The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-18
WHO WILL BE
STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER?
Committee Hearing On Bill to
Abolish Office of Dairy and
Food Commissioner
Shell Fish Interests Vigorously
Opposing Increased Tax on
Their Holdings

! Hartford, Conn, March 18--Legisla
during the past week and assignment!
of committee hearings for next weel
indicated that the General Assembly
intended no longer to delay business
The introduction of Friday session.
put new vim into the work of mem
bers of both Houses. Yesterday. the
House did more business than during
any two previous days.
Among the important measures tt
come before the Senate next week Is
the task Of selecting Judges for the
New Haven City court The import
in who are selected judges but in the
certainty that the political fight wag-
ed for the appointments will lead to the
adoption Of different method OF
electing minor court judges There is
pending bill providing for the ap-
pointment Of inferior court judges by
the governor. Some members favor
electing the judges by popular vote.
Interest in. Governor Baldwin's prob.
able nominee for State Highway Com
missioner continued undated. The
delay in naming some man Is grating
on the nerves Of the politicians. A
prominent Republican Senator stated
that there was no doubt Of conf1rma-
ton by the Senate, provided the NOM
inee proved to be capable person.
A committee hearing is scheduled On
the bill to abolish the offices Of Dairy
and Food Commissioners. transferring
his duties to the Commissioner OF
Domestic Animals. On the same day
hearing will be held on a bill pro-
viding that the Commissioner OF
Domestic Animals be made a bureau
of the State Board Of Agriculture.
The humor Is generally credited that
no appointments will be made to
either connissionership by the Gov
ernOr until some action has been TAX
en- by the General Assembly on his
recommendation to abolish the office
of Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Another bill enacting a recommends
ton Of the Governor and set down for
hearing next week is the measure
abolishing the office of Building and
Loan Commissioner.
The committee on education will hold
school teachers The teachers will
send up a big lobby.
Rep. Chambers bill concerning tax
alton of shell-f1sh properties may de-
velop into a boomerang. The shell
fish interests have developed remark
ably within a few years and will
bring to bear powerful influence
dSdluSC IdlSiuS tie IDA vi IuGlE uOlQ-
ings.
A bill for county homes for the
treatment of tuberculosis features the
hearings before the committee on hui
name institutions. Several matters
pertaining to county commissioners
will be heard by the judiciary commit
tee One bill provides for the election
of the commissioners by the people.
The special joint committees to in
vestigate combines to fix the price
on necessities Of life began its work
this week, with two well attended and
interesting meetings. The power to
employ counsel and to summon wit
neses promises to shove the probe to
bottom.
Legislators have remarked the
smoothness with which the Governor
nominations to several important Of
fees and high judgships have been
confirmed by the majority party in
the Senate. This attitude Of a Repub-
lican majority to the executive NOM
nations of a Democratic Governor is
said to mark the surrender Of the ma
jority in the Senate.