Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-02

Hartford, Conn April 1-The house tomorrow will take up the womans l suffrage question for debate on the 1 unfavorable report of the house com 1 mittee on constitutional amendments on the proposition to strike the word 1 male from the constitution. The 1 sutfragistS expect to rally ill large 1 force. The monster petition bearing l nearly 10000 names in favor of equal l suffrage will be carried into the house.
 This petition is larger than the one
 exhibited two years ago.
 Field Day For Orators.
 The house will also debate at noon
 the bill providing for election of coun-
 ty commissioners by the people. An | other matter which is the order of the l day at noon is the house bill to amend l the constitution of the United States l relative to election of United States | senators. The day promises to be afield 1 day for orators. Two of these
 measures are blanks in the democratic ] platform. This afternoon at a demo- 1 cratic caucus the house members of i Cummings the national committee
 man Chairman Forster of the state committee, and MT. Thoms, the mi
 nority leader to stand squarely for i those things which gre laid down in l the party platform.
 Pregressives Not in Evidence. l It is expected therefore that on the county commissionerships and the | proposed amendment to the federal l constitution there will be division on l party lines. On womans suffrage, Representative Wilson of Bridgeport 1 has announced that he will speak in l favor of suffrage in order to show that 1 there will not be complete desertion | b ythe democrats fthis great move ment.
 The disappearance of the progres- ! sive members in the house was point
 ed out as completely accomplished, for | rseaf ! endum matters affecting the vel | fare of the people and which the su- | preme court of errors has declared to | be constitutional was unfavorably reported, not a single leader of that l party rose to protest Reresentattve | Wilson, a, democrat, after noting that the bill was about to be rejected, rose l and spoke in favor of the principle in
 it.
 Senate Kills Hatpin Bill. 1 The attendance of members was ] large in the house although commuta-
 tion books for the first quarter had
 run out. Debenture bills were passed in both branches and members can now begin drawing their salary and
 mileage in fnstaInents.
 The senate killed the hat-pln' bill, and put the finishing touches on the l effort to repeal the New London ap- | propriation. Senator McNeiI announce i ed that he would put ih q FraWIey boxing bill tomorrow for one he had I against the mosquito pest has borne fruit in passage of a measure which allows a health officer to abate q nuisance in the shape of wet spots on which insects breed.
 Opposition to 5arber's Bill. The governor named Building and Loan Commissioner Woodruff for judge of the Litchfield County Com mon Pleas court, a judicial position for which the nominee is understood i to have a strong liking. The bill to give to the state beard | of health the supervision of barberS in place of the present commission 1 was ready for action but it was de- 1 layed Senator McDoneugh was ab- l sent. Enough was said, however, to | indicate that in the senate there is ] strong opposition to the change. The activity of committees last week | was shown by reporting in of many l bills. The calendars in both bodies i are now good sized volumes.
 The excise hearing on the bill to i limit saloons to one to 1000 inhab- l itants filled the house chamber. F. w. l Orr conducted the case for the Oppo- nents and Arthur McOrmond, Presi- ! dent Quinn of the State Liquor Deal 1 CTS association. John P. Splaine of | New Haven. Attorney David B. Fitz- l gerald of New Haven and Attorney l Klein of Bridgeport spoke. All yigor- | ousIy combatted the claims of the | temperance folks, who had their inning ! last week Mr SpIaine made the i longest address in point of time, de- | scribing what he termed the fallacy ot prohibition. Afterwards in replying to questions by Senator keeney, MT. | Splaine said he believed in removing all limitation in the number of li- censes to be granted, leaving the question to the Judgment of the coun- ty commissioners as to the require ments of d community.
 Commissioners Can es Trusted.
 MT. Fitzgerald in his argument con- tended that the commissioners can be trusted to exercise discretion. He said that very rarely has a decision of a commission been reversed when It has been taken to the courts for re- view; only once has such reversal ] been made in New Haven county. He declared that the supreme court had declared a license to be property and this bill would wipe out the vested rights of 1.347 dealers. He asked the committee not to take away the rights of these business men.
 Men Will Get Liquor Anyway.
 Mr. Fitzgerald said that Rev Mir. Belden in his speech had said that the bill would not affect drinking men, as men would get liquor anyway. The idea was to decrease the number of places in which men could get liquor. MT. Fitzgerald said that Judge Math- ewson of New Haven followed and declared the bill was in the interest of humanity for the uplifting of human ity. He added that he would like to know whether the judge was a saint or sinner He had declared that this measure was for human uplift, "and yet" said MT. Fitzgerald, '1the judge granted more certificates to convicted liquor dealers than any other judge who sat on the New Haven bench"
 Effect of Bill on Politics.
 MT. Fitzgerald said that MT. Rider claimed there were students in Yale who did not know it was a crime to sell liquor to minors under 21. There l are big fellows at Yale who are not 21," said MT. Fitzgerald Sometimes 1 reform CTS get great big fellows who l ' look over 21. send them into saloons T Ix,,- 41