture has reported a bil giving the fire chiefs in cities wher,
 the town and city government is con { soidated, the powers of a fire warden i lbut without pay, when such officer re i ceves a salary. The bill also give
 the mayors of cities, where the towl and city government are consolidated the powers of the board of selectmel
 concerning fire wardens in towns Tn, bill will affect number of cities il the state
 } JOHNNY MACK TO WE'D, , After Intercollegiate Defeat Seek