The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-16

ral Thomas MeSfanus, ex-Lieutenant Governor George G. Sumner, John M. Ney, Lucius H. Holt. eX-Moyor Miles B. Preston and Frank C. Sumner are among the survivors. EX-Lieutenant- Governor Sill was elected by the dem ocrats for four terms, serving with the Hon. Charles R. IngersOll of New Ha- Ven as an exponent of Connecticut de- mocracy. He was first elected in 1874 with Governor Ingerson and has the honor of having been identified in the general assembly with more men who became governors afterwards than any state official in Connecticut. The list comprises the names of Henry B. Har- ris0n, Luzon B. Morris and Hobart B. BigeloW of New Haven, P. c. Louns- bury of Ridgefeld and Thomas NJ. Waller of New London. In 1874, when he first presided in the senate, the house had on it's roll the names of re- publicans like William c. Case, the father of Judge William S. Case, Judge Lynde Harrison and Senator Samuel Fessenden. Mir. Sill is an honored rep resentative of Yale university, gradua- ting in the class of 1852. He was a classmate of Colonel Homer B. Sprague of the Thirteenth Connecticut and Daniel c. Gilman. He was made United States district attorney for Connecticut by President Cleveland and served four years in that position in the most acceptable. manner. He has been member of the general as sembly and is one of the most genial and attractive of public men in the state capital. He is one of the wittiest members of the bar in the state. Not withstanding the fact that he is sev- enty-tive years of age, he is still in &C., tive practice. Judge White and Gen eral McManus have both held important judgeships. The former is a member of the state board of arbitration and was president of the probate assembly of Connecticut for many years. Gene~ ral McManus, who was a gallant field officer in the Twenty-fifth Connecticut, was on the staff of Governor Waller. Ex-Lieutenant-G Governor Sumner, who was one of the, most trusted friends and followers of MT. Burr in the days of his finest political leadership, is a grand type of democracy. The Old Guard holds him in the highest estimation, be- lieves in the political principles of which he Is the exponent, and counts his democratic ways and good fellow ship as among the richest possessions of the party. He is the senior ex?may- or of the city, having held the office back in 1878. Ex-Mayor Miles B. Pres- ton and Frank c. Sumner were in the Old Guard during the days of Mir. Burr's supremacy. Mr. Preston has been duputy United States Marshal and sheriff of Hartford county. Mir. Sumner has been in public life for long period and the Democratic Old Guard is proud of his fealty and ser vices. Lucius H, Holt, who has been an influential democrat in the city for fifty years, is the grandfather of Pro- lessor Holt of Yale. This list of old time memocrats has been an honor roll in Hartford, and has received the un- limited confidence of the public. Last but not least the name of w. o. Burr comes to ones mind when the Old Guard is mentioned. Mir. Burr is the son of the distinguished democrat, AL fred E. Burr, and inherited from him the courage and independence of true leadership. Tie great ne wspaper which the senior Burr made force in Connecticut politics, directive and ire sistible, has lost none of it's power un- der the sons management. Editor Burr is essentially an Old Guard man, honoring and upholding the banner that was Alfred E. Burr's idol.