Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-22
STATE POLITICS.

Words OF Comment From the state
Press The Democratic Cry for q
constitutional Convention Funny
Bridgeport Democrats.
Think Of it for moment! Murder on
the Lords Day in gambling den run and
frequented by heather in the heart of
Christian Hartford, and in the building
where the members of the local Y. M. G.
A. meet stately in their rooms to pray
(among other things) for the conversion Of
the heathenl The story, which respect
able newspaper can only tell a part, isn't
80 pleasant reading as some of the stories
to be found in the Missionary Herald, but
it is chapter from the life Of the town in
which we live, it brings home to us fact
or two which we knew before without Ere
alizing," and by it's very hideousness it
compels attention and consideration.-
Hartford Courant.
Some of the democratic lawyer-po1iti-
clans down in New Haven are endeavor-
ing to take advantage of technicalities
arising from the legislative deadlock by
embarrassing the courts of justice. Their
efforts to smash wheel in the judicial
machinery take the form of filing pleas
against the jurisdiction of the judges.
They thus hope to render justice inoper-
alive and to secure for their
clients immunity from punishment.
1t Is OF course very cheap TRICK.
It might be expected that David B. Hill
would not hesitate to inflict black and
blue optic upon Connecticut Justice, but
we hardly supposed that any politician liv
ing, moving and having his being right here
in the state would resort to any such par
tisan trickery. But it is characteristic of
the democrats to ask justice to take an in
conspicuous seat under the galleries when
partisanship is abroad. Waterbury Re-
publican.
By the action of the democrats of the
state senate the administration of Cover
nor Bulkeley becomes a "hold-over" gov
eminent. The legality of this govern
ment is strenuously denied by the demo-
Gratis themselves in the senate and
elsewhere. In the city council, by the
action of the democratic majority last
night, members on most of the city boards
and commissioners become 'hold- over"
members, and the democrats declare this
is legal and right. The republicans do
not question the legality of the action of
fairness and Bridgeport
Standard.
The democratic gathering in New Haven
last week is reported to have decided to
push actively for constitutional conven-
ton. This is interesting in itself and as
revealing the democratic policy. 1t has
been evident for some time, and growing
more 80, that their legislative course of
deadlock, obstruction and chaos was for
the Interior purpose of blaming the pres
emit constitution and then agitating for an
other. The real issue for urging this revo-
lutionary step is that they want to make a
radical change in our unique form of gov
eminent, and to shift from town represen-
tation to per capita representation. That
is the long and short of it. The New Ha-
ven statesman, whose friends call him jim
mic Pigott, boldly urged this course in the
last democratic convention and was en-
phatically sat down upon, but now the other
leaders have moved over to this side and
are ready to attack the town. Such a
change, they practically admit, could not
be brought about by the usual method of
amending our constitution, the only legal
way, the only way possible short of revo-
luton, and so they urge what is really
a revolution. The argument they make
in private is that they might get the
legislature to pass vote creating a con-
stitutional convention, while they never
could get two-thirds vote of the legisla-
ture for such changes as the convention it.
self if once convened, might adopt. They
say they would make it party measure,
fight hard for the legislature, and trust to
democrats to sacrifice town to party if
they had a majority. All that is needed
to prevent their having chance to carry
the legislature is to explain their
scheme. Let the Connecticut towns
realize that the democratic policy was to
deprive them of their representation, and
the party leaders would learn at the polls
that local pride and the devotion to home
count for more than party ties. Our
scheme of government is based on intelli-
gent ideas. Those who drew it up knew
human nature. The movement toward
mob rule I'd popular government, with
cut any a. sck by representative govern
ment, is fundamentally wrong. It is well
to have the democrats expose their pro-
ject, but it's exposure assures its defeat
Hartford Courant.