Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-17
AN INFORMAL RECEPTION

AN INFORMAL RECEPTION Rendered to Hon. Josiah M. Hubbard | of mtddletOWn at the Republican | League Last Evening-Promfnent | Republicans Present-Sketch of MT. Hubbard,s Career.
 An informal reception was rendered to Hon. Josiah M. Hubbard of Middletown, candidate for congress in the Second dis trict, last evening by the chairmen of the various ward committees at the Republican league. Many prominent republicans were present, including General s. E. Merwin, nominee for governor; Charles T. Hamil ton, candidate for state senator; Colonel Frank T. Lee, nominee for sheriff, and Hugh Daley and Herbert E. Benton of the state central committee. Addresses were made by Messrs. O. M. Newton of Middle town, Henry A. Newton of Durham and Messrs. Hart and Hugh Daley of this city. The presentation speech was made by MT. c. M. Newton, to which MT. Hubbard re- sponded in his usual felicitous and happy manner. During the course of the recep- | tion collation. was served, to which those
 
 course of MT. Newton's speech he gave the following brief resume of MT. Hubbard's | career:
 He is a Connecticut man, through and l through, of Connecticut ancestry from the | beginning. His grandfathers on both sides l were engaged in the war of the Revolution. l His paternal grandfather was commander of company; his maternal grandfather was one of five brothers, all of whom were in the Revolution. He is also a grand nephew of Jonathan Meigs of Revolution ary fame.
 | Like other Connecticut boys of the time, he attended the district school till twelve 1 years of age, and he then had four years more at Chase's school in Middletown, fla nous for it's thorough training, thus finish | ing his school education at sixteen. He did Q mans work upon his fathers farm for l seven years more.
 When twenty three years old, early in 1856, he joined the New Haven colony who went out under Charles B. Lines to assist in making Kansas 8 free state. Like the others of that company, he received a Sharp's rife, contributed at the meeting in New Haven when Henry Ward Beecher made his famous Bible and rifle speech. He was in Lawrence for six weeks, when 400 free state men were besieged by 2,700 border ruf6ans, and was prominent in the l SCIuSSlo WHICH saved hanSaS, ana Cnor6Dy the union, for liberty.
 He was elected judge of probate at the first organization of his county, and held the office for several years and until he re- l signed it to volunteer in the army. He was member of the first state senate in Kansas, enlisting in the army before the close of his term. While senator, Cover nor Osborn, Governor Martin and Senator Ingalls, were among his colleagues, and Senator Plumb was in the lower house.
 In 1862 he enlisted as private in Com pany K, Eleventh regiment, Kansas, and was immediately appointed first lieutenant. He was in several of the hottest battles of the war and served till some months after it's close, his regiment having at last been sent against the Indians. He was credited with going further than any other man tc attend the last reunion of his regiment in Kansas.
 During the war his only brother was killed at Antietam and his father died al about the same time. At the close of the war, being the only man left in the family he resigned the promising career opening before him in Kansas and returned t( for his mother and sisters. His mother
 now past the age of ninety-one years, stil
 rejoices in his constant faithfulness. In Middletown he has won such honor
 as a hard working farmer may win in
 town and district hopelessly democratic
 As farmer he had been prominent ant
 has been well known among the farmer
 by his addresses at state board meeting
 and farmers gatherings. Many of his ad
 dresses have been published and he ha
 been frequent contributor to agricultur
 al journals.
 He has been school visitor, selectman | fr11a of I since it's organization, and one of it's ex
 ecutive committee; president of the Mid
 dlesex County Agricultural society for tel years past, 8 member of the state board O
 agriculture, master of the Middletowl , grange, master of the Pomona grange, tn first and largest district grange in tn
 state; overseer of the state grange an,
 state delegate from the Middletown post G. A. R., to the St. Louis National en , campment, and county commissioner.
 In 1884 he was nominated for state sen
 ator against Dr. Joseph Alsop, the presen } democratic candidate for lieutenant gov ] ernor, and although he failed of an cleo
 tion, the district then being democratic he reduced Alsop's majority of 400 at tn previous election to plurality of thirty | four
 ,i In 1885 he was elected representativ l from Middletown by majority of nor than 300 in that democratic stronghold.
 In the caucus of representatives to nom mate the speaker Mir. Hubbard stood sec
 ond, Colonel John A. Tbbits being final , ly nominated after several ballots. He wa
 made chairman of the committee on agri culture and was also member of the judi ciary committee, position usually accord ed only to experienced lawyers. He wa
 recognized throughout the session as on ) | of the ablest leaders of the house.