Litchfield enquirer., 1873-10-30
Constitutional Reform.

terest. Resolutions were reported pledg-
 ing menbers to the. support of nominees
 TOT office distinctly in favor" of con
 stltutional convention, and to the nomi. l nation of separate ticket in case the reg
 ular nominees of both parties are oppos- ed to that project. z.=s=s< < MT. Hamersley. of Hartford, said that,
 as far as he knew, every member of the executive committee of the association
 favored leaving every town at least one representative. Col. Wright, of New Ha-- ven, agreed with Mir. H. in that view. Mir. Egan, of Beacon Falls, thought the great trouble was to convince the country towns that their representation was not to be interfered with tMr. Hamersley then spoke in favor of the proposed resolution requiring nominees to agree to vote for a convention. 4f,s.5.F ffi
 Rev. Dr. Bacon said no reform of rep resentation was possible without con ventlon. We have lost self-representa-
 tion; There is.no department of the gov ernment, except the executive, which rep resents the people. The city has no more influence than 8 town of 500 inhabitants.
 We cannot amend the constitution. One third of either house will defeat any amendment. There it stands and will stand till the people recover the right of self-government. Then there are the pol iticians who think they can run the gov ernment better by the present system. The only remedy is convention"
 Congressman Starkweather favored re- form by amendment. He liked the prss- ent mode of appointing judges, and seem ed opposed to attempting any reduction of the number of country representatives.
 Col. Wright opposed an elective iudic- iary and maintained that commission could effect nothing, because third of the legislature could always be found to de- feat their recommendations. He denied
 that New Haven was advocating reform with any idea of reopening the capital
 controversy. Judge Wayland favored the
 resolution. Dr. Bacon favored represen-
 tation by population in enc legislative house. The judiciary should be above all necessity for hanging about the Hobbies
 of the state house, with hat in hand, year after year, begging for reelection. .. MT. Henry B. Harrison opposed the res
 olution. They hadn't the numbers to form any effective third party. He sug-
 gested throwing overheard all plans for reforms in representation. The country towns will neither be coaxed or forced with reform if their representation is to be at
 tackled. ..-.
 Mir. N. D. Sperry favored the the reso-
 lution and hoped for reform in represen- tion. He wished the executive could
 have the power to appoint commissioners of railroads and banks and commissioners
 of taxation. Were the power so vested, we should see different class of men in office from what had been seen in the past. Change this system of appoint and you stop log-rolling and corruption in these most important departments of gov ernment. ., ..@.--f s. -5+s.se is The Association finally adjourned, two weeks, without final action on the reso- lutions .--tes 9A -. | The oratorIo of the Creation al Washington. It has been decided to give the Ora
 torio at Washington in the Congregation
 al church. on Wednesday evening. Nov. 18th. Distinguished and rn.-~1~- ae1s singers from abroad are engaged for the concert, and Prof Thomas G. Shepard as Organist. f esh.5
 The Chorus will consist of about sixty
 or seventy voices, selected from this and the surrounding towns in the county, who have been practicing for the occasion for some time past. We invite any other good singers in the county who are fa- miliar with this grand work. or who can. become so in time, to meet us in Conven- tion on the day of the concert, fer prac- tice, preparatory to the evening perform ance. The object of this "Choral Union is to become more familiar with this class
 of music which can only be rendered with effect by associating large number of
 voices in thorough drill and practice If ] this effort meets with the success it de-
 serves, the society will continue it's work | in that direction. We call the attention | of the musical public to the following de-
 scription of this grand Oratorio which ap- peared recently in the Hartford Post: ,- The genius and fertile imagination of Haydn have enabled him, by the aid of beautiful music, written for solo voices. | choral and instrumental combinations. to | truthfully depict the great task the Almighty accomplished in the creation of
 the world and it's inhabitants. aI
 Haydn's music (by the aid of Milton's
 poetry) suggestsIto the minds eye series l of tone pictures, commencing with the
 representation of chaos, the creation of l light, the rage of Satan and his demons
 of darkness, plunged into an abyss of tor.
 ment, the beauties of the newly created
 world, tempest, warning of the winds,
 the thunder storm and flashes of light
 ming. the agitated sea, the murmuring
 brook, description of the earth, with the springing into life of trees, plants, and
 flowers, the making of the Armament.
 sun, moon, stars. the creation of the lark.
 dove, nightingale, birds of the air, and
 fish that inhabit the sea, the creation of
 the lion, tiger, horses, stags, and other
 animals, the hosts of insect, the creeping
 worm description of beautiful land.
 scape, the creation of the highest intell-
 lgence, man and woman, the work con.
 cludlng with picture of the Garden of l Eden, and our first parents viewing and
 contemplating the works of God. the
 praises of the blissful par mingling with
 the responsive chorus of angels. :.
 To give full effect to the magnificent
 solos, duets, and trios with which this
 oratorio abounds the following popular