The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-17
NEW soLoNs OF THE STATE.
Secretary of State Has Compiled the
 Preliminary Roll of Honor.

| Secretary of State Has Compiled the
 Preliminary Roll of Honor
 The secretary of state has compiled 1 the preliminary roll of the new mem 1 bers of the general assembly who will
 be sworn in on January 9, A proof has
 been sent to each member for the cor
 rection of any possible errors.
 | Of the twenty-four senators, F. S. 1 Goodrich of Wethersheld is the oldest | but he is only sixty-fiye James R. l Lanyon of Cheshire, who is twenty, is | the youngest, although Howard F, Lan-
 don of Salisbury is only a year older. ! Wallace s. Allis of Norwich is the only 1 bachelor in the list. All the other members were married except Sturgis | Whitlock of Huntington, who is a wid- over. Except Andrew Gordon of En- | field who was born in Scotland and W, R. Mcdonald of Cromwell, all the | aenators-elect are natives of the Uni ted States. Eighteen or 66 2-3 per cent. of the senators were born in Con nectlcut
 Seven of the senators are manufac- turers pure and simple, while Charles A. Thompson, of Ellington, gives his occupation as farmer and manufac-
 turer." Manufacturers are more nu-
 merous than men of any other occupa-
 tion. Apart from MT. Thompson there
 are two farmers. There are four law
 yers, and in the list are both the demo-
 cratic members, James P. Bree, of New
 Haven, and William Kennedy of Naug-
 atuck. Bankers will have three repre-
 
 chants. Senator Goodrich gives his oc- cupation as the president of street
 railroad and MT Lanyon reports him self to be town clerk. Eleven sena-
 tors have previously been members of
 the general assembly.
 Horatio D. Chapman of Chatham, the senior member of the house, is seven
 ty-four years old. Martin Wilcox of New Hartford, is only two years youn- ger. David c. Sanford, of Bridgewater and Robert Scoville, of Salisbury, are the youngest members each of them being only twenty four. F. P. Guilfoie of Waterbury, Frank J. Wales of Mon- roe, and Louis M Hemingway of Wa tertown, are each only twenty five. H. B. Freeman and H. B, Philbrick, of Hartford, are thirty-one and fifty-sev- en respectively. Of the members whose domestic condition is reported, thirty | three are bachelors. Of the 225 mem- bers, only four are natives of foreign l countries. Of that quartette, thrae-O. | $. Strung of Bristol, August Maser- | meyer of Merlden, and Morris Meyers | of Danbury-are natives of Germany, | while J. s. Eastwood of Thomaston, | originally came from England Of the | native Americans, thirty-eight were born outside of Connecticut Curious ly enough, two representatives-C. H. Dawley of Colchester and A. B. Pee ! bles of Mansfield-first saw the light in 
 Farming is, as usual, represented more liberally in the house than any other occupation. Not less than seven- ,y-nina members are farmers. They ire distributed by counties as follows: Hartford county, 1S: New Haven, s; New London, 12; Fairfield, z; Windham, <; Litchfeld 12; Middlesex, [. and Tal- and, 15. Not less than twenty mem ,ers register as merchants. Only about l dozen of representatives are classi- leu as rlanuIactufeTS. The law IS we'll 1 epresented in the list, and twenty-two members, including two law students, 'elong to that profession. William P. 'runer of Rocky Hill, and Charles 'age of North Branford, represent the ministry. There are several teachers, , Henry Ward Beecher of who describes himself as a o ocal teacher. Alfred H. Howe of Der y, and w. Fl. Taylor of Putnam, will , 0 honors for journalism. The under aking interests will be looked after by c {. w. Keeler of Cheshire and c. H. ,awley of Colchester. Medicine has a alf dozen opponents. In the new ouse there are also builders, insurance len, liverymen, civil engineers, lum- ermen. furniture dealers, bankers, to- acco dealers, seedsmen, fruit growers, lachinists, market gardeners, die nkers, hotel keepers, real estate gents, polishers, carmen, hlacksmiths, mechanics, collectors, com lercial travellers, matters, druggists, lrriage painters, oyster planters, stock @ rokers, tinsmiths and accountants.