New Britain herald., 1917-02-13
DEFICIENCY BILL
 INCREASED AGAIN
Few Thousand More Packed on At Senate Session Today
HEMENWAY IN CRITICS ROLE
Hartford Solon Expresses Opinion That Changes Felt Necessary Indi- Re-appointed.

~ cato Loose SySscm-JuuSc -NcShnl
 Re-appointed.
 Hartford, Feb. 13.-Legislative &C., tfvity became pronounced today as most of the important committee met. < Lesser measures were prepared for hearings on important bills. The ju- dietary committee had before it nine bills proposing changes in the Sunday : laws either in regard to the sale of food and necessaries or to the promo ton of sports or exhibitions of motion pictures. In the main these bills fol- lowed the lines of those introduced in previous sessions. The hearing drew many persons interested for or against the proposed legislation.
 The military affairs committee had the house chamber for a final hear Ing on the revision of the militia law ', to conform to the federal law. The house had no business and was in ses- sion only about five minutes.
 The senate agreed with the house
  as a state auditor.
 ~The general deficiency bill of $684,O02 was. taken from the calen- dar by Senator Boyd, who offered amendments bringing the total up to $69O,5 ,502. Senator Hemenway said he would not oppose the bill as the money was imperatively needed. He thought that the changes offered pointed to a lax system which had led to reporting bill of about $7O0,O0O. He hoped the new budget system would give better results. Senator O'Sullivan wanted to know why $300,- 900 was needed for printing public documents He thought this was a very high figure. Senator Boyd re- piled that the comptroller had ex- plained that the large figure was due to increased cost of white paper and increase in the labor costs. As Sena- tor O'Sullivan wished to .scrutinize other items the bill was tabled for further consideration.
 Local Men Appointed.
 The senate took up resolutions which had been favorably reported appointing city court judges at Water bury, Norwich, Danbury, East Hart ford, Putnam, Naugatuck and Derby; also the court judges at Waterbury, J. T. Meskill, judge at New Britain, G. l.. King, judge at Meriden, and passed them and also by ballot chose Frank B. Haines and John E.. Keeler, 2 judges of the superior court, J. P. Woodruff and J. J. Walsh, judges of the common pleas court, E. B. Gager, judge of the supreme court. Milton A. Shumway, w. L. Bassett and John Il E TyI,- Senator Koppelmann, rising to a question of personal privilege recalled 5 that in a speech he made Friday on a resolution to investigate the conduct of Public Utilities Commissioner Hale he predicted that the agitation would X result in an improvement in the Hartford trolley service. He read from newspaper a clipping to the effect that improvements in the local tervice had been promised by the trolley manager wherever it was needed. The senator said he expected that dangerous grade crossings would be abolished as a next step. Senator [. Barnes who was presiding at the lime informed Senator Kopplemanr that the millennium would come some time,
 A favorably reported bill to re. wise the charter of the Meriden, Mid. dletown and Guilford railway com pany was rejected, while a bill ex tending the time within which the Middletown and Chester railway com pany may extend it's lines was placed on the calendar.
 The legislature will meet on Wasl, lngton's birthday and on Thursda, night of this week, the Judiciary com mittee will meet to hear argument on proposed changes in the work mems compensation laws.
 Eaton Says Showing Is Good. , House Chairman Eaton of the ap propriations committee, in reference to criticism which had been heard ol the general deficiency appropriation bill, pointed out today that the tota money appropriated chargeable to tn 1915 session was less than $15, ,0OO, 900. The deficiency figures as report ed is $69O,5O2. The deficiency appro priation which had to be made at tn 1915 session was $609,143.
 Colonel Eaton pointed out that tn showing this session is a very goo one when it is analysed. When tn appropriations were made in 191 there was no idea that supplies, price Of fOOd ana ldpOf cost would De s . greatly increased as has been the cast . There have been unavoidably large in creased expenses in various depart ments which are directly due to tn factor of increased prices alone. H said that the appropriation made tw years ago may be sufficient to carr the state through to 1917 without
 deficiency. He pointed out furthe that there had been deficiency bill every session in recent years and h believed the citizens can congratulat themselves, that the showing of tn past two years considering condition is as good as before.f