Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-12
ANOTHER PROPOSITION

For a Settlement of the Deadlock te be Made by the Republicans in the shape of the Judson Resolution.
 HARTFORD, March 11.-[Speciall-I terest in the house to-day centered on the | resolution introduced by MT. Judson of | Stratford, to submit the matter eventually l to the supreme court for settlement.
 The House.
 The house convened at il 80 a. m., and after few minor resolutions had been presented and referred, the house took recess until 80 p. m. During the inter- mission the republicans held their second caucus of the day, and for over an hour discussed the Judson resolution.
 At 1:3O p. m. the house reconvened and Mr. Judson offered the following resolu- tion:
 STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
 January Session, 1891.
 Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in the general assembly convened:
 Section I. Any person voted for at the election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. 1890, for either governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer or secretary, and claiming that he received majority of all the votes lawfully cast at said election for such office, or claiming that no person received majori- ty of ali the votes lawfully cast for such office, and that he is one of the two persons having the highest number of votes so cast, may bring his petition to any judge of the superior court, alleging all the facts upon which such claim is founded, which l shall be served upon the party against whom such claim is made, and shall be made returnable and returned to such l judge within fifteen days after the passage of this act, and said judge shall forthwith hear and determine said petition, and his ject to an appeal to the supreme court of errors, as is hereinafter provided. | If he shall find and decide that any per son received a majority of all the votes lawfully cast at said election for such of | fic, or that no person received a majority | of all the votes lawfully cast, and that the l petitioner is one of the two persons having | the highest number of votes so cast, and ! if he shall further find that any ballots that have been cast for any candidates at the said election, for said office, have been illegally counted or rejected, he shall ren- | der judgment in accordance herewith, l, and he shall specify therein ip what re- | spect and in what manner and to what ex- tent any votes have been illegally counted | or rejected; and he shall within three days thereafter if said judgment is not appealed from to the supreme court of errors make a return of such judgment and finding, with all the facts found, duly and specif- cally set out, to the secretary of state, who shall forwith cause the same to be laid be- fore the general assembly.
 l Section 9. Said judge, for the purpose of examining said ballots, shall have au- thority to send for and cause to be opened the ballot boxes market General Ticket, J 1 which were used at the election meeting held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1S90
 Section 8. If any person, being party | to any proceedings brought under the first section of this act, shall be aggrieved by any decision of the judge of the superior court upon any question of law which may be raised before him in the hearing had upon such petition, and to which he shall have duly excepted, he may, within forty eight hours after such decision is ren- dered, take an appeal forthwith to the su- l preme court of errors, which shall be deemed to be in session for that purpose at Hartford; and the chief justice shall l forthwith call 8 special term of said l Cou4UJ bAu 6dAu COuIU Sudll lOI LuWlCu hear and determine said appeal and final judgment shall be rendered thereon in ac- | cordance with the decision of said court, by said judge of the superior court or in case of his inability, by some other judge of the superior court as the supreme court of errors may advise. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court in the county in which said petition is heard to file duly certified copy of the record in said case, and of the deci- sion and opinion of the supreme court and of the final judgment rendered there on, in the office of the secretary of state, immediately after the rendition of such final judgment, and the secretary shall forthwith cause said copies of the record, opinion and judgment to be laid before the general assembly.
 Section 4. If the general assembly is not in session when said final judgment is rendered, it shall be the duty of the per son administering the office of governor to forthwith convene said general assembly.
 Section 5. It shall be the duty of the general assembly, whenever such hearing is had, and any correction of the returns of the presiding officer is made by the judge of the superior court as herein pro vided, and before it makes any declaration as to the election of any persons to the offices of governor, leutenant-governor, treasurer or secretary, to correct the re- turns of the presiding officers, in accord ance with the final judgment and finding of such judge of the superior court.
 The petition after being read was tabled under the rules for printing and will be subject for debate tomorrow. The house then adjourned until 11:30 a. m. to-mor- row.
 The Senate.
 The senate convened at 1:30 p. m Senator Cleveland, dem., of the First moved that the senate adjourn until next Tuesday at o'clock.
 Senator Clark, rep, of the Twenty first, moved to amend and adjourn, when they | did adjourn, until il am. tomorrow. During the arguments that followed on | this motion Senator Clark referred to the democratic caucuses of the senators as a game of tiddle-de- -winks played between | adjournments.
 Senator Davis, rep, of the Eighteenth, 1 wanted to know what the senator of the l First expected the house to do, while Sen ator Cleveland argued that he thought by | next week the house would agree to seat all the state officers, and that they would be able to get down to business. At this point of the proceedings a con- ulJGc0 lTOu Uu0 uOuS6 WtIS luCIOuuCcu, | and asked the senate to return house bills | Nos. 34 and 50.
 | Senator Cleveland continued by inviting the minority to attend the next democratic caucus, which, he said, would probably do them good, and thus they could see what the democrats are doing for their constitu- ents In closing he said that the deadlock would not be broken and no business would be transacted until the house had done their constitutional duty.
 Senator Mead, rep, from the twelfth, then took turn at the wheel, and argued that tae the appropriation bills should be passed, and referred to the garb made by | the democrats for the school fund, in which his town had got left. After fur | ther argument on the the motion by Sena- tors Seymour, dem., Mead, rep, Fox, dem., Shumway, rep, and Holden, dem., lasting nearly two hours, the senate voted to ad- journ according to tho original motion until next Tuesday at 1 p. m.
 CORRIDOR NOTES.
 The matter of final adjournment did not come up for discussion at the republican caucus to-day.
 Judges Harrison and Stoddard were pre- sent at the capitol during the day. The Graham hearing was continued to- day, after the adjournment of the senate,