Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-24
Legislature Gets Down to Business
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Peculiarity in Ballot County Commissions. t New London County Cau- GUS.
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the house of representatives was | transacted today when these resolu- tions on nomination by the governor were taken from the calendar and re- ferred. Apportioning George W. | heeler of Bridgeport, to be chief justice of the supreme court of errors and judge of the superior court, for the term of eight years from August s, 1920.
 William S. Case of Hartford, to be an associate justice of the supreme court of errors and a judge of the superior court. for the term of eight years ending Aug. 23, 1919.
 Howard J. Curtis of Stratford to be an associate justice of the supreme court of errors and a judge of the superior court, for the term of eight years from Aug. 23. 1919.
 George E, Hinman of Willimantic. to be a judge of the superior court, for the term of eight years from Aug. 23 1919.
 House joint resolutions making ap- 1 pointments as follows:
 Guy F. Bushnell. judge and Patrick F. Burke, deputy judge of town court Of Enfield.
 William Fenner Woodward, judge, , and Charles 5. Francis deputy judge of the town court of killingly. , Howard W. Curtis judge and Frank } F. Bateman deputy judge of the town court of Stratford.
 The foregoing were referred to ju- dietary committee:
 There remained just thirty three like resolutions on Thursdays calendar, but were not starred for action. Were a session to be held Friday, as at
 first intended, the calendar could have been cleared of these matters. These SAJrnr91 pt Cn the senate calendar.
 The rules were suspended, on mo- ton of MT. Allyn Of Ledyard and res
 olution adopted appointing George E
 Fellows, of Norwich, 6 commissioner
 for New London county, to fill a va. , cancy, with term ending Oct 1. l Under suspended rules Charles H . Smith of Groton. was chosen county V commissioners for New London coun e u for term of four years from Oct e 1. 1919.
 = Resolution appointing Mir. Fellow. - for the full year term of four year. l, was presented. Action was deferred : to next Tuesday on motion of Mr
 Graham of Lisbon = The action of Mr. Graham in defer II ring action of the passage of the res u olution appointing George E. Fellow u ot Norwich for the full four year term as county commissioner, is sai
 to be at the suggestion of Senate , Elisha Waterman, who was defeate . for the commissionarship in the re
 publican caucus. It is said that Sena I, tor Waterman has signed documen II bearing the signatures of eleven mem e bers of the caucus that they vote
 for the senator on the first ballot O
 this first ballot there were more vote
 east than there were members, an
 MT Graham, who acted as chairman s in announcing the fact that the vot n was of no legal value insisted that tn ,~ members cast but one ballot and tha ,- 10 crooked work would be tolerate, n, Of course the result of that illegi ', ballot was not announced. , On the next ballot, Elisha Water man received nine votes, George l :. Fellows ten and Fred Brown on s Twenty votes were cast and eleve a., were necessary for choice. ld Another baloH was taken and Fe
 lows received eleven. Waterma
 eight and Brown one Mr. Fellow
 was declared the nominee of the cat "A GUS and no one objected. By viva VOC D vote Fellows was unanimously chose v- to fill the uneXpired term of Commii he sioner Brown deceased.
 ia The committee on assignment ne seats to members of the house was r oJ ported at Thursdays session TT
 assignments for New L0Edcn, Win o- ham and Holland counties gre as fo he lows:
 d. New London county: Sweeney. ,15
 Gellert 88; w K. Raymond 90; Tub
 121: GaGer. fl: McNicoI, 236: C.
 Smith. 201: Crouch, 123- Bishop, F
 F. W. Jones. 124; Allyn. 127; Graha- IL 128; J. L. Raymond, 133; Reynolc IT, 131; Comstock, 129; Hol., 706; Gos mt 10S; Stone, 130; M. F. Thompson. IS on Cornell, 154; Williams. 152; Mob
 Lane, 112: Jodoin. 188: Moves, 3 ce Boulter 37: ChatfeId. B; Geary, liJ Windham County: W. E. Green. g w. F 0. Baker. 228; Franklin, 50 Baker 201; A. c. Bennett. 253: Ru ,+- sell 243; c. W. Clark 241: ,ewett, s is- Young, 90; Greig, 86; Mercier, 24 h. Dorrance. 20; F. L. Wr;ght, 14 It Haines a39: Kent. 149; Brodeur, Ii
 Nimban, 246; Kebler, g: Ryan, 21
 22O: Hammond 222; Child, 226.
 Holland County: Cook. 16O: Reic TS ard, 256; Little, 174 Higgins, I ing Kingsbury 29; Mcknight 1855; Pa m IFS: Rathbun. IFS; Knowltcn T. Ex- James, ITO: Fuller 172: W $. Thon
 son 1855; O11alloran, AT: Bumste
 196; Ward. 194: Leonard, 200: Re
 104; Howard. 5S: Talcott, 36; Yc
 59: W. H. Hall, 119; Farizek, 167.
 Harry L. Peterson, attorney at Ia ew of Norwich. has been appointed cle
 of the judiciary committee. He W tle- born in South Glastonbury but spt ter most of his life in Danieleon where 5. graduated from the KillirE'y Hi em, School He graduated from the U .ica versity of Maine in 1918. ard in Ju os- of that year was admitted to pr: ton, rice and located in the Thayer build -eu, Norwich.
 lrg, THE SENATE. oIo' Hartford. Jan. 23-In the senate lli' bill was introduced to allow the S
 vile Manufacturing company of W NV tc-Lu"y to il crease it. :. to tal fir 'i' s5.000 900 to $15 DOG, ,000. Other b se- presented and referred were: Exem
 ing property of the Curtis home.
 from taxation: extending the time
 the organization of the Connecti 1le- Indemnify company to May 6. 19
 to reform the system of represen
 ton of political conventions. It D
 vides that ''in all conventions co mn prising more than one town called mp any political party for the purpose
 choosing candidates for any elect re- office the representation of each tc
 there in shal. be on the basis of 1ev delegates of said political party
 each representative to which the spective towns are entitled in the g m eral assembly.
 Senator Bowers announces! that welt WlthqfaWa1 uL u5e resoI.-tiCn lht
 ment of Dr. Franklin II. NTayberry now n +,,,,etoo of Inc \orv-ic, lIoSnitoi