Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08

(s-ls S s.ss-s sSl MY e14 ssi election of governor and lieutenant gov- ernor be submitted to the house. j
 Senator Seymour offered resolution E asking for the employment of steno- grapher and type writer for the use of the senators, and that the matter be referred to the comHittee on contingent expenses, which was done. On motion of Senator Pierce the senate adjourned until 2:30 p. m.
 At o'clock the senate was again called | to order, and Senator Pierce of the Fourth | district arose and said: Your committee | of this morning have information which l leads them to believe that the returns have | been laid before the house and that the house has them. So the committee could not report, and resolution asking the house to return the same to the senate has been sent to them.
 Senator Seymour of the Thirteenth of fered resolution appointing as the last 3door-keeper G. w. Anderson of Stafford, which resolution was carried.
 Senator Shumway of the Sixteenth arose and moved that the joint of rules of the legislative session be adopted for this legislature. This motion was tabled.
 Senator Pierce of the Fourth moved that l which motion was carried.
 Senator Holden of the Seventh then offered resolution that Senators Pierce, Shumway and Fox be appointed com mittee to examine the returns as presented to the senate by the house, which com mittee was appointed.
 Senator Shumway, republican of the Sixteenth roseand said: The controversy before the senate at this time, it seems to me, should be decided according to the satisfaction of the people of the state and when it is done in the regular way. It is not question of who will be governor, but that it be done in regular way, as it has been done for years These returns should be laid before the joint committee that this result may be effected. The people of this state may well say we are not travel ing the direct path, and that in the way we are going only an indirect result is to be obtained-one which will not be re- ceived by the, people as good way. Will way? It seems to me that the resolution by the committee is all for the senate, and I believe if this matter could be given to regular committee I should be willing to abide by their decision, investigation or not The thing should be done in the di- rect and regular way. It seems this reso- 1ution should not pass.
 Senator Pierce of the Fourth-Gentle- men of the senate: You have been very patient to-day. We believe we are honest ly trying to do our duty as we understand stitution you cannot bind the new body by the action of an old body. On the first day there shall be laid before us fair list of the returns from the comptroller, sec- retary and treasurer. These gentlemen who, by the constitution, were to lay these returns before the senate did not do so. We were appointed 8 committee to get them. This they could not do, as they had been laid before the house. The house was asked to return them to the senate; this they did. When the senate has ex- l amined these returns then comes their re- port to the house, and on their report seems to cause all the questions of the senator of the Sixteenth.
 Senator Shumway of the Sixteenth l state that action has been taken upon the l returns by the house. I think it is cus- tomary that any business transmitted from the house to the senate is endorsed on the back, and the action of the house should be made known to the senate. l Senator Holden of the Seventh-The re- turns are on the table and no motion to raise them from the table is in order, so | they cannot be raised.
 l On motion of Senator Holden it was vot- l ed that the report of the board of canvass CTS and fair returns be placed in the hands 1 of the committee, to be looked over and a l report made thereon.
 Senator Shumway wanted to know what
 action the house had taken with them, and
 the clerk read that they had been referred | to the joint committee on canvass for state
 office.
 Senator Holden-There is no such com
 mittee and consequently they have been
 referred to no committee in existence
 They have been returned to us and we
 proposed to raise committee which does
 exist, and we can examine them as car
 every senator who 80 choses.
 l Senator Pierce-I also think so. Senator Pierce, Fourth move that as
 returns for treasurer are not here Senator
 Houihan be appointed a committee to ge
 for them.
 It was so voted.
 Senator Houlihan of the Fifteenth re ported that the returns of secretary had
 been left on the clerks desk by mistake
 and were now in the hands of the com
 mittee, who were in the anti-room examiu
 ing them:
 returns was ready to report, which they
 did, declaring that they had found the re
 turns correct and that each of the demo
 cratic state officers had received majority
 of votes cast.
 Senator Shumway then offered minor
 ity report declaring Lieutenant Governor
 Merwin elected, which report was voted
 down after lengthy argument by Sena
 ator Pierce, who quoted from various
 statutes governing the elections and re
 turns of votes, during which he declared
 that the returns were matter of record an6
 that the senate should not allow any intro
 nuction of evidence to contradict this, as
 it was well known rule of law that parole
 evidence cannot be introduced to overcome
 matters of record.
 The minority report was finally tabled
 and the majority adopted.
 | Platt For Senator.
 HARTFORD, Jan. 7.-The house at
 o'clock took a recess until 10 o'clock to-
 morrow. The republican caucus unani mously renominated o. Fl. Platt for United