New Britain herald., 1917-03-29
SUNDAY BILL GOES
 THROUGH SENATE
Klett Carries Day Despite Great
 Opposition to Measure

Hartford. March 29.-The Sunday bill which would legalize sports and moving picture exhibitions on Sunday was adopted by the senate this after noon in concurrence with the house by a vote of 19 to 16. Senators vot- ing for the bill were: Broder. Hem- enway. Koplemann, .Klett, Whitney. Grady. Doughan. Neebe. Larkin. Hur- ley, O'sullivan. May, Hickey, Bartlett, O'Connell. Caldwell, Williamson, Mead and Lyman. The other sixteen members voting against it. Every amendment offered by senators op- posed to the bill was rejected on prac- tically the same vote.
 The bill will now go to the governor
 The bill drew the largest audience in the upper chamber this session, Members of the house ranged them selves around the sides of the room and the galleries were filled. There was report current that in event of the bill going to the governor in the form in which it passed the house veto might be looked for, but this was only one of many stories after ward. Legislators seemed pretty thoroughly worked up over the changes proposed in the present Sum- day law and embodied in the bill.
 Senator Klett as chairman of the Judiciary committee led the fight for the bill as 1t came from the house. while Senator Leonard was opposed to it and hoped it would be lost "in the shuffle.''
 Prospects for adjournment of the General Assembly about thir. ty days hence were consid- cred very good today as the re- suit of an inquiry of committee chair men as to the amount of work in the committee stage on hand. Not many bills are yet to be reported, and the opinion generally expressed was that if sharp attention is given to matters now on the calendar there will hardly be enough business to keep the legis- lature going. for thirty days.
 The interest today was centered in the senate debate on the Martin Sun day bill, which passed the house last week.
 The roads, bridges and rivers com- mittee has voted to report favorably the HBranford bill permitting highway construction through Short Beach. The bill will give the town until Sep- tember. 1918, to act upon the issuance of bonds to pay for the improvements. The committee reported unfavorably the bills for construction of a highway in the Indian Neck section in that town.
 In the House.
 In the house favorable reports were made on bills requiring lodging houses to be equipped with fire escapes; for incorporation of an e1ec- tric railway from Manchester to Danielson; for salary increases to the adjutant general and his office as- sistants and clerks with authority for employment, of additional assistance in the quartermaster generals de- partment owing to the great burden now thrown upon him; an amend ment to the law concerning the en- ployment of women and minors in public restaurants, cafes, dining rooms manicuring establishments so that minor or woman shall not work between 10 p. m. and a. m. and so that none shall be employed more than ffty-eight hours a week in Such esta ablishment: and amending char. ter of the Hartford and Springfield Street Railway company by extending its rights in various towns
 Senator Klett claimed that as the 'hOuae had refuaAd to rocona3dnr %ho