Litchfield enquirer., 1864-06-30
THE LITcH FIELD CONTESTED ELECTION CASE

HE L1TCR FIELD CONTESTED ELECTION CASE We desire to call attention to the decision of the House of Representatives, yesterday, refusing to unseat Mir. Everett H. Wright, (Dem.) of Ltchfeld, notwithstanding the large Republican majority in the House, and the eff forts of most of the party leaders to carry the measure through under the lash of the party caucus The subject was discussed at consid erable length. for two days, and it was clear to the mind of every candid man, that thero was nothing in the evidence adducel on which to rest the conclusions of the majority of the Committee. Mir. Ives. of East Haven, took decided stand against the proposed expulsion of Mir. Wright and told his party iricuds, plainly. that he would not wear party collar that should control his action, wien his iudy- ment and conscience did not approve and he should not obey the snap of the whip from member of another committee-m meaning Mr Pratt, the leader, by courtesy of tho majority ofthe House. The vote stood If to S3-sev eral Of the Republicans voting on the Dc.no cratic side, while many others declined 10 v,to at all, and kept their seals. Tb;. Coarse ot those of the Republicans wEo s'ec!;.ed to he. come party to the unjust proc .ed,no souob+ to be accomplished was hoyorable and da' serving of commendation and wa taLo pleasure in calling atteE.eion to the fact. Tbare was no earthly reason for unseat;nr Mr "right' and the Committee were only cot m to 70 tae work y the use of party machinery PP P Ne'o Hccen Register. A simple morsel of truth, reaeems ,,e above from the ususi unblushiug mendacity of the Req'ster's political diatrbes, It is not truc that there were any efforts made on the part of the "party leaders, to carry the meas. ure through under the lash of the party eau cus;' Nor was any "caucus' held upon the subject at all The whole subject was fairly presented to a Committee of the House ap pointed by itself, and by them decided. The House over-ruled that decision for reasons which We have sufficiently detailed elsewhere but which are totally indefensble
 It is undoubtedly true. however, tn at M, Ives, of East Haven, took a decided stand against the proposed expulsion of Mir. Wright, and that in his harangue upon the case, he gave the true reason for that stand, viz-that ''he would not wear party collar; and ht should not obey the snap Of the snap of the whip from member of another Committee meaning Mr. Platt, the leader, by courtesy of the majority of the House. The Register thus shows up Mir. Ives stand" in nut she'll. He, indeed, wouldn't obey the snap oi the whip; he must snap the whip himself il it be snapped; Ae must judge of the law, and sway the scepter and rule the roost, or befou1 the nest he would be Cesar i. e. Speaker.) or nobody and if he couldn't be Cesar, be ,oould be nobody.
 Here, then we are contcnted to leave this pseudo -uniorst, Ives the ilustrious-in the embrace of the Register and its class. on the highest pinnacle of their affections, to which lie has elevated himself by his gigantic strug- gles on the printing question and on this trusting that he may never sink back to the level of tide-water, from which the Union men picked him up, and sent him, to their sorrow, to misrepresent them in the Connecticut Leg. islature.