Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-10

toll from the membership of the house of this session, announcement being made Thursday morning Of the pass. ing of J. Munroe Benjamin of Caanan. Representative Benjamin died at mid- night Wednesday, He was CT years of age, a democrat. and was engaged in business at Falls Village as hotel keeper and farmer.
 Chaplain Marshall made reference to Mir Benjamin's death in his prayer at the opening of the session Thurs- day morning. AcceIeration commences to mark the
 operation of the machinery of the house. On the calendar, which is now assuming the proportions or an ex- perimental weekly, IS matters were starred for action Thursday. and the house disposed of nearly every one of them before adjournment.
 A favorable report from the com-
 mittee on education came into the house Thursday on the bill making an appropriation for the erection of dormitory in connection with the state normal school at Willimantic. House Chairman Ensign reported the meas ure, stating that it is the opinion of the committee that the bill should pass. The report was accepted and a change of reference made to the On
 A resolution granting right to the Putnam Light and Power company to extend the lighting service into the neighboring town of Woodstock was favorably reported to the house on Thursday by the committee on in corporations. The report was accept ed.
 Representative Peck of Stratford found real money-a small package of Uncle Sam's greenbacks-on the floor of the house Thursday morning, There was no stampede when he made the .announcement, but about every member immediately served search
 warrant on himself. fs
 Petitions from Canterbury, Hissa- received in the legislature Thursday in aid of the bills making appropria- tions for the Connecticut agricultural
 station at Storrs.
 In figurativs sense 1t was said by Representative Isbe1l of Ansonia when the matter of adjourning until Tues day next was up for consideration in the house Thursday. that. the senate might go and sit on a tack as far as the house should be governed as
 to holding or not holding Friday ses-
 
 house has adjourned over Friday be- cause the senate had done likewise, although the house had previously vo- ted to meet on Fridays during March and April. MT Isbell said that he supposed the house was independent upper body would come to its senses next week and hold @ Friday session.
 Resolutiens reimbursing John J. Heoker of Rockville for injuries re- l ceived while in the service of the state, granting a pension to Giles Pot ter of New Haven, granting 8 pension l to James OKeefe of Hartford, and reimb1rsing Andrew Cushi of Rock vile for injuries received in the serv- 1 ice of the state, were passed by the house Thursday, after being ifavora- I bly reported on by the committee on 1 claims. Hecker and -Cushi were mem bers of a, Rockville military company and were injured in the war game" l in Massachusetts two years ago. James O'Keefe, night watchman at the capitol for many years, is to re- ceive in retirement pension of $500 year, one- third his present salary. Giles Potter. who long served the ed- ucational interests of the state, is to | have pension at the rate of $750 a year.
 The house passed a bill Thursday, after favorable report by the commit tee on fish and game. prohibiting the taking of black bass less than eight | inches in length from. Connecticut
 waters. The act will amend an act | fixing six inches as the minimum length of any bass that may be taken. Mrs. George L. Clark, who formed a | life partnership with Representative | Clark of Milford a few days ago, was \ O hn nor fzI ~n-1 looking for her bridal clipper, which has been adorning her husbands desk, and to have a look at the men that did ! things to him on Tuesday in a parlia- mentary way, of course. Mrs. Clark I sat in ths house gallery throughout the session.
 1 Ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller of | New London, hale and robust in ap- pearance, was a distinguished visitor I at the capitol Thursday, finding many | people and things to interest him. He had g seat beside the speaker during
 Q part of ths session of the house. l There will be no session of the leg | islature today (Frfday), but, for the
 first time during the session, the judi
 ciary and finance committees will meet, | regardless of the fact that neither house will be sitting. These commit | tees had assigned hearings for Friday | and could not readily avoid the holding of them, as persons from distant parts of the state had been notified to ap- pear.
 | A resolution incident to the death of | Representative Benjamin of Canaan was adopted by the house previous to it's adjournment Thursday in respect to his memory. Speaker Scott named the committee on new towns and probate districts, of which the deceased was a member. to attend the funeral as a | delegation from the house.
 HMr. Terry, the committee is in charge of this hearing. I will ask you
 to resume your seat" This was the