Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-28

1ey?" a:aF s,t.a- Neither the Drops nor my debt, " re- turned Charley, in an unsteady voice. l Then Mrs Bamber, through mist of tears saw Charlotte Eaton rise, tall and proud, and take the purse from Mrs. Platt; for Hiram Driggs stood on the threshold. Thus a very humble little woman placed her gift on the altar of the New Year. REPUBLICAN, STATE coMvEN- -'@' TON. On Wednesday the State Republican convention met at New Haven.
 Col. Hoyt of Greenwich was made tenn porary chairman and the usual commit. tees were appointed on which were the following members from Litchfeld coun- ty:a-. ..... .,....
 Organization. George M. Darlington, of Winchester; Charles A. Warren, of Watertown;. Ralph Crissy. of Norfolk.
 ResotutiOns-John M. Burr, of Torring- ton; Nathaniel Smith, of Woodbury; J M. Beers, of Cornwall
 The following list of delegates were re- ported from this county:
 Litchfeld-H. D. Gates, F. s. Porter.
 l.. Bissell, William J. Hall.
 Barkhamsted-LaurenS S. Cook, Edward J: Youngs, Edwin P. Jones, Rufus
 Cleveland. ... ..,.- Canaan--W. c. Kellogg, Henry Belden. Colebrook = Peter Corbin. Clement Thompson, John Spencer, John Sey- r mOur
 Cornwall-H. c. Hart, J. w. Beers, B. B..
 North, Noah Rogers. Goshen-W. B. Gaylord, W. M. Allyn, T.
 W. Griswold, G.. W. Humphrey. . Harwinton-Abijah Catlin, c. s. Barber,
 Willis Catlin, George Daines. Morris-E. E. Baker. New Miford-Carr Hine, w F. Bennett.
 H. o. Mygatt, D. B. Soule. North Canaan-E. D. Lawrence, Lyman
 Cunning.
 New Hartford-E. Nj. ohapin, H H. Stone, 8. N. Pettibone, H. O. Merrill. Norfolk Phillip E. Curtiss, Miles Riggs,
 Henry J. Holt. Joseph N. Cowles. Piymouth-A. H. Fenn, Gerge F. North. Roxbury - George Hurlburt, Leander
 Blakeman. Salisbury-Frederick Miles, Alexander
 Il. Holley, Thomas l.. Norton, Freder-
 ick Everts.
 Torrington-Elisha Turner, Francis N.
 Holley, James L. Carson, John M
 Burr.
 Washington-D. s. Baker, James Aspin-
 wall, George s. Cogswell, Samuel J.
 Averill. -s-
 Watertown-G. A. Woodruff, c. A. War
 ren.
 Woodbnry-Willlam Smith, A. W. Mitch
 ell, Nathaniel Smith, John T. Ward. Winchester-Chauncey s. Foster, William
 V. Barclay, Samuel A Wetmore, George M. Darlington.
 The committee on permanent organiza- tion reported list of permanent officers who were chosen. Col H. W. R. Hoyt, of Greenwich, President. c. s. Foster, of Winchester; H. s. Mygatt, of New Milford; and Lyman Cunning, of North Canaan, were among the Vice Presidents.
 An informal ballot was then taken for governor. with the following result: James Lloyd Greene of Norwich, 147 Amos s. Treat, of Woodbridge S9 Scattering, B Mir. Greene was then nominated by &C., clamation.
 |t A vote was carried empowering the State Central Committee to choose a chairman outside their own number.
 A State committee of one from each Senatorial District was then appointed, with the following names from this coun- ty:
 Fifteenth Reuben Rockwell, of Cole
 brook.
 Sixteenth-William Smith, of Woodburv. Seventeenth-Wllliam E. Rudd. of Lake
 vile.
 A ballot for Lieut. Governor was then taken:
 Amos Treat, ee Charles L. English, 97 Henry c. Robinson, 23 Fl. W. R. Hoyt, 19 Ahiiah Catlin, g
 Mir. Treats name was then withdrawn. and MT. English was chosen by aeclama- ton.
 On motion the convention proceeded to take an informal ballot for a candidate TOT secretary or state. |: Abijah Catlin proposed the name of Colonel Agustus H. Fenn, of Plymouth, who had ''left an arm on rebel soil" It was then moved and seconded that Colo nel Fem be nominated unanimously by exclamation.
 B. W. Naples said hs was glad this con- vention had work to do in making nomi- nations. Heretofore the work had been done before the convention, and the dele gates hadn't had much to do; but he pre- ferred that ballot be taken. | Colonel Fenn was warmly supported by several delegates, and was unanimously nominated by exclamation, amid great ap. The colonel was introduced. He thank, ed the convention most heartily. He had always had unshaken confidence in the re. publican party, and he would speak for il as long as it lived. If it must go down he proposed to go down with it. He be- lieved that It would be shown that Con. necticut stood firmly by the administra tlon, and would continue to do so as long as President Grant honestly tried to dc his duty, and nothing eise. He remem- bered how the fortunes of the day were changed by the coming of Phil Sheridan from twenty miles away. He had been in that fight. The country owed no more to | anv man than to Ph1l Sheridan. TAD.