New-York tribune., 1891-03-01
PEANUTS AND RUM.
IN THE SADDLE AT ALBANY But AFooT
~ CONNECTICUT.
WHAT IS THOUGHT OF GOVERNOR HILLS DEM
AGoGIC ACTION TOWARD GOVERNOR HULK
ELEY. At HARTFoED-A Trick
THAT Is TRIFLE LATE.
IBY TELEGRAPH To TIE IhIBUSEl

Hartford, Feb 2s-Thcrc is only ono opinion
in this State regarding the refusal Of Governor
Hill 10 honor the rcquiStion OF Governor Bukc!cy
for an escaped criminal. Political differences
are forgotten in tie Indignation felt by the people
at tie attempt Of the Governor Of Ncw-l ork 10
interfere with the affairs Of Connecticut. 1t was
not even good politics on the part OF Mr.. liill
for il has. lost him many adhcrcntS in Connecticut
and strengthened the hands of his enemies. II
is regarded here as a shallow trick 10 capture
the Connecticut delegates 10 the next Democratic
Presidential Convention, bat so little did Cover
nor Hill appreciate the temper Of the people OF
this State that Indignation and disgust. and also
wounded pride that he should have thought the
Democrats capable Of being deceived by 30 trans
parent an artihce, have been his only rewards
"Voulting ambition has o'crlcapcd Itself and
Democrats ,pnd Republicans are of one accord
regarding G\vernor Hills action. On the streets,
in the cIfcS everywhere that men congrcgate there
is only one sentiment expressed. 4 few hothcads
like Assemblyman Walker pretend to approve the
course Of the Governor of Ncw-York, but public
sentiment is 50 strong the other way that their
voices are unhcard in the great cry that goes
up from one end of the State to the other, de-
handing that Connecticut shall manage her own
affairs and decide for herself who is and who is
not her Governor. One Democrat said to-day:
Peanuts and rum are in the saddle at Albany,
but we do not propose that they shall ride in Con
necticut'
The audaciy Of Governor Hill in refusing the
rcquistion of the man who is cOnstitutionally
Governor and who attached TO his rcquisition the
broad seal of the State, is something that the
Connecticut people Will perhaps never forgive II
did not occur to Governor Hill when he proc aimed
from his Capitol at Albany that Luzon B. Morris
was Governor dc facto and de juTc that Mr. Morris
had never been sworn in by both houses as is re-
ouircd by the Constitution of the State, and that
Morris himself has never attempted 10 exercise
the function Of Governor Neither the Democratic
nor the Republican candidate having been duly
sworn in, the present incumbent, every school
boy in the State knows holds over under the con-
stituti0n Perhaps Governor Hill did not know
that Connecticut had constitution, but before
this affair is over he will find out that She has
one and that her people act under it and guard
if as jealously Is did their ancestors the charter
which Wadsworlh aid in the hollow oak. Gov
ernor Bulkclcy has received scores Of letters from
all over the states of Connecticut, York, New;
Jersey and Pennsylvania denouncing the action Of
Governor Hill and calling upon him TO stand
firm against the attempt of the Governor Of New
York 70 interfere in the domestic affairs of Con
rocticut Governor Hill has made big mistake
and ro,y finds himself in the position of the med
dIosonc gentleman who, seeing man and his
wife fighting stepped into the house to decide
tbc ouarrcL whcrcupon both turned him and
cavc him a sound beating. The Democratic press
yics with the Republican press in denouncins
HIPS interference in the quarrel here.
II is lust a trfc late for Governor Hill TO dis
co,er that Governor Bulkeley is not the riehtful
Governor Of the State of Connecticut, and it would
be Interesting TO know just what secret springs
moved him suddenly to revise the constitution
of this Commonwealth and settle the long-pcnd-
ing dispute here by proclaiming Luzon b. Morris
Governor. Since the present state of affairs has
existed at Hartford Governor Hill has made two