Putnam patriot., 1913-04-18

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 said the committee did not intend 10 go farther than 1t has gone towards the liberaIl1ing Of Sunday in the bin which fl has reported Gin the Gross biilJ This bill is moderate Unless peremptorily ordered to report an other bill the committee will not go farther.
 Lose Running Rosrd Bill.
 The chances now are that the trol leymen Of the State will lose their fight 10 have the Legislature pass a law prohibiting the riding on running boards Of open cars. The railroad committee which heard the bill has not yet come to a decision upon the matter, but t ie understood that the report will be unfayorable. 1t is pos sible, and even probable. that bill will be reported and will go through giving the public utilities board the power to make orders to that effect in localities where the conditions call for them and if this does not pass 1t will meet the situation for the trolley men will immediately ask that the utilities board reaffirm their order of a year ago and put a penalty on it's violation. The members of the raik road committee feel that such a law would work hardship in some towns. They say that in Danbury, for in- stance. there is very little riding on the running boards except during Dan bury fair week and that in most of the other towns of the State there Is little need Of the law They admit that such a law is needed at Savin Rock and few other places. but they declare that 1t would be unfair to draft q general law to cover few localities.
 New Nomination Fight.
 The Senate is to have another fight over one Of Governor Baldwin's nomi- nations. This time the battle will be over the naming of Frank S lurking ton. Of Litehheld. to be member Of the State Board of Pardons. A hear ing has been assigned for this nomi- nation and for those of Arthur J. Wolff and J Frederick Jackson to be mem bers of the State Board of Health; of Edwin A. Down, Mrs. Martha H. c. Mitchell and Miss Anna C. Walter to be members of the State Board of Charities. The democrats of Litch- field are the remonstrants against Burlington committee of demo cratic representatives from Litchheld has already waited upon Senator Lan- dera, chairman of the committee on executive nominations of Huntingdon They declare that he is one Of the most energetic of the republican poli- ticians Of Lltehfeld county and they demand that the democratic Senate turn him down It is probable that their demand will meet with some re- sponse from the democratic Senators who have not yet recovered from the Corbin nomination.
 Raise c. N. G. Pay.
 There was a debate in the Senate upon the bill raising the pay of the members Of the Connecticut National Guard, Senator Stevens declaring that 1t would add s20.000 to the expenses of the State in the next two years. The bill came up for action upon the favorable report of the committee on military affairs Senator Purcell moved it's passage.
 Senator Stevens asked how much the bill would increase the appropria- ton for the c. N. c.
 Senator Purcell replied that he could not say. There are about 5000 officers and men fin the c. N. C.. he said. He called attention to the fact that the pay Of the regular army had been in creased. and the c. N, c. is practically a part of the army.