The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-08
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE ADOPTS REPORT IN FAVOR
OF SEATING MR.. BREE.

Debate in Senate To-day OH Committee
Reports Concerning AverilI-Callahnn
| Contest-Recomsidera of Bill for
| Appointment of Military Enrolling
| Officer-BiI1s, Resolutions and Petit-
ions Presented in House md Senate
Yesterday.
| After the opening of the house yes
terday the committee on contested cleo
tions offered it's report in the Cable
Bree contest, recommending that the
petitioner, Judge Gable, be given leave
to withdraw. Accompanying the report
of the committee was a statement from
Attorney Charles B. Matthewman OF
this city, counsel for Judge Gable, call
| ing the attention of the committee to
the fact that the law was clearly vio-
lated by Mr. Bree in participating In the
ably not because Of any intention to
tamper with the vote, but because or
thoughtlessness. In his statement. Mr..
| Natthewman called attention to the fire.
quency with which the law concerning
a candidates participating in the count
| is violated and urged the Importance OF
| insisting on compliance to the election
law. He stated that Judge Gable had
considered it to be his duty to call the
attention of the legislature to the mat
! ter that having done so, the petitioner
desired to withdraw his petition, as he
had not the slightest intention or en-
deavoring to interfere with the express
sion of the will of the people.
The committee report set forth that
Mr.. Bree assisted in removing from the
ballot box and sorting 1900 ballots in
the Twelfth ward, but that no fraud
was perpetrated and that he acted in
good faith. In the report it was stated
by the committee that the will Of the
voters, as expressed by their ballots,
should be carried out rather than that
technical rules should be allowed to de-
feat this will, and further that In the
opinion of the committee the law on
which the petitioner based his contest
was unconstitutional. In regard to this,
the report was as follows:
THE statute quoted by the petitioner,
if construed as the petitioner desires,
would necessarily result in declaring
void 1920 votes of citizens which were
honestly cast by citizens in the exercise
of their constitutional right, and with
out fraud or evil intention. 1t is the
opinion of your committee that this leg
slature has not that power"
Mr.. King, chairman of the committee,
moved that the rules be suspended and
the committee report adopted. The mo-
ton was passed and permission to with
draw the petition was granted.
The petition from the New Haven
fremen asking for an amendment to the
charter of New Haven to fix the salaries
of the members Of the fire department
was pr esented. The proposed amend
ment was published in the Journal and
Courier some time ago. The bill for ex-
tension to 1901 of the time for the COM
pletion of the assessment Of New Ha-
ven property was presented by Mr..
Forbes. A constitutional amendment
was introduced by Mr.. Bree, providing
that judges of superior courts, courts of
common pleas, and borough and city
ernor and confirmed by the legislature.
A petition for the appointment of
Eugene c. Hill of New Haven, as state
auditor, signed by Mayor Farnsworth,
Judge Gable and other prominent citi-
Zens Of this CITY, was referred to the
finance committee. A resolution was
offered for the appointment of Henry
w. Farnam of this city and Francis
Goodwin of Hartford members of the
state committee on sculpture.
Other bills offered in the house were:
For the licensing of horse shoers; au-
thorizing city court judges to hire stem
ographers to take notes on evidence in
civil actions, at a compensation of $40
per day; to protect life and property
from danger from steam boilers and
elevators run by Incompetent persons;
to fix the legal rate of interest at per
cent,
In the matter Of Parker-Broo con-
tested election case, for the seat of rep
resentative from Guilord, the committee
reported in favor of giving the petit
toner, Ralph Parker, leave to with
draw.
The republican members from New
Haven county will meet to-day in room
rs in the capital for the purpose of NOM
mating candidates for county commits
SiOners.
The judiciary committee reported ad-
versely on the bill for thirteen jurymen
in criminal cases. A bill introduced by
Mr. Bree provides for an amendment of
the New Haven charter so that the
board of finance shall have exclusive
power to make transfers from appropri-
ations
In the senate reconsidera ton of the
bill comforting upon the court Of
common council of New Haven the
power to appoint a military enrolling
officer was moved by Senator Callahan,
who stated that the chairman of the
board Of selectmen had informed him
that the selectmen had already appoint
ed an enrolling officer. The matter was
tabled. Senator Callahan also intro |
duced, by request, a resolution for the |
Of Bradley M. Sears to be |
trustee of Storrs Agricultural schoo.
Senator Goodrich offered bill provid- |
ing that any street railway company or |
steam railway may abandon the opera
ton of any portion of it's lines no longer |
necessary to the successful operation of |
the road and not essential to the con- |
of the residents of the local. |
ity