Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-12
For United states senatOr.
General Joseph n. HRwlcy Nominated by AcelnmatiOn.
 

54 Genora1 Joseph R. HRwley Nominated
 by Reclamation.
 Especial to tho JOURNAL CouRIERl
 HARTFORD, Jan. Il.
 General Hawley, who was nominated for United States Senator by exclamation at the caucus of the Republican members of the Legislature, held in Representatives Hall this evening, has been a candidate for the nomination three times before this-in 1868, when Governor Buckingham was nominated in 1872, when the Ferry bolt defeated him, and in 1879, when he would have been nomi- mated but for the fear that Republican might not be elected to take his place in the House.
 The caucus held this evening was very different affair from that of two years ago. There was no excitement, and no crowd Two years ago the caucus lasted more than six hours, and thirty-fve ballots were taken. This evening the session was about twenty minutes long, and there was but one unani- nous vote.
 The caucus was called to order by Senator Colt, and David B. Booth of Danbury was made chairman. Stiles T. Stanton of Ston- ington and E. A. Merriman of Meriden were appointed secretaries.
 MT. Booth, in few well chosen words, congratulated the Republicans of Connecti- cut on their success, and the fact that they were again about to make the Senatorial del egation from the State Republican.
 It was expected that Senator Buck of the First district would present the name of Gen. eral Hawley but before he got ready to speak, Senator Hammond of the Fourteenth dis | trict was recognized, and moved that the Hon. Joseph R. Hawley be nominated for United States Senator.
 Senator Buck seconded the nomination in the following speech:
 Mir Chairman and Gentlemen: am glad | of the opportunity to speak on this subject. | think that the Republican party of Oonnec- ticut is to be congratulated upon it's situation. We have again been placed in power in all branches of the State government. It IS ap- parent that we have the confidence Of the people Under such favorable circumstances | we, the representatives of the Republican party, meet tonight for the purpose of per | forming an important duty. Power brings with it responsibilities and the responsibility of making an appropriate selection of a nomi- nee for the high office of United States Sena- tor is second to none which political party is called upon to take. It is the duty of all parties to put forward their best men. In | the present instance there can be no doubt I as to the appropriate man to select. He IS | no new man and has long been in the service of the State and the country. I do but l speak for the people of the State of Connec- | ticut when second the nomination of Jo- | seph R. Hawley as a candidate for this great I office, and do not overpraise him when l I say that while the office will l honor him he will honor the office | His fitness for the place is unquestioned. He early enlisted on the right side in the great anti-slavery discussions which preceded | the war and became leader of public senti- | ment during the great debates which awoke I the public conscience, and led it onward until | it became an irresistible force, which grap- pied with slavery and plotted it out forever l His course in regard to that great question was the keynote of his character. He is and
 has been one of the best haters of all kinds of oppression. He has been al- ways ready with eloquent voice and pungent pen in every contest where the struggle was | to put some right in place of some wrong. l Frank, open-hearted and fearless, the subtle | quality of dissimulation belongs not to his | character. He has the courage to differ with | his friends when they are in the wrong, and to side with his enemies when found | in the right. He has clear head upon broad | shoulders, sound mind in a sound body. | Nor is he man of mere words. When still | a young man he left his chosen occupation | and on the morning after the famous war meeting in Truro Hall enlisted as private soldier and remained in the field until the field | was won. Once as Governor and three terms | in Congress from this district he has served 1 his State with honor and has won reputation not bounded by his own State or by the l country. His views on all public questions | are in full accord with the principles of the l Republican party It was the blast of bugle [ kvzifh fhonSQn6 af GhicaOO clared that ''every dollar of the national debt skould be as sacred as a soldiers grave" We all know the great interest he took in I the last election. It is not too much to say | that his speeches during that canvass take | rank with the best efforts of the great leaders ! of the party.
 During the term of his public life many public men have fallen, many fair reputa- | tions have been lost, but not breath of sus- picion has attached to him, and he stands be- 1 fore the States and the country in the full strength of his manhood with an enlightened ! conscience and an unsullied name. The peo- | pie of the State have unmistakably selected him for this high office His competitors, in graceful recognition of that sentiment, have ! conceded his fitness and his strength, and
 have left him standing alone in the field o1 his great ambition. And now, on behalf ot l the people whom he has served so well, present, in seconding the nomination made as candidate for the foremost office within
 the gift of the State, the foremost Republi
 can of the State, the name of Joseph R
 Hawley.
 Hon. Lynde Harrison followed MT. Buck
 saying, in substance The principal business
 for which we were elected was to carry oui
 the wish of the Republicans of the State that
 General Joseph R. Hawley, the citizsr
 soldier, should be made United States Sena
 tor Gladly and cheerfully do we gather
 here to ratify and endorse the wishes of oul
 constituents. As representative from New
 Haven county can say that the action we are about to take meets the hearty approva
 of the people of that county.
 No more remarks were made and Genera Hawley was nominated for Senator by ac clamation. not a dissenting voice being heard. The members of the caucus signifed
 their approval of their action by clappine their hands and the caucus then broke up.