The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-08
HENRY FOR DENOMINATION
DELEGATES FROM TOLLAND
COUNTY WOULD SUPPORT HIN.
Farmers and G. A. r. Men Favor Him
The Poor Receive His Consideration
Others Mentioned in Case OF MIR.
Henry's Retirement.

Henry's Retirement.
Hartford. Aug. THE Hon. E. Stew
ems Henry of Rockville. who will COM
plete his sixth term in congress for the
First district, March 4, 1907. is not to be
regarded as out Of the race for new
nomination for:the Office one year from
now. There are strong elements in the
republican party in Hartford county
favoring the retention of his services
in congress from the First district.
Congressman Henry can have every
delegate from Tolland county in which
he resides should he came for renom-
ination. He is strong with the farmers
throughout the district and has the
support of the Civil War veterans to a
man. He has been the friend of the
old soldiers from the beginning of his
congressional career and has left moth
ing undone for the advancement of
their interests. Mr., Henry's heart and
hand have been enlisted scores of times
since he entered congress in behalf of
the individual welfare Of Connecticut
veterans. giving Of his time and influ-
ence in Washington in support Of pen
sion measures and increased liberality
toward the men who fought the battles
of the war. The claims of poor men
have invariably received his prompt at
tention and consideration. In the same
way he has given the farmers OF the
Connecticut valley the benefit Of his
experience and influence In national
Legislation. Congressman Henry has
lb4g BEEN a. leading representative of
agricultural interests in the state and
a member of the directorate of the Con-
necticut agricultural college. He has
taken special interest in the tobacco
farming of the state and during his ten
years of service in the national house
he has rendered invaluable services to
the tobacco farmers inndeveloping bet
ter methods for carrying on the import
rant tobacco industry in his district.
With equal success Congressman
Henry has represented the manufac-
turing interests of the district. His
whole life has been passed in one of the
most active manufacturing centers in
Connecticut and his business interests
are widely incorporated in the pursuits
of the great cotton manufacturing city
in which he resides The manufactur-
ing interests Of Hartford, New Britain,
Thompsonrille,s Windsor Locks and
| Bristol have been successfully repre-
scented by Congressman Henry. There
is a well expressed feeling in all of
these localities that Congressman Hen
| ryis the foremost nanto be considered
! in the selection. Of a candidate for con-
| gress in 1906 The fact chiefly recogniz-
! ed is that he has made a man of great
\ usefulness in congress and that he will
be far ADLER to keep the First district
| in touch with national legislation than
any new man for congressional flonors.
Some new names have been talked of
in Hartford county, names Of strength,
| If new names are to be put on the list
fer the nomination. These new ones
include the names of Colonel William
| c. Skinner, vice president Of the Colt
Manufacturing company; Frank, L,
| Wilcox of Berlin, president Of the Con-
necticut representation in the St. Louis
exposition and Senator Everett J. Lake
of Hartford. Senator Lakes name has
been talked of a good deal for congress
| in political circles in Hartford. He is
graduate of Harvard university ana
a personal friend of President Roose-
welt. He is the senator from the First
district and has won hosts of friends
in the general assembly since the first
of January. Senator Lake Is a man OF
superb personality and a born politi-
clan. His old home is in the city of
Rockville, where Congressman Henry
lives. 1t is not thought for moment
that Senator Lake will contest the
\ nomination with Congressman Henry.
/ He will contest the entire field in case
Of Congressman Henrys voluntary re-
4 tirement. Colonel William G. Skinner,
1 who has been resident of the state
since 1876, the year that he graduated
Il from Trinity college, is a natural selec-
Il ton for congressional life. BY culture,
j business and public training he is thor
oughly qualified for high position. He
has been in the public eye more or
less for twenty years. In the days Of
| United States Senator Bulkeley's oecu-
pancy Of the chief executive office Col
onel Skinner was In staff service under
the governor. He is universally popu.
lar in circles, Trinity being his alma
mater. and has been at the head of
the HARTFORD club, an organization that
demands the highest, personal qualifi-
rcations in its president. Colonel Skin
ner could have been mayor of Hartford
years ago if he would have consented to
run for that Office. He is one of the
most popular men residing in the state
tcapitai.
Ex-senator Frank l.. Wilcox is, a
man OF decided POPULARITY in the dis
trict. From the time he entered the
senate a few years ago from the old
Berlin district he has been growing in
public estimation. AS president of the
Connecticut. representation in. the st.
Louis exposition he showed splendid
administrative qualities, and is the sort
of a, man that Connecticut likes to
have in congress. He was for years sec.
rotary Of the Berlin Iron Bridge com
pany under President c. M. Jarvis.
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