The Aidermar.ic Laipj Committee
will make a night examination of the
city lighting system this evening. The
purpose of the tour will be to make
a clear plan for the much needed imr
, provement in the city. They will start
i . T-an
wal ".g" New Series
Governor
Hays' Plea
Suffrage Session
Tells the Bridgeport Times At the Niantic State
Camp That There Will Be No Session of the
Legislature Upon the Matter of Ratifying the
Suffrage Amendment No Emergency Within
the Law is His Reason for Action.
(Special To The Times)
State Camp Grounds. Niantic, Aug. 12 "There will be no
special session of the Legislature upon the matter of the ratifi
cation of the woman's suffrage amendment," Governor Marcus
H. Holcomb said to a representative of The Bridgeport Times
this morning..
The governor is here for the purpose of reviewing the
Fourth Regiment of the State Guard which has been in camp
here since last Monday.
This is the first authoritative announcement from the gov
ernor that he would decline the request made to him by Will
H. Iays, chairman of the National Republican Committee, to
call a special session of the Legislature for the purpose of rati
fying the amendment and it bears out the exclusive announce
ment made in the Bridgeport Times on Tuesday afternoon that
no such session would be held.
