Litchfield enquirer., 1871-05-11
Legislative,
SENATE,

. 1u0 AeSlSlatur0 met on We0n0Sday last. The Senate was called to order, and Ed ward B. Bennett. of Hartford, chosen clerk by a vote of 13 to'7; Senator Ezra Hall was chosen President pro tens by like vote; James E. Winters and Robert E. Horne, lof Winsted) were chosen messengers, and w. Finley and W. A. Murray, doorkeepers. was then brought forward, and the usual committee appointed. After the transaction of other routine business, the Senate took a recess while the election question was being debated in the House. On receipt of the House resolution, the Senate was called, to order, and after, some. debate passed the resolution by strict party vote, and the resolution of adjournment till Wednesday Of this week. Senator Fay was appointed on the committee for canvass of votes. ts fa.,,e- -. f.-.
 3 g .so1l8 -sd) G: HOUSE. 5 ta.:t rsttL The House was organized by the elec- tion of Speaker by the following yote:}
 slc. .5 Edwin H: Bugbee, of Killingly.. .. ,125
 Edward W. Seymour, of Ltchfeh 11O
 B. A. Hough was then elected clerk, and Geo. H. Cowell, of Waterbury, Asst. Clerk. After passage of routine resolutions, rais-
 ing joint standing committees, &c., the Speaker announced the following commit
 tee on contested elections: Hull. of Wind.
 ham, Merrill, of Hartford, and Roberts. of
 Winchester. The committee on canvass of votes for State Officers was then an- nounced as follows: '''' v
 Messrs. Treat. of Woodbridge, IngersoI, of New Haven, Wait, of Norwich, v Pratt, of Wethers' Northrop, of Middletown, Maxwell, of Vernon. To this committee was referred the pe- titfons regarding the Cheshire, Enfield and
 New Haven vote. Mr.. Treat then offered the following resolution: 7s013 4sa4 - Resolred by ttis Assembly, That the joint select committee on canvass of votes for state officers are hereby instructed to inquire into the anega-
 tions of the petitions of Charles s. Scott, Angus tus c. Peck and David Brainard, (which petitions
 have been referred to said committee) and to re- port the facts thereon-and that said committee
 are hereby authorized Gin order exectually to,pros- ecutes such investigation) to issue subp9nas for
 for witnesses, to send for persons and papers, and to open and examine such ballot boxes as said cemmittee may find it necessary or useful for them so to open and examine in the proper and
 efficient conduct of the investigation hereby or tdered. 3Ys. nA1. < sss$Au ygAislaa 5s0gzs 0a |ca The resolution was strenuously opposed by Messrs. Eaton, Ingefsoll, Seymour and other Democrats, and it's passage advocated by ? Messrs. Wait, Hall, Pratt, Latham
 and others. H passed by a strict party
 vote of l27 to 107. Mcssrs. Tngersoll, Sey-
 moaar and Northrop then declined to serve on the committee. and the House adjourned
 till Wednesday of this week. st Y ,a..
 a..aI a4ifi~ 2 THE PENETRATION. ss4 u The joint committee on canvass of votes met at Hartford on Thursday and cons
 menced their examination with the hearing
 of testimony regarding the Cheshire vote. It was proved that the moderator Ia demo- crat( after being apprized of the result of the count of votes, deducted TWENTY THREE
 from the Republican vote for State officers and representatives,. declared the vote after making such deductions and returned the same.eH sssa sss.s fa.y3 Rx sf.5t..s4a.a
 At Enfield they opened the ballot boxes Among the packages was found one ap- -
 parentlys marked 96 but which turned out to contain. bnt7 The counters tally list showed 96, and the retnrn had, evidently been made up. on that basis. On examina.' ton it appeared that the figure seven had been made with something more the usual loop, so that on looking at the figures up-