Connecticut western news., 1908-04-16
SOME 0F CANAAN'S
 PROMINENT MEN
TRIBUTE TO JUDGE RORABACK

New York Paper Makes Compliment
 ary References to Numerous Men
 who are Identified With the Pro-
 gress of This We'll Known Litch-
 field County Village.
 We herewith present the third and final installment of extracts from the reference the New York Herald recently made to Canaan and it's people. A citizen of which they speak in most complimentary manner is Judge Alberto T. Roraback. Of him they say:
 Canaan $ most distinguished citizen to- day IS Judge Alberto T. Roraback, who although born at Sheffield, Mass, has been here for forty years. Judge Rora- back began the practice of law in 1879 in the office of the late Donald J. Warner, father of States Attorneys Donald T. Warner of Salisbury. He represented the town of North Canaan in the Con- necticut House in 1895 and again in 1897 when he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Judge Roraback was serv ing his second term as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield county when, in 1897, he was appointed to the Superior Court Bench by the late Governor Cooke His present term does not expire until 1915.
 All citizens who realize the vital re- lation in which the Bench stands to every personal and aggregate interest in the state, appreciate how fortunate Connecticut is to have in Judge Rora- back jurist who enhances the fair fame of it's judiciary for purity and incor- ruptlblility. A man of too high mind and too exalted moral perceptions to permit any reason to swerve him from a just and an exact performance of his judicial office. Judge Roraback has held in even balance the scales of justice and.equity. No personal or partisan bias, if any such he had. has ever color ed his decisions or affected their absolute i'm partiality to the largest or smallest in- terest appearing before the Bar of the State A lawyer of profound legal attachments and versed in all the in tricacies of the law, Judge Roraback always injects the element of common sense into his decisions, which invari- ably go through the fire of the higher courts unscathed. But relatively few of Judge Roraback's judgments are appealed from, litigants usually accept ing his dictum as the final word.
 Judge Roraback's methodical punct- uality is byword in the courts. He has done much to reform the procrastin- ing tendency that court attaches de- veloped before his judicial appearance There never is any doubt about what time the court will convene in which Judge Roraback is sitting, for the clock is still striking the hour when he enters and tells the Sheriff or lawyers to pro- ceed.
 In private life Judge Roraback's great underlying characteristic is ami ability, and those who associate with him know him for genial, kindly, scholarly gentleman. Never vain glorious or exultant ill triumph, always 8 conspicuous leader in every field of endeavor looking to the advancement of his community, and surrounded by a happy family. Judge Roraback has the esteem and confidence not only of friends and acquaintances but of the Connecticut public at large.
 Judge Roraback married Miss Minnie A. Hunt, and they have five children, two sons and three daughters. One son, the Rev. A. E. Roraback. is pastor of church in Providence. The other son is MT. J. Clinton Roraback, the re- cent Yale football star, who played centre on the varisty elevens of 1903 and 1904 and was the hero of many a Titantic Rridiron struggle. MT. Roraback Is q graduate of the academic department, class of 1903, and of the Yale Law School, class of 1905. Since then MT. Roraback has been practicing law here and entering upon promising and suc- cessfuI career. MT. Roraback is repub- lican Registrar of Voters and is promi- nent and popular in political and social circles
 Judge Roraback's brother, MT. J. Henry Roraback is Postmaster here, and is one of the best known corporation lawyers in Connecticut. He began read ing law in Judge Warmers office and a year later was admitted to the Bar. He is connected in a large way with the business interests of Canaan and is president of the Berkshire Power Com pany. He has one of the finest resi- dences in Canaan. MT. Rorabaok married Miss Mary Parsons, daughter