The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-07
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HEARING ON THE STATE AUDITOR
MATTER YESTERDAY.

Seven Candidates for Appointment to
the Posftion-Committee Reports Re-
cetved Yesterday ON Several Minor
BiIIs-Tho Bill to Pay Board of Relief
Passed the House.
The bearing on the bill to require
street railway companies to allow fire.
men and policemen to ride free OF
charge, which was to have come up be-
fore the railroad committee yesterday
afternoon in Hartford, has been post
poned to Friday, March ID.
The most interesting committee hear
ing yesterday was that on the resoiu-
ditor before the finance committee. For
state auditor the appointee to which
office must under the statutes be dem
ocrat this year, there are several can
didates, resolutions for whose appoint
ment have been presented, among them
being Senator Bree, Of this city, ex-
Mayor Beckwith, of New London, Les
lie w. Newberry, of South Windsor, the
present democratic state auditor; ID.
Ward Northrop of Middletown, and eN-
Representative E. S. Thomas, OF Or
ange.
Ex-Judge Hobart L. Hotchlliss, the
first person to appear yesterday, spoke
in favor of Mr.. Bree. He was quickly
followed by a number of others, includ-
Ing Senator Kennedy, all of whom rec
commended Mr.. Bree on the ground OF
ability, integrity and former experience.
MI Hotchkiss said that he had known
Mr.. Bree ever since his school days and
that his reputation for honesty, indus
try and integrity was such that few
members of the bar could equal and not
many of them could lay claim to all OF
these qualities
Representative Guilfoile, of Water
bury, who was clerk of the caucus OF
democrats which nominated Mr.. New
berry spoke for Mr.. Bree also, and
brought to the notice of the committee
the fact that Senator Bree did not par
ticipate in that caucus because his reso-
luton was already before the legislature
in the regular way.
City Attorney Howard G. Webb ap-
peared for Mr.. Bree, stating that ne
had been Mr.. Bree's associate in the
auditing of town accounts of New Ha-
ven for six years and knew he was well
qualified to fill the position of state au- |
ditor.
Attorney Isaac Wolfe and Frederick
B. Perry followed Mr.. Webb. William |
II. Ely spoke for Mr.. Bree.
Hayes o. Flaherty, of Hartford, and
P. r, Butler of Hartford, j. j. Carr,
registrar of vital statistics of New Ha-
ven and a number of others spoke for |
Mr.. Bree.
Attorney E. S. Thomas, of Orange, |
one Of the candidates, said that he be-
lieved he was qualified to fill the posi-
ton because he had been auditor of
New Haven county for two years. He
thought that he could be pardoned for
speaking a word or two tn favor OF
himself.
The only thing relieving the monoto-
nv of a dull session yesterday in the
assembly was a short discussion be-
tween Mr. King, of Windham and Mr..
Tucker, of Ansonia, over feature of a
bill establishing town court for East
Hartford which allowed a non-profes-
new. The committee on judiciary re-
ported unfavorably on the measure and
Mr. Tucker objected that legislation
should not give rights to one individual
which the courts took away from an
other.
Mr. King replied that the circum-
stances justified the present action, and
the bill was passed.
souvenir" Taylor's project for issu-
ing history and souvenir of the legis-
lature received its quietus yesterday on
the unfavorable report of the commit
tee. and a bill compelling detectives to
obtain licenses was also rejected. the
committee on railroads and that on fish,
cries and game presented reports on
number of minor matters.
Tn the senate the only matters of I'M
nortance were the conf1rma ton Of
Judges Bryant and Platt, of the city
court of Ansonia, Judges Hungerford
and Hamilton, Of the borough court of
Naugatuck, and Judge Brown, of the
citv court of Norwich, together with a
favorable report from the committee on
railroads on the resolution extending
the time for the construction of the
Torrington and winchester railroad.
The railroad committee reported fa-
vorably in the house on the resolution
extending the time for the organization
Of the East Lyme street railway and
two more years to the Green
witch Tramway company and giving 1t :,
rights over new streets. Both resolu-
tons were passed.
The petition of Samuel E. Raymond
10 be made state auditor was presented a
by Mr.. Freeman, Of Hartford.
One OF the bicycle bills, providing that
all bicycles and rubber-tired vehicles
shall show lights on unlighted streets
only, was rejected.
The railroad committee began yester- i
lay to report on the several hundred
measures before it. Two bills relating +
% tine Norwich street railroad were up
II the house. One, granting the road
extension of time was rejected, as
House Chairman Walsh said that as 1t
vas of adverse nature and had not been q
.dvertised it was not legally before the a