Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-06
SPEAKER PAIGE ANGRY.

He Takes the Floor in the House and
Talks severely to NIr. Walker of
Hartford-No Business Done of Inn
portance - The Graham Hearing
Continued-Anothe Airing of the |
First Regiment Trouble Impend-
ing.
HARTFORD, March 5.-[Special. "A |
lively argument took place to-day between
Speaker Paige and Mr.. Walker of Hartford
in reference to an article which appeared
in the Hartford Post. This was the sen
sation to-day. AS to the Graham matter,
the adjutant general has at last decided to-
defend the action of Governor Buckley in
his discharge Of General Graham, and an
an interesting review of the details con-
corning the trouble in the First regiment
is expected next week. All the officers who
resigned are summoned to appear at the
hearing on Tuesday next.
The Senate.
The senate was called to order at pm.
Senator Clark, rep. of Twenty first,
said-I move to take from the table the
resolution relating to the appointment of
senate committees, offered by me yester-
day, for amendment. It was taken from
the table and amended by adding the name
of Senator Parker, rep, to the committee
on federal relations. The resolution as
amended was then tabled.
Senator Davis, rep, OF the Eighteenth,
offered resolution appointing Roberts
Battell of Norwalk trustee of the State
hospital for the insane. The resolution
was tabled.
Senator Pierce, dem, of the Fourth,
moved the senate adjourn until 1:3O p. m.
on Wednesday, as the house did not meet
until 1:30 Tuesday, and the senate was
waiting for some action on their part.
Senator Clark, rep, Of the twenty-frst
ammended the motion to adjourn until
Tuesday instead of Wednesday, as their
was plenty of business for the senate to do
if it saw fit, without waiting for any action
on the part of the house.
Senator Mead, rep, of the twelfth, moved
to amend by adjourning until week from
next Wednesday.
After some discussion Senator Mead
withdrew his amendment and the original
motion passed to adjourn until Wednes-
day next, Senator Clark's amendment also
being lost.
The House.
The house convened at IL a. M. Mr..
Walker, dem, of Hartford arose on a
question of privilege, and spoke for
nearly an hour on an article which appear
ed in the Hartford Post of Friday night.
at one of the recent democratic cauc uses
to introduce resolution to GUST
| Speaker Paige, but which was opposed by
| Mr.. Callahan from New Haven and Mr..
Root from Waterbury. During the arti-
Gle it was explained that Mr.. Walkers
| opposition to Speaker Paige was based on
the rulings of the speaker against Mr..
Walker during the present session. 1t
was also stated that Speaker Paige was
taking his revenge in his rulings against
had issued pamphlet during the cam
paign of Phineas G. Lounsbury for COVER
nor, attacking Mr.. Paige and intimating
that he (Paige) was simply distributing
agent of Mr.. Lounsbury's political barrel
| of finance.
Mr.. Walker in defending himself said
"That story is not true; it is not substan.
TALLY true. There was no resolution Of
the kind introduced in the democratic eau
Gus There is no ill will on my part toward
the speaker of this house. He has neve,
| OOuS Lis any auu CSFLdluly lave
no resentment for the speaker of this
house. The illusions in the article to the
Lounsbury campaign are very unjust tc
the speaker. The only true statement il
the article is that the speakers treatmen
of the members of this house has beer
pleasant. Some years ago I relinquishet
hope of the newspapers telling the truth
The paper says that all my motions ant
points of order, ETC., were made for tn
purpose of harrassing the speaker Tha
is an untruth. I have not appealed from
the decision of the chair but twice during
this session.
tor of the Post, declared that the articl
democrats who attended the caucus
| Speaker Paige then called Mr.. Greene t.
the chair and taking the floor and severed,
scored Mr.. Walker for some time, an,
during his address said: IT don't think i
would be proper for me to remain quie
under the circumstances. I certainly hav
many warm friends in the democratic par
ty outside of politics. If the gentleman
from Hartford (Mr. Walker) has relieves
probably in that respect satisfied himsel
much more so than he has satisfied hi
democratic colleagues. He has alluded t
errors of the press, but say that those Ell
rors can be discounted 100 per cent. b
the untruthful statements that appeare,
in the pamphlet issued few years ago b
the gentleman from Hartford" TIL
speaker then returned to his chair.
| At this point several new bills were pu
in, after which Mr.. Walker again aros
and said: ''The gentleman from Hunting
ton Speaker Paige) while ago in his re
marks to this house, intimsted that pam
phlet published by me when Phineas
Lounsbury was nominated for governor G
Connecticut could discount in the errors
contained, all the mistakes published i
: the newspapers about the caucus I hav
never yet seen any reason to withdraw an
statement contained in that pamphlet"
To this Speaker Paige replied that he di
not intend to take back any statemen
made by him on the floor of the house, an
that, furthermore, he reiterated ever
word he had said regarding the matter.
A vote was taken on the nomination c
Judge LOOMS, resulting in vote of II
to 2, the democrats refusing to vote. Th
house then took a recess until Tuesday
1:3O pm, no quorum being present, as d.
clared by the speaker.
The Graham Hearing.
, RESUMPTION OF THE INQUIRY INTO TIL
CASE.
: The hearing on the General Graham p,
tition was resumed at 2 o'clock before til
senate committee, when Attorney Cole c
| Hartford appeared for the adjutant ger