Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-02-03


grant liquor licenses hence all the
fuss-and ending the terms Of th1ss
now IA Office o. u certsin day and did
not wish r. have legislation passed
which might interfere with this. Rep,
preventative Dunn ~ Wlliimauiie inter
f,osed some remarks about gum shoe
WORK and shady caucus transactions.
and when Judge HotehEiss discovered
that IL required = two thirds vote 70
suspend the rules fri the hoase the Re
publieans Withdrew aud iei the Leon
ard resolution 20 70 the calendar, whore
the View Haven county resolutions
shortly followed g.
In the house this matter Of county
comuisstouersbfp received still more
attention and vas finally made the
order Of the day for next Tuesday,
when al of the resolutions emaaatlng
from county eaueuses which nave
made nominations will undoubtedly
have been introduced in one house or
the other Mr Meltzer Of Bridgeport,
Democrat brought the matter up first
in the house this morning by the in
PRODUCTION OF a resolution naming Ell
Mayor Denis MuIvlhil ~ Bridgeport
for county commissioner Of Fairfield
county as the result Of the county
Democratic eaueus action.
lie asked that the resolution be
tabled FOR calendar and printing, and
this was done. A bit later Mr.. VII
hanson u Barien offered two resolu-
tons naming County Commissioners
Brnphy and Pease FOR reappointment
and asked Immediate consideration u
the frst under suspension Of the rules
He stated that these gentlemen were
the choice Of the county Caucus. His
wish was opposed by Mr. Murphy Of
Daubury. and the point WIS not press
Cd but on the request Of the Danbury
member the two resolutions went 10
the calendar where they were shortly
followed hy two naming Commission
erz case and Guernsey Of Eitchfeid
county FOR reappoIutment
Contested Election Cases.
The house committee on contested
elections met To consider the matter Of
The failure Of many who are contest.
ing seats lu The house to properly file
their petitions. which must b. Signed
bv d Judge az the superior court 10
come within the lqw On this teeh
niealtF alone more than half of the
twenty GFe or thirty petitions which
have been brought more than ever be
fore IN single session could BE-
thrown out over forty lawyers from
an over Connecticut met with the com.
mittee. and after the matter had been
gone over the committee went into ex
eeHtive session and decided that II
would hear all petitions for seats with
out regard to techniealities and decide
each on Its merits.
Governor 6aldwin's Special Message.
Governor Baldwin has sent his first
special message Of the session 10
the house II concerned the gov
errors pet project to have the state
senate elected on one general ticket
Instead Of by districts. as has been
the methed for hundred or two
years back Governor Baldwin has
gone carefully into the matter aud
finds great inequalities in our present
senate districts In accordance with the
figures OF the 1910 census. which he
has obtained In full and which accom-
panled his special message.
Among the measures introduced In
one house or tile other We're the follow
ing. Numerous bills affecting the close
seasons for wild birds and animals.
various bills affecting the liquor bust
ness. including one providing for the
licensing ~ liquor clubs aud another
for the licensing of innkeepers 10 sell
10 guests nj all times IN much the same
manner ~ Is done under the Raiues
law In New York state. ratifying the
income tax amendment 70 thu national
constitutions prohibiting the sale Of
poultry not properly dressed roviding
for a commission form of government
for ali towns. providing for uniform
date for nil town eaueuses and pri
maries providing for state hospital
farm for lnebriates. causing three
cent fare only TO be- collected for a
standing ride on a street car and re
moving all time limits on street car
transfers, crea ting a state park board
creat ting a new county To be called the
county OF Waterbury, with Waterbury
Tor its county seat: providing for ju
venile courts In all the larger cities;
providing for the detention OF impor-
tant witnesses In criminal cases: per
hitting the use OF oil instead OF watts
In sprinkling streets; regulating the
sale of firearms, limiting the hours OF
employment OF drug clerks; providing
for the parole OF one year prisoners in
the state prison; prohibiting the i'm
portation OF tuberculous cattle into
Connecticut.
Medical Mistakes.
Green (quotfugJ-Who ahall decide