Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-02
BULKELEY WINS.

Owing to the Curiosity of the DeneO- crats the House Has . aQuOrum ana Takes an Adjournment Until tnc . Second Week in N0vember-hePre. sentative Futile of East Haven the only Republican Voting Against an Adiournment-The Senate "Peace Comm1ttee'' Fail to Agree.
 HARTFORD, April 1.-[Special. ]-There was considerable excitement in the capitol to-day when the senate s'peaoe committee" reported that they could come to no agree ment as regards way out of the difficulty, and it became apparent that the house would probably adjourn. A caucus of the house republicans was immediately called and for nearly two hours discussed the sit uation, and ct length decided to adjourn until the second Wednesday in November, which was done, as shown by the house proceedings.
 The house met at 1:30 p. m., but imme- diately took recess until 2:30 to give tn e republicans chance to consider the ad- visibility of taking long recess. During the recess Representative Healy of Wind sor Locks by way of
 AN APRIL FOOL
 secured the gavel of the speaker of the senate and called the house to order. The democrats responded and re-organized the house to their own satisfaction, appoint ing Representative Healy speaker and 3 REPRESENTATIVE CALLAHAN OF NEW HAVEN
 CHAPLAIN.
 At this stage of the proceedings Speaker Paige appeared and taking his own gavel called the house to order, after MT. Healy had explained his joke as one suitable for April 1.
 MT. Futile of East Haven called from the table house bill No. 139, which asks for the printing and distributing to the members of the house copies of all the house bills sc far presented. He asked that the bill be passed, but this being objected to it wal tabled.
 A bill approved by the committee or contingent expenses was then presented appropriating $500 each to the clerks fol railroad fares and office expenses These bills were tabled.
 THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
 A motion for the republican side was then made to adjourn the house until the second Wednesday in November at o'clock in the afternoon.
 Mir. Walker, dem., moved that yea anC nay vote be taken, which motion was car ried.
 DEMOCRATS BEGAN TO LEAVE. The democrats then immediately bega1 to leave, in hopes that the republican, would not have quorum, and thus thu motion to adjourn would be defeated. l MR. WALKER WAS CAUGHT. | The clerk was, however, too quick fo Mir. Walker, his name being first on tn list, and he was called upon to vote. H raised several points of order ant asked to be excused from voting | but this the house would no vote against the motion to adjourn While the clerk was reading the list Messrs. Chase and Wheeler, dem,, O. Stonington, who had left the room, COULD NOT RESTRAIN THEIR CURIOSITY, And re-entered the room only to hay, their names called, and on refusing te vote being recorded as present but no voting. When the count was made il was shown that owing to the presence o1 Messrs. Chase, Wheeler and Caste, dems. the house had 8 quorum, and thai the democratic motion had defeated their object to prevent an adjournment by their curiosity. The whole number o1 votes cast were 130, of which 123 voted for adjournment, two against, including the vote of MT. Futile, rep, of Eas1 Haven, who voted against, and five who were present and did not vote. GOT THEIR CARPET BAGS AT ONCE. Immediately after the vote to adjourn had passed, the members of the hous' | hurriedly gathered up their belonging and took their departure for home ant hoeing and planting, while Governo, Bulkeley roamed about the house with happy smile on his face caused by victory