Connecticut western news., 1880-02-18
Legislative Notes.

The representatives of this county held al
 adjourned meeting last Wednesday. The re
 port of the auditors was accepted, and ta:
 of a quarter of a mill was ordered to be raise,
 on the county.
 The Wadhams fee bill came to grief in tn
 Senate. Senators Brewster, Buck, Smith
 Peet and Patton spoke against it, and it was in definitely postponed by an almost unanimou vote The only Senator who raised his vo,c l in favor of it was Doctor Lewis of Plainteld A bill has been introduced to incorporat Charles H. Briggs, Lyman Dunning, Freder | ick Bronson and others as ''The Tobacco Growers Mutual Insurance Company" | The Probate District bill was reported ad versely. MT Stanton said that two Govern ors had recommended some changes, but n, | one seemed to be in favor of this particula bill and the Committee reported unanimously | against it. The bill was rejected.
 Bill favorably reported, that mo complain praying for a divorce shall be heard or any decree granted thereon until after the expira tion of ninety days from the day to whicl such complaint is made returuable." The ju dietary committee submitted this as all the leg islation to be recommended on the subject
 They did not think any good could come iron | requiring State Attorneys to appear on de l fault of respondents-the law would be evad ed by collisions.
 The Governor communicated the extraordi nary fact that the Paris Exposition Commis sion had on hand an unexpended balance O $l2O0, and suggested the continuance of tht managers to secure representation at Mel bourne, Australia. The committee on Constitutional amend ments had hearing last week on the propos ed amendment requiring judges to be ,e0aaS mated by the Governor. Judge Seymour Gov Hubbard and Simeon B. Baldwin spoke in favor of it, and Speaker Marcy, Judge c H. Bancoe, John L. Henter and others op posed it. They were opposed to the one man power. It would not take the appoint ment out of politics. The following is the substance of Gov Hubbard's remarks:-
 was appointed by the State Bar Assoca tion to present this amendment Whatever may be said of lawyers, no one will deny that they earnestly desire good judges. There is no office exercised among men like that of a judge. Life, property, reputation, social or. der, depend upon the functions of judge It is the one office in any state which by fal exceeds any other. Every citizen has per. sonal interest In it. The appointment should be removed from party caucuses which are political joint stock corporations. Suppose MT. Chairman, you had this duty. Would you not look over the state and see whose head is lifted above his fellows and choose him who stands highest in his profession I The bench should be the ambition of the very best lawyers. The honor should be sc hlgh that attorneys would be willing to leave their large fees behind when they ascend the bench. hope, before die, to see the bench lifted so high that the lawyer who is earning the most money will be willing to abandon money-making in order to wear the honors of the judge. Make some one man responsible for these selections and get rid of King Cau. GUS. The choice is to be by the assembly. Only the nomination by the executive l would also suggest that we are now bound down by the limitations of the constitution, and that it might be well to provide for an election in such manner as the general as- sembly by law shall prescribe. Then we might try different modes
 The last legislature passed law requiring individual guarantees, or collateral security for loans by savings banks to manufacturing or Church corporations. A bill has been in- troduced to repeal this law, which is opposed by some of the Savings Banks of Hartford on great pressure for such loans, which some times is almost irresistible. The amount of loans to churches in the state is $l,199, ,l26, about one-half of which is secured by mort gage only.
 There has beensan unusually small amount of business of general interest introduced and final adjournment ought to be reached about the lst of March.