The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-20
HIGH CHARACTER or SENATE
THAT OF PRESENT STATE BODY
APPARENT AT Il GLANCE.

OF the Members Speak for the Public
Spirit and Good Sense of the Great
Body Of Connecticut Voters.
Hartford. Jan. 1s, 1sO5.-The high
character of the senate this year is ap-
parent at a glance. Being the first
trial of the new system of thirty-fve
senators, representing the population
of the state. the body is giving collect
lively complete satisfaction. The bust
ness and professional attachments Of
the members speak for the public spirit
and good sense of the great body OF
Connecticut voters and prove beyond
dispute that men of ability are requir-
ed by. the people in public life. Fair
field county has sent three of its prin-
cipal lawyers to the senate this year,
the Hon. Samuel Fessenden, -ex-Speaker
Allan W. Paige and Stiles Judson, jr.,
who came into marked publicity during
the deadlock session in 1891. Senator
Paige was. the speaker of the house
during that critical period. The prom
inence of Senator Fessenden is conceded
from all points and his personality and
will give luster to the first
session of the senate Of thirty-five.
There are seven members of the bar
in all in the senate. In the body there
are four bankers, Eli Whitney of New
sHaven, Henry III. Peck of Waterbury,
William E. Atwood of New Britain and
Arthur Z. Clark of Griswold. Senator
Peck is one of the bachelor members,
and is an example of splendid fellow
ship. He is on the committee on banks
with Senator Atwood. Senator Whit
rIey is on the interpretations committee
with Senator Lake of Hartford, suggest
ing by the way a famous spot known in
New Haven as Lake Whitney. There
are half a dozen manufacturers in the
senate, Senator Alfred Z. Hammer Of
Eaanford being the most prominent.
HE has been placed at the head of the
committee ON finance, a suitable recog-
milton of his business qualifications. D..
n ewton Barnes of the Fifth district
st;lnds out as man OF great wealth
and public nberality. He is one of the
foremost citizens OF old Pennington.
Senator Omar w. Plat of Milford is
the youngest member of the senate, be-
ing; only thirty years of age. Everett
J. Lake of Hartford, the Harvard man,
who received such fiattering recogni-
>tion from President Roosevelt here two
years ago, is only thirty-three. Oils A.
Smith of Middlefield, representing the
Thir ty-third district, is the Oldest, hav-
ing rounded out sixtyeight years. Sem
ator- Wilbur l.. Davis of Durham, the
former chairman Of the agricultural
com mittee, is forty, and his associate.
Henry r. Woodward Of Ashford, Is
fortp-nine. Senator Woodward is an
Amherst graduate, and a progressive
farmer of Windham county. The sin
giles" in the senate are Senator Peck
and Hhelan OF Waterbury, which doesn't
speak. well for that city of handsome
womdrf; Senator Brennan OF New Lon
don shld Senator Baker of Stafford.
Senator McGovern of Hartford and
Hamlner OF Branford are the only Wild
overs in the senate. The oratory that
will stgnalize the session will be rich
and luminous. In this line the Senator
from Stamford will naturally take the
lead. Stiles Judson, jr., will be an easy
second and Senator Paige on occasion
will. wan forensic honors Of a high or
der. His being placed at the head OF
the judi ciary committee was a deserved
tribute to his attainments. 1t is an
interesting fact, in passing, that the
two foremost members of the Judiciary
committee, both from the senate and
the house, are Fairfield county men, the
quartet being Senators Paige and judi
son, ex-Speaker Kenealy and Elmore S.
Banks. Senator McGovern of the See
ond district in Hartford is an inpas-
stoned sneaker at times, and a man of
eloquent instincts. He is chairman of
the insurance committee, twenty years
Of training in insurance having given
him the place by right. Senator Jere-
lnfah Donovan of Norwalk is the only
member on the retired" list, having
ample mans for politics and good fell
lowship. He is a democrat nominaIly,
but has lots of republicans on all sides
Of him I'M the senate. Ten of the thirty
five sena tors were born outside of Con-
necticut, showing that the state is not
delusivelN attached to home products.
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