Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-02
LOOKS LIKE WALLER.

The Effort to Nominate Him By Ac- clamatiOn Likely to Succeed - No Doubt About His Acceptance-HOn.
 E. w. Seymour, of Litchfleld, For
 Chairman of the Convention.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 1.-The representatives of the Democracy of the State of Connecticut
 are gathered at the. Allyn House this even
 ing. The preliminaries for the State con
 vention which is to be held in Allyn Hall s tomorrow morning at 10:30 have been ar
 ranged and unless there is more opposition than has been developed at this writing the
 ''old ticket" will be nominated. The De
 mocracy seems to have great liking for old
 tickets, and Governor Waller has cunningly
 brought about that feeling in this State by following Sam" Tilden's scheme of declin- ing beforehand Whether he really initiates Governor Tilden ill the sincerity of his posi-
 tion remains to be seen. But the delegates
 to the convention that meets tomorrow be-
 lieve that he will accept, and they are going to nominate him by exclamation unless de- velops opposition from Windham and
 Litchfeld counties. And in all likelihood ''Tom' Waller will accept the nomination in
 one of those modest, gracefully-turned and
 glowing speeches for which he is now fla
 mous. That is the probable outcome of the
 convention as nearly as can be gathered from the appearances of things tonight. There opposition to this scheme-in Tol- land and Windham counties in the caucuses tonight, but it was pretty effectually squelch- < ed by the Waller managers. The rest of the
 ticket will be nominated probably with the exception of Hon. Thomas Sanford, of Red
 ding, for comptroller. There are at least two lively aspirants for that position, besides MT. Sanford, who has his friends who say
 that he ought to be nominated on the old ticket if any man had. Charles N. Allen, of Put
 nam, is backed by Holland and Windham
 counties. Senator Joseph D. Plunkett, of
 New Haven, has been making lively canvass and his friends say he is sure
 to go in. It really seems as if he might. Lawyer Edmund Zacher, Governor Walters private secretary, has friends who are urging the use of his name for Secretary of State. He has working chance and may develop \ unlooked-for strength in the convention. His nomination, it is thought, would strengthen the ticket among the Germans and the Dem
 ocrats need to make all such bids possible.
 The State Central committee held meet ing this evening and voted that when Hon. James Gallagher calls the conven- tion to order the name of Hon. E. w. Sey- mour, of Litchfield, be proposed for temporary chairman and Clinton W. Cowles of Man chester, Fred. J. Brown of Waterbury, A. R. Morrison of Windham and James L. Hunt of Ridgefeld for temporary secretaries. They will probably be made the officers of the permanent organization.
 The names mentioned for ors-at-large are Hon. Charles R. Ingersoll, Hon. Caleb B. Bowers and James Reynolds of New Haven,
 A n ~ IT,,1,1, ,I of Middlefeld.
 The New Haven county caucus dodged any expression of opinion on the State ticket. A committee of three was appointed to confer with committee from MiddleseX county in regard to electors -at-large. A motion was offered to support James Reynolds, Of New Haven, and Samuel Simpson, of Waterbury for electors and was tabled. New London county voted to support the old ticket. The name of Hon. E. s. Foster, of Bedding, was offered for comptroller in Fairfield county's caucus, but Mr. Foster withdrew. The name of Hon. Thomas Sanford then presented and it was voted to support him. Litchfield county voted to support Charles R. Ingerso1 and George s. Sumner provided MT. In gerson would accept the nomination. The caucus adjourned until 9:30 tomorrow morn ing until MT. Ingerson can be heard from. Thereis no doubt, however, that Mir. Inger- soil is out of the race. Had he not positive ly expressed himself to that effect. he could have been nominated. Fairfield county will support the old ticket straight. All the counties nominated committees to serve on various general committees.
 A conference of the men who are manag- ing Senator Plunkett's and Charles N Aliens canvasses for comptroller had 8 conference late this evening, and it was understood that MT. Allen will withdraw and leave Senator Plunkett clear field
 The probability of Governor Walters de- clining has scarcely been considered tonight I His friends say he will surely accept if it comes by exclamation.