Putnam patriot., 1911-04-21


 avaas-kotomobiie Bill Severely Ar.
 rs,ansd-t4ouss Spends Much Time
 on Case of Young Bonssetter--SoV=
 ernor's Appointment 5tirs Up Trou-
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 Especial CoFreaparGeuce-I
 Hartford April 20 The senate to- 6ay voted t0 stand soiidiy by its vote in support Of Judge 4. Ace, Mathew son of the New Haven city court as against the report of the judiciary committee iH favor of Howard e. Webb of that city to succeed him. The vote WIS fs ID F ou fI=eatH. eteEF senatsr being pfezent senator Lonhs# bury changed from Nathe@son Q Webb. but be vas the only senator who voted differently than Wis the case tbree or fouf weeks ago. when the matter WAS first up In the senate. There were four more seHaturs voting than on that occasion however
 The vote was on adherIng io tbe for mer action of the senate m turning down Che report of tbe committee and substituting for the name reported fhat 0f Judge MatheWz1u and WAS iu doubt until the lasf f9fe tliat of SeH- ater Leeaafa et lAe fhHtydfth dis trlct. WAS east 1T hud been said th8t spnntur Leonard who dfd H0t vote when the matter HHs up before being absent would vote iH favor of Nebb' bHt he did mol
 How the Senators Voted.
 The votes of the senators were le corded as follows yea vote being ID favor If MatheWsen
 Yea Senator Hooker. Penn. Mar lowe. riekefHan. Stanley. Parker. Woodruff. fiatt. Park, Feck. Judson. Donovan. Foster. Hammond. Elliott. Brlnsmade. Wright and Leonard 1s
 Nay Senators Pierce. spelIaey, Al. sop, Halloran, Bailey. Mitchell, Mars den, Lawlor. Lonnsbury. Mahau. AY cry, Bartlett McSeil. Paddock. Meara. Barnum and Frisbie17.
 This leaves Judge Mathewson the de facto judge of the court The attorney general rendered an opinion last week 10 the effect that the appointment If Judge Mathewson by the legislature to hold office until his successor was chosen and qualified could not over ride the fact of the constitutions linn iting the term of offices of these minor court Judges to two years and that Judge Mathewson was not therefore holding over n office He followed this with another opinion extending the subject further to say that Judge Mathewson was nnquestlonahly the de faeto Judge and would continue such until the next general assembly chose his successor if he fell between the two houses on reappointment This is what he has done, and he sits on the bench in New Haven as the de facto judge
 Mahan's Strenuous Language. Preceding the vote in the senate there was q warm debate. In which Senator Mahan, who was making the fight for the acceptance of the report on behalf Of the committee, Chairman Judson being q Mathewson man. grew quite pointed In his remarks. Ad- dressing himself to the report handed in hy Senator Diekerman as senate conferee on the subject. which was the order of the day for 12 o'clock. he | said This Is the most infamous re :! port ever made to this body. Many | of the statements made In it are un. | true, and the gentleman from the | Ninth insults this senate in sending | such a document to the clerks desk | 10 be read Senator Penn called him to order | for his language at this point, hut he | refused 10 be interrupted He told of | the conditions in the committee and | why Il came to the decision it did hy l vote of s Co and urged the accept | nnee of the report. At q later stage | of the debate he asked Senator Dick | erman to rise and saY who had die tated the report intmatmg that II | had been dictated ty Colonel Cllman. i the New Haven Republican Gass | against whom this Hsht eu Mathew | son is aIiesrd fa haVe been made | "NmoS t ketW8H answered Senator | niekesmH ii savers ef 8aafher | hand aud another miAd. sir reiatiea | Mahau
 Diekeemaa Expresses Hlmselt
 The report mentioned the fagt that she question at issue had beeume. in fbV opinion 0f its WlIter. HUauIV IU= volyed aud told of hls hope t9 agree on some compromise with thu house eonferees and his final conviction that that would never come to pass The various reasons given the jadiciary committee ia taNeEQf Judge Mathew sons retention were Sr- ssN~uh and the sentiment expressed that thc~s evists in New Haven ua particular wish for the replacing ef Judge Mathewsnn. II then states that. us there Is no hope of agreement oR a compromise vau didatc, the senate committeeman rec ommends that the senate stand hv its original position. The motion to ae+ cept the report was first carried. and then the roll call on adopting it's rec ommendatlon was taken
 Senator Mitchell the New Haven Democrat who was the only one If the four New Haven senators to consistent lv stand by Webb, took occasion to eN plain his position and deny some oi the statements which have been made regarding the situation and where th, Webb resolution originally came from