Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-06

6cl6nt 6lecGr1cal power to EJumQOQ Dack IIOn l the grave a politician who has been recreant to the parallel idea. My Brother Robinson recognizes that the people are still here when he spoke of the delegation from Norwalk as the left wing. Ahl but that was an ominous parallel. Who was it that was crushed by 1 the left wing as the sun went down at Wa terloo. The Housatonic railroad, your child after fifty years of vicissitudes, comes here l and asks you simply to put it in the same l position all the other railroads. Now, the l first question is, will the granting of the pe- | tition be any benefit to the petitioners? Who 1 denies it? Nobody. It is right, not privilege, we sre seeking at your hands.
 Any railroad but the Housatonic enjoys the right which we ask for. You have the l singular spectacle of the gentlemen coming here, all glittering with decorations and scared in the service of the Consolidated road, to oppose what he argues that we have already got the right to do that which we ask for. But in our mind we do not think that the general law gives us the right to build these branches against our charter provisions.
 It's too late for them to talk about the poli- cy of the State concerning parallel railroads. This matter was settled in 1872 when the
 Consolidated road was party to the trans action. 'sWe are confronted here by con- ditiou, not theory" We are not equal here under the laws which were made for us all. believe in equality before the law confront ed by this condition, there is no escape ex- cept by legislation. You must either give us the relief we ask for or tear out leaf ! from the statute. Will you legislate towards sunrise or sunset. Who is the obiector, for there isn't but ! one here. Not person in the State who | raises his voice in opposition.
 The only objector is the selfshness of one ! corporation. It is history that selfshness al- | ways stands in the way of progress and the \ path of every enterprise.
 | There is a time when it is unwise and dan gerous to listen to it. The gentleman said \ he represented the widow and orphan. The | widow is the Consolidated road, that horse leach which sits hear year after year crying | givel givel give! and gnashing teeth and hair, | both false. They care nothing for the pub- lie. My friend bubbled with the Bible and \ recited what he said was parable, illustrat- ing what he said would be Starbucks fate. ' We'll, he WAS unfortunate in his Bible as well ' as the rest of the case. It was not the un. faithful servant who was cast out. but the ! improbable one.
 My friend must have had an old and di- lapidated copy of the scriptures, probably the one they used to have in the Consoli- ! dateds office in New York to swear to their returns on. The commandments were all torn out, and everything else except the story of Jacob who cheated his brother out of his
 birth right.
 ! Now they want thelhouse all to them
 selves. The parlors for Harrison and Fessen-
 den and the Gansd garres' that's where
 They eulogized Charles F.. Clark. ! Why did they? No one attacked him. My
 colleague spoke we'll of him. I wish could but can't. call your attention to the New
 York Sun at the blizzard time, when the management of the Consolidated road was \ exposed. At this time they said Charles P. Clark was absent in Europe and it was we'll for the road, for not even the great Consoli-
 dated road could stand two such calamities as ! Charles P. Clark and the blizzard. While in < the New England he tried to lease the road E to the Consolidated and was fired out for rid ing two horses at once. The Consolidated
 road found him lying like Sinbad the sailor, on the sands.
 The Consolidated road must be running ! mad with frenzy when they call Wm. H. Stasbuck gambler. But you are not to
 think him such because hirelings of the Con- solidated road label him so. Wm. H. Star buck followed the advice of unimpeachable lawyers and was honestly right in his action. ] This case is all luminous with the justice of 1 our claim.
 4 What a case of shred and patches the Con 1 eolidated road has made with the army of 1000 at it's beck and call. Starbuck might ! have been indiscreet to tell the truth and \ take the consequences. They never commit | this indiscretion in the Consolidated railroad
 office We submit this case, fortified by the
 knowledge that the people are with us. It is { for you to grant this petition and meet the I approval of the people and the higher tribun- al which sits in every human breast. THE oLMsTEAD PARALLEL.
 I The hearing on the petition of the New ! York and Connecticut Air Line for an exten
 siou of time to build the road, which was
 ! assigned for to morrow, has been continued
 | as Attorney Hyde of Hartford cannot be
 | present. This is the road that MT. Starbuck
 wants to buy and build his branches on and ! which he thought he controlled, but Attor.
 ney Hyde claims he does not own any inter-
 \ est in.
 GRADE CROSSINGS.
 i The railroad committee will consider al
 | the bills relative to grade crossings Thursday | afternoon.
 SPEAKER PERRY HITS THE LOBBY. There were two small sensations at the ' capital to-day. One was the action of the committee on constitutional amendment P who voted in favor of universal woman's suffrage, and will recommend the bill giving ! women the right to vote on everything thai 3 men do. The other sensation was the some I what peculiar action of Speaker Perry. The | speaker is very much "agin" the lobby, and 3 spanked it in his first speech to the house v To-day he called Representative Wolfe tc g the chair and took the floor of the house tc offer a resolution himself. The resolution {. \ 3 ! on the floor of the house, and that any one l who wants to see a member must send l for him to come out. The speaker B labored in favor of this resolu. 7 tion, which is straight hit al l | the lobby, and finally succeeded in getting it referred to the select committee on rules ) The bill repeating the salary of sheriffs wal l ! rejected in accordance with the report of tht committee on the judiciary.
 3 COMMITTEE HEARINGS. The committee on cities and boroughi heard the petition of the West Haven horse
 car company to-day for increase of stock
 Tomorrow the New Haven police bills ant other bills amending the New Haven city 1, ! charter will be heard.
 The committee on finance considered one
 | of MT. O'NeiI's bills to tax savings bank ! deposits.
 | The judiciary committee continued ths
 ! trial of Murderer Swift for communication O. i his death sentence. Ex-State Attorney Ham . mersly appeared in opposition to Swift f petition.
 g AMERICAN LITERATURE. A Its DeveIopements and Progress Donald G. Mitchell's Lecture. The second lecture on the Developemen f ! of American Literature was given by MT ! Il