Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-19
REPuBLIcAN STATE coNvEnr.oNs

|
 Averill was appointed temporary Chair
 man. A committee on permanent organi
 zation was appointed with the followin
 members from Litchfeld county:-Hal
 vey l.. Roberts, of Winchester; William
 B. Cothren, of Woodbury; Lyman Dun
 ming, of Canaan.
 The committee on credentials was al
 so appointed, with the following Litch
 field county members:-Rufus Cleveland
 of Barkhamsted; E. c. Lennon, of Wood
 bury; E. w. Spur, of Salisbury.
 The committee on resolutions was thel
 appointed, with the following member | from this county:-Chas. E. Andrews, o Litchfield; John Churchill, of Woodbury Hon. A. H. Holley, of Salisbury.
 Gen. Pratt, of Rocky Hill, offered reso lutions condemning the salary steal, tn. nesdless expenditures of the Indian de partment, national appropriations for the centennial, and the extravaganza in the District of Columbia. These were re ceived with applause, and, handing then to the chair, Gen. Pratt made spicy speech in favor of their adoption.
 The following rules were then adopted for the organization of future conven. tions:
 l. All caucuses in the several towns for the appointment of delegates to the State Convention shall be held at least five days before the meeting of the State Con- vention.
 2. It shall be the duty of the chairman of each Town Committee to send copy of the credentials of the delegates from hi@ town Go tho Secretary of the Republi- can State Central Committee, at least four days before the Convention.
 5. A caucus of the delegates to the State Convention shall be held st some place to be designated by the chairman of the State Central Committee at D. m. of the day before the Convention. At said caucus the first business in order shall be the appointment of 8 committee on credentials to consist of one delegate from each Senatorial District, and it shall be the duty of the committee to prepare as soon as practicable from the creden- tials in the hands of the secretary a com plete roll of the delegates to the Conven- tion.
 4. The State Convention shall be called to order by the Chairman of the State Committee at eleven a. m., and the tenn porary Chairman of the Convention shall be designated by the State Central Com mittee.
 5. County and District Caucuses shall he held at 10:30 a. m. on the day of the convention, at places to be designated by the local members of the State Commit tee, for the purpose of nominating mem- bers of the State Central Committee.
 6. Whenever delegates are to be ap- pointed 10 National Convention, it shall be the duty of the State Committee to give notice in the call for the State Con- vention of the hour and place of holding District Conventions for the nomination of district delegates the National Con- vention.
 The Committee on Permanent Organi- zation reported list of officers, with Henry P. Haven as president, and with the following vice presidents from this county:-F. D. Fyler, of Winsted, An drew B. Mygatt, of New Milford; A. H. Holley, of Salisbury.
 Mir. Haven made an address on taking the chair, in which he commended Gen. Grants administration, and denounced the Democracy.
 On motion of Gen. Pratt, Mir. Henry B. Harrison, of New Haven, was nominated for governor by exclamation. For Lieut.. Gov, the names of John T. Waite, of Norwich, and Charles l.. Griswold, of Chester were proposed. A ballot resulted in the choice of the former: Whole number of votes cast, 358 John T, Waite. 298 Chas. l.. Griswold, 69 Scattering
 For Secretary of State, the names of Chauncey Howard, of Coventry, and J. Q. A. Stone, of Killingly, were proposed. A ballot resulted as follows:
 Whole number of votes cast, BPS John O. A. Stone, 248 Chauncey Howard, 7S Blank,
 For Treasurer, Mir. David P. Nichols, of Danbury, was nominated by acclama- ton.
 For Comptroller, the names of Lucius s. Fuller, of Holland, as John T. Rock we'll, of Winsted, and E. Perry Packer, of Coventry, were proposed. A ballot re- suited in the choice of the latter, as fol- lows:
 Whole number of votes cast, 317 John T. Rockwell, 91 B. Perry Packer, 19O Lucius s. Fuller, 35
 The Committee on resolutions reported the following: ....
 The Republican party of the State of Connecticut, in convention assembled, declares that the true end of government is to secure equal and exact justice to all it's citizens, with as little infringement as possible upon individual freedom; that the government of the people. by the peo- pie, and for the people, interpreted and foreshadowed by the Declaration of Inde- pendence is the true American idea; that this can only be realized by the election ef honest and capable men to public office and conducting public affairs with strict prudence and in accordance with the sound and approved maxims of business and political economy; that in accordance with these principles the states should be left to regulate their own internal affairs without interference, and this convention gladly endorses the course of nationa- administration in reference to the recent election in Texas.
 That good administration and freedom from temptation to official dishonesty car be best secured by such an organization of the civil service as shall be undisturbei by the changes and temptations of activ, politics. s--. That there ought to be no further in crease of the paper currency of the coun try; and that the people expect from tn, present Congress the adoption of sucl measures as will forward the early re sumption of specie payment. That there should be no more subside of public lands in the interest of privat
 corporations; that taxation should b
 equal, and be laid in such a manner a least to interfere with the general prosper