The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-29
NOTES FROM HARTFORD.
SENATOR'S WHO WERE BORN
 OUTSIDE THE STATE.

Number of College Men This Ses-
 sion is Unprecedented--Larg Ever
 in senate--SenatOr HOman of New
 Haven-other Senators.
 Hartford, Jan 28.-The proportion of senators this year who were born outside of Connecticut is somewhat larger than it was two years ago. The number this year is one-fourth of the total membership, being nine in all. New York, Ohio and Ireland are cred tied with two each, while New Jersey, New Brunswick and England have one apiece, In the senate of 1905 there were three civil war veterans. In the present senate there is not a member who served in the war This will be offset by the unprecedented number of college men who are mem bers this year. The list of college graduates includes Lieutenant-Gover- nor Lake, who is the presiding officer of the senate, President Luther of Trinity college, member from the First district, Ralph M. Grant of the Fourth, Frank s. Butterworth of New Haven, Irving Hall Chase of Water bury, Colonel Alton Farrel of Anso- mia, Charles B. Waller of New London and Stiles Judson of Stratford, presl- dent pro tempore. The lieutenant governor graduated from Harvard in 1892 Senator Luther received his sheepskin from Trinity in 1870. He is an eastern Connecticut man, being a native of Brooklyn in Windham county Senator Grant is an alumnus of Wesleyan university, having grad uated from that institution the same year that Lieutenant Governor Lake completed his Harvard course Sena- tor Butterworth graduated from 1ale in 1895. He was a classmate of Colo mel Samuel Fayweather Beardsley ot Bridgeport, son of Judge Morris B. Beardsley of that city. Judge James E. Cooper of New Britain and Con gressman Francis Burton Harrison of New York city. Colonel Beardsley and Judge Cooper were both members or the staff of Governor Roberts. Sena- tor Butterworth is a native of Ohlo. Senator Chase of Waterbury gradua- ted from Yale in 1SS0 He was class mate of Walter Camp, the Yale athlete, and of William D. Bishop of Bridge port. Thomas R. Morrow, the western lawyer, was also the senator's class mate, Senator Farrel who is the youngest republican in the senate, graduated from the New Haven uni versity in 1902, being a classmate of Newton Case Brainard of Hartford, nephew of United States Senator Mor- gan G. Bulkeley Senator Farrel was on the staff of Governor Chamberlain of Meriden, and has a brilliant political career awaiting him.. Bartlett Golden Yung, Chinese diplomat and scholar, was in the senator's class in Yale. Senator Waller. is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and took his law course at Yale, Senator Judson Is also a graduate of the Yale Law school Senator Walters classmates in the Law school included Edward J.. Garvan of Hartford and Paul Vol colt Harrison of New Haven. The number of college men In the senate this session is the largest in the history of that body. It is an evidence that college bred men are taking deeper interest in politics than has been the case in the past, and augurs well for the future The strong business men in the senate this year include Senator Charles w. Barnum and Isaac w. Brooks of Lltchfeld county, Dennis A.. Blakeslee of New Haven, Samuel Hodgkinson of Wallingford, who has had two terms i'll the house, Marc Kee- ney of Somers, George H, Hall of Bris- tol and John F. Shanley of New Ha- ven. Nearly every man of this list has served with success in the house.
 The senator from the Tenth district in New Haven, who was seated last Wednesday, Franklin L. Homan will measure up well as business man in the session. He has displayed great executive force in the management of business affairs and will make a first class legislator It is not yet deter mined on what committees he will serve. Senator D. Luther Briggs of Middletown, who represents the Thir- ty-third district, is a business man of prominence in his section of the state. He represented Middletown in the house in 1897 and has been maylr of that city four years. He is native of New Brunswick and is a man of great business energy and success. Senators McNeil of Bridgeport, Francis Atwa- ter of Meriden, John M. Bradley of New Britain, John F. shanley of New Haven and Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford on the democratic side of the senate are all men of ability and in- fluence, and will handsomely attend to the work of the session. Under the leadership of Judge James F. Walsh of Greenwich, senator from the Twenty seventh district, the senate has started out with every advantage in the way of experience, tact and affability. Judge walsh possesses the qualities of head and heart required in a legislative leader.