New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-19

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AS the bill will reach Secretary r.
State Ferry during the day, the conly
mission can be named without delay.
There will be three senators, four rep-
latter to be named by the governor
The bill was called up in the SEN
ate by Senator Adams who asked for
its adoption. Senator Williamson who
had the matter tabled yesterday said
he had made the inquiry that he de-
sired and found that the pub
lie utilities commission had all facts
to serve as a basis for an inquiry,
but that body did not feel ready to
make special recomm endations. He
felt that a special commission could
do this.
Henenway Voices Opposition.
Senator HemenWay was opposed to
a special commission and thought the
object of the inquiry was to aid the
trolley companies in getting rid of
certain obligations which were i'm
posed on. them by the state. He
claimed that attorneys for the COM
panies have been active for the COM
mission plan. In effect, he thought,
the companies were setting up plan
to get relief He doubted if COM
mission could add to the facts al
ready known or provide a solution for
the bad service that now exists, un-
less it was through state aid.
Senator Woodruff said he had been
tho matter and realizing the serious
condition in which the trolleys find
themselves, he Favored the special
commission.
Senator Dillon believed that Sena-
tor Hemenways attitude was opposite
to that he had previously taken.
Will Furnish All Facts.
The report and bill were passed and
sent to the house.
In the house Mr.. Meach of tho
railroad committee said that the pub
lie utilities commission would furnish
all facts it had, but a special com
mission would work better on this
problem, which he regarded as serious
with two companies in receivership
and two others fast sliding into one.
1T was voted SO to 54, to suspend !
the rules and tho bill was adopted in
concurrence. On a motion to trans
nit, Mr.. Geary obtained a roll call.
The roll call vote was 147 to 54 in
favor of transmission.
On the ground that a precedent
would be made, the military affairs
committee reported unfavorably on q
bill to put an iron fence around the
Soldiers Memorial on East Haven
green.
The agriculture committee will re-
port a bill for a boys working reserve
and ask the appropriate committee
for money.
Labor Bills Turned Down.
The labor committee unfavorably
reported the bill to put all state in
stitutions under the eight-hour day
for employees which would have added
100000 to the states payroll, and on
bills concerning shuttles licensing of
firemen and engineers and on an ele-
vator bill which would apply to only
half a dozen elevators in the state.
Control Use of Red Flag.
A bill to control the use of the red
flag was reported to the senate as
follows:
Amy person who publicly or pri-
vately carries or displays the red flag
as a symbol calculated to, or which
may incite people to disorder or
breaches of the law, shall be fined not
more than two hundred dollars and
imprisoned not more than six months,
or BOTH
Prohibition Bobs Up Again.
The federal prohibition amendment
came into the senate again on action
of insistence of the house, which had
asked for a conference, and out of
courtesy to the lower branch, Sena~
tor Brooks was named as the con-
feree. The house conferees are Rep
resentatives Shaw and Geary.
The house concurred in electing
J. H. Barnes and H. H. Pettis Judges
at Norwich and J. F. McGrath and
w J. Larking, Jr., Judges at Water
bury.
The senate adopted Waterbury bills
to authorize issuance Of isolation hos
pital, street Improvement and fire de-
partment bonds, and number OF
calendar matters of a lesser character.