The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-03
PROF. SUMNER APPOINTED
SENATOR MARIGOLD STATES WHY APPOINTMENT WAs OPPOSED.

Adopted-supreme Judges Re-appointed
 some Liquor Legislatlon-For the Tax Ing of Insane AsyIums-The House Has Another Busy Day.
 Tn the senate yesterday morning the resolution appointing Prof. William G. sumner of Yale university to the state board of education was taken from the table at the request of Senator Marigold. When the resolution first came up in the upper branch of the general assembly Senator Marigold moved to table the matter stating at the time that he had good reasons for so doing and that he would give them at the proper time.
 Yesterday Senator Marigold said that he had opposed the nomination of Prof. Sumner not for partisan reasons but simply on the ground that he (Sum- ner) was a free trader, and as an edu- cator of the public had promulgated free trade doctrines which in the minds of large part of the citizens of this country were largely responsible for the condition of the horde of unfed people, As proof of his non-partisan- ship the senator from the Fourteenth district referred the senate and the public to his action in the Fairfield county caucus when he had voted for a democrat and his liveliest political enemy for judge of the common pleas court There are many offices still to be filled and I sincerely hope that some of them will go to democrats l would not have the most energetic bank commissioner turned down because he is democrat" said the senator.
 But I am a republican, and a New England republican, and as such l can- not endorse a gentleman for the state board of education, man who dis seminates the doctrine of free trade. The people of Connecticut have spoken against such ideas"
 Senator Woodruff of the Fifteenth district said that he had not intended to discuss the resolution, but since the matter had taken the course 1t had he felt it was his duty to himself and to his constituents to speak against the adoption of the resolution. He said there are 60, 900 people starving in Chi cago in consequence of the country S adopting the doctrines taught by Prof. Sumner, and his free trade associates Senator Warner replied to the oppo- nents of the resolution in spirited manner. He reiterated the statement that it would be unwise to defeat the resolution For twenty years, he said, i Professor Sumner had received the vote of n the only issue dividing the parties was the tariff.
 Senator Warner, continuing, said: 'Tf we descend to the low plane of politics it is not policy to refuse to nominate Professor Sumner at this time" He had been informed that in the great dawn of the new day Professor Sumner had cast his ballot for William Me Kinley, the great apostle of protection. The resolution was adopted, Senators Marigold and Woodruff voting in the negative.
 Senator Converse introduced a reso- lution permitting arms to remain in the possession of Grand Army posts and in camps of the Sons of Veterans. Referred to the committee on military affairs.
  utes defining the term "spirituous and intoxicating liquors so as to include all fermented elders, and regulating the sale in quantities less than five gal Ions. was offered by Senator Futile, by request Referred to temperance committee.
 By Senator Woodruff--An act con- cerning the returns of registrars of vii 4 A.If fr+o +i,+fo ta tIo ufo tn r-H If health.
 A bill for the taxation of asylums and institutions for the care of the in- sane was introduced by Senator Steele, by request. The bill provides that af- ter July 1, ,1897, no asylum or institu- tion shall care for the insane until a license shall be obtained from the gov ernor of the state. The license fee is placed at, $50 and must be paid annual ly. Referred to committee on humane institutions.
 A message was received from His Ex- cellency Governor Cooke communicat- inc to the senate that he had made the following appointments of judges for the supreme and the superior courts; Executive Department, Hartford, Feb
 ruary 2. 1897.
 To the General Assembly:
 I have the honor to nominate the fol- lowing named persons for appointment : on the benches of the supreme and su- perior courts:
 Charles D. Andrews of Litchf1eld, to be chief justice of the supreme court and judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from May 24 1897.
 David Torrance of Derby, to be as- sociate judge of the supreme court of errors and judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from Feb ruary 9, 1898.
 Frederick V. Hall of Stratford to be judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from April 1, 1897.
 Samuel O. Prentice of Hartford, tc be judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from July ?, 1897.
 John M Thayer of Norwich, to be judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from July 2 1897.
 Silas A. Robinson of Middletown, to be judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from February Il 1898.
 LORRIN A. COOKE.