Connecticut western news., 1875-05-21

pOpulA "A'" HAN w will prove an intelligent and attentive mem- Der of the House.
 ?. Miles Riggs, new member, was born in the town he represents March 17. 1919. and received common school and academ- ic education. He has been successively assessor, member board of relief, grand juror, and in other local offices. By occu- patton he is a farmer, and politically he is 8 republican.
 WSncAester-1. Henry Gay, the we'll known banker of West Winsted, was born at Salisbury April 9th, 1884, and after at tending district school until he was IA years old, went into country store and served as clerk for four years. He then turned his attention to banking, and when 2l years of age was made cashier of the Winstsd bank, holding that place eight years, when he became president of the bank, which position he occupied till 1867, when he went into the private banking firm of Gilbert & Gay. On the first of Jan uary, 1874, he became cashier of the Hurl- but National Bank of West Winsted, and still holds that place. MT: Gay has devo- ted himself SO assiduously to business that he has had but little time for political du- ties. and comes to the legislature for the first time, but the confidence of his towns men has been evinced by his election for twelve successive years to the office of treasurer of Winchester, and by his success in town which sent democrat with him and gave the democratic state ticket a hun dred plurality. He was elected as repub- lican and will go with that party in every thing he deems to be right.
 2. Mortimer B. Dutton was born at Win chester August 18th, 1889, and was educa- ted in the best high schools of Litchfeld county. He is an active and energetic business man and has been engaged in the lumber trade for several. He has been first selectman of the town and also war den of the borough of Winsted, both of which positions he still holds. He was in the Third United States Artillery during the war and saw active service. This is his first term in the legislature, and he will act generally with the democratic party, re- serving to himself, however, the right to vote regardless of partisan views on all matters of public interest. He is Q man of independent opinions and will be governed by them under all circumstances.
 Warren-Gcorge Wells was born in Sharon Nov. 22nd, 1920, and is now in his fifty. fifth year. He is a farmer and has never before been a member of the General Assembly. He will act and vete with the democrats.
 Neao MIford-l. James H. McMahon represents the town in which he was born in 1921, being now thirty-four years of age.. After fitting at an academy he went through the Law School of the Albany University and entered upon the practice of law at New Milford. For nine years he has been Judge of Probate, and was in 1878 member of the House. MT. McMa- hon sits on the democratic side, and will be likely to take prominent part in the de- bates.
 g. Oliver s. Hartwell was born at Wash ington Nov. 5th, 1928, and received his ed ucation in the common schools of his na- tive town. He has been farmer most of hls life time, and has taken quite an active held several town offices but has not before been member of the legislature. He will act with the democrats on all public ques. tions.
 Rarttord. B. Stevens was born at Huntington, Penn., Nov. %, 1922, and is consequently 52 years of age. He comes of an old Connecticut family, his father, the late Benjamin R. Stevens, Esq, and his mother being natives of Norfolk. His father, after graduating at Williams College, read law with the late Judge Pet tibone of Norfolk, and about the year 1914 established himself at Huntington, among the Alleghanies, in the practice of law, ,and took high rank in his profession. He died in 1928, and the family returned to Nor folk, where MT. Stevens was educated al the academy and trained in mercantile bus mess. He took an active rart in politics from the day of his majority, and in 1856 was nominated by his party in the 17th dis trict for the senate, but his opponent, Hon, Samuel D. Northway, was too much fol him, and his aspirations in that direction were necessarily deferred. In 1860 he WE nominated for Secretary of State. on the ticket with the late Gov. Seymour, and wal defeated with his ticket after one of the most spirited campaigns ever witnessed 1T the state. After removing to Hartford ht took the general agency of the Charte Oak Life Insurance Go. for Connection and Western Massachusetts, which he stll holds. He is also treasurer of the Dim' Savings Bunk, a director in the Connecti- cut Western railroad, of which enterprise
 he was one of the most active promoters
 and director and treasurer in the Hartfort
 Axle Go. of Norfolk, in which ke holds
 large interest. In Norfolk he owns th
 fine hotel and large amount of real es
 tate. In Hartford he has been for six year
 one of the selectmen, declining 8 re-elec
 tion last year. He was elected to represen
 Hartford in the house in 1866, serving il
 the committee on banks; was reelected il
 in 1867, going into the finance committee
 and in 1868 was senator from the first dis
 trict, acting as chairman of the committe
 on claims. Three years ago he was one o
 the Connecticut delegates in the Baltimor
 convention which nominated Horace Gree
 ley for the presidency, acting as one of tn
 secretaries of that body. MT. Stevens ez
 perience in the legislature as well as in bus
 mess affairs will make him 8 valuable mem
 Der on the democratic side. He is not frequent speaker, but can express hlmsel