Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-27

the eSeMAte-PF0bab1o Results that " AA FOllOw-The New Haven Consolidation Scheme suddemIy SqWeIchod-Honrin9s Before Various Comnlttteos-OtherM Mat 1ers Of Interest. s
 HARTFORD, Feb. 26.
 Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL COURIER.
 The attendance at the opening sessions Of the week in both Senate and House were quite large. There were only two vacant seats in the Senate, but in the House there were at least fifty Rsprossn tatives conspicu- ous by their absence. The attendance in the ''third house'' was not large, although Speaker" Atwater, of New Haven, and
 ''Chaplain" Carpenter, or Norwich, were in | their respective places.
 There was a regular political bombshsll l thrown into the Senate this afternon. when His Excellency the Governor sent a message ! to that body by his gentlemanly executive secretary. When it was reached the clerk ! read the resignation of Senator Hyatt and his reappointment as bank commissioner for three years from July 1st next. It is well known that this appointment has hung fire for long time, the Governor desiring to ! nominate William Parsons of the Hartford Telegram for the position. while the friends of Senator Hyatt were clamoring for his re- appointment. The Governor was in a di- Iemma that he hardly knew how to overcome without making enemies on one side or the other. Judge Birdssll, who is said to fur nish the 'tgrease'' that keeps the wheels of the Telegram in motion, was bitterly opposed to Senator Hyatt's reappointment and there seemed to be not the remotest chance of Mir. Parsons confirmation if he was I to-day, when Governor Waller sent for Sem ator Hyatt. That gentleman appeared in the Governors room, and the whole matter of the appointment of bank commissioner was talked over. The Governor informed Sem stor Hyatt that he was ready to appoint him bank commissioner with the understanding that he should then and there tender his resig- nation as Senator. Tho Governor said that he was decidedly opposed to appointing a person to office who held position in the 1 body that was to confirm his nomination.
 Senator Hyatt concluded under the circuna- 1 stances that he would resign his position as Senator and he immediately wrote his resig- l nation, which the Governor promply sent to the Senate with Mir. Hyatt's reappointment. In executive session the Senate promptly | confirmed MT. Hyatt's appointment, the vote ! being unanimous. Leading Democrats are . good deal exercised over the fact that the Governor forced the resignation of Senator ! Hyatt. He was elected from Republican district by ten majority, principally on &C., count of his popularity. Now new election | must be called by the Governor and there is | no doubt but that Republican Senators will be elected. This will leave eleven Republi- ' can and one Democratic Senator who will hold over next year, and this will most as- suredly make difference of one vote on joint ballot for United States Senator in the Legis- Iature next year. If the House should be Democratic by a small majority or sufficient to overcome the Republican l majority in the Senate within one | then the fault of Republican Senator's election would be laid at Governor Walters door. The Governor. however, had evidently fully considered this matter and had arrived at the conclusion that there was ! no danger of such an emergency arising. It I is expected that the Telegram to morrow | morning will come out with scathing article on the Gov0rnor's weakkneed" policy in reappeinting Senator Hyatt, although he is
 acknowledged by both Republicans and Democrats to be one of the best bank com missioners who has ever served the State.
 The consolidation of the New Haven town
 and city governments. came up before the Committee on Cites and Boroughs this sf- I ternoon. The committee room was filled with l representatives from Rev HaN city, East
 Haven Annex and Wsstville, all anxious to bO
 heard on the proposed bill. The ball Was
 opened by William K. Townsend, Esq who
 appeared as attorney for the opponents of
 the scheme.
 He claimed that the notice given to the
 outlying borough and villages was without
 any legal effect whatever, as the notice re-
 quired by law had not been given. He asked that the bill be dismissed.
 Johnson T. Platt, for the petitioners, said this question was not 8 new one, but had been brewing for years.
 He said that taxes had increased in
 New Haven for some years. Mir. PIatt re-
 ferred to the action of the Civil Service Re
 form association, the taxpayers association, t the voters of the city and then said that he distinctly disaVowed any intention on the part of the city to annihilate these outlying districts. It was, he said, a simple matter of ! business and the only desire on the part of
 any of these associations was to reduce sx- l penSes of carrying on two governments by [ forming the two into one, thereby largely re- ducing the expenses.
 T H. c. Rowe, of Fair Haven (East), follow ! ed MT. Platt and said although he was not an
 attorney, yet he represented the Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards and he desired to say ' kI1ok1 nSa
 the electors in those wards to appear and be
 heard. He said that this committee wanted the borough and outlying ward committees
 to tell them what they wanted and If they
 did not do so, then this committee of tax
 payers, so called, proposed to prepare bill ! | to suit themselves.
 The committee then retired to the ante room to consider whether legal notice had
 been given. After being absent about ten
 minutes they returned and through Senator | Barrows stated that they we're of the opinion ! that the bill should not be considered at this
 session, because legal notice had not been : given, and also because it was too late in the
 session to consider so important matter. The large number of witnesses summoned then retired, some of them downcast over the result and others correspondingIy happy. The Committee on Humane Institu- Y
 and heard parties interested in the law
 providing homes for poor and neglected
 children. There is a disposition on the part } of some to have this law repealed, while
 others as strenuously opposed it. Before
 the Temperance committee appeared Ex- 8 Senator Lyman D. Brewster, of Danbury to \ advocate bill that he has caused to be intro. r duced providing for 8 fee of $500 for 5 license to sell liquor without any reduction from this sum. In other words making it nt1 2 charge this amount and not, as nowt giving q them the power to fix the sum between $IOO snd $500. The bill also provides for Q much smaller license for those who sell beer
 only.
 The Committee on RaiIrnads heard evi-
 dence on the resolution introduced at the in-
 stance Of Mr, Goodwin, of East Hartford,
 which provides thaE the Railroad committee
 shall inquire and report as to whether any
 railroad company in the State has invested ip
 the stocks and bonds of any other company,
 and if so, to what extent, what was paid for
 the same and the present value of the stocks