The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-03
LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Morris s. Lippitt, of Nor wich, the New Bank
 Commissioner. RESIGNATION DR. BURR Legislation for Use of Voting Machines to be Asked
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RESIGNATION DIR. BURR

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 Hartford, May 2-The selection of Norris s. Lippitt of Norwich by Gov ernor Woodruff for bank commissioner is in keeping with the high public ideals which the governor has set his heart on for his administration The new commissioner has been connected with the Norwich Savings society since 1886, serving under his father, the Hon. Cos tello Lippitt, who is the treasurer of the institution. The bank is one of the Largest in the state. Its deposits. Jan- uary l. 1906, aggregated s15,S9S,O75. Commissioner Lippitt, like his father, stands high in Knights Templar cir cles in eastern Connecticut. He is member of St. James lodge, F. and A. M., and of Columbian commandery of Norwich, Knights Templar, of which Costello Lippitt is a past eminent con1- mander. Commissioner Lippitt is in the prime of life, being only thirty-nine years of age He will assume the du- ties of his office July 1, the term being for four years.
 The fact that Mrs. Mcclellan. the widow of General George B. Mcclellan, will be at the unveiling of the gener- al's statue in Washington, D. C.. Thursday, the event taking place under the auspices of the society of the Army of the Potomac. revives some of the war memories connected with her life as social favorite in Hartford She was the school friend of Mrs. Robin son. wife of the Hon. Henry c. Robn- son. and of Mrs. Shipman, wife of Judge Nathaniel Shipman of the Unit ed States district court These ladies were greatly attached to Mrs. McClel- Ian, and sympathized with her in 1864 in the public interests in which of ne- cessity she became conspicuous part. General Mcclellan was the nominee of the democratic party that year for president In sections of the country he was ostracized on that account, and old friends turned against him. The feeling ran high in Hartford and 1t was not until years afterward that 1t was wholly assuaged. Mir. Robinson and Judge, Shipman, whose wives maintained their intimacy and friend ship with Mrs. Mcclellan through the trying period, were neglected by the republicans in Hartford, being singled out as special objects of the anti Me Clellan i'll will. But they were men of such promise and eminence in Hartford even back in 1864 that the more reason able men of the republican party here began to feel that the treatment which MT Robinson and Judge Shlpman had received was without justice Of any sort. Henry Beckwith, who was an ex- perienced politician, headed the reac- ton. which resulted in the election of MT. Robinson as mayor of the city and placed Judge Shipman ill a high judi cial office. The incident is recalled as showing what petty politics will un- dertake against men whose lives and public service have been irHeproach- able. Mrs. Mcclellan has been wom- an of high ideals through life and the memories of her here will always be regarded with affection and pleasure. l The pastorate covering a period of l fifty-six years which Rev Dr. Enoch F. Burr of the Congregational church of Hamburg resigned Sunday, is net without precedent in point of duration. The Congregational church in Rocky Hill was presided over by the Rev. Calvin Chapin from 1794 until 1850, be- ing the same length of time that pr. Burr has been pastor in Hamburg Calvin Chapin was a man of note and tutor at Yale of President Jeremiah Day, whose headship of the col- lexe was brought to an end in 1S46. He was born in Springfield, Mass, in 1764, and graduated from Yale in 17SS. He studied theology with the Rev. Dr Perkins of West Hartford and was tutor in Yale when he was called to the pastorate of the Rocky Hill church In 1794 His ministry included the revivals of 1918, 1887, and 1S41 He was a member of the Yale corporation and at one time was the recording sec retary of the American board of foreign missions. Dr. Chapin was bright and 1 flaming light in the order known as the Sons of Temperance He died in Rocky Hill in March, 1S51 at the age of eighty-seven years Dr. Burr grad uated from Yale in 1889, being a class mate of Governor R. B. Hubbard. His pastorate at Hamburg began in Octo- | Der, 1850. and has been noted for its l Christian character and scholarship Dr Burr has been a writer of promi- hence and is an unfaltering believer | in the inspiration of the Scriptures The last time he was in Hartford years ago his visit was for the purpose of delivering a sermon at a ministers meeting on "The Divine Origin and Au- thenticity of the Bible. He is a man of broad intellectual training and like Dr. Chapin he has been content to spend his life in country parish. The retirement of J. Howard Morse | from public office in Hartford is deep ly regretted by men who entertain sin cere respect for state and municipal service. Mr Morse is man of large wealth and cultivation He has been the democratic candidate for congress in the First district and has taken an active interest in the politics of his party in Hartford. He has been the president of the board of charity com