Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-05
General Assembly Adjourns Leaving 19 Matters
 on Calendars of the Two Houses
NO GRATUITIES FOR LEGISLATIVE REPORTERS
Only One Vote Mustered For Newspapermens Graft in the Senate-Governor Baldwin Addressing Members Ex presses Some Regrets But on Whole Thought the Assem- ply Had Done Well-Gifts to Speaker and Others
has preceded us

that direction.
 1 Many Useless and Pernicious Meas
 q cannot but think that our con- stituents would have been better pleased had it been determined to keep l the expenditures of the state during | the last two years within its probable revenue.
 , T congratulate you on your rejec-
 ton of a large number of useless and pernicious measures which have been i pressed upon your attention. The work of a legislative body is to be | judged on the negative, even more 1 than on the positive side. Its best ! achievement is often found in resist 1 ing the efforts of i'll informed or ill in tentioned men to secure legislation of a kind that seems better than it is.'' The adjournment was preceded by l two hours of hurly burly in the house, | with Speaker Webster. Republican 1 Leader HeaIey and Democratic Leader
 Thoms doing their utmost to keep the l members down to stern business. Attempt to Revive Newspaper Graft. In the senate the close was a sedate
 one, with the galleries empty Soon after the noon recess Senator McDon- Ough took the seat of Senator Miner, which was the first and nearest chair on the left side from the entrance,
  transmission of business between the two branches Only few matters had been passed on the senate calendar in the morning. and when it became evil dent that the house would leave T hundred matters unacted upon, he moved that all senate matters re- maining be referred to the next gen eral assembly on adjournment. The last effort to get a piece of busi- ness through was that of Senator Nee be in offering Q resolution to pay
 newspapermen their usual gratuities. l Senator McDonough was instantly on i his feet in protest and the resolution fell with a thud. only Senator Neeb9 voting for it. The senate was the first one in a great many years to turn down these and all other gratuities.
 State E,4pIoyes Under Civil Service. In the hustle of moving business fast, members had little idea of what was being done in the closing min utes. Majority Leader Healey in the house had control there. however, and when he so desired a bill or resolution went to the foot of the calendar with little ado. Anyone who tried to get a measure off the foot of the calendar or the table had little chance of suc- cess. Every measure adopted went at l once to the senate.
 Without debate the house adopted {, the bill providing for a state civil ser vice commission and placing all stat9
 employees except those especially ex- empted under civil service rule. This | was in concurrence and members had
 not dreamed it would go through the house without opposition. It was Sen 1 ator Perry's most ambitious measure
 next to the direct primaries bill.
 Highway Appropriation of $3,42o,0o0.
 The house adhered to it's action in passing the highway appropriation bill | I,fIs This means that both branches having 1 passed the appropriation bill, which l carries $3,420,000 for the department 1 it becomes law, and is what Governor Baldwin calls ample funds for the de- l partment work The amendment to
 offered, repeating the $3,000,000 appro- 1 priatiOn, fails. as it was rejected by | the house.
 | Pinboys Under 55 Hour Law.
 The bill to allow school children be- l tween 14 and 16 to work in vacations 1 went through both branches. and the l senate adopted the house bill placing ! bowling alley boys under the 55 hour 1 law. The senate reconsfdered it's ac- 1 ton and in passing and killed the bill l which would have allowed children to 1 have work around dangerous machin- 1 cry.
 1 An attempt to pass resolutions to
 
 mail carrier $25 were opposed by MT. | Healey and voted down A bill for l $500 for the stenographer of the incor- 1 porationS committee was rejected be- cause it was thought to be irregular, 1 the comptroller furnishing this assist l ance.
 Many Presentations. | Speaker Webster withdrew and was | brought back by a committee and 1 thanked for filling the office so accept | ably. Tn the end he was given a gol l
 watch as the token of the house. To
 this the speaker replied. The thanks l of the members to Clerk Sabin Russell and Assistant Clerk John Buckley were l accompanied by stickpins Chaplain Parsons received thanks and a pair of
 gold cuff links Silver loving cups went to Representative Healey the
 majority. and to Representative Thoms, the minority leader. after pres entation speeches by Representative Evarts of Milford and Representative Avery of '1roton, respectively. The thanked as well. A portrait of the | speaker was ordered hung in the speakers room. and then the resoIu- ton for joint session was adopted 1 and the senate notified.
 Increase for Common Pleas Judge. Tn comparison with the lively do- ings downstairs, the senate business was QOn6 QUlSIIX. HdTL or the tune
 Senators Landers and McGrath were in the chair. The bill increa sing sal
 aries of the civil side judges of the common pleas courts of New Haven. Hartford and New London counties went through in concurrence. The $60,000 appropriation bill to carry out the worl1men's compensation law was adopted in concurrence as was the, bill increasing the state bond issue bv
 S4,000.000. making the total S10.O0O, 0n0
 By this means 1t will be possible for the state to issue more bonds with the same plates as used for the bond issue previously authorized and this will save $5.000
 The state park commission bin and the general validating act were adopt ed, as was that giving Waterbury q single taxing district
 Measures Rejected.
 Among measures rejected were those to incorporate the Somerset company in Enfield. to prevent states attorneys drawing S3.000 salary from pracdcing n al 2