Litchfield enquirer., 1844-06-06
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Eli A. Elliot. Cor the district Of KillingwOEth.
/ motion 10 substitute thename Of George Cartes
GARFIELD
Gurdon Smith, for the district Of SaybrOOE.
aFMotion to insert Seldsn NJ. Pratt, adopted.
MIR. Wright offered u resolution appointing Glde-
on Higgins, Judge Of probate for East Haddam.-
Mr.. Palmer moved to lay on table; certainly the
chairman of the county meeting ought to be allow
ed to present the nomination actually agreed upon,
which was
Stephen Cone for the district of East Haddam.
Resolution appointing Gideon Higgins, passed.
Resolution appointing Erastus Strong, Hurlburt
Swan, and Benz Dowd, county commissions for
Middlesex CO. read. Motion to insert the name Of
Horatio N. Fowler in place of MIR. Swan-both
wings Yeas and nays ordered. Yeas rs, nays 70.
Resolutions from students of Yale College, ex-
pressing their gratitude for restoration to double
resldence-read in part. Mr.. G. H. Beardsley oh.
jected to reading Of such document he considered
it indecorous and improper. Mr.. Foster was in IA
vor Of reading the whole Mr.. B. said If this is
allowed, every case may lead to the introduction of
such series Of resolutions. MIR. NJ. Cook enter
tanned the same view. Mr.. A. A. Durham con-
sdered the papers insult to previous legislators
and to the minority in this house. We do not
come here to hear censures praises from students
or any body else. He believed the majority of the
house would decline to hear it-would not subject
the minority to this insult. MIR Foster was very
DESTROYS to hear it-democrats peculiarly sensitive
in regard to Yale College. Mr.. Copp opposed the
reading. If this is petition, IL should have been
entered in the Secretarys Office, lit does not pre-
tend upon its face to be legislative matter-a
newspaper article might as well be read here laud
ing the acts Of the body. As to the contents, he
should take no offence at them-but it is not our
business to hear such documents. House refused
| to hear the resolutions. .eE 1sr
Wednesday Morning, May 90.
Report of committee against bill increasing sala-
ry of judges, accepted.
Bill appointing justices for Middlesex CO. as made
out in county meeting, read. Motion by Mr.. Pratt
strike out all after resolve, and insert corrected
list. Mr. Palmer objected to this motion as extra
ordinary in its misunderstanding to strike out at
once the whole of the names presented by the
county meeting. If this is to be the course, he
must call for division of the house on every
name; true, there was precedent for this in '38,
but it is exceedingly unusual At that time, it was
considered great reproach upon the members
from Middlesex, that they did not demand the yeas
and nays on every name. We have suffered enough
already, at this session-and submissivey too it is
time to show that we have some sense of the injus-
tice done US. Messrs. Dixon, Strong, and Minor
objected to the motion for division upon every
name MIR. M. Cook said that there is substantial
ly seperate question upon each individual. The
chair sustained Mr. Palmer's motion; but, with
view to expediate business, the motion to divide
the house on each name was withdrawn. Motion
to lay the bill Of county meeting ON table, Yeas
and nays ordered. Yeas 97-nays 20. Laid on
table.
Mr.. Pratt's bill taken up. Motion to lay this bill
on table. Yeas and nays ordered Yeas 74-nays
100; motion negatived. Several additions were
made to the bill, as follows Stephen Cone, East
Haddam; John L. Smith, Middletown; Guy Coop
er, Portland; Warren Tyler, Haddam. Unsuccess-
full motions to add: VIM. Marsh, Lot D. Vanzandt,
Co1I AZ y AT,ks DO d.
ben x. Hinckley, lost. Motion to substitute Eli
lah Day for Ansel Hungerford, Of East Haddam,
lost. ID st tsa ~ .s,@ t- a4er
The addition made to the bill, led Mr.. Minor to
suggest that the house might well add every white
male citizen of Middlesex over 81. Mr.. Burnham
replied that perhaps Mr.. M. would leave out the
word "white," according to the spirit of his Elk.
cellency's message u1. jaH w.
Mr.. Pratt's amended bill then passed.
! Resolutions passed appointing Thos. B. Osborn
judge Of Fairfield county court; and Alva. Gray
Barney Bartram. and Charles Marvin commission.
ers.