Show secretary to the preside u t john addison porter ot of Pom Poin tret fet occupant ot of the important and b highly aly exacting office of 0 private secretary to the nations chief executive Is the eldest son ot of the late professor john addison porter long time dean of the sheffield eId scientific school of now new haven and josephine earl sheffield d a daughter ot of the founder ol of that institution and was born in new haven forty years ago alter after his graduation from yale where he was distinguished in the classics mr porter studied law under distinguished auspices at cleveland ohio but subsequently left the legal profession tor for that ot of journalism hla his newspaper experience covering a period ot of sixteen years has ha 9 embrace em bracel service in various capacities with th new haven palladium hartford courant new york observer and new york tribune he has also been a frequent contributor to the leading magazines and the literary work to his ala credle credit includes several monographs the moat notable ot of which are an elaborate historical review ot of the corporation it 1 yale university and a detailed study 0 of the origin and tion ot of the city ot of washington his volume ot of sketches ot of yale lite life ep eft joys an extensive popularity amborg graduates and friends ot of the university siti for considerations of health mr air fir pf af ter in 1884 took up his residence 11 ll washington D C where lie reman rema ard cd for two years conducting a fenerli book publishing business and serving as aa clerk of the special senate committee on indian post Trader ships in 1886 he purchased the residence and farm sit at pomfret Pom tret which has been his bis home since that time he purchased i in an interest in the hartford evening post and later acquired a majority ot of the stock of that newspaper paper mr air porter was returned from pomfret as first representative in the election of 1890 on the straight republican ticket of which party he has always been a loyal and energetic member mr air poi te was was twice a candidate for nomination as wr 01 NN SECRETARY PORTER candidate tor for governor of connecticut he has long been an adherent of major mckinley I 1 |