New Britain herald., 1916-03-27


 1 mated to the senate to be postmaster | house deceased.
 Representative Hull of Tennessee, author of the income tax law, had a 1 Colloquoy with Representative Hill of | Connecticut when the former under took to answer the Iatter'S statements about the %''~ecd depleted condition of the treasury.
 4s Senator Mclean today presented to 1 the senate the following petitions: Petition of Trades Council of New l Haven favoring confirmation of MT. l Brandeis.
 Petition of the Cham Der of Com i merce of Thompsonville, favoring Legislation for improving Connecti- ] cut river between Hartford and 1 Holyoke.
 l. Petition of Jewellers club of Hart ford in favor of Stevens Ayers bill to maintain fixed prices. | Petition of the Women's Civic League of Stamford, favoring inves- tigation of conditions surrounding dairies and creameries. Petition of citizens of South Will i lington in favor of national prohibit 1 ton.
 Petition of the W. c. T. L. of En- field, favoring federal censorship of motion pictures.
 Petition of Bartlett Camp, No. II, Sons of Veterans of Bridgeport favor ing preparedness.
 Petition of executive board of the Connecticut State Federation of EVomens' clubs favoring federal child . Ia bor bill
 1f fnIl in ef ing against so-called Madden amend sment to P. O. appropriation bill af- fecting parcels post:
 Mapping Grange, No. 30, of, Wap- ping.
 Aspetuclz Grande, No, 16o, Of New Milford.
 Berlin Grange. No. "A, of Berlin.
 Stafford Grange, No. 55, of Stafford.
 Wallingford Grange, No 33. of Wallingford
 Colchester Grange, No. 7s, of Col chester.
 Hebron Grange, No. iii, of Gilead.
 Darien Grange, No. 1S3, of Darien.
 Tunxis Grange. No. 13, of Bloom field. Connecticut State Board of AgricuI- l ture, of Hartford.
 To Pay Connecticut People.
 
 Senator Lee of Maryland yesterday reported from the committee on claims and the senate passed the house bill like that of Senator Me- Leans of Connecticut, providing for the relief of the heirs of John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet l Home" by Paying a little over $2O0 | to a Miss Lee of Connecticut and l others, on account of a sum due MT. i Payne as American consul at Tunis, | Africa. An appropriation of S1O,0O0 to re- | pair damage caused by a storm in the 1 Ilatt 4 National 4 Park, Oklahoma l named after the late Senator O. H. l Platt of Connecticut, was approved by 1 the senate as an item of the urgent l appropriation bill. The | amendment was offered by Senator l Owen of Oklahoma and supported by | senator Brandegee of Connecticut l 'latt's successor. Senator Warren of 1 Wyoming opposed the proposition | saying that it was Platt's idea that | he park should become a state park The park contains some valuable 1 healing springs.
 Miss Hill Secretary.
 In connection With the cam pa1gn 1 which the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage is to carry on in the western states, where women vote, for the organization of a Woman's Po- l!tical party to fight the democratic party on account of opposition to woman suffrage, it is announced that | Miss Elsie Hill. daughter of Repre- SC entative E. J. Hill. has been appoint eG central states field secretary of the union, with headquarters at Chicago, ] and that she will have charge of the l in Illinois.
 Oakey's Bills.
 Representative Oakley has intro duced bills for pensions to Anne Con- l nelly of Hartford and Herschell l Young of that city, also a petition of the Young Women's Christian Asso- 1 Ciation of Cennecticu, for federal censorship of moving pictures.
 Other petitions from Connecticut have been presented as follows:
 By MT Tilson: Petition of Horeb lodge, No. 25, Independent Order B'nai> Brith, New Haven, Conn.,, op- posing Burnett immigration bill.
 Also, petition of Hubert Warner and others of Clintonville. Conn. op- posing House bills 491, 652, and 6.46S. for closing barber shops on Sunday in District of Columbia
 Also, petition of Mrs D. J. Clark and others of East Haven, Conn iavoring censorship of motion pic lures.
 Also, petitions of F. H. Smith and ten others and E. H. Wooding and Others, of Wallingforr1; Otto Ander- son and twentyfour citizens and Svea lodge, International Order of Good Templars, of Branford, Conn.,, f.. Nnri1aec national nrnhi hitia.,