Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-28
THE SENATE

pent Yesterday in Hearing Argu- ments For and Against the Accept- ance of the Report of the Senate Committee in the Graham Matter l They Vote to Re1nstate General | Graham and Refuse to Consent to the Appointment of General Wat son. HARTFORD, April 27.--[special] The senate to-day after long session rein stated General Graham and then adjourned until May IA, subject to the call of the president pro tenn.
 .-.- SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
 The senate convened at 12:30 p. m. Sem ator Pierce offered the following which was passed:
 Resolved, That whenever the senate shall ad- journ, for longer period than five days, the president pro tenn be and hereby is authorized in his to the such call to be issued by him and served upon each senatos by mailing eoRy taereof to the
 Senator Thayer, (dem.) of the Tenth moved that the report of the senate con- mittee in the Graham matter be accepted and the committee discharged.
 Senator Pierce amended the motion of the senator of the Tenth by moving to ac- cept that part of the report dealing with the facts as set forth and rejecting that part containing the law on which the com mittee decided that the governor had the right to discharge General Graham.
 Senator Clark. (rep.) of the Twenty first objected to this amendment, and it was withdrawn with the motion of Senator Thayer.
 Senator Pierce then renewed his amend ment as an original motion, and on tMt the discussion of the day followed. Senator Seymour, (dem.), of the Thir teenth and chairman of the senate com mittee on the Graham matter, made ar able argument in support of the report and in favor of it's acceptance. He deal1 entirely with the law on the subject, anG clearly set forth the reasons why Governor Bulkeley had the power to discharge Gen eral Graham, quoting various leading caset to substantiate his argument, and why tht senate should take no further action ii the matter. In closing he said that sup pose it were attempted to reinstate Gen era1 Graham. If the law was so he could be would like to see him. But he would only be nominally in office, as the com mander-in-chief might put him on waiting orders, and he would simply be brigadier general in name only, and without power While I don't think Governor Bulkeley { good governor, he had just as much power as any good governor would have, and st has full sway over this matter. The law is right, and on the law this report wal made.
 Senator Pierce of the Fourth argued tha while he was in favor of the greater part O. the report, he could not favor the propsi tion of law, with which the report closes l It seems to me that the law is very clea | that the office of commander-in-chiefi is O. | limited nature. The governor as suel | has no power in the military, and would | the committee say in face of the statute of this state that the commander -in-chie l could appoint 8 brigadier general withou the consent of the senate, or that he coult l remove without the consent of the senate The statutes say plainly that he cannot. Mir President, believe the only thing to d. is to reinstate General Graham ani reject the latter part of the report, whicl begins with a statement of the law on thu subject The rest of the report I favor Of this I am certain, that it is not within the power of the commander-of-chieft tt remove the brigadier general without the consent of the senate.
 Senator Holden, (dem.) of the Seventh next argued at length against the accept. ance of the report, he being followed by Senator Garvan, (rep.) of the committee, who spoke in favor of the report Senator Fox, ,(dem- )of the Eighth, argued show why General Graham should be re- instated, and why the report should not be accepted.
 Senator Cleveland (dem.) argued against the report as far as the law was concerned and favored the taking of some action in the matter.
 Senator shumway (rep;) of the Sixteenth argued strongly against the acceptance of the report, and thought that the senate should take definite action in the matter and do justice to General Graham by re. instating him if the senate saw fit. He said the law on the question was very clear in his mind, and that without the consent of the senate General Graham, could not be removed.
 Senator Daines (rep.) claimed that the commander-in chief had perfect right to remove General Graham, and that the senate has no power whatever to rein slate him.
 Senator Clark, (rep) of the Twenty first, reviewed the facts which led up to the Gra- ham trouble, and closed by favoring the report and wished that it might be ac- cepted.
 A vote was then taken on Senator Pierce's motion to strike out portion of the report with the following result:
 Those voting for were Senators Cleve- land, Pierce, Twitchell, Hall, Holden, Fox, Gardner, Thayer, Robertson, Shumway, Ensign, Butler, Foster, Pinney.
 Those voting against were Garvan, Bridge, Mead, Seymour, Houlihan, Palmer, Davies, Lyman and Clark
 Senator Pierce then offered resolution reinstating General Graham, with the same vote being cast as that for the last motion.
 Senator Pierce moved that the report appointing General Watson, be recalled from the committee to which it had been referred and rejected. So voted.
 The senate then adjourned until May IA.
 Will Celebrate.
 Division No. 1, A. o. H., will celebrate it's nineteenth anniversary in Clan-na-Gael hall on Thursday evening.
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