Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-23
Action on the County C0mmiS. toners Was Suddenly Hal
 ted This Morning
GOVERNOR ASKED IT
He Wants 10 Have a Say in the AD- pointments :. Waller Resolution Passed-Geddes Held Up.-
 Other Business.

Hartford, Jan 23.-Action of tn, senate to-day in tabling bills to ap point county commissioners in Tol
 land and Windham counties, taker
 out of courtesy to the governor, be-
 cause of his recommendation that tho power of appointing be taken iron the county delegations and given te the executive, is thought to indicate that no action will be taken on mat. ters of this kind, until the governor is heard from further. Senators Lu- ther, McGovern and Butterworth, to- gether with all the democrats, fla
 vored deferring action and this was
 done.
 In the house bills to appoint coun- ty commissioners in Litchfield and
 New Haven counties were sent to
 the table for the same reason as giv-
 en in the senate, after Commissioner
 Walters nomination had passe
 through it's first stage of passage. In
 less than five minutes after the house
 opened there was a lively debate over
 a resolution introduced by Represen-
 tative Hayes of Waterbury appoint
 ing Jacob D. Walter of Cheshire and
 James Geddes of Waterbury county
 commissioners for New Haven coun-
 ty. Representative Hayes brought
 the matter up in separate resolu-
 tion. The first appointment of Walter
 went through under suspension
 rules. When an attempt was made
 take the same action in regard to Colonel Geddes, Representative
 Banks of Fairfield referred to bill
 pending in relation to the appoint ment of county commissioners by the governor. He thought it would be right to defer action out of cour- tesy to the governor until the matter was decided He asked for the tabling of the matter temporarily. Others spoke in the same strain and by a vote of Al to 30 it was tabled.
 Colonel Schulze of the first regi- pent was retired to-day as briga dier general after the bill had been signed by the governor. Both branch es passed the resolution.
 A petition was offered to appro- priate $10.500 to supply deficience in appropriations in the county cour' of Waterbury. Resolutions amend ing the charter of the city of Water bury relating to contacts and water rents were presented.
 Franklin L. Homan. who on the recount of the ballots in one ward in New Haven, was declared electe over Senator States. was given his seat after having the oath adminis- tered by ieutenant Governor Loke.
 A bill providing for a state high way commission of three members, to be appointed by the governor, each to serve for four years at a salary of $2,500 with $500 additional for the chairman, was presented to-day by Representative Alsop of Avon. The bill is modelled on the highway law of Massachusetts, adapted to in Connecticut, and is in line of the governors recommenda- tions. Of the Massachusetts law Unit ed States Senator Murray Crane has said that it is probably the best in the country. The proposed law re- luires the commission to make a examination of the roads of the state, to make road maps and to collect geological and ether data pre- iminary to construction of a network ,f highways. A state appropriation 10 be met by loan is to be used in building roads and the cost of con- ;truction is to be shared by towns md cities equally by having counties pay a per cent of the cost of roads built within them. The highways Ire to be maintained under super Tision of the commission.
 Representative Thomas of Simsbury will champion the bill. He says that many of the present highways built ,y the state have been allowed to de- eriorate because towns in poor finan- .ial condition have been unable [ teep them in repair, and the cost of 'epair has been thrown on the more wealthy communities. The highways lnder the proposed bill would be built and properly cared or, he says. and the responsibility or their maintenance would be defi- litely fixed and the cost distributed. The practice of town authorities in mending the present ma adamized reads. he claims. is undo ng much of the excellent work done ' Highway Commissioner Macdon- Id.
 A petition was presented in the ouse by the Thomaston. Plymouth & Street Railway company nd the Thomsston Tramway con- any to amend the'r charters.
 A petition to regulate the supertu- of the rural schools to con- 1rm to the laws governing the sane ] Massachusetts was also presented. oth houses adjourned until next tuesday.