The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-11
THE INCOMING LEGIsLATURE.

Personnel of tho Men Who VIII Assembl | at the Capltoi-freiiminary Manual Pie
 pared by tho Secretary of state.
 The Hartford Post says: The pre-
 liminary manual Of the general as
 sembiy is always interesting for in
 Is given first official collective informa
 ton concerning the men who are goini to be more or less prominent in th
 next few months. On paper and il
 cold. levellng type there Is no distinc
 tion. although the experienced eye car
 legislative record and that is likely tt
 figure in the house or senate journal,
 and In the newspapers more than tht
 others. But these "old timers" will moi
 have 1t all their own way. Every legis.
 laturs develops several statesmen, vide
 Lounsbury of Darien. the "dog man.;
 Barlow of Stamford. the "excitable
 Englishman"; Sake of Waterbury, the
 Polish though unpublished nobleman," and many others whose names will be
 remembered in connection with recent sessions. They may never have been heard of before, but the legislature will be the ebb in the tide of their affairs which they will take advantage of and so be led on to fame and fortune.
 The usual preponderance of farmers is noticeable In the list of senators and representatives-elect. In the senate there will be only four but in the house there will be S6. One representative has "agrlculture" against his name in the occupation" column. but he Is counted in with the S6. In the new as- sembly as whole there are 29 manu- facturers and "A merchants, both vague terms. There are sixteen lawyers, but Hartford county does rot send a single one os them. The lawyers and the farmers are apt to be opposing factions In the legislature and whether they are unequally matched this year in spite of the difference in number of "S6" and "16" is yet to be determined.
 While on the subjects of occupations it may be interesting to note that the senate has blacksmith in Lyman H. Johnson of New Haven. In making a return to the secretary of states office he has not bothered to put Emp" be- fore the blacksmith" to show that he does not wear leather apron every day. The Emp" stands for employ ing" William H. Marigold of Bridge port is down as an Emp. printer" Jesse W. Ruick of Granby subscribes "laborer." William c. Chen ey of Manchester is down as "sik thrower." Reuben A. Tucker of An sonia has an occupation that of public officer" Other blacksmiths are Harry F. Peck of Bethany, Frank w. Bacon of Scotland and Gurdon B. Marcy of East ford. There are only two ministers, Otis J. Range of Guilford and George W. Remington of Colebrook. James E, Roberts of Lisbon is a roll coverer," whatever that may be. There are pharmacists, druggists, chemists and apothecaries. Charles Bailey of Bethel is a That curler." John s. Champlin of Coventry is hair dresser and Freder- ick w. Yutzler of Cornwall a plain bar Der. There is an eng5aver, cigar a town clerk, a "com- man," three or four physicians, a paymaster, a president of a street railroad, a patternmaker, a soap man. ufacturer, several grocers, a "street railway two railroad agents, a rub Der works" piano manufacturer, a natter, bankers in plentysa feed dealer, real estate agents, cafpenters, livery man, lumberman and ,a wood dealer, a superintendent of spinning and seem- irgly everything else but the occupa- tions of the old nursery rhyme Soldier. sailor, tinker, tailor, photographer, plow!boy, gentleman, thief" By the way, there are some gentlemen" in the English sense of the word because five of the new legislature confess of having no occupation at all.
 Coming to the question of birth places 1t is made evident that twelve men were born in other countries but this to say nothing of those who hail from New Jersey. Ireland may claim four of the twelve; Germany, three; Scotland, two: England, one. Both of the Scotchmen were elected from Hartford county, George W. Miller of East Windsor and Turnbull of New Britain. and as they were both born in Paisley they can exchange stories in the corridors during the recess New York as birth place furnished thirteen of the legisla- tors. Of course the great majority were born in this state. One hundred and twenty of the members were selected from the towns in which they were horn.
 Getting more personal there are twen- ty-two married senators and two are single" The bachelors Qadies' col- umns in state papers please copy) are William H. Palmer. of Norwich. fifty years of age, and Edward B, Fuller of Holland, forty-one years of age. Of the representatives 2S are married, 27 are single. and four are widowers. The oldest man in the assembly is John R. Washburn of Stafford, who is seventv- four years of age, and the youngest IS Henry B. Moves of Stonington, who is twenty-three years of age.