Putnam patriot., 1911-07-21


 Bills to New Public Utilities Com srnission-Governor Appoints Railroad
 Commissioners to New Commission.
 All Cattle Coming Into Connecticut
 to Be Tested.
 Special Correspondence1
 Hartford Conn. July 19-The Con necticut seDate did days work of considerable size yesterday on is four orders of the day and other matters. was number of trolley and railway fare bills which had come over from the house after being adversely re ported by be railroads committee in order that the matters they contained might be taken up with Che new pub lie utilities commission. These were rejected, though dfter Il long discus sion of one which provided for but ona five cent fare between any two points within the city of Waterbury. which Senator Ia2lor wanted treated AlIfHEiliA AAbii Ai4Ai itsA
 Then after d short discussion, par ticipated in by Senators McNeil, Jud son and Donovan. the senate passed it's second order of the day. d bill pro yiding for the advisory initiative and referendum on legislation, greatly to the surprise of the seuate Itself. The vote was 27 to c. The thlrd order of the day, the bill providing for Il state purYeyor, once reported unfaYorably by the judiciary committee, recommit- ted and again reported in the same way, received little discussion, but was passed by the senate. the report of the committee notwithstanding, rather as compliment to Senator Judson than otherwise.
 Liability Compensation Measure.
 Then came the employers liability workmen's compensation bill Sena- tor Judson was the first speaker on this and offered the first lot of seven or eight amendments which were of fered during the day He eliminated
 
 from the second purt of the bill, ex- empted employers of four or less per sons from the provisions of either see ton, struck out the exemption Of ag riculturists cthis at Governor BHld wins suggestion and struck out the assumption of risk provision. Sena tor Jndson spoke for three quarters of ..F yit 1. amendments in il.
 Senator Brinsmade then took up the burden in favor of the bill, but offered couple of amendments, one to reduce the compensation from Go to JO per cent of the wages of the victim of an accident and the other reducing the duration of time for payment of com pensatlon from eight to six years. Al 1.22 the senate recessed to 2:l5, and when it reassemhled Senator Peck, who K a manufacturer, spoke at some length in favor of the bill and was followed by others both pro and con. Senator Spellacy was one who defend ed the bill as reported at length. agree ing to but one amendment that re ducing the G0 per cent to O The sen ate was unable to finish the discussion and get to il vote and about midnfter noon set the subject over to this after noon for final settlement.
 New Londor's Million Dollars.
 Meanwhile the house had not been idle For an hour and half it dis cussed the matter of appropriating ST., uoO,O0o for the improvement of New London harbor and at length passed It. which it would have done with but five minutes discussion just as we'll There was but little opposition.
 A very long time was spent on the annexation of Il part of the town ot Ellington, lying lust outside the hor ders of the city of Rockville. to thai city. which had been reported mfa vorably by the committee on new towns and probate districts so lone that this aud the New London matter were practically the ouly subjects han died during the days session, which lasted q lm ll15 to 10 without q r ass. and in the end voted to accept the report and give the petitioners leave to withdraw
 Last week "Wednesday brought out in the senate one of the sharpest eN changes of personalities which have come this session. when the senate committee on Seuate appointments re ported the names of five gentlemen for trustees of the Connecticut school For Boys at Meriden. sometimes known as tho reform school There was no oommotion until the name of John T Walsh of Middlctown was reached. when Senator Frisbie ef that district offered an amendment namins George l Alien. clerk of the state tu. berCulosis commission in place If Mir Walsh Senator judsoH then joined Senator Donovan. who got on ene ot his characteristic rampagCS, in Sayina some very unpretty things about Mir Aliens supposed activities in eeunce. ton with the re enf public utilities leg islation. to which he was said to have been opposed.
 There was also witnessed the unique spectacle of Senator Srellacy'S favor ing Mr. Allen aeainst NIT Walsh on the ground of senatorial courtesy, which would leave the naming If tue candidate to the senator fran the Mid dletown district, though Mr Walsh Is his wife's uncle. The vote was Il to 5l and President Fro lem. Woodruff. who was in the ehair, broke the tie sn favor If Mir, Allen. Rack of the in cldent llns the fnet fhat Mr Malsh