Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-01

Marked opposition to the Sunday
hotel license law win be strenuous in
the house Petitions against the pas
sage of the bill came into the house
Wednesday from various towns and
cities among them three signed by Cit
liens of Danielson and Plainfield.
A flood of petitions, 62 in number,
came into the house Wednesday from
women of Connecticut. who are op-
posed to the passege of the wolnan's
municipal suffrage bill. indicating that
all of the gentler sex are not agreed
S to the matter of exercising the vot-
ing right. The petitions bore hundreds
of signatures.
Sessions called to meet at 1880 will
probably not be a regular thing,
though everybody claims that they are
anxious 70 finish up the work before
the present general assembly and go
home for rest. Wednesday morning
the house was called to order at the
hour mentioned, but too few members
were present to do much business. so
a recess was taken until Ills.
The democrats in the house rose up
in arms Wednesday morning when Re
publican Leader Ranks moved that the
rules be suspended that action might
be taken on 2 bill concerning the care
Of courthouses. This measure in eff
feet would have taken from the sher-
ifs CT the various counties the right
to appoint janitors in courthouses and
would give that right to the county
commissioners. Representative Thoms
of Waterbury called attention to the
fact that the democrats of the state
have elected four sheriffs and to pass
the bill and take away from them a
right that has been enjoyed by re-
publican sheriffs for years would be
the smallest kind of peanut politics"
Representative Banks did not press
the matter, saying that he cared little
whether the bill passed or not. The
motion TO suspend the rules was lost
Members OF the general assembly
are receiving letters soliciting their
support against the proposal to repeal
$500 has not, it is said been put
into the appropriation bill this time
and it is understood that DILL will
be reported to repeal the law
Under this law the establishment of
"a town libraries has been secured,
VIII ch are now getting state aid and
doing excellent work for the schools
as well as for the public in general
The state now has between 500 and
900 small libraries which are loaned to
country schools for fixed periods. 1t
is claimed that should the present law
De repeated IL would be necessary to
store these Libraries in the garnet of
the capitol, as there would be no mon
ey 10 pay the expenses of sending the
books around the state and the loss
Of the use OF the libraries would be
keenly felt in the country towns Fail
ure to secure the appropriation would
also mean that the aid now given to
all towns in the matter of cataloguing
libraries and putting a system of doing
work into operation would be dis
continued.
The following resolution of condo
lence to Representative Hutchinson of
Essex was passed by the house We'd
nesday morning:
John Hutchinson's Shad (Sad) Face"
When John came m
His face was sad,
He sal he couldn't
Get q Shad.
Suen sin to send
Our shad to York.
While we in Essex
Live on pork.
No matter If
Twas him or her sex
IL the shad but came from
Sex.
never get q good shad roe
All | get now iS ifs shadow