Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
HOW IT. IS ooNsrIrUTED.

HOW IF IS CONSTITUTED. A Few Interesting Facts Regarding
 the New Legislature.
 Concerning the material of the present legislature the following facts will be found interesting:
 With six lawyers on the floor of the senate, there is promise of more discussion than in the senate of 1889. Other senators likely to take an active part in the debates are Senators Cleveland of Hartford, Clark of Haddam, Foster of Vernon, and one or two others. The democrats, being in the majority, will have the chairmanships of all the principal committees. Senator Clark of Haddam is republican, but will endeavor to be assigned to the appropria- tions committee, in which he did good deal of active work two years ago. For the judiciary committee there are five democratic lawyers to select from, viz.: Messrs. Fox of New Haven, Holden of An sonia, Seymour of Norwalk, Pierce of Bristol and Thayer of Norwalk. Of the senators, Senator Cleveland, dem., of Hartford; Twitchell, dem., of Naugatuck; Gardner, dem., of New Lon
 don; Mead, rep, of New Canaan; Read l dem. of Bridgeport, and Clark, rep, of Haddam, have previously served in both ! the senate and house. Senators Garvan, | rep, of East Hartford; Holden, dem., of | Ansonia; Fox, ,dem., of New Haven; Robert
 son, dem., of Montville; Houlihan, dem.,
 of Newtown; Shumway, rep, of Killing I 1y; Davis, rep., of Harwinton; En-
 sign, dem, of Salisbury; Lyman, dem,
 of Washington, and Butler, dem., of Mid
 dletown, have served in the house only,
 and Senators Bridge rep, ,, of ada1 Enfieldl d
 Meriden; Thayer, dem., of Norwich; Sey-
 mour, dem., of Norwalk; Foster, dem., of
 Vernon, and Pinney, Dem, of Stafford, have not had any previous legislative ser
 vice. Senators Cleveland, Mitchell, Gard
 ner, Mead, of New Canaan; Read of
 Bridgeport and Clark of Haddam are the ! only senators of 1889 who are reelected.
 The senators promoted from the house
 of 1889 are Senators Holden, Robertson
 and Dains. The pursuits of the members
 of the senate are: Merchants, eight; law
 yers, six; manufacturers, six; transporta-
 ton, one; hotel, one; builder, one; retired,
 ono.
 sIn the house will be several members
 who were prominent in the session o1 l 1889, including Messrs Enders of Wes
 Hartford, Futile of East Haven, Kutsche1 | of Bridgeport and Olmstead of Norwalk
 and several members who have beer
 prominent in previous legislatures, includ
 ing Messrs. Nichols of Fairfield, Paige O. Huntington, Miner of Plainfeld, Boss O ] Windham, Chapin of New Hartford, Bar , tram and Card of Sharon, White of Bol
 ton and McNerney of Vernon. Member who come for the first time t 1 legislative experience and who vii | probably take an active part in legisla tion, are, on the democratic side 7 Messrs. Walker of Hartford, Hotchkiss 0 , 1 New Haven, Markley of New Britain an | Healy of Windsor Locks; and on the It , publican side, Wood of Manchester, Forbe of East Hartford, Greene of Norwich an 2 Porter of Pomfret. Only twenty-fou ! members of the house of 1889 were electe to the next house. Fourteen are republ , cans. The list is as follows: a Thomas Q; Enders, T, West Hartford. Il George s. Davis, r, Guilford f P. D. Castelow, d, Meriden: Q. W. Beardsley, d, Milford. Theophilus Eaton, r, North Haven.
 Robert pa paealey, T. y.p Seymour s. B. Wheeler, 1, stonington. s | l.. Klltscher, d. Bridgeport. g Isaac Williams, q, Greenwich. @ F. ". Wheeler, d, Monroe. q dharlss n seeszi omsted meT " Seaaaai SopMalk ! Daniel Haurahan, q, Stamford. U D. c. Bradley, T, Weston; @ s.PR. R.arsitih waEds Ei BarRhampsted WinaEpssfsI 70 FIT. Buell., r, Chester 't Charles E. Chapman, r, Westbrook. e Other members who have had previo1 d legislative experience are -38 in number: @ % democrats and 16 republicans. IT 10 list, with years of service, is as follows: le Thomas Scott, r., of Pennington, 1887.
 f1h% Gase RsGf Gf sms6pFy, a9 Fssds 1872 F., ,s !. !. Henry D; Lnsley, d., of Branford, 1885. m George H. Peck, d., of Derby, 1871: W Bupns, s' d., l of d Mford, ifdo is2s i'0'' 'A Charles E. Butler, T., of Oxford. 1885. + George W. Mitchell, r., of Southbury 1Ss7 t. A. B. Hoyt, d., of Danbury, 1888. o. Benedict, T., of Bethel, 1864. y 4; faige. r. of Hantinstens isss N. L. Knowito1, fii D, d.. dfs of Ashford, aoU 1872 m James \; Tucker. r.: of Kilingiy, 1882 lc Edwin Milner,r., of Plainfield, 1887 If T. O. Elliott, r.. of Pomfret, 18S1-2. a E. s. Boss, r., of Windham, 1sn sem he J. A. Deming, d., of Colebrook, 1ss7 SC J. H. Wadhams, d., of Goshen, 1S72-4 E. M. Chapin, d., of East Hartford, 1sss-7O, s y ate 1872
 l. Pie1ee PRs d. of NostR s canaan, iaaa iss1 a he George H. Clark d. of Salisbury, 1779. n I. N: Bartram, d., of Sharon, 1868, 1872, 1s IS. 1886, 17S6, senate 1889.
 O. A. M. Card, d., of Sharon, 1886. la R. T. Andrews d. of Thomaston, 1874. Ao John A. Warner, r., of Haddam, 1885.
 P. Fl. Durham, d., of Chatham, 1875 J. P; Lane, d., of Killngworth, 1s7so9 ci William c. White d., of Andover, 1875. 'o: J. L. White d., of Bolton, 1862, 1888, sen l1s | 1876.
 id George H. Clark, d., of Coventry, 1886, a1I Milo Willard, r., of Mansfield 1894 o D. L. Ellis, d., of Stafford, 1886. UT W. V. McNerney, d., of Vernon, 1886. le' The total number of members with F 'ns vious legislative experience is only 62 eu of 252. ,x- MT. Freysinger Caned.