The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-26

tient of persistent contradiction. But
he Is very popular With every one, and
If 1t was put to vote of the house,
the choice of Speaker Barbour of Mr..
Roraback for leader would be sus-
tanned unanimously. Mr., Roraback
will long be remembered as the author
of an origlnal description of the COM
pensation which members receive from
the state. 1--WE receive" he said,
$500, little glory and a jack knife"
Mr.. Colt of New London, as chairman
of the committee on interpretations, is
called on quite often to address the
house. He is terse, clear and brief in
his statements. He never says an un-
necessary word, and he always aims at
brevity. He thinks time is too pre-
cious to be wasted on words, mere
words. Mr.. Kenealy of Stamford
sprang into prominence the other day
in a debate. He had been heard be-
fore, but his first noteworthy speech
was delivered this week. He was flu
ent and forcible. Perhaps he was i'm
petuous, but his impetuousity was that
of man who knew what he was
speaking about, DR.. Rowell of SIAM
ford has the loudest voice of any mem
Der in the house. Mr., Hough of Wind
ham possibly excepted. The doctor has
been heard quite frequently. Judging
from the result of the voting which
has followed his speeches he cannot
be considered an influential speaker
There is the suspicion that the DOCTOR
who is one of the most genial men IN
the world, harangues the house rather
than addresses it. His speeches have
hectoring flavor which members
don't like.
Judge Cowell of waterbury appre-
ciates humor in others, but he Is not
a skillful humerist himself. He is ex-
ceedingly good natured, and is always
listened to with attention. He is, per-
haps, slightly ponderous. He made
long speech the other day, the longest
of the session, and while he made he
| roic effort to be amusing, his success
was not complete Judge Cowen has
some pet phrases which he uses in each
speech he delivers. One of them is
| good public policy" The speech
wouldn't be Judge Cowells If that
phrase was omitted from it, But II
must be admitted that he doesn't seem
! to strain in order to find place for
these phrases They fit in very happily
and appropriately. The Judge likes tc
! be homely in his remarks and to take
the house into his confidence in illus
trating his points by referring to incl
J dents in his own career. They are al
wayssanteresting. Mr.. Calkins of Eas
| Lyme is one of the few democrats ir
the house. He is an easy talker anc
| can be heard with distinctness. He il
| very sharp to detect flaws in an argu'
ment Mr.. Workman of Bethel likes tt
tell good story, which he does witt
good effect Mr.. Parker of New Brit
ain is always succinct, crisp and intel.
ligible, and his colleague, Mr.. Webster
has the faculty of saying his say in {
very few words, which are always tt
the point. Mr.. Wadsworth of Farming
ton quotes from the classics, a practice
which the house doesn't know whether
to rebuke or commend. Mr. Neary o
Naugatuck speaks with earnestness
and is always ineligible.
Mr.. Mains style of oratory is his own
1t is not found anywhere outside o.
| North Stonington. His language il
| richly idiomatic. The house hash
learned to take Mr. Main seriously, ant
the members always dispose themselvei
to laugh when he rises. Mr. Main ha:
a rival as an entertainer in the round
faced corpulent little Representative,
from East Haven, Mr.. Andrews. Tit
quality of Mr.. Andrews voice is rattle,
! peculiar 1t is lachrymose and sugges
tive of q, whine. But this suggestive
ness is soon dispelled when one looks a
the jolly little man, who is always bub
ling over with fun though he tells hi
stories and cracks his jokes in a vote
that sounds like dirge. The membe
who has the ear of the house at al
times is Mr.. Frisbie of Pennington H
is not an orator, but he can make
singularly clear statement He is tn
chairman of the committee on appro
priations, and as such has inauguratet
a policy of retrenehment that would b.
extremely unpopular but for the urgen
need of it. Mr.. Frisbie condenses hi
remarks into the smallest possible com
pass consistent with clearness. He i
called the watch dog of the state treas
ury, a title which he well deserves III
Is a very useful member, and is a
near being indispensable as O. membe
can be. Mr.. Day of Colchester ha
proven his ability to make clear-cu
speech, and Mr. Griffing of Hartfor,
speaks well when the occasion demand
it. Mr.. Epson of Washington addresse
the house in an easy, conversations
way, and with an air that implies Al
apology for speaking at ALL Mr.. Hurl
burt of Norwalk hasn't very clea
voice, but when it is heard 1t is in tn
expression of sensible ideas. His col
league, General Frost, speaks wit
graceful emphasis, and is absolutely de
void of bluster.-Hartford Times.
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