The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-02
CAPITOL JOTTINGS.
PAIGE TO BE GUBERNATORIAL
 CANDIDATE.

Statement From Supporter That He
 Will Seek to Head Republican Ticket
 in 1oO6-October Election Keeps Sec
 retary of State Busy.
 Hartford, Sept. 29,-The most impor- tant political fact that has come to the surface during the week at the state capitol is a statement from one of the leading Paige supporters in Hartford county to the effect that the senator from Bridgeport will be a candidate for governor in the republican state convention in 1906, contesting the honor with Lieutenant-G Governor R. s. Wood ruff of New Haven. The statement is from a source that makes its utter ances one of, more than superficial value It can be relied upon as indi- Eating the actual opinion of the SUD- porters of Senator Paige. There was a well defined feeling at the end of the general assembly's work in July that Senator Paige would be made the can- lidate of the republican party for the office of chief executive next year, and nothing has happened since that would controvert that idea. The Hartford county authority for the statement that he will be the candidate is inti- mately identified with the Paige forces. and can speak with exceptional knowl- edge of the situation. Senator Paige has been out of the state much of the time since the adjournment, being in the mountain resorts, and it is more ti7ssssss probable that he will cross the Atlantic on business this week. He was greatly exhausted through the last month of the session, and needed the summers rest that has come to him. His candidacy for the governorship is the natural outgrowth of last winters events. Long before the middle of the session was reached his name was as- sociated on all sides with the highest office in the state. The senator's popu- larity and leadership was of a com- manding character and his personal ability was unquestioned. The republi- can leaders in the state are on his side and the rank and file of the party re- gard him with favor as he has risen from the old home in Sherman step by step to high place in politics and pro- fessional life, which he now holds From the day that he entered General Russell's military school in New Ha- ven in 1872 his advancement has been steady, and deserved. ...~
 The secretary of state has sent out three hundred thousand official envel- opes for the October elections, which take place next Monday, and forty thousand for the special congressional election in the Third district. In the few towns in the state in which the an- l1,1al town e.ections will not take place Monday, preparations have been made for voting on the constitutional amend 1neii:s noH before the people and or the frse text book question. In Hartford tSe town e!t ction will not oc; tc until April. I3o, the whole mach:n ery Of a state elec:,o1 has been set up for vet 9i1g o1 !cF amendments. Th's las nut iTe city to@a large outlay.
 Representative F. L. Huntington, ol Meriden, who was on the interpretations committee during the session, has beei elected treasurer of the Kelsey-peass company of that city. He made an ad Inirable impression in the legislature and is an active republican in the city which he reresents. Tx .Goverro, Chamberlain is to have new honors heaped upon his shoulders by the reo. pie of that city, as the new distinction that is in store for him win be con. cured in without regard to party lines He is to be made the cauGi laIe r0 centennial mayor or the city, succeed ing George S. Seeley who Is row a the head of the municipality. Tn, election will take pla g in ;9e c0urst of a month or two and tre cX-gnvary,c z will be most heartily installed in offic, for the centennial of the Silver City crowned after his gubernatorial career with municipal garlands. But there i, nothing out of place in the project The centennial year in Meriden, 1906 will be one of widespread significance and it will be fitting that one of the most eminent residents of the city shaI be the corporate head during the lon, planned for festivities. Governo chamberlain will have the munificen cooperation of men like the Hon. H Wales Lines and John W. Coe in mak Ing the centennial year the most inter esting one in the city's history. Ex Senator Lines is more than proving his loyalty to Merlden by the worl which he is putting into the new Tow and City hall there, which he is build Ing. The act authorizing the construc ton of this notable edifice had stren uous career through the legislature las