The Press., 1895-04-18

on page 1st, copied from the Courant. We certainly can produce as good quail ity of beef in Connecticut as the monopo- lists are giving us and at smaller cost. We have allowed ourselves to drift into the clutches of a great beef syndicate. Can't we wriggle ourselves loose? Per haps we had better form 'home market club" for protection to Connecticut beef, and set up markets that can defy the western magnates.
 WHATEVER republicans Don Platt of New York has under his thumb, Govern or Morton is not of one of them. He evidently elects to be on the side of reform and reform means the overthrow of Platt. He is not the menace to good municipal government that Tammany was, but the overthrow of Tammany and the retention of Plattism is only half victory.
 Hartford Times: A member of the house who is attracting considerable at tention and receiving well-merited praise for his aptitude for business and his de- termination to cut down expenses is Mir. J. Carl Converse of Stafford. Mr. Con- verse is one of the younger members-he is only 31 years old. He is the chairman of the committee on appropriations, and as such has particular charge of the ex- penses incurred by the legislature His policy is economy, and he is following it on the most rigid lines. He cannot be in- duced to deviate from it. He applies hard, cold, business principles to the ap- propriations, and throws sentiment to the winds. He is deaf to everything that is not argument. Not even the pathetic pleading of MT. Lounsbury of Darien can move the young business man who repre- sents Stafford and who more than iusti- tifies Speaker Fessenden's selection of him to the important chairmanship of the committee on appropriations. When mem- bers see that the plaintive voice, the rest less movements, the earnest expression odd gestures of MT. Lounsbury are un availing, they desist from trying to swerve Mr. Converse from his purpose MT. Converse's style of addressing the house is that of business man. He talks to house as he would to board of directors of a corporation. He doesn't waste words, but comes to his point with directness and clearness. His facial expression, when he is making his reports to the house for his committee, is that of 8 man who has his mind made up and who is as immOvable as the venerable hills of his own picturesque county. MT. Converse is to the Connecticut house of represent atives what Congressman Holman used to be to the national house-the watch dog of the treasury. An appropriation bill was something which the Indiana statesman viewed with suspicion and in- tense dislike. His Connecticut counter part shows the same disposition. Mir. Converse, without making any effort, has become Un5 of the mostt influential mem= bers of the house. The recognized lead CTS defer to his opinion, and the reports Of his committee receive loyal support. MT. Converse is the Holman of Connecti- cut.
 It appears that in affirming the con- viction by the lower court of Anderson Gray, charged with murder, the supreme court of Kansas did not consider the ques- tion of hypnotic suggestion. There seems to have been ample evidence that Gray, who had motive for desiring to get rid of Patton, induced Mcdonald to kill him, and that was considered sufficient ground for upholding the verdict The convic- tiOn of Gray seems to have been entirely proper, but in acquitting the man who did the killing bad precedent was estab- lished. A man who can be persuaded by another to commit the crime of murder should not be allowed to have his liberty. The plea of persuasion and undue infu- ence is easily made, and it's general &C., ceptance as an excuse for crime would be only less dangerous than that of hypno- tism.
 Five prisoners recently escaped from the Mattewan (N. Y.) prison asylum. Four of these were quickly recaptured but the prize convict, Perry, who alone held up train on the N. Y. c. railroad, and whose daring fight against capture made so thrilling story, remained at large until last Tuesday. He had been sent to the asylum as insane. Sane or not he was most dangerous person to be at I0ASO3 nhO p0Op1O OL0c1IuCO CooASA W4ISu he was again caged. Governor Morton offered $1, 1000 for his recapture.
 Interest is again being awakened in the East Thompson murder case by the viz orous search and investigation prosecuted bs State Attorney Hunter. The snow and ice are now out of the sWamps and pond, and both have been carefully searched for the bodies of Rose Storzkenzie and her child, but nothing new was discovered. The next step will be to take up the floor so as to let light into the cellar and ex- plore the walls in every direction, to make sure that the bodies have not been dis posed of in that way.
 THE Connecticut river has been very near high water mark the past week. Only once in many years is such specta- cle seen of it's wide spread waters so far over and beyond the usual bounds. Of course much damage has been done along it's course through towns and cities.
 Evidently the Putnam Standard keeps it's own engraver on the premises. His work is more than half-tone-fully two thirds toney. With sharper jack-knife he could do great things.
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