The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-25
WOODRUFF FOR GOVERNOR
EVERETT J. LAKES CANDIDACY FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Will Not Interfere With Mir. WOOdrufrs
 NOmination--NIr. Lakes Friends Con-
 Gdent of His NOminatiOn-His POIiti-
 cal RecOrd--Senator Bradstreet's
 Candidacy for ComptroIIer-The An-
 dersOnvilIe Monument Committee
 The State ArmOry.
 Hartford. Aug. 25.-The candidacy of Senator Everett J. Lake of Hartford flor the lieutenant-g t-governorship will not interfere in any way with the nom- tnation of Lieutenant Governor Wood ruff for governor. It is conceded throughout the state that Lieutenant Governor Woodruff will head the re- publican ticket this fall and the honor will not be an empty one The busi- ness interests of Connecticut will give him an unwavering support both in the state convention and at the polls. The friends of Senator Lake maintain that he will secure the nomination for lieutenant Governor with practical unanimity. His personal popularity is unquestioned. Tn the senate year ago one of the most promising men in the republican party in the state. His popularity at the polls in Hartford is noteworthy. He was elected mem- her of the house in 1902 by a vote of 6,4S5, being exactly five hundred votes ahead of Governor Roberts, who was running at the time for lieutenant governor, Representative Lake re- ceived 16S more votes than his coll league, Herbert Knox Smith, now of the department of commerce and labor in Washington. In word he had the largest vote cast for any candidate on the republican ticket in Hartford at the election in 1902. His vote for sena- tor from the First district in 1904 was 314O.e His record in the senate was that of hard working, painstaking leg dslator. He is a graduate of Harvard university and is a man of superior qualifications from every point of view. His business standing, like that of Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, is without a flaw These are the outlin- ing facts in the business and political career of the Hartford candidate for the lieutenant -governorship
 The candidacy of Senator Bradstreet of Thomaston for comptroller has lost none of it's original force, On the con- trary it has gained ground steadily and the one idea in the republican centers of the state is that he will be nomina- ted by the convention in September. Senator Bradstreet, who is the general manager of the Seth Thomas Clock company at Thomaston, is one of the foremost business men in Litchfeld county. His mother was the daughter of Seth Thomas and his father, Thom- as Jefferson Bradstreet, graduated from Yale college in 1884, being class mate of Governor William T Minor. He became a Congregational clergy man and preached in New London and Meriden pulpits. He was of sturdy New England stock, giving his sons a rich inheritance in integrity and char acter. Senator Bradstreet was a member of the house in 1888 and be- came a member of the senate for the first time in 1903. He has had more than ordinary experience in legislation, having been at the head of important committees of the general assembly. He is a man of great force of charac Her. loyal and popular with his party and a natural leader. His name on Hhe state ticket will be one of strength, inspiring business men with enthusi asm In all parts of Connecticut. It will also receive the support of the old war veterans without dissent of any kind. The senator earned this support by service in the field.
 The Andersonvllle Monument com mission of which Colonel Frank W. Cheney is president in interested in securing the names of all Connecticut soldiers now living, who were impris- Dned in Andersonville by the rebel au thorities. There Is great difficulty in obtaining acceptable lists after forty wears, but no pains will be spared in finding out the old Andersonville. pris- oners man by man The First Conn. cavalry had two companies captured, most of whom were imprisoned in Andersonville. Not over dozen names Inf survivors could be found at the reunion of the Cavalry association here e few days ago. Weston Ferris of New Haven, who has been chaplain of Admiral F'oote Post thirteen years, is one of the old cavalrymen from this state whose life in Andersonville was a benediction to his comrades. Years ago he accumulated lists of great lmpor- tapce of prisoners of war New Haven way for the pension department al Washington. The list has been lost It is doubtful if there are more than half a dozen men in Foote post now living who were prisoners at Anderson vile. There are only two in Wadhams post in Waterbury. Commander George Robbins and Barnum w Francis ot Cheshire. There were f1fty-nine mem- bers of the Eighteenth Connecticut Whc were captured and imprisoned at An dersonvi1le. George Greenman Of
 Sedgwick post in Norwich who has
 made an exhaustive inquiry concerning hhe survivors can find only seventeen. The Sixteenth regiment which was captured at Plymouth, N. C., April 20, 1864, had by far the largest number of
 men in the prison. One hundred and sixty, fully fifty per cent. of the captives, died in stockyards. The survivors are scattered from the LAtlantic to the Pacific coast, The regimental secretary, Major George o, Whitney of Hartford, has made an