Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-26
A SURPRISE TO ALL.

Tho Nomination of Professor Bald
win as Judge Of the Supreme Court
Rejected In the House-It Was
Wholly Unexpected - Representa- |
tive Gunn,s Bitter Argument-Other
Matters Acted On.
HARTFORD, Jan. &c. Special. l-Had
dynamite cartridge exploded under the
dome of the capitol todsy 1t would hardly
have caused less surprise, both to the old
politicians as well as laymen, thsn the an
nouncement that the nomination OF Fro
lessor Simeon E. Baldwin for judge of the
supreme court had bean rejected by the
house, and that he had received less than
100 votes. To say that all were aston
ished is too mild term; they were dumb
founded, and expressions Of regret were
heard on all sides, uttered by republicans
and democrats alike. The general opinion
was that it was a means taken by the re-
publicans at the last moment to get the
democrats to fighting among themselves,
while others claim 1t was well-planned
scheme of the Consolidated road people to
defeat the attorney of the New England
road. On all sides, however, it was ad-
mitted to be very poor politics, and of a
kind which is sure to react upon the
party in the end. The nomination will
now go to the senate, and if confirmed
there, a committee of conference will be
appointed. If the committee of confer
ence, which must consist of one senator
and two representatives who were in the
major vote of their respective houses,
cannot agree, they will 80 report, and
| either house may recede from its former
action and concur with the other, or each
body may adhere to it's original action, in
which case the bill will be lost. If the
| committee of conference agrees upon q
| report, the necessary action will be fol
| lowed in one or both branches, and the
action recommended by the committee
| adopted by amendment, or otherwise.
In this case, the house might, as
sometimes happens, move to adhere,
before motion to insist and
aak or grant committee Of conference
and it has been held that such motor
| may be entertained, but it is not consid
| cred respectful treatment of the othel
branch of the assembly to make such {
motion, until after committee of confer
ence has been asked for and granted, ant
the inability of the two houses to agre
has become apparent, and this probably
will not bs done. For the present all eye
will be on the senate, where the bill will
probably be taken up to morrow and witt
the democratic majority there, if the ap
pointment is not confirmed, it will b
even more of a surprise than the actio
Of the house created. An interview
with the senator's proved impossible, a
they each and everyone refused to max
any statement, evidently first desiring t
give 80 important matter careful COZ
eideration.
Before the Judiciary committee thi
afternoon, appeared many lawyers fror
New Haven, who were interested in til
bill to abolish the criminal court of con-
mon pleas in New Haven. Attorney Blyder
burgh appeared in favor of the bill. Will
Representative Gum and several other
appeared against it, No hearing was hello
however, the matter going over until nez
week, Wednesday, as also did the matte
of the appointments of Rapresentativ
Hotchkiss and Judge Studley as judges {
the common pleas court. The bill pr
venting the presence of armed detectiv
forces In the state was considered, as We
also the bill for a dentistry commission
aud referred for secret session of the con
mittee.