Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-19

eral Sherman Funeral Obsequ1es.
HARTFORD, Feb. 1S.-[Special. To-day
has been the iveliest since the general as
sembly convened. The usual crowd of
spectators was absent and thereby missed
q rare treat. Senator Pierce numerically.
hauled Governor Bulkeley over the GOALS
in the senate, while Representative w alker
of Hartford was denied the privilege Of
the floor in the house. ~,
The Senate.
AT 1:30 p. m. the senate was called to or
der by Presiding Officer Read and prayer
l offered by the chaplain.
FSe Just after prayer Governor Bulkeley's
secretary appeared and addressing Mr..
Read, offered two communications, which
the chair ordered read The communica-
ton was as follows:
To the Honorable Senate:
appointments, subject to the consent Of the
William s. simonds of Plainheld to be in
spector Of factories for the term of two years
Charies driswold of GuiIford, to be bank
commissioner for the term OF four years from
George 6. Waldo of Bridgeport and Bryant
| A. Treat of Wallingford, to be shellf1sh COM
J
Francis Botsford of New Haven, to be clerk
Of shell fisheries for the term Of two years from
| MORGAN g. BuLKELEY, Governor.
Senator Fox, dem, of the Eighth.-Be-
| fore this communication was read I did
not know whether it was from Governor
Morris or from man named Buckley,
acting as governor, but find it was from
| tho latter, and would move that the com
| munication be rejected and returned to
Mr.. Buckley.
Senator Clark, rep, of the Twenty-first
Il differ with the gentleman from the
Eighth. The communication should be
received. I think the maj ority of this
senate has gone wildly astray and they
have greatly stretched the constitution to
reach their conclusionsin the matter. L think
we ought to respect the governor and not
reject everything he may Jend in, as they
have done. Yesterdays communication
from Governor Buckley was not received,
nor is it on the journal, but it should be
there and the minority will SO ask. This
resolution to-day should be recognized and
put on the journal, but we have among us
many able constitutional lawyers who will
probably tell us in a minute or two that
the communication should not be adopted,
but I think it should be.
Senator Cleveland, DEM, of the First
We find here a crisis when we must recog-
nize whether Governor Buckley is acting
as such or not. If he is not he
should be removed from the Office at once.
did not agree with my constituents in
the senate when they swore in the dene
cratic state officers. I cannot consistent
ly, in the position have taken and must
maintain, hope to reject this communica-
ton from one who is acting as governor
to-day, and who will act until his success
sor is duly appointed. I can give back to
my constituents my seat by resignation on
my part, and I would sooner do so than
vote against my ideas of the constitution.
We have received communications from
the acting governor and we can either re-
ject them or accept them as we see fit. I
feel called upon conscientiously to do my
duty in this matter and move that this
resolution be referred to the committee on
executive nominations, to be raised in
amendment to the motion of the senior of
the Twelfth.
Senator Fox, (dem.) Eighth can easily
understand the position Of the senator
from the first. But I say that the people
elected the state officers, and not the gen
eral-assembly, and that we did our duty
in swearing in these officers, legally elected
and these only are the officers we must
recognize. Are the senate going to bow
down to Morgan q. Buckley, who has tried
to browbeat and intimidate the senate? A
man who surrounded us with deputies to
do his bidding, and now had we ought to
recognize this mans communications?
Senator Shumway, rep, of the Six
teenth-I hold in my hands copy of the
Times, pretty good democratic author
ity, which states that no doubt the courts
would sustain Governor Buckley in his
acts and no one would ever doubt it, as he
is de facto governor, and don't think if
the senator from the Eighth had read this
he would have spoken as he did.
Senator Cleveland again went into the
discussion of the question, and declared
that we had an acting governor, who had
been recognized as such by other govern
ors, and no senator can make it otherwise.
I shall vote to send this communication to
the proper committee and recognizing the
right Of Morgan g. Bulkeley as acting gov
ernor, and renew my motion 80 to refer
1t.
Senator Thayer, DEM, of the Tenth,
had just arisen to speak when the door
keeper again announced the governors
secretary with a communication. This
brought Senator Fox to his feet on a
point of order that the communication be
not received, but Governor Bulkeley's
secretary carried his communication and
laid it on the speakers desk and retired
Senator Thayer then expressed himself
as in favor of rejecting the communica-
tons.
Senator Seymour, dem, Of the Thir-
tenth, said do not see the great crisis
that has been alluded to. The situation
appears to be that one person has been
qualified as governor and another is act
ing governor, and the duty of the senate
is only not to recognize the acting COVER
nor but to put the qualified governor in
his proper place, and this seems to be the
only question at issue. 1t seems to me
that there is only one course to pursue
and that is that the communications be
received but not acted upon and sent
back to the person sending them in re-
spectful manner.
After further discussion by Senators
Cleveland, dem, Dams, rep, Fox, DEM,
Mead, rep, Garvan, rep, on the subject
the governors secretary once more ap-
despite the objection Of Senator Fox, Of
fered another communication from Cover
nor Buckley.
Senator Clark here took another turn in
the debate and said: I believe we have a
governor and this amendment should pre-
vail. Some think that the weakened re-
publicans in the house will give in, but I
don't think they will until the grave gives
up its dead and our unborn children come
here and settle this matter for us.
A vote was taken on the amendment,
which resulted as follows:
For amendmeIt
Iol ahiionouie4t. ............ ............ b
Against amendment. Observation-Disclosures. 10
A vote on the original motion was then
put and carried, rejecting the resolution.
Senator Seymour, dem. of the Thirteenth
then offered q resolution stating that as
Mr.. Staub had been declared elected by
the senate on the first day of the session,
and had qualified as comptroller, it was
not necessary to take any action on the
house resolution, and moved that the latter
be returned to the house, and it was 30
voted. Several petitions for the appoint
ments of trustees to the state insane hos
pital were next received and tabled.
Senator Mead, (rep.,) of the Twelfth
offered resolution setting forth the COM
munication sent by the governor yester-
day, relating to the death of General
Sherman, and asked that the same be
printed in the journal.
Lively diminishing now ensued, the Sem
ators Fox (dem.,) Shumway (rep. } Mead
(rep. y Clark (rep. y spiritedly debating the
matter, after which it was voted not to
receive the communication.
Senator Clark rep, y moved to print in
the record of February II, the message
from the governor relating to the death Of
General Sherman, which motion the speak
er declared out of roder.
The WOW offaro1