Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-10
CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREWS.
Creates Sensation by Resigning From
 the High Court Bench.

The resignation of Chief Justice. An drews will develop very interesting situation, says the Hartford Courant. It will involve the appoint ment by Governor Mclean of a new chief justice, of another justice of the supreme court, and, if as would be ex- pected he promoted some judge from the superior bench to the supreme, that would mean the selection of an- other superior court judge.
 The senior judge of the superior court at the present time Is Judge s. O. Prentice of this city and consider ing his recognized abilities and his wide personal popularity it seems as much a foregone conclusion that he would be selected for the supreme court as it is that the selection would meet universal approval.
 This would leave two superior court judges to be named, since there is one new judgeship, created by the present lsgisP tuff Egiehds Of F pdEe GY flliafn ii la Ileas court, have 7, felt, confident for Some time that lie would Teceive the appointment to the superior court Should he be appointed, then there would be a vacancy on the bench of the common pleas court. Presumably under the new law the filling of that position would also fall upon the gov ernOr.
 It has been believed for some weeks that a superior court appointment would be made in New Haven county. That confidence has been as widely en- tertanied there as the corresponding belief has been entertained herea- bouts. 1t is possible now for both an- ticipations to be realized, and for one appointment to go there and for one also to come here. Several, names have been discussed in New Haven county, and, since 1t has been known that Judge E. B. 4Gager of Derby had let it be understood that the position would be acceptable to him, there has been a growing belief that he was the most likely to be named.
 Charles Bartlett Andrews was born in Sunderland: Mass, November 4. 1884, son of Rev Erastus Andrews, a Baptist clergyman settled in that town. He was graduated at Amherst with honor in 1858 and has since re ceived the honorary degree of LID. from that college and from Yale and l Wesleyan. He studied law in Sher- man In this state and was admitted to the bar in Bridgeport in 1860. He went immediately to Kent to practice, but in 1863 John H. Hubbard of Litchffeld who had just been elected to congress l invited him to move to Litchfield and carry on his law business. The invi. tation was accepted and before long MT Andrews was at the head of the Litchfield county bar. He was mem Der of the senate in 1868 and again iu | 1869. In 1878 he was elected to the house from Litchfield, the first Repub | lican member from there since the war. He was defeated in his campaign for speaker by Judge Briscoe, but was easily the leader of the house. and ir the fall he was nominated for the gov ernorship. The delegates from Hart ford to the convention were Judge l George s. Gilman, Alexander Harbi son, Dr w. M Hudson and Stepher A. Hubbard of the Courant. Alexan | der Harbison made the nomination ot MT Andrews and 1t was seconded by MT Hubbard and by Francis IT. Par ker, also delegate, now district at torney. That was the year when tho greenback movement developed a con siderable party. There was no election by the people and Judge Andrews was elected by the general assembly ove, his predecessor, Richard D Hubbard
 
 nominated Charles B. Andrews to the superior court and he served there un til his promotion to the supreme bencl Ly Governor Bulkeley in 1S90 The list of chief justices as compiled iron the State Register is as follows:
 stephen Mix Mitchell of Wethers-
 Ielu ................... 1Stll Tapping Reeve of Litchfield, ISL Eephaniah Swift of Lebanon 1Sf( Stephen Titus Hosmer of Middle
 .oWA 4SZt l David Daggett of New Haven 1S3: Thomas S. Williams of Hartford. 1S3l Samuel Church of Litchfield. =. 1S4s Henry M. Waite of Lyme. ....... 1S5. William l.. Storrs of Hartford. !. saI Joel Hinman of Cheshire .... 1S,i- Thomas B. Butler of Norwalk. ... 1S0 John ID. Park of Norwich. ....... 1S74 Charles B. Andrews of Litchfield.. 1S9(