Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-13

| that the 1I0ndS or MT. Hafr1SOn had ha0 abundant opportunity to present the claims of their candidates and that further talk would amount to nothing. He hop ed ballot would be taken as it was get ting late.
 The motion was put and carried, and delegates voted by name. rt-e
 The balloting lasted about an hour, and resulted as follows:
 Whole number cast, 464
 Henry P. Haven, 286
 Henry B. Harrison. 142
 Benjamin Douglas. r
 James Walkley, Is
 Amos s. Treat, |
 Blank. 2
 The result was received with cheers, and General Pratt got up again to move that the nomination be made unanimous. 1 MT. Brandegee said he hoped MT. Pratt would withdraw, and wait and see if some one else, in view of the great majority on the ballot, would not make it. 1 Judge Foster stepped forward and said he supposed that was meant for him, and he was about to make the motion when he was preceded by the other gentleman. He now made the motion.
 It was put and carried, and the chair announced Henry P. Haven as the candi- date of the republican party for Cover I nor.
 The convention then adjourned till three o'clock 1 On reassembling after dinner Charles l.. Griswold, of Chester, was nominated by exclamation for Lieutenant Governor; and David P. Nichols, of Danbury, for Treasurer, also by exclamation. J. Q. A. Stone, of Killingly, was then nominated for Secretary of State. The counter nomination of J. M. Hall, of 1 Willimantic, was then made.
 MT. Naples, of Westport. said that if John M. Hall was a man of irreproachable character, there was an explanation need ed. John M. Hall was chairman of the railroad committee, and between that committee and the Assembly, three peti- tions were lost and several resolutions, l and this matter must be cleared up be- l fore MT. Hall can be nominated. John A. Tibbits defended MT. Halls career from the suggestion of MT. Naples, saying that he was not responsible for the | transaction.
 Governor Burnham said that he was very sorry that MT. Hall was thus attack ed, and asked who the man was who had done it. (Mr. Naples said he was a dele I gate from the town of Weston). It had been intimated to him that the delegate had private griefs to avenge. MT. Naples said he had no private | griefs, but represented 8 constituency which had public wrongs. - Mir. Burnham said that he understood that the gentleman (Mr. Maplesl was 8 delegate of Weston, but living in West port.
 Mir. Naples said that was so, s'and now, 1 having explained my standing, wish to l ask MT. Burnham what reasons he has for thrusting MT. Hall forward" (Great ex- citement).
 MT. Burnham said that he saw fit not to explain his reasons, and the delegate had no right to ask for them.
 MT. Naples spoke further of the peti- tions and resolutions which were lost, and asked whether John M. Hall was the man upon whom the responsibility rested.
 John R. Buck, of Hartford, here got up and said that the attack on MT. Hall was utterly scandalous The reports were all l false, and the man who made the charge knew it. A prominent member of the anti-railroad ring had got up in the House and retracted the charges made by the Westport Hour against John M Hall.
 Here there were loud cries of .'.Name him, name him." and the delegates got greatly excited. Confusion lasted some moments, MT. Buck refusing to name the | man. = -s
 But finally George H. Cowell, of Water bury, the clerk of the House last summer, managed to get the ear of the convention, and went on to say that he should explain things even if he burned his own fingers.
 He said that while he was clerk of the l House, the missing document was found by the great anti-railroad ring man where it belonged, in the archives of the House. John M. Hall had no more to do with 1t than the man in the moon and all the resolutions are in the office of the Secre- tary of State in Hartford.
 MT. Goodwin, of East Hartford, here rose and said that he rose to correct the statements of the clerk, which he knew to be incorrect. Here thereswas a scene of great confusion. Cries of question y "shut up," etc., were heard and there was great excitement for few moments. The chair got order finally, and insisted that 8 vote be taken and all further talk was ended. ....
 An informal ballot for candidate for secretary was then taken with the follow ing result: Whole number of votes 356; John M. Hall 187; J. o. A. Stone 166: scattering 3. .-.--..... .-~ ....
 Here MT. Goodwin again arose to cor rect a statement made by the clerk of the House, Mir. Cowell.
 MT. Tibblts made point of order, and Governor Burnham another and some one else another.
 MT. Goodwin insisted that he had a right to proceed on personal explana- tion. --. -E
 MT. Goodwin was choked down. Cries of ''Frown him down. "He can't speak, y &c., were heard. The chair tried to rule here that balloting was ended, but could not get a hearing. Finally, however, qui- ct was restored, and Mir. Goodwi went on. @%f 4- 5@
 MT. Goodwin said he wished to state what he knew of John M. Hall. [Cries of sOuestion." ssPut him down." misses, cheers, ssPut him down" Mir. Goodwin then went on. In 1871, John M. Hall was a member of the Assembly and in 1862 was chairman of the railroad com mittee and wanted Simeon Gallup rail road commissioner. "I thought Gallup a faithless officer" He spoke of the mis- sing resolutions and said that MT. Edge comb, the Assistant Secretary of State, said that the whole matter was mortify- ing one to him. These resolutions were smuggled out of the house, and if MT. Hall canlexplain, he should, or should not be nominated.
 The vote was then put and Mir. Hall was declared nominated, fewvotes being in the negative. .a
 A resolution favoring constitutional convention was voted down. a
 For the office of Comptroller there was quite a struggle between Messrs. John T. Rockwell of Winchester and B. Perry Packer of Holland County. The latter was declared elected on ris-