The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08
THE VACANCY IN THE THIRD
GOSSIP AS TO MR. BRANDEGEE'S
 SUCCESSOR.

Special Election for Congressman-The Rotation System-Names Thought of
 for the Position Which Mir. Brande-
 gee Will Vacate-The Famous Cau-
 GUS at Which Senator PIatt Was First
 Nominated for $. Senator Recalled
 New London County Senators.
 Hartford, May 6,-The advancement of Congressman Frank B. Brandegee to the United States senate will leave a vacancy in the Third Congressional dis ltrict to be filled by special election. The habit of rotation, electing from the icounties in the district alternately, has prevailed for long period. The rota- tion system gives the election this time to Windham county. Hon. John T. Wait, of New London county, who was a member of congress for ten years from 1877, was succeeded by Charles A. Russell, of Windham county, who serv- led from 1887 until the time of his death in 1902. He was succeeded by Con- gressman Brandegee, who was nomi- mated by the republicans of the general assembly in Thursdays caucus for United States senator.
 By the rule that has prevailed so long in the Third district the new congress- man will. come from Windham county. Ex-Senator Frank T. Brown, of Nor
 wieh, might be in the field were it not , for the rotation rule. It is stated that tex-Senator Browns law practice is one of the most lucrative in New London Icounty, being from two to three times las much as a congressman's salary. The sacrifice in going to congress would tbe more than he would care to make, , even if the honor belonged to his section
 of the district. s. sss
 The names that are being thought of in tWindham county for the congress isional vacancy comprise Senator John W. Atwood, Edwin Milner and Ran ldolph H. Chandler. Senator Atwood and MT. Milner, of the New York, New
 Haven and Hartford railroad director late, belong in Plainfield, and MT.
 Chandler is a conspicuous resident ot
 Thompson. He is . lawyer by profes- { sion and has served in both branches of the general assembly. He began his Legislative career in 1879, being twenty live years old at the time. Afterwards < he was a member of the state senate . and in 1891 was elected a member of the constitutional convention from Thomp- lson. Ex-Senator Chandler is a man: o1 Two ri od ot ttoi, fc md hoc Q Hume, which was left him by his father one of the richest men in Windhan county in his day. He has high ideals lin public life, standing at at all times flor the best types of citizenship.
 Hon. Edwin Milner, of Plainfield, is : a republican of decided prominence 1T 1.-the state. He has been a member ot
 the national republican committee from lConnecticut and is a leader in the state representing a good many important financial and industrial interests. He is member of the board of directors o1 the Consolidated Railroad company His name would be one of strength il the Third district. s
 Senator John W. Atwood is one oi the most popular men in the present
 general assembly. He is from the Twenty-ninth district and will be forty one years old May IS. Senator Atwood |was educated at Yale, being a graduate Iof the Sheffield, Scientific school. He Twas member of the house of repre- sentatives six years ago and began his senatorial career in January. Governor George E. Lounsbury made him mem
 Der of his staff and entertained 8 strong friendship for him. Senator Atwood is
 a man of whole-souIed traits of charac' tier and is personally popular in the leg
 islature and out of it. He has a natura aptitude for public life, Senator Otis A. Smith, of Middlefield
 chairman of the committee on senate
 appointments and also of the manufact ures committee is one of the most sue
 cessful inventors in the state. He is z llineal descendant of the first man wht Itook out patent in the Massachusett: lcolony, Joseph Jenks, who came to thi country with Governor Winthrop. Th' invention of this first of colonial inven , tors covered water-power machinery Senator Smiths descent from his is or his mothers side. Joseph Jenks alst made the dies from the noted pine tre , shilling. The senator from the Thirty : third district has been interested in thu manufacture of firearms for fifty years He was employed at first by Colone Samuel Colt the inventor of the Col revolver, and was afterwards identified : with the Sharps rifle factory in Hart ford. He is the inventor of the Smitf
 revolver, which he began making il
 Middlefield during the civil war. H
 made 150,O00 revolvers for the Smith 6 ; iWesson works in Springfield, Mass. } while the war was in progress. Hi : works in Middlefield have employed 20 ; linen as a general thing. He has beel . on the best of terms through life witt the men under him, caring for their in terests and prosperity. It is his opinion that labor difficulties ought to be ad ! justed amicably between employer an femployes. It was this habit of dealing l lin the friendliest way with his work linen that he has carried into committe work through the session. His advers } report on the foundry sanitation bi
 Ithis week was made with the view il
 mind that details of the kind contem
 lplated in the bill ought not to be mad
 la subject of legislation, but should b If Isettled between employers and thei
 workmen. -tt <:'r4s,@s...-
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