Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-11


 being done; except as was informed by the newspapers.
 COMPLAINTS OF BULLDOzING.
 That committee completed the taking of testimony before January 21. On that day, being the day when the joint assem- bly was held for the election of United States senator, I went to Hartford. After the adjournment of the house you met me with two or three others at the foot of the steps leading from the speakers desk, and requested me to go to the Allyn house and meet yourself and the other republican members of the committee on elections, for the purpose of dis ussing the kind of re- port that you should make upon the evil dence which you had taken. You ex- pressly stated that you objected to doing what you had been urged by some gentle men to do; to wit, to make a report which would keep out of office some of the dem ocratic candidates whom you believed had been elected; and you stated that you did not propose to be "bulldozed" by certain persons whom you named, into making any such report. Because of the urgent request to meet you at the Allyn house, 1 went there, and there were gathered all your republican associates upon the com mittee, and two or three other gentlemen am quite willing, if your associates agree,
 
 gathering shall be made public. For the purpose of the controversy that has arisen between you and ms it is sufficient to state that at that time you were decidedly in favor of declaring the election of Dr AL sop, MT Phelan and MT Staub. No one present was so pronounced in his views in this direction as yourself. You be- lieved that Judge Morris was not elected and you thought that there might be some chance for claiming that no candidate for treasurer had been elected by the people.
 WORKING UP A REPORT.
 The meeting of your committee was ad- journed until the following Monday even ing, January 26 You and other members of the committee requested me to come to Hartford on that evening so as to look over a draft of the report which it was un- derstood would be ready. No one suggest ed on that day that there should be any report declaring that the democratic can didates for lieutentant governor, secretary or comptroller, were not elected, nor did any one in that room suggest that there should be any prolonged delay as to those men who were believed to have been elected, for the purpose of coercing the democratic senate.
 I did not go to Hartford on Monday, the 26th, but I did go on the morning of Tuesday, the 27th. You met me on the floor of the house and upbraided me for not coming up the night before, because, you stated, you had not been able to make up report upon the subject of the char acter you wished, and you stated that if had only been present you believed that an honest and fair report would have been made upon the lines which were substan- tially agreed to on the 21st of January in the meeting at the Allyn house. You then requested me to meet the committee in one of the upstairs rooms ot the capitol for the purpose of assisting the committee in making up the report. Other members of the committee joined with you in this request. I stated that I desired to go to New Haven on the next train, but you es- pecially were so urgent that I consented. We went up stairs and there were present all of your republican associates.
 A CHALLENGE REPEATED.
 am quite willing that your associates should prepare and make public written statement concerning what took place on relation to a report. It is sufficient, at this stage of the controversy, for me to state that again you were opposed to keep ing the democratic candidates for lieuten- ant-governor, secretary and comptroller out of office, as club to affect the senate, and neither you nor any one suggested at that meeting that report should be made findin 2 that there had been no election of Acknowledgements or secretary of state. Neither at that session nor at the meeting of January 21 was any attempt made by anyone to influence the opinions or con clusions of fact which any members of the committee had arrived at from the evi dence that had been presented I was re- quested at the meeting of January 27, to suggest the proper form of report to state the facts, which the committee had found, l, and the opinions which they held. No one was so free as yourself to express opinions, and they were all in accordance with the views contained in the Palladium editorial of December 3. I left your com mittee in session in that room as soon as you would permit me to leave you, after giving you such information as 1 could concerning the proper method, under the Connecticut legislative practice, of mak- ing a report in such cases. My connec- tion with your committee began and ended with the meetings of January 21 and Jan uary 27.
 UNDERHAND WORK CHARGED.
 A report was drawn up in your hand writing on the afternoon of January 27, and you left the room for the purpose of putting it, as you stated, into type written form. That report was very different from the one which was presented to the house the next day, in which you found there had been no election to any office but that eff comptroller, and as to that of fee you proposed to keep MT StAub out until the senate would join you in an in vestigation. Your associates in the house soon compelled you to abandon that illog- ical position. Ihave no knowledge con corning what influences led you to change the findings and conclusions of the report which you had drawn with 30 much care on the afternoon of January 27. The re- port was exceedingly surprising, especial ly it's conclusions in relation to the offices of lieutenant governor, secretary and comptroller. did not hesitate after Jan uary 29 to tell you, as well as others, that looked upon the report ss dishonorable; that had been cheated by you and had been betrayed into taking part twice in 8 council with you on the subject, when you very we'll knew, by what took place on January 27, that would have nothing to do with the controversy in any manner