The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-02
I OLITlCAL NOTES
ABOUT THE STATE

7 eugene & Il. O'SuIl1Vans OF 4OrT1ng-
ton, referee in bankruptcy, will as
sumo his duties as clerk of the
Iitchheld county court Of common
pleas on March 1, succeeding Whea.-
ton +. Dowd Of Winsted, who was
recently appointed clerk Of the
Litchf1eld county superior court. The
appointment of Mr.. O'SuI1ivan was
Mr.. O'SuIlivan is a native of Col
chester and is So years old. He is
a graduate of Yale Law school and
he has taken a. prominent part in
the affairs of the Democratic party
in Torr1ngton.
Alexander Troup, the managing
editor of the New Haven Union, has
declined a reappointment to ! the
civil service board of the city of
New Haven, He is succeeded by G..
E. p Sanford President Edward
Troup's retirement: This board
having learned with regret that Mr..
Alexander Troup, owing to an in
crease of his business cares, has
found it necessary to decline a re-
appointment, cannot but express its
deep appreciation of Mr. Troup.s
faithful and efficient services and its
recognition of his loyalty to civil
service principles while member of
this board
|
The result of the recount in the
East Hartford election contest, by
which the plurality of the Demo
cratic candidate, who was declared
elected Representative by the mod
orator, was substantially Increased,
brings to mind the fact that a re-
count is often favorable to the sit
ting member of the General Assem-
bly,. In the senatorial election in the
Third district in 1904, Matthew
Hogan, the Democratic candidate,
was declared elected by a majority
Of one. His Republican opponent,
Postmaster Frank A. Hagarty, con-
committee of 1905 opened the ballot
boxes and recounted the ballots.
The recount increased the plurality
! of Senator Hogan to eleven. Mr..
Hagarty had no desire to give his
opponent any annoyance. but he
| thought that, with a plurality Of one,
there was the possibility that a mis-
take had been made by which the
viii of the electors was nu11ied, and
that it was his duty, as one who had
been a candidate for their suffrages.
to. prevent the notification For q
similar reason Mr.. Forbes of East
Hartford made his contest for the
seat In the house to which his Demo-
cratic opponent had been declared
elected. The sn1a1Iness of Mr.. Han
deI,s plurality suggested that there
might have been q mistake in the
lscounting of the votes and Mr.. Forbes
felt it was his duty to the electors
of the town not to allow it to stand
The contest over the representation
OF q New Haven senatorial district
| at the session of 1907 was remark
able for its friend1iness- Mr.. States
i the Democrat, was declared elected
but a comparison on the Democratic
and republican tickets made it evil
dent that 81 mistake of one hundred
votes had been made In the count
to the Disadvantage OF the RepubH-
\ can candidate Mr.. Homan. Mr.
States and the Democratic leaders o.
| the district were strongly impressed
with the evidence of an erroneous
/ count. Mr. States felt that his duty
Required him to take his place in
the senate as the representative Of
1.-The district SO that the district might
not be unrepresented for even q
part Of the session He retained his
seat until the report of the commit
tee made it clear that Senator Ho-
man was entitled to it.
The list of candidates for the Pc.
Isition of labor commissioner CON
tains the names of eight applicants
1t is assumed that the commission
which is considering the matter Of
consolidating commissions, will re
port unfavorably on the propos1t1oI
/ to consolidate the labor bureau with
| the once of factory inspector. Ths
assumption may be without warran
at present at any rate.
It is noticed that there is an un,
usually large number of young law
yers practicing before the commit
ttees of the General Assembly at thi
session In former sessions prefer
ence seemed to be given to older law
yers by clients.
1t may be taken for granted tina.
whatever report is made by tn,
COMMITTEES on cities and boroughs OF
the plan to change the word lines O.
Hartford there will be no attempt K
ignore CONSTITUTE onaI objections.