Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-13
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS.


 The action of the Republican legislative caucus of Wednesday evening last com mends itself to the good sense of the non- political public. MT. Alfred J. Munyon, a gentleman who has for seven years been the real business man of the office, was nominated for School Fund Commission CT. MT. Lucius l.. Holmes, the present | assistant bank commissioner and the of- ficer who has in point of fact performed the duties of that position, was nominated for bank commissioner. Amos Pease, of Holland County was nominated for State Prison director
 The sharpest fight of the evening was over the appointment of railroad com missioner We clip the following from . the Hartford Post report:
 The railroad ring met with it's first de- feat last evening. When the motion to renominate railroad commissioner came up in the republican caucus, Mir. Good win moved to postpone action thereon for fortnight: He cited. as a precedent, the action of the caucus @ fortnight ago, when, on motion of MT. Hall of Wind ham, the nomination of the school fund commissioners was postponed for the reason, as he (Mr. Hallj alleged, that it was very possible that some legislation in regard to the management of the school fund might be proposed. Mir. Goodwin said that legislation h0d been proposed with view to the reorganization of the board of railroad commissioners, and that q bill to that effect had been before the I'ooi fOT.
 As a farther reason for postponing ac- tion, MT. Goodwin said that a resolution had passed both houses instructing the railroad committee to investigate the al legged delinquencies of the commissioners and that the committee had been instruct ed to report on or before June 9th, the day of the caucus. That the committee had not reported, and that the ostensible reason for not reporting was that the res olution could not be found. That the chairman of the committee had said that he had not seen 1t, while on hand, the clerk of the House said that it was not in his possession, and that he thought he must have given it to some member of the committee, and probably to the chair 1lan, as such has been his usual practice. MT. G. added thet in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of this resoIu- tion another had been passed in the sen ate, and would come up in the house to- day, instructing the committee to report l by Wednesday of next week. For these reasons he urged that action on tho nom- | ination be postponed.
 MT. Hall, chairman of the committee, said in reply that there was not much probability of the committee reporting favorably on the bill reorganizing the board and as to the lost resolution he could only say that he had never seen it, and did not think any member of the committee had. He did not say, however, (though he might have done sol that the committee, acting on copy of the resolu- tion, had had the commissioners before them and had heard all the defence they had to make. MT. Hall hoped the caucns would proceed to nominate. The motion to postpone was lost.
 The name of MT. Gallup was then pre- sented as Q candidate, and his reappoint- ment urged by Mr. Potter of Essex on the ground that he was a faithful and experi- enced officer.
 Mr. Sillman of the railroad committee and MT. Hall, chairman of the committee, also favored his nomination.
 Mir. Goodwin opposed his nomination on the ground that he had been an un- faithful officer. In support of his allega- tion he produced the report of the com missioners, showing that they had per mitted most of the railroad companies to make incomplete returns, and had not reported to the general assembly a single instance of this neglect on the part of the railroad companies, although the law made it his duty thus to report Mir. Hall defended the commissioners. and said that it had been the custom for the past seventeen years for the railroad companies to report in this manner. MT. Goodwin said that until Mr. Bishop became president of the New York and New Haven railroad that company had made full and complete returns. That SO far as that road was concerned Mir. Bishop had inaugurated the practice of making returns in blank
 In reply to an accusation made by a member of the railroad committee that he obtained copies of the commissioners re- ports surreptitiously, Mr. Goodwin asked MT. Hall whether MT. Gallup did not tes | tify before his committee that he had given the printers permission to furnish him with copies of the report Mir. Hall admitted that Mir. Gallup did so testify. but went on to say that 1t was through MT. | GoOdwin's lnstrumentallty that the re- port had been kept back and not distrib- uted.
 Senator Perkins said that the commis- sioners had told him that the delay in the distribution of the report was owing alto gether to the printers.
 It was finally decided to ballot for com missioner, upon which MT. Goodwin with drew saying he did not intend to be bound by MT. Gallup's nomination, which was indicated in the first ballot. The result, however, disappointed MT. Gallup's friends. MT. Andrew Northrop, of Fair field county, was nominated on the third ballot.
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