Putnam patriot., 1911-06-09
This Vital Matter Before Senate Next Tuesday.
LEGISLATURE WORKS SLOWLY.
Final Adjournment Very Far off-sen- s+. Votes For Woman Suffrage and Passes Auto Bill Minus Speed Limit
 coverner,s Airship Bill Becomes Law
Especial Correspondence.l

oftarnOOn sessions Wllc1 the mousse has been holding and purposes to con time holding, even though there is soldom quorum present after lunch lime the present session of the Con- racticut general assembly promises to olmost equal the longest session on record for length if it doesn't excel it. The longest session ever held was that of 1909. which adjourned sine die Aug. o1 There is little reason to believe that the present session will adjourn before the 1st of August, and it is said by some of the more experienced that inc public utilities commission matter will not be definitely settled before that. In this case the record of 1gO9 will be beaten
 Public Utilities Main Issue. Though the public utilities matter has become the main topic Of leglsla- tive activity since the judiciary com uittee's two reports of last Tuesday, tbare are several other big matters stiu to be reported, and not all of the Imnortaut matters have been heard in committee as yet. The judiciary com miftee was ready weeks ago to report fayorably on removing all limit on the damages recoverable for accidental deatH. now limited to S5000, but the nrohable attitude of the small town i rapreSentatives. who have heretofore l resisted all efforts to remove this limit # ha.ause they feared a highway acci-
 lsil n Il wealth and large earning capacity 8 whose heirs might recover sum sufii- # cent to bankrupt the town, has de # terred the committee.
 # Meanwhile it's members have sought I some cheek on the amount recoverable # different from limit, but which would protect these towns No meth od of accomplishing this end has been found thus far, and the report hangs fire There will doubtless be reports this week on the employers liability land workmen's compensation matters land also on the liberal Sunday law, and numerous other subjects of first importance are being got into shape Ito report at an early date. It may be sthat a Friday session will be held this #week to make up for the fact that there was no Tuesday session because Of Memorial day, but Friday sessions Twill hardly continue. Neither farmer Bpor city member is willing they should. The public utilities bills were the Special order of the day in the senate flor tomorrow, but last week Thursday &fhey were put over to next Tuesday Because of the absence of Senator Bar hum. Senator Hooker and other sen ators this week. Senator Judson inti- mated that the request for this arose From a wish to delay consideration of the matter. but when he found that Several senators were to be absent he agreed to the change. Privately he as serts with great confidence that the ninority report, which provides for bne commission of three to have charge f all utilities, will pass the senate, but here are few who agree with this. The minority report includes three bills-a commission bill creating a CO., )rdnate commission with the railroad commission to have charge of other Utilities than railroads and trolleys, ill increasing the powers of the rail pad commission and bill to provide gainst the watering of securities-and here are many who feel sure that this rio will pass the senate, though possi- ly with some changes in one or an ther of them.
 Woman Suffrage Passes.
 # Last week Wednesday was busy ay. The senate made history by nSSing the woman suffrage bill giving he women the franchise in municipal lections, thus delighting galleries fill
 with women for the most part nei- apr young nor attractive. This is a Foader bill than that on the foot of De senate calendar. which would give De franchise in city, town and bor- ngh elections to women owning S6W korth of property, but the latter was ft at the foot of the calendar to Nait the action of the house on this De.
 Senator McNeil of Bridgeport, the pungeSt member of the senate and lairman of the woman suffrage com ittee. made the speech which he has Pen promising all session, and Sena
 rS Judson and Mitchell supported Fl m in favor of the bill, though through | elr remarks ran a vein of humoI
 hleh was lacking in the ringing sin
 g.F NFaN NTnf1 tf1
 poker protested vigorously against
 e bill, which he said would force or
 pmen vote which they did moi
 mt but that did not avail. and q
 klng vote showed fourteen senator
 the measure to nine against it.
 pn the shad bill. which was cham
 pned So strenuousIy by Mir Hutchin
 of Essex in the house and whiel
 Puld prohibit the shipping of Connect
 shad outside the state. the senai
 eepted the adverse report of tn
 lAtalttee and reversed the house
 rejected the measure fayorabiy F.
 ried by the railroads committee per
 ltIns railroad to take land aho
 a bond fer the damages and settie
 eFWard. This was rejected in rhe
 se, and Senator Marsden, chairman
 the committee, explained that he
 no hope that the lower branch
 |uid ever alter that action.
 Cattle Inspection Law.
 mother measure provides that all
 ie which are shipped into Connect