Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-29

counsellsd with great earnestness that the motto of the Democratic party should be to nominate the man who could poll the most votes.
 ' The results of the caucuses were then re- ported. The following are the delegates chosen to represent Connecticut at Cincinnati:
 LARGE.
 First District-A. E. Burr, Hartford.
 @ Sseo1d Id nistrict1Wintam Parsons, New Haven.
 Fourth Distrtct-W1ham H. Barnun1, Salisbury.
 COUNTY DELEGATES.
 Hartford-Jefrey o. Phelps, simsbury.
 Tolland-Jabsz L. White, Bolton.
 New Haven-samuel Simpson, WaIlingford.
 Middlesex-Curtis Bacon, Middletown.
 New hondO1,Ragh .aRn,;e Wheeler, Tes New london
 Fairheld-Jonathan E. Wheeler. Weetport.
 Litchfeld-Henry B. Graves, itchheld.
 The committee on resolutions reported the following after long discussion over the va rious resolutions presented by members of the convention:
 THE PLATFORM
 Resolved, That the Democratic party of Connscti- tution, at ali times admitting it's osstions and re- specting its limitations.
 of our Government shall be restored to it's former standard of economy and honesty.
 1878, by which Samuel J. Tnden and Thoma1 A. Hem drcks were deprived of their offices to which they and crime against that public morality upon which our free institutions are dependent.
 heBOlVo0s about to ischarge the high and responsible duty selecting candidates for President and Vice President citizens whose devotion to the constitution and honest government is well defined, whose upright public ser the Democratic and conservative voters of the try, who will unite these voters enthusiastically in umph which shall result in the overthrow of corrupt rings and designing schemes to establish personal government over that of the Constitution and the Resolved That u selecting such candidates the del convention hereby requested to vote as unit and also to support the weestablished twothirs rule of past Democratic National conventions.
 On Judge R. W. Wrights motion the dele gates were instructed to sustain the twothirds rule at Cincinnati, and it was also voted to give the delegates power to elect their own substitutes. Everything up to this point had been harmonious. Now, however, the conven- tion got into hot water. Judge s. s. Blake, of Bridgeport, introduced resolution of an anti -Tilden stripe, setting forth that no man should be held up for the nomination for President at Cincinnati who could not carry his own State.
 A breeze arose at once. Up jumped Hon. E. s. Cleveland with 8 long speech It looked as if it was all cut and dried that this resolution should be offered. At any rate ''Clevs'' was ready with manuscript speech exactly fitted to tho occasion. MT. Cleveland eulogized Tilden as a man badly used and slandered. When he concluded up jumped half dozen persons, all aching to pitch in, and general smash-up appeared imminent. MT. Waller, however, threw himself into the breach. He was ali prepared to do so, having vacated his chair to Hon. Gideon Hollister while Mir. Cleveland was speaking, and taken a place on the floor. He mounted chair and appealed, amid the general clamor of voices, to be heard. He got the ear of the chair, and was recognized. He said he ap- proved in the main of MT. Blake's resolution, but what under heaven is the use of that or the other resolutions? He didn't want the dele gates pledged for or against TiIden, though he thought that Tlden was better entitled to a second election than any man in America. He wanted all the resolutions in definitely postponed, and also proposed that resolution be passed saying that the Connecticut Democracy would vote for the Cincinnati nominee. The idea took with the delegates. Mir. Waller saw it by the ap- plause. He jumped down from his elevation and ran along by the stage in time to put the question himself, and to say triumphantly with flourish, stIt is carried" There was no dissent, and instead of harsh feelings most every one laughed. MT. Cleveland proposed three cheers for the Cincinnati nominee, which were given heartily, and the convention then adjourned.