Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-01

and with the firm of Strong & Nicho- las, their successors. He was admitted to the bar al the breaking out of the war of the Southern Rebellion at Hart ford, on March IS, 1S61.. and thereupop took up the active practice of his pro fessfon in his native town in the vil- Iage of Colchester and became busy
 and prominent lawyer in,that section of
 the state at the New London County Bar. from 1881 to 1897 thirty-six years. In the same year that he was ad- mitted- to the Bar. 1861. Mir Day mar ried Catherine Gardner Ofmstead; daugh- ter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Olm- stead of Westchester, Conn. Mrs. Day died at Clifton Springs, New York. on August Is, 1910.
 In 1897 MT Bay was appointed by President Mckinley. United States con ! sul at Bradford. England, which office he held for twelve years from -1Ss7 to | 1909.. Tn 1909 he resigned the consul
 ship and returned from England to the l United States to his home in the vil- 1 lage of Colchester and retired wholly l from the activities of the law and pol 1 itics. Early in his career MT Day at. 1 taehed himself to politics and became ] an, active and ardent member of the re- l publican party staunchly adhering to l and advocating the principles of that 1 uarty. In the years 1882. 1884 and l 1874. MT. Day was chosen and sent from Colchester as a representative of that town in the general assembly of Con neeticut. In the year 1863 MT. Day was chosen secretary npf the senate and per- formed the duties of that office through I out the term of the sessions of that | body. Later for five years. 1886 to 1891, Lawyer Day held the place of chair 1 man of the republican state central committee of Connecticut and as such had charge and direction of the state and national campaigns of the republi- can party in Connecticut in those years.
 Those political offices held by Mir Day Il brought him a statewide acauaintaree
 with the prominent. influential and lead ing men in political and legislative life
 and public affairs of the state. and
 those prominent men of various activi-
 ties in turn came to know and respect T MT. Day as leader for his ability, in-
 tegrity. fairness. sound judgment and
 unselfshness in his relations to them land to the subject matters in which they lwere interested or concerned.
 1 His fidelity and loyalty to clients .4l friends and fellow men were firm and true and he enjoyed the reputation oi
 being reliable and dependable in every
 case or sexigency. His plighted word NdS never k1DWn or 5nedTQ 10 De DrOken
 A generation and more ago and fol many years about that time there wa. i an extensive legislative legal practice 1, before the general assembly of the stat,
 which the services of the ableSt lawyer. !, were engaged at the capitol. Those leg
 islative cases generally involved large in i, i terests and expenditures and in some In
 stances vast results. The parties to thos < causes were variously, towns cities. rail : roads, insurance conf:anies. and indus |. trial and other corporations and occa
 sionally directly the state itself. Thos
 cases were exhaustively prepared pc,
 and con on the law and the facts an 6 long hearings were held before desig f mated committees of the general assem r bly with witnesses and counsel partici ri pating where arguments of counsel a
 length were had as before a court an i jury. For 9 long time MT Day wa Q one of the foremost lawyers in tn !. most important of those contested leg islative cases and trials.
 Through that legislative law nractic
 MT Day was further brought into clos ;. relation and acqua intance with tn e most prominent lawyers and citizens C y Connecticut and gained the reputtatio Connecticut and gained the reputtati r, of a sound. skillful and able lawyer
 that important branch of law practic
 Often times his counsel and advic
 were sought by party leaders and car Il didates regarding impending party cor g ventions nominations and by governor / concerning appointments about to b l. made by them of persons to high stat tt offices. In many instances Mir Day tt opinions and recommendations were e r fective and led to nominations and aG r. pointments of the very best men to pul 1T lie office. In late wears in his remini r. censes of those stirring political tim h and events. MT. Day took much gratii is cation in recountins and discussing u of good records and achievements in off t. of. those prominent state officials who a- selection came about through his qui of and impartial influence and sound jud le ment.
 tn MT. Day had no desire to attain f V himself any office in the state. It W; is well known that he had no personal ar IFS bition whatever in that line to ser g, and those approaching him for his a