Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-26
READY FoR BUSINESS.

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The House Appoints Its Committees
and Gets Ready for Business-The
Senate, However, Declare Them
selves as Not Ready to Proceed to
other Business Until the Question
OF State Omcers L. Settled.
HARTFORD, Feb. 25 [special]-At the
capitol to-day the house appointed its
various committees and got ready for bus
mess, while the senate took up the time in
useless discussion over the Same old ques-
ton of state officers.
The Senate.
Speaker Read called the senate to order
at p. NJ, and after prayer by the chap
lain, Senator Clark, rep, of the Twenty
first, arose and said-I believe several bills
concerning appropriations have been sent
| here from tho house and move that they
be taken from the table, read by their
titles and referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Senator Mead, rep, seconded the motion.
Senator Pierce, DEM, of the Fourth,
| said that no committee on appropriations
had been appointed to which they could
| be referred.
been appointed in the house, and from
| several things have heard here in the
past few days was led to think that the
| chairman of these committees had already
| been selected. have these bills, some of
| which I understand are very important,
| especially the school appropriations which
| should be made beforeMarch 1, should beat
| once referred to the proper committee.
| Senator Pierce, dem.-Before the senator
/ ,fxy-G bod fhn |
| intended to make motion that we take
recess until o'clock, and make it now.
| At this juncture of the proceedings the
doorkeeper introduced Mr.. Brainard, Sec
rotary Of Morgan g. Buckley, who said
that he brought communication from his
excellency Governor Buckley and that he
did not come as Mr.. Brainard, but as Sec
rotary of Governor Buckley. He then
laid the communication on the clerks
desk
NOMINATION OF STATE OFFICERS BY THE
| GOVERNOR.
Senator Pierce, DEM, said after Mr..
Brainard had retired: In conformity
with previous action it is under
stood that this is not received
by the clerk. The communication was
that recommending the appointment of
Charles A. Elliott of Clinton as states
prison director, William O. Seymour of
Bridgeport to be railroad commissioner,
and Edwin Hoyt of New Canaan as a mem
Der of the board of control of the agricul-
tural station.
| WAS TIRED OF POOLING TIME AWAY.
Senator Pierce again moved to take a
recess but afterwards withdrew it at the
desire of Senator Clark, who objected to a
recess, saying: That he came to Hartford
to do business and wanted to do it and
satisfy his constituents, and n ct fool away
his time in taking a recess every few
minutes.
After further discussion by Senators
Seymour, dem., Shumway, rep, Mead,
rep, Senator Thayer, dem, of the Tenth,
moved that Senator Clark's motion be
amended by striking out the portion re-
lating to the referring of the matter to the
committee on appropriations.
HAULED OVER THE GOALS.
Here again Senator Mead, rep, of the
Twelfth, hauled the democrats over the
Goals for treating the house as they had
done in refusing to take up these bills and
pass them, and thus make due provision
for the various state institutions.
SENATOR CLEVELAND SPEAKS HIS MIND.
Senator Cleveland, DEM, of the First,
followed with fifteen minute argument
in which he, as usual, ably defended the
constitution construed by the senate
and said that he should not favor the
doing of any public business until the
state officers had been declared elected
Senator Clark-This matter has taken
somewhat Of broad scope and has gone
once more into the question concerning
the election of state officers. You go into
any little town and if 100 votes are cast it
takes ffty-one, a majority over all, and
that is our constitution; it takes a MAORI
ty over all to elect, and no one has received
such a ma ority, and I don't think any
state officers were elected.
AGAIN THE SANE OLD DEBATE.
Senator Thayer-I rise to point of
order.
the question is and I am only replying to
the points taken by the majority on tho
question of state officers.
Senator Holden, dem.-I must object to
this motion, as there are no committees to
1efer these bills to and such motion would
be of no use.
Senator Mead, rep, thought the minor
| lty had right to know what business
there was before the senate, while Senator
Carvan, rep, thought they might be re-
ferred to committee to be raised.
Senator Seymour, dem.-I must say
that to-day most heartily endorse the
statements of the senator from the First.
It has been stated to-day that the senate
has not done anything since the first day
| of the session. This is not SO, as the rec
ords will show. On the first day we did
our duty in swearing in the democratic
state officers, and to-day our duty is to
stand firm, as we have done so far, and
seat those officers. I hope that this mo-
ton will not prevail and that no business
will be taken up at present until the ques-
ton of state officers has been settled.
IT MUST BE MORRIS OR MERw1N SAID HE.
Senator Holden, dem.-The people in
this state want either Governor Morris or
General Merwin for governor, but none
want Mr.. Buckley, who they did not vote
for as occupying that high position. We
represent 81, 900 more people than the
min rity, and this majority we should
lookout for, and for their interests in this
matter. Our action on the first day was
not questioned by the minority, and if the
house continues to postpone this question,
they keep out of Office one of two men to
whom it rightfully belongs, and keeping
| in that Office man who has no right
| oAClo. LILO ScCIcb Bd11OU SySIclu uuu6T
which this election was made, was a repub-
lican act. want this matter settled,
whether the senate is wrong or not.
| IT SHOULD GO TO THE SUPREME COURT,
SAID HE.
Senator Seymour, rep.-I don't know to
| what the senator of the committee refers
I was member of the committee on can:
vass of votes in this senate, and I offered
minority report. The majority, how
ever, were under any circumstance bound
to declare the democratic state officers
elected. Every democrat was here with
his prejudged opinion on which argument
would have been of no avail. I would
willingly give my time to argue this,
legal and constitutional question, before
any unprejudiced body, but this body be-
ing prejudice should not judge. The mat
ter should be referred to the supreme court
for decision.
SENATOR FOX OF NEW HAVEN PUTS HIS FOOT
Senator Fox, dem.-As long as sit in
this senate shall not do one bit of joint
business until this question is settled
Governor Hill of New York has the same
as said that Morgan G. Buckley is
usurfer, and that Governor Morris is the
only governor of this state,
PERTINENT INQUIRY.