The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
STATE GRANGE SESSION.
Patrons of Husbandry to Hold Annual
 Meeting in This City.

Meeting in This Clty.
 Hartford, Conn. Dec. S1.-The nine teenth annual session of the Connecti- cut State Grangewill be held in the Auditorium, in this city, Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, January IF, 13 and 14. There will be evening ses- sions Tuesday and Wednesday,, and on Wednesday afternoon there will be a public meeting. National Master Aa- ron Jones, of Indiana. will attend the session, and Governor N. J. Bachelder, of New Hampshire, who is the lecturer of the national grange, and past master os the New Hamoshire state grange, will also be present Both are able speakers. Governor Chamberlain and Lieutenant Governor Henry Roberts have accepted invitations to speak.
 The session will include the biennial election Of officers State Master B. c. Patterson has server four years very acceptablyand' the disposition of the delegates from the granges may result in his reelection. Tn case they choose to select new man there are several prominent patrons, who have been spo- ken of in connection with the office, any of whom are we'll qualified for the office8 of asnter. Those named include Rep resentative Frank F. Blaken1ail of Stratford, Representative J. Henry Blakeman of Stratford, ex-Representa- tive Iverson c. Fanton of Weston, ex- Representative Preston B. Sibley of Killingly Leonard H. Healey of Wood stock, Henry D. Loomis of Glastonbury and Orson S. Wood of Ellington.
 Of the above. I. c. Fanton, the state overseer, is naturally in line for prono- tion. but the custom of advancing the overseer to master has not always been followed. MT. Fanton is a member of the state board of agriculture.and was in the house in 1897 and 1899. He is 8 past amster of Fairfield county Pomona grange. Frank E. Blakeman is past master of Fairfield county Pomona grange. He is an ex-member of the state board of agriculture. J. Henry Rlakeman was deputy for Fairfield county, 1891 to 1895, and the general deputy in 1896 and 1897. He was ams- ter of New Haven county Pomona grange in 1894 and of Fairfield county Pomona grange in 1895 and 1896. He was in the house in 1897. Preston B. Sibley is past master of Quinebaug Pomona grange. He is sheriff of Wind ham county and was in the house in 11S73 and l1S74. L. H. Healey is the deputy of Quinebaug Pomona grange and prominent worker in grange cir cles. H. E. Iloomis has been the state secretary since January, 11SS90. His re election as secretary Is certain unless he should be chosen aster. He was the delegate from Glastonbury to the con- stitutional convention. O. s. Wood is a past overseer of the state grange and a member of the state executive commit fee. He is a graduate of Yale, It is not in accordance with the principles of the order to canvass for office, and the consideration of the above patrons does not imply that they have taken any steps to secure the position of aster State Master Patterson is now prepar- ing his annual report. He will give considerable attention to the bill intro duced in the last legislature by Senator Tracy, providing for commission to inquire into the question of trade schools for this state. MT. Patterson will incorporate into his report consid- erable information that he had secured upon this subject. The appropriation that the Connecticut Agricultural col lege receives from the government is in tended, the resolution says for teaching agriculture and manual arts. MT. Pat terson says that he had always favored teaching manual arts as well as agri- culture at the school, while some mem bers of the grange and of the state board of agriculture were of the opinion that simply agriculture should be taught. It is his opinion that the best thing that can be done is to conduct a trade school in connection with the ag- ! ricultural college. If the appropriation for the college is split, half for the teaching of agriculture and half for the teaching of trades, there will not be enough for either. The college is :, crowded at the present time.
 In regard to the report that the Con- necticut Farmer. under It's new anage- ment, was to be used for political pur- poses, in connection with being a quasi official organ for the grange, MT. Pat terson states that the report is untrue. The grange has nothing to do with pol itics, he says. There are members of both political parties in the grange, and to introduce politics would be contrary to the principles on which the grange is founded.