New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-10

The Democratic Congressional Convention
of the IVth District Of Connecticut, which
met at Bridgeport on Wednesday and nomi-
mated William II. Barnum the Chairman Of
the Democratic National Committee, for Con-
gress, seems to have been in something OF a
hurry. Whether they were afraid of indis-
Greet speeches on the part Of the delegates, II
they stayed, or were in doubt about Barnum's
acceptance and ran away before he could
telegraph his decllnaton to them, does not APP
pear. From some cause they did not care to
liuger. Mr.. Barnum having been nominated,
they passed two short, crude and unlocked
resolutions, and started off on a dead rum Tn
TO the night before the Convention 1t had
been supposed that George W. Peet Of
Caanan, would be The nominee That states
man fully expected it, and the delegates from
his county to whom under the rule the
nomination belonged, had given him their
unanimous vote in caucus he Fairfield
County caucus. however, selected Mr. Barnum.
In the Convention one of Mr.. Poets friends
said Mr.. Barnum had told him he could not
accept the nomination that he should never
again he candidate for either Senator or
Congressmau; but Il Fairfield County delegate
withstanding, and Poets friends seeing there
was no use IN making any opposition fell in
to his support.
This IS another indication Of the panic
among the Connecticut Democrats. The Re-
publican nominations for State officers put
them in such fright that they nominated
Mr. English, Notwithstanding his positive re-
lusal. in order to make sure of II bar' and
now they have impressed Barnums barl into
the service as n reinforcement, III spite OF the
announcement of delegate that he personally
knew he would not take 1t. Mr.. Peet is also
a man of wealth, though his resources are not
so extensive as Barnum's and it was no secret
that if nominated he would pay literally toward
election expenses. But the Fairfield County
delegates were apparently of the opinion that
nothing would save them in the district ex-
cept Barnum's peculiar tactics and large dis
bursements. So they bounced the Canaan
statesman and put up the Salisbury mule
dealer Having done this in unseemly haste,
they passed two uncOmmonly queer resou-
tons and ran. The first indorses the nOmna-
tons of Hancock for President and James f.
English for Governor; Hancock as I" a gal
Giant soldier who Is devoted to and under
Islands the Constitution of the country,
"and will maintain the same invio-
"Iate;" and English as that grand
cold Democratic war horse, who has been tried
"and not found wanting, and who is always
"ready to respond to the call of duty and
country"
Having thus indorsed the soldier and the
war horse, it only remained to present the
ieh hnu did ir,
this impetuous and impressive manners
ResoIred That in presenting the name OF the Hon.
William H. Barnum, the Committee deem 1t unneces-
sary to say ANYTHING he well known this dis
trict and will be ccted OF course.
The Committee evidently wanted to say
something pleasant about Barnun, after call
ing Hancock gallant soldier" and English
"a grand old war horse '-they couldn't, of
course, call him an army mule, which would
have carried out the figure, and they probably
hesitated at calling him mule contractor
but while they pondcIed some ope hurried them
up with the intimation that he might decline,
so they simply said it was - unnecessary to
"say anything" that he WAS too well
"known,' and passed them. Ii often happens
that men say their best things on the spur of the
moment, and without reconciliation. Plainly
this Convention DID. There are few men
in this country of whom It en- be more truly
SAID hat he is /" too well known" than Mr..
William IL. Blrnum. Nothing the Committee
could have said could be more fitting or more
discreet than that it is unnecessary to say
"anythiug.r lie was twelve years in Con-
grcss. nine in thc House and three in the
Senate, aud during all that time found it
Gum ccs-lry to say anything" himself; and
why should 1t bc necessary now for anybody
else to say any thing for hlmY The Convention
was quite right [; II Is entirely unnecessary To
d" say anything" about hn, and he is alto
gether "tOo wei Known
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