The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-28
CONSOLIDATION FAVORED.
RESULT OF YESTERD4E'S TOWN
 MEETING AT BANQ UET HALL.

Meeting Was Mo @ Than Usually Exciting
 Anthony Carroll's Lengthy speech-Ex-
 Town Counsel Pardee Alleged That the
 Meeting Was Packed.
 At exactly 8:O5 o'clock yesterday after
 noon in Banquet hall Judge Simeon E.
 Baldwin said q move that what will
 probably be the last town meeting in
 the history of New Haven do now ad-
 journ," and the motion unanimously
 prevailed. The meeting was more than
 usually exciting, and at times there was
 considerable friction manifested be- tween the adherents of and those op- posed to the plan of consolidation.
 When the meeting was called to or der at 2 o'clock there were about 500 residents of the city and town in the hall who had assembled for the pur- pose of either accepting or rejecting the following resolutions:
 Voted That the selectmen be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to advocate the passage of an act by the present session of the general as- sembly, consolidating the government of the town and city of New Haven so far as the constitution permits
 The meeting was called to order by Town Agent Baldwin and eX-Judge Ru- fus s. Pickett chosen moderator. Town Clerk Brethauer read the call, and im mediately after the fun began and con- tinued fast and furious. Morris F. Ty- Ter moved that the resolution be adopt ed, but before the vote was taken l.. J. Matthews moved as an amendment that the legislature be petitioned to order an expression of opinion on the question to be taken at the next town election This resolution was, however, declared out of order by the chairman. Attorney Charles H. Fowler then secured the floor and made long argument in fa- vor of consolidation.
 At this point Anthony Carroll arose | and made long. speech against consoli- dation. In fact he occupied nearly all | the time that the meeting was in ses- sion. Numerous attempts were made | to choke him off, but they were unsuc- cessful. During the course of his re- marks he defed anybody to show that | the city was run as economically as the town, and he therefore did not believe that the two should be consolidated. He referred to the investigation of the town several years ago. and said that nothing had been found. But on the other hand, when he had asked for an investigation of the city it had been re- fused Nothing was to be gained by by turning over the af- fairs of the town, as bad as they may be, to dishonest and unprincipled men. When I say dishonest men," MT. Car roll went on, q say it without fear or favor.
 During his speech he was repeatedly called upon to sit down, but Mir Carroll refused to pay any atten- ton to the requests. Later Attorney John w. Alling introduced a resolution to the effect that the chair be instruct ed to ask MT. Carroll to sit down, but this raised considerable opposition, and the motion was withdrawn.
 After MT. Carroll had finished ex- Town Counsel Pardee introduced res- olution to the effect that the whole mat ter be referred to the people at a special election to be called by the selectmen, but the chairman decided that the motion was out of order.
 MT. Pardee appealed from the decis- on and said that the meeting was pack ed.
 NO one has a right to say that" re- torted John w. Alling.
 'T say it." retorted MT. Pardee
 The chair was sustained in his decis- lon.
 At this point, while the hubbub was at f ts height, some one in the audience ,alled for the previous, question and the I favoring consolidation was ( passed with but few dissenting votes, lfter which the meeting adjourned.