The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-13
''DRYS" JUb|LANT AT HOUSE ACTION
 FOR. DRY HOLIDAY
Memorial Day Measure Pas ses House, 123 to 83, Despite Adverse
 Report.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Hartford April ,13.-The overturn- ing of the adverse report of the excise committee, and the passage by the house of representatives of the mea- sure calling for the closing of saloons on Memorial day was one of the most
 notable happenings of the current ses- sion of the general assembly. This was accomplished yesterday afternoon after a warm debate. in which the ad- vocates of the bill were led to victory by Malcolm D. Rudd of Salisbury. MT. Rudd is a manufacturer, the chairman of the committee on military affairs and an able speaker.
 The debate on the measure lasted
 nearly an hour. MT. Rudd, in his
 several addresses to the house, ap-
 pealed to the members to vote for the
 measure as a token of respect to the
 members of the grand army and Span
 ish war veterans. He said that he
 was interested in the bill, as a mem
 Der of the Sons of Veterans, an organ
 ization which done more than any
 other single organization, to promote respect for Memorial Day.
 The vote in the house was 123 to 53, a majority that the most enthusiastic advocates of the measure would not have dared to predict. The measure will reach the senate next week.
 The report of the excise committee was explained as having been prepar- ed with the idea that the measure did not have the support of the Sons of Veterans as a body. It appeared in the course of the debate that no formal action had been taken by the association, but that influential offl- cers of it had represented to members of the legislature that it was the sen- timent of the body. that the measure should be passed.
 MT. Rudd, author of the bill, was ably seconded by Representative Sam uel C. Shaw of Bedding. Represen- tatives Blakeman of Stratford, Spen- ington, spoke for the bill, while Rep resentatives Caine of Naugatuck, and Yost of Vernon opposed it.
 Referring to the statement that the veterans often need something to slack their thirst on the holiday, Rear Ad- mira1 Cowles, retired, a member from Farmington, told the house members it was their duty. to go home, and ar range entertainment committees for the veterans, of whom he Is one, and whose way. each year becomes more halting and more dusty. He said he himself proposed to do so in his home town, a statement that won for the admiral hearty round of applause.
 The motion to reject the bill was lost, 123 to 53, and then, on motion of Harry R. Sherwood of Westport it was passed by a viva voce vote.
 In concurrence with the Senate, the house yesterday passed the measure increasing the salaries of the Fairfield county commissioners from 1,8O0 to $2,50O. Representative Sherwood eu- logized the county board in connection with the Judiciary committees favor able report on the measure.
 The house concurred with the sen- ate in passing the bill creating the office of commissioner of motor vehi- cles, but the addition of an amend ment providing for the law to take ef- feet on it's passage will require it to be sent again to the senate.
 The house concurred' with the sen ate in passing a bill providing that motor vehicles, the dri-. yers' view to the rear of which is ob- structed must be equipped with re- f1ectors. The act also provides for these vehicles to give the right of way to non-commercial vehicles approach ing from the rear.