Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-18
THE ENQUIRER. LITCHFIELD, JUNE Is. 1898.

reborn" not single democrat could be FoUDd WOr Ihy being entrusted with the duties Ofa deputy sher
 f1 We hear also that gaOler and tavern keeper is likewise to be imported from WashRg,OR. Why would it not be worth while supply the whole cOUn- 'y wh officers from the family coneerH at that place
 We shall soon learn whether the new Sheriff has been liberal than his predecessor i" distributing his deputies among his political opponents.
 The Times ofthis week, in taking sort Of review Of,he proceedings the late legislature, says-There a regret mingled with appreciation of the dO ings of the legislature, and that s ,hishe work of reform carried fHr enough. Too much was left undone. When the legislature convened, it was hoped sufficient number ofdemocratp would he found ao the Panic Judges of the Superior Cour,.- Could this have been done, it would have given uni Errsal satisfaction to the democratic! pary-a"d we should have hailed the measure with loud acclam.- Thath not dope. however, Is owing to no sramt o disposition on tte part octhe democratic members
 This assertion from a leading member of inc legisa- fully accords with the ot-repea,ed declaration in private circles that nothing but the lack of numbers prevented the removal of the Judges of the Superior Court which often conradicied by some of the Jscksonmen. The fact ia. the majority io the legsa
 
 that they hal not majority ofswo-thirds-and hence they dared broach he subject of the removal of the Judges in the legislature. And alter they had moved the Sheriff of Litchfeld county from his office, they found the act ecoming so unpopular-there such spontaneous burst ofpopnar indignation at the gross violation o individual rights and the spirit ofhe consution-that they were afraid to touch the sier- ifs of the other counties who had been threatened.
 The ast Hartford Times contains the valediciory address of Gideon Wees on retiring from the edito- rial charge ofthat paper. With good degree f,a- leNt and tact in dealing out scurry, Mr. Wees has discharged the duties of par.izan editor in manner doubt highly satisfactory the Jackson party. He ptates that his was the first paper in New-EngIand which raised the standard of Jacksonsm. Ifso, ii dountls no, little to his credi, lhn, he has persevered anti; probably nearly half of the whole press i" these states is ranged on the same side, and nearly moeiy also Of the people. Who is to be tue successor ofM W. in the editorial career he does not inform us. He being elected Comptroller, his duties will hereafter be f prof,abIe) more pleasant than those of editor of public print. We wish him all possible comfort in his new vocation.
 Treachery.-We understand that distinguished
 
 Fa,ird was heard to declare in this village few days ago that the fate session the leaders o the party from this county proyed .reacherous to their promisee -that they had promised that if Fairfield would join then. ip removing Mir. Sedgwick, they u turn would assisi fairfield in having A. B. Baldwin rcmoved.- Bat as soon they had effected their ohect in regard this county, they proved aihIess. and would not redeem their pledges. The gentleman expressed his regret that he had lent hmself to accomplish the pur. poses of auch wretched cabal.
 We learn that there was am outrageous attempt to drfaud the State, in the Legislature. just previous 10 i.s atonrnmrMi by some of the upright honest demo- eras. 1. will be remembered that there two or three cOniested elections in the house, ad that the Van Buren succeeded in depriviBg whigs Oi lheir An attempt made to get through resolution which would entiiie those who most interested tn tess contested elections draw from the State the of their expenses but the resolu iion rcjectsd-il was again introduced and 0g0in rejected. li introduced third time, and again rejected; yet notwithstanding these three decisive votes against such a measure, M was discovered by Whg me,nbrr just previous tO adj"urning, that the amount Of these very expenses had been inserted in the report of the committee contingent expenses and had i, been fnr the waichulness of this Der this attempted fraud would have been successful. and those clans. which had been ,hsee time: Vuaid have been sanctioned by the House! This ia
 lovely specn,en of the democracy of the Legislature of l8S5!-N. H. PGitadium.
 In cOrroboraton of the above statement, publish the following brief communication; and add, that we have no doubt the facts such here siaed.- We understand further. that one of the committee was from this county and that he has stated tha, he resist cd the inser,ion of the clam, hot ehat he finally overrued by ihe other members of the committee.
 M,. Adams-I have heard story circulated in va. rous places, iha, after the contested election in Win
 heatar ,aa decided against the sitting member John Boyd resolution was introduced into the legislature to deray the expenses of the witnesses employed by Wm. S. 1oiabird, Esq, which was negaved-,hai the question up again and again tn another form, when it was a second and third time promptly voted dOwn-ihai then the committee on the contingent penses applied to by the said Holabrd to have a clause inserted embracing this item of expense which had been thrice rejected, euPpOsag as is be- Ieved that said bill would pass without iaquiriDg into le various items. The committee resisted s for some lime on the very proper plea that had already bee" ihsee times rejected by the House but as Mr H. was 3kely to be sadded wih a heavy bill oi expense !" payieg his witnesses, the committee not much to their credit, length consenied insert the item of aSoui 8O dollars Unfortunately, however, the bill was read item by item. when this one was detected, and again promptly voted out by all parties. The story is that inquiry of one Of the committee why that item had crep in, he fairly acknowledged that it was serted by MT. Holahrd in his own hand- wriiing- Now want 10 inquire how much truth there is in this slorys Q.