Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-05
THE LEGIsLAr1vE REUNION.

The Grand Rally of Legislators i'm
 Hartford TO-Day-HOn. c. B. Lines,
 Now Seventy-nIne Years of Age, is
 Heard FrOm-GeneraI Notes.
 A special train will leave this city at 7:50 a. m. this Wednesday, morning for the &C., commodation of those wishing to attend the legislative reunion at Hartford. The fare for the round trip will be 90 cents.
 Estimates of the number of ex-members who will attend the reunion vary from 1, ,50O to 2,OO0. As to older members much will depend on the weather. There will also be large outside attendance.
 Governor Harrison and the ex-Governors will leave the Allyn House in the procession to the Capitol a little earlier than 1:30, so as to reach the Capitol promptly at the hour designated for the exercises in the hall of the House, which it is estimated will with the gal lery seat ,Oo0 persons.
 A letter from Hon. c. B. Lines, who is so well remembered by our old townsmen, was received by the Hartford Times. MT. Lines is now seventy-nine years of age and was member in 1853. He refers in the letter very happily to Hon. W. D. Shipman, Judge Phelps, Hon. Jeremiah Halsey and the late Hon. Charles Ives of New Haven, who served in '53. MT. Lines writes that. he cannot
 
 l, 500 trees needing his constant care. He speaks in his letter of the large amount of Connecticut money loaned on Kansas securi- ties and says:
 '.The other day while in the office of the Kansas ed several millions of dollars in Kansas, the State of my adoption, from my own native State. imag, invested millions of dollars for Russell Jennings of & s e G b ths S $ of who in 1853 was Baptist minister and member wifi w ss ef ns an arsG of % Law, and suppose at that time without property penters tool the invention of quiet gospel preach CT residing in the toughest part of one of the toughest counties of Connecticut"
 At 2 o'clock the general reunion with lit erary exercises will be held in the hall of the House, according to this programme:
 1. Assemblage called to order by exGovernor H. B. Bigelow of New Haven, chairman of the execu- tive committee
 ?. Prayer-The Rev. E. P. Parker, DID,, of Hart ford, chaplain of the Senate.
 8. Address of welcome-His Excellency Henry B.
 4. Historical address-The Hon. Henry c. Robin
 5. Address. ''The Capitol and Grounds. ''-The Hon. Alfred E. Burr of Hartford, ex-chairman of
 6. Address, .1The Senate. Lieutenant Governor
 z. Address, ssThe House. "-The Hon. John A. Tibbitts, Speaker of the House.
 8. Addresses and letters from senior State off cerS, Senators and Representatives present
 tNote-The oldest and next oldest citizens in Ga of s a aKnoF Stamford. 1s556. Lieutenant Governor-Charles 5nrR MGegy & as df f A. H. B BHGsB New Haven, 1s47-s; j. P, c. Mather, New London, Wdman psn6ury D. S5 Comptroerb iah Catlin, 1847-8-9 Alexander MerriIis, New Se chsfes Ge s Speaker of the House-C F. Cleveland, Hampton, | oy s Gf Waterbury, 1894; e E. Cleveland, 1926; 2: J, Me, isas HSsdy ASHe' 10S'' 0nAFieS l. i'i'Sef hAf''0ro
 g. Miscellaneous Addresses.
 Senator Hawley reached Hartford at | and will attend the reunion. Other | expected to be present are ex- Governors Minors, Holley, Ingersoll, English, l Andrews and Bigelow.
 A large number of clerks of both houses | will be present and doubtless will, as of old, l call the rolls at the forenoon meetings of the | legislatures in which they served.
 Habenstein will open his restaurant at the | Capitol for the day and be prepared to serve lunches and dinners to large number of | people.
 His Excellency Henry B. Harrison will re- ceive ex-Governors in the Governors room; the Hon. Lorrin A. Cooke, Lieutenant Gov overnor, will receive ex-Lieutenant Govern ors in the Lieutenant Governors room; the | Hon. Charles A. Russell, Secretary of State, the Hon. Valentine B. Chamberlain, treasur- CT, and the Hon. L. 1. Munson, comptroller, will in their respective offices receive former treasurers and comptrollers. The Hon. John A. Tibbitts, Speaker of the House, will receive ex-Speakers in the Speak CTS room.
 At these legislative reunions badges will be distributed to the Senators and members, each badge bearing the date of the legislature in which the wearer held office. These will serve identification through the day, and will form pleasant souvenirs of the occasion. There have been printed for State officers, Speakers of the House, and committees, about 160 badges; for Senators, about 400, and for Representatives 5000.
 Convinced that the hotels and restaurants of the city could not meet the dinner re- quirements of the large number of visitors to the city the executive committee has arrang- ed to serve at the First regiment armory at noon a substantial lunch to those ex-mem- bers who will be satisfied to take a lunch rather than their usual dinner at hotel.
 Several of the present State officers will entertain ex State officers at their offices in he Capitol.
 Governor Harrison will entertain at dinner 1t the Allyn House the ex-Governors, his military staff, the speakers of the afternoon md the members of the executive commit zee.