The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-05-29
WORKINC CMEN'S
COMPENSATION
BILL is LAW !!
House Fully Two Days
Behind Senate in
Its Affairs
Lobby Seeks Another Crack at
Merger Supervision Bill
but Is ThWaTted

Hartford. May 2s.-Governor Bald
win, this afternoon, signed the work
mems compensation bill.
Hartford. May 2s-Every effort was
made in both branches of the IegisIa-
F ture, today, to expedite business. De-
bate was cut as short as parliament
tarS rules would permit. However,
the Senate discussed for a moment The
Question of meeting tomorrow but de-
layed action until later in the day.
The House Is fully two days behind
the Senate. An EFFORT was made to
get back into the Senate the bill
adopted, yesterday, providing for SUI
psrvision by the public utilities com
mission Of mergers by public service
corporations Senators Perry and
weed declared that this was an effort
OF parties who wished to defeat the
measure and Mr.. Weed declared that
the lobby had worked all yesterday.
sat Up all night and was swarming
about the capitol today. in order TO
get e chance to get at the bill again
and defeat 1t. The lieutenant gov
error ruled that the bill was in pes
session of the House.
The Individual errnory appropria-
ton bills which the House rejected.
yesterday, after adoption Of the gem
era1 bill. were brought UP in the Sem
ate. today, and Lieut. Gov Tfngier
ruled. that they had no place there
senator Perry remarked that children
that were born and reared in the
House had no connection with the Sem
ate and the chair agreed that this was
50.
The bi11 increasing the power or the
city OF New London in relation to
building lines, smoke nuisance, parks
and the city plan, was adopted as
we're those which give borough and
assessment and collection of the per-
sona7 tax.
COMPROMISE ON POLLUTION.
The Bill giving the state Board of
Health power to Investigate the polIu-
ticn OF streams and tidal waters and
reQrirfng It to report recommendations
TO the next General Assembly, was
bill For the original pollution bill in
froduced and advocated by the oyster
men and by States Attorney Judson
OF Fairfield county.
SENATOR REYNOLDS ILL.
When the bill concerning the taking
Of shad in. certain tributaries OF the
Connecticut river was called 1t was
s4th district was Ill and might not re-
turn before the session ends.
THE sHAD PROBLEM.
The shad bT1i in question was the
conference committees report. the
Senate having adopted a bill closing
the upper tributaries and the House
having rejected it. Senator Kelsey ex
pladned that In order to preserve shad
in the Connecticut, the fishermen on
the lower tributaries, last session,
agreed to have those closed. expect
ing that the tributaries about Middle
town would be closed as a matter of
fair play as the Senate this time had
HI oil
while the upper river men were strong
enough 70 have the House defeat it,
The conference committee, looking at
the question of fair play, decided that
II the tributaries above Middletown
were to be open, those below at points
repeating the law passed last session.
"A lively debate followed. Senator
johnson, OF Hartford, maintaining
that half a loaf is better than no
bread. said that it would be wrong
to repeal 2. good law. As the Senate
had favored the closing of all streams
he thought the blame should be put
upon the House. Mr.. Kelsey replied
that the House evidently wa willing
to take this blame and the upper
river fishermen were taking the fish.
The conference conInittee's report was
rejected. leaving the Senate still
maintaining it's attitude in favor of
closing all tributaries. This will Leave
the Ehad law as 1t is at present.
BOARD OF CHTROPODY.
A new bill creating board of
chiropody, three members of which
are to be appointed by the governor,
was reported by the human institu-
lions committee and adopted. In
concurrence, the Senate adopted the
bill creating a commission of three to
be appointed by the governor to in
quire into the matters relating to the
employment of convict labor in the
several penal institutions of the state
and in foreign countries and report its
hndings to the next legislature.
PERRY FOR CIVIL SERVICE.
Senator Perry explained his bill es-
tabIishfng a. compulsory civil service
system for state officers and employ-
Rs. saying that it aimed to make a
more permanent and efficient CORPS
Of employees in the state departne
Tor the policy of the departments, also
All appointive officers of the gover-
nor OF general assembly.
Senator Neebe opposed the bill saw
Ing that the state never had any
thing like this before and he did not
believe et is needed now Senator
5ohnson of Hartford said that it was
rekrettabIe that the state never had
such a system and it was time that
Conn ecticut took its place among 9th
er states that have civil service sys-
term The bill. he thought. is one
OF the best ever presented TO a Sen
ate SeIza.tor sstsvens pointed out
that this was the third bill Great
fore the Senate. Senator Perry spoke