New Britain herald., 1915-04-21
MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE
Fixtures in Minority Report SubStI-
 tuted in Bill.

VI Hart1OTQ, ApTll G1.---fALICI tAiN >N-NS lest and most vigorous debate thls ses- $stpn, the house of representatives tn'' afternoon adopted the excise plll III &creasing the fees for liquor icelSe0, &having first substituted by vote ol $105 to 103 the figures in minority report, which are one-third more thali $those which were in the maporlty re &port. and which had been agreed to Boy the liquor interests. The passage of the bill was by a viva vote ill Wnlch 1.-the negative was only faintly heard. The fight for the higher fees was Aed by MT Martin of Orange, who { las house chairman of the committee 8 with two other members submitted he minority report, which would make Ph retail license fee $750, as compared with $500 in the majority report Ill fplace of the present fee Of $4oO, ana Rother forms of licenses in proportion. IA number of amendments were or Eefed by those who favored the maJor- 4 lty report. Amendments Quickly Rejected. These amendments were quickly re- Rjected.
 Mr. Martin then moved the passage Rof the majority report as amended ' by the figures taken from the minority report and this was so voted, with Mittle opposition. The minority report xas then indefinitely postponed.
 MT. Back of Killingly moved to re- Eensider passage of the bill in the hope that it would not prevail.
 A lively debate followed and a roll #an was demanded which was begun ht 2:30 D. m.
 The vote showed that reconsidera- Ntofa was refused 11S to 90. The house hen adjourned.
 Has Flashlight Taken. The house today had its photo 6graph made by flashlight.
 The amended workmen's compen- sation bill, as agreed upon by the Judiciary committee, was expected to Breach the house, but as the clerk of bills, MT. Blodgett had been unable to make a final draft, it's introduction was delayed.
 The house agreed to amendments made by the senate on the bill estab- fishing reciprocal relations with ether states in the practice of medi- &cine and midwifery and the bill so | samended was adopted in concurrence. Favorable Amendments Reported. The cities and boroughs committee 1 reported favorab ble amendments to the Bristol charter, all being subject to ! acceptance by the electors, one q Amendment giving Bristol the right to Acut and sell ice. Two amendments to ti1e Meriden charter permitting the Borrowing of money for sewers and Eavements. and equalize Jurisdiction
 in civil cases in the city court. A 3rorrington borough charter amend tneHt is to regulate street traffic, while &0range is permitted to draw up regu- $lations concerning it's sewer system. %fhe finance committee reported a bill Aamending the real, estate taxation flaws so as to include dams owned by Yprivate concerns in tho list of taxable properties.
 When the excise bill was taken up MT. Morton of Saybrook offered an 3 amendment to the majority report nsubstituting the figures in the minor Yity report for those in the majority report. There had been a divided re- port on this bill. MT. Morton wanted |a roll call vote upon the question if Iadoption of the amendment was to be cted upon, but MT. Hyde of Man <&k1eSlcT, WHO ScIG IlP was TGduy IO SC
 DIT. record in this matter, thought time
 you'd be wasted in a roll call. By
 rising vote MT. Morton lost on his Eequest for roll call, 22 to 161.
 Martin Discusses Figures.
 MT. Martin of Orange, who put ir
 the minority report, explained tha
 the Morton amendment had beer
 drawn up by himself to shorten de
 bate on the majority report. He ther Adiscussed the figures mentioned in the
 two reports. Those in. the majority N would increase the fee by one-third
 nsaking the price in towns over 3,00t
 pcpulation $500, and in smaller towns X$33O. Wholesale licenses would b lncreased from $20O to $500. If nt
 licenses were given up the state woult
 receive $300,00O by a provision givins
 the state twenty-five per cent of tn
 fees Under the minority report re
 tail liquor licenses were increased two { thirds, making their price $750 in
 Stead of $450 in towns over 5000 pop
 ulation, and $4t5 in smaller towns
 while wholesale licenses would ris
 from $200 to $335 and at the sam
 Increase for hotel licenses in smal
 towns. The state would receive prac < Atically $5Oo,ooO under the percentag
 asis. where it receives nothing at tn
 |rresent time. MT. Martin made
 Aplea for passage of the bill with tn
 rninority figures. He said:
 "The time has come when mos
 thinking men realize the importanc
 of the temperance movement an
 neople are looking at the temperanc
 question with considerable respect. |
 this country manufacturers are com
 kpelled to be more strict on the tenn
 berance question among their em
 pIoyes as the compensation laws 0
 Inc states place greater responsibili
 lies upon them. Efficiency and t?m #& rxar1ce nrN bncopnino