The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-27
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY x FAVORABLE COMMITTEE ACTION
 ONJUDGE CABLE'S NOMINATION.. Opposition to disappointment of Judge
 George w. Wheeler FizzIed Out-Ex'
 Judge stoddard's Statement to ths
 Judiciary Committee e-Reports on
 Various Matters Made by Committees
 There was considerable interest in the capitol in Hartford yesterday over the outcome of the adjourned hearing be- fore the committee on judicial nomina- lions on the resolutions for the ap- spointnent of Judge Cable and Judge Hubbard to the bench of the court of common please of New Haven county. Ex-Judge Hobart l.. Hotchkiss, for whose appointment to one of the judge ships in that court a resolution has been presented in the house and at whose request the hearings on the Cable and Hubbard resolutions were contin- ued appeared before the committee yes terday. The committee had continued the hearing because ex-Judge Hotch- kiss had stated that the New Haven County Bar association was likely to fake action at last Saturdays meeting on the proposed appointment of Judge 8Cable.
 x MT. Hotchkiss yesterday made a statement to the committee saying that the bar association had taken no action on the matter He stated that in his action in regard to the matter thus far he had acted simply as fgurehead for certain persons who had desired him to make protest against Judge Cable.
 No opposition to the appointment of either Judge Gable or Judge Hubbard appeared, and the committee voted to report favorably on the resolutions for their appointment
 There was much interest evidenced about the capitol yesterday in the out come of the hearing before the judicia- ry committee on the nomination of Judge George W. Wheeler, for reap pointment to the superior court bench. The committee meeting was called to order at 2:30 and Judge Henry Stod- dard of this city, who had been ex- pected to make some statement in op- position to the reappointment of Judge Wheeler was present and the commit tee room was filled with lawyers from various parts of the state Judge Stod-
 
 ment, however, but instead addressed the committee as follows:
 "Gentlemen of the committee: A few words perhaps ought to be said in ex- planation of the course I am about to take. have prepared and put into written form a statement of the facts and the reasons which I think created and led up to the opposition to the re- nomination of Judge George w. Wheel CT to be judge of the superior court of this state.
 1I notified the chairman of this com- mittee that I would attend the hearing on this subject, but since that time it has been strongly represented to me, and perhaps it's not too strong word to use, it has been urged upon me that
 
 mature deliberation and full considera- tion of the entire subject seen fit to make the nomination, and that in so doing he simply followed the traditions of the state of Connecticut and the gen. eral principle which has obtained and ought to obtain, namely that a man once on the superior bench ought to re- main there during the constitutional term, that to oppose the nominee after the nomination has been made would seem rather to be an attack on a sys- tenn, and possibly not giving due defer ence and weight to the opinion of the executive and would necessarily impair the responsibility and standing of the | bench; these and other considerations | say have come to me from a number of | gentlemen whose opinions l value very 1 highly Some of them think that the nomi- l nation of Judge Wheeler is unfortunate and some of them are entirely indiffer- | ent on the subject. Gentlemen, after | full deiberation on the subject, I have | concluded not to submit that state | ment to this committee" No one else appeared to be heard in | regard to the matter.
 An executive session of the commit tee on railroads and bridges was held | yesterday afternoon and a decision | reached In the matters of extension of | time of granting railroad charters.