Litchfield enquirer., 1867-07-25
THURSDAY JULY IS.

100. The constitutional amendment striking out the word white was then debated. also female suffrage.
 THURSDAY JULY IS.
 In the Senate the bill allowing accused to testify ill their own case came from House amended and was passed. The Air Line Bridge was then dis cussed. Mir. Pierpont finding himself differing in opinion from his constituents desired to be cd, refused Vote on amendment authorizing sus- pension bridge as follows: Nays-Gallag gher Rog- CTS, Elliott, Williams, Clarke of the Sth Gallup, Chandler, Pierpont S.-Yeas-Beach, Austin, Phelps, Cornen. Granger, Johnson, BraiIard Con verse, Dorrance-9. Bill repeating Poll tax, pass- cd, 1O to $. Rcs Introduced allowing town Of Sal isbury to take stock in Salisbury road. Res. ap- proprlatlng So0OO for soldiers memorials, passed. Biil increasing school tax from 4-1O of mill to G-l0, indefinitely postponed.
 In the House, res. providing for better yentila-
 on of cells in State Prison, passed. The bill divi- ding Hatidam into voting districts came back from Senate with House amendment rejected. After a lively discussion the action of the Senate con- cured i'll l1S to 69. Constitutional amendment striking out the word "White" passed, 109 to 80. \ bill defining church membership and repeating present law, passed. The contested seats ot Union were then debated till adjournment.
 ERIDAY, JULY 19.
 In the Senate, a resolution authorizing the city of Hartford to loan it's credit to the Boston and Erie road. referred Bill and resolutions were passed requiring Secretaries of Joint Stock Com panles to make return of assets on books, on the first of October Ill each year; regulating appoint mcnt and duties of Board of Euualizatiou dis couraging the Dog culture; for the appointment ot Commissioners on Joint Stock laws; discoura- gl1l loaters about cars at stations. On Shore Line Bridge, the vote was as follows Yeas-Senators Gallagher, Rogers, Elliott, Wlllianls Clark of the sth, Street, Gallup, Chandler Pierpont, Bucking- han-1O. Nays-Senators Beach, Austin, Phelps Speedway, Clarke of the 18th, Cornen, Granger Johnson, Braiuard Converse, Dorrance-l1. The vote repeating poll reconsidered, and the fol lowing substitute passed Il to 9--and Senate ad- journed till Tuesday :-
 The polls of all white males between the ages o tWenty-one and seventy ycars for town and state taxes, shall be at the uniform rate of s2 for eacE poll, which shall be added to the list of such per son. but for school, district or county taxes such poll shall be placed in the list at 500, provided that all persons paying military communication tax shall be exempt from such poll tax for toWr and state taxes
 In the House, the order of the day, the Union contested election was debated at length ana finding themselves about to be defeated, the de mOcrats commenced leaving the Hall so as to have no quorum. The previous question was ordered however, 9l to g. The Democratic secession con- tlnued, and before taking the final vote quorum wts present. The House therefore adjourned til Monday evening. The COurdah gives the follow. ing report Of the secession movement: lhe speaker stated the question, and thereupon twenty-three democratic members grabbed theil nats filed out of their seats, and went out of the door i'll solid body, being commanded apparent
 
 of the less secretye exclaimed to the crowd as they went down the stairs, ''Wal! I'd like tC know what OH airth We sOt there so long for? Why didn't Evans Waller give the signal atore 2? ** As tue clerk began to call the names the remain ing democratic members renewed the stampede some twelve or fifteen more going out. Among them noticed Phelps of New Haven and Da. wis of Danbury-the arrangement being for all the prominent democrats to stay in the House, and 1 throw the responsibility of the stampede on the men who are of no political consequence, and have no regulations to lose.
 MONDAY, JULY %, The House assembled at 7t P. M. Res. authori- zng the Naugatuck Railroad to extend their road from Derby to Bridgeport, direct passed. Reso. lutiOns were discussed appointing Commissioner on joint stock laWs and to enquire into the expe- diency of having Attorney General. An exci- ted discussion then followed on the Union election case, tho democrats undertaking to justify the cession on Friday.
 TUESDAY, July g.
 In the Senate, after the transaction of unimpor- tant business, the License question was discussed at length.
 In the House, bills providing that Town Treas- urers shall give bond :; that stock in National Banks shall be taxed where owned increasing salary of School Commissioner to $2000, passed. Bills imposing license tax on drummers selling by sample, and increasing salary of Sec. of Board of Education, indefinitely postponed. The Union contested election case then came up. The de- mocrats commenced filibustering, Graves, of tried secession, but just enough staid behind to make quorum, and enable the majority to pass the declaring Chauncey Paul (rep.) duly elect ed in place of Andrew Town (dem.)