Evening post annual, Biographical sketches [with portraits] of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General assembly of the state of Connecticut . competitionof poorly paid foreign laborers, whose productscan be imported and sold here under the cost ofour own goods. He is also perfectly sound onthe financial question, and is opposed to all leg-islation that may impair the financial credit andstanding of the United States. While at Washington he has paid the closestregard to the interests of his constituents. Nota man from Connecticu
Evening post annual, Biographical sketches [with portraits] of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General assembly of the state of Connecticut . competitionof poorly paid foreign laborers, whose productscan be imported and sold here under the cost ofour own goods. He is also perfectly sound onthe financial question, and is opposed to all leg-islation that may impair the financial credit andstanding of the United States. While at Washington he has paid the closestregard to the interests of his constituents. Nota man from Connecticut has ever visited himthere on business of any kind, needing his atten-tion or advice, without being received with cour-tesy, and furnished with all the information thatcould be obtained. With this constant regardfor the interests and prosperity of his constitu-ents, it is not an occasion of surprise that Con-gressman Miles is one of the most popular menin the Fourth District. His intelligence, courtesy,and manliness towards every one with whom hecomes in contact, and his fidelity in places ofpublic trust entitle him to the high place whichhe holds in the esteem of his constituents and ofthe State. 43. HON. JOHN R. HILLS. DISTRICT NO. 1. Hon. John R. Hills, Republican Senator fromthe First District, was a member of the Senatefor the term of 1878 and 1879, serving as Chair-man of the Incorporations Committee. At thespecial election in the spring of 1881 to fill thevacancy in the Senate from the First Districtcaused by the resignation of Hon. John R. Buck,Mr. Hills was again elected, and served duringthe closing month of the session. In Novemberhe was elected for the third time, defeating hiscompetitor by a splendid majority. Mr. Hillssreturn to the Senate last fall evinced anew hispopularity in Hartford. He has never been de-feated at the polls, and has carried his own ward,in local elections, in several different contests,by a majority of 200 votes. Senator Hillss per-sonal pop
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