Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-09

l ed chairman of the meeting by half dozen 1 voices and was elected. Mir. Gilbert Austin 1 was nominated and elected secretary, but
 declined the honor. Mir. Julius Tyler was
 chosen in his place after several other gen.
 tlemen had declined. MT. Tyler then read
 the new rules by which the convention wes
 to be governed. The committee on creden-
 tials was then sppointeesby wards as follows: First, Hugh I. Finnegan; Second, Augustus Bodgell; Third, William B. Higgins; Fourth,
 John Wood; Fifth, Thomas Brinley; Sixth
 Patrick Willis Seventh, George M. Grant; Eighth, William Parsons; Ninth, John H.
 Dsrgan; Tenth, James J.Coogan; Eleventh,
 Samuel Johnson; Twelfth, Michael Egan, 2d;
 Thirteenth, H. Corrigan; Fourteenth. Joseph
 s. Halliday; Fifteenth, Murray Hughes.
 After afev:minutes' consultation the commit
 tee on credentials made their report, Most of
 the delegates recently elected were present
 Some discussion was started by the discov-
 cry that Mir. Blake of the Fourth ward,
 whose credentials had been handed in, was
 absent, and Mir. John L. Sullivan was reported
 present as an alternate. When the name
 of the great ''slugger' was entered upon the
 list there was great applause. MT. Parsons
 moved that the list of delegates be accepted
 and the meeting so voted. Messrs. Parsons and Nettleton were appointed tel lers to record and count the vote
 as the secretary read of
 the names of the delegates. MT. Tylsr read
 6 speech exhorting the delegates to vote for
 New Haven man for sheriff. It is not fair
 for New Haven to get the cold shoulder as heretofore since she furnishes the Demo cratic majorities. MT. Tyler nominated Town Agent Reynolds. Mir. Frank H. Sperry nominated Senator Plunkett for first dele gate. MT. Parsons made speech claiming that the voice of New Haven through her four delegates represented one half of the Democratic majority. Therefore the con- vention should stand up for the interests of the town. It should have more weight. Any little town can have more weight. The con- vention should stand for a New Haven man. He moved that the convention should sup- port New Hevener, whether 1t be William E. Higgins, Jonathan Pond, William B. Cat lin or Captain Keefe of the Sarsfield Guards, and that the convention should vote. An amendment was offered to the effect that the motion of MT. Parsons be laid upon the table The vote on the amendment stood 34 in favor and 34 against. The chair decided that the motion be laid upon the table MT. Par rsons claimed that the motion had failed and that the convention was instructed to vote for a New Haven man for sheriff. Mir. Parsons was interrupted by misses and cries of ''Sit down ID 'tNo gagging the convention !' ''Is Mr Parsons going to talk all night ?'' Pat rick McGinnis and Andrew J. Callahan were appointed additional tellers, there being some
 dispute about the vote. Mr. Parsons resign ed his position as teller amid great con fusion, but he was not heard and went to work when the counting began. The nominees for first delegate were Senator Plunkett and Town Agent Reynolds. Mir. Plunkett re- csivsd 3s votes and Mr. Reynolds 31. MT. P.unkett's election was made unanimous. For second delegate the nominations were Samuel l.. Bronson and William O'Keefe. The latter was elected. The vote stood 42 to 26. For third delegate the candidates were Patrick Willis end William Bradley, the for mer receiving 35, the latter 33. MT. Willis l election was made unanimous. Julius Tyler 1 was nominated for fourth delegate, also Ho- 1 bart Hotchkiss. MT. Hotchkiss was elected. 1 The contest, as shown by the vote, wss very close. Although the delegates to the conven- 1 tion at Cheshire not instructed, 1t is un- derstood that they will vote for Tomlinson Of l Milford