Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-30
Four Long Hours.

Convention 10 Eject Delegates to the
 State COnvenGion-Rarvey B. Dorman
 Excluded From the Convention for
 Voting for Robert c. Gates-LfveIy
 Times.
 The highly polished floor of Loomis' Tenn pie of Music reflected the rays of many gas cts last evening and many stately Democrat c politicians tripped briskly across it, threw
 cigar ashes and expectorated upon it regard- less of cost. The first man to rise upon the
 floor was Harvey B. Dorman. He jumped to
 his feet with an alacrity that threatened to upset him to propose the name of Hon. James Gallagher for chairman of the conven- l tion. Eli Mix, who had called the con ven- l tion to order, was about to put the nomina- I tion before the convention when MT. Catlin
 shouted out the name of Hon. Caleb B. Bow
 CTS. Mir. Catlin proceeded to press his nom-
 ination and Mir. Dorman thought he had the
 floor. MT. Gallagher withdrew hisna and
 MT. Bowers was elected. MT. Burton Mans-
 field was appointed secretary. MT. Catlin
 moved that 8 committee on credentials be
 appointed to report list of delegates. After | considerable examination of the rules, which
 no one seemed to know, the following com.
 mittee on credentials were appointed William
 J. Mills. Charles Spreyer, James E. McGann, ! J. J. Kennedy, Jam es Gallagher, William B.
 Catlin, James Reynolds, George H. Chris
 mag, George 0. Clark, H. D. Phillips, George Hamilton, Thomas Heenan, Charles G. Clapp, | H. M. Shannon, Edw ard Allen. The committee was out 8 long time, dur ing which interval the chairman put on his
 shining beaver, the secretary his overcoat and the delegates took turns sliding up and
 down the foor After the report of the I committee on credentials had been read by
 J. J. Kennedy, William B. Catlin arose and ! said:
 'tMr. Chairman and gentle emen-It is more
 with feelings of pain than pleasure that say what am to say. Only last fall we had an important election. We lost the office of 1 sheriff, and see among the names of this convention two men who did all they could
 to defeat US. Captain Keefe and Harvey Dorman worked to elect Robert o. Gates. IL is right for this convention to ask these gen tlemen who are here if they voted with the
 Democracy last fall. I am opposed to hav-
 ing any such men here. GCheers). If we
 allow this sort of thing to go on where shall we be? In the annihilation of the Democra- tic party. move those names be stricken from the list"
 Captain Keefe arose and said the motion wss out of order and asked for the reading of
 the call. He said he was elected by Demo- crats to represent them and he had right to the privileges of the convention. MT. Dorman admitted the soft impeach- ment and said he did 1t for the good of the peopIe- If Mr- Catlin wished to take any exception to the way he voted he might John F. DeFrees and Charles Spreyer sprang to their feet and added their testimo- ny in favorspf reading out the bolters. Town Agent Reynolds thought that ac- eording to the rules the two men had right
 to the convention after being properly elected.
 The convention waxed warm. Mr Catlin said he couldn't swallow such actions as Keefes and Dorman's. It was finally voted to take ballot and in the roll call Captain Keefe was retained and Mir. Dorman excluded. He remained in the hail however, and tried to extract consolation from cigar. Hon James Gallagher arose and made 8 stirring address in which he said that he had voted for Martin VanBuren for president and for every Democratic candidate since, be- cause he thought the principles of the party
 were those of equal justice to every man.
 He told the convention that they had not acted justly in excluding one man and sus- taining the other, although both were equally guilty. He moved that the vote be reconsid- cred.
 There was fierce opposition and seventeen men arose to their feet at the same time in- sistiDg on various points of order and mo- tions. The chairman was bewildered and the reporters puzzled. By dint of loud rapping on the desk the chairman succeeded in re-
 storing peace and 8 motion to proceed to ac- cept the report of the committee on candi-
 dates as amended was finally carried s. Wells Holcomb wanted to know if every man who had ever voted the Republi- can ticket should be read out of the party.
 If so, he was ready to be thus read out Cheers. MT. HoIcomb withdrew from the hall shortly afterWard.
 Eli Mix asked the courtesy of the conven- tion while he read vote of the Democratic
 town committee regarding an increase in representation of the town of New Haven of delegates to the State convention. The re- port was laid upon the table.
 Balloting for the delegates to the State convention at Peck's Opera House June 5 was then commenced. After several ballots Hon. Charles R. Ingersoll was chosen first delegate Colonel John G. Healey was elected second delegate. It took eight ballots and
 several recesses to elect James J. Kennedy as
 third delegate. John H. Barlow was chosen as the fourth delegate.
 At this juncture ail the members made 8
 rush for the door. but the chairman recalled
 them to consider the vote of the Democratic town committee.
 MT. Gallagher said the town was entitled to twelve delegates in the convention, and moved that eight more delegates be sent. Town Agent Reynolds seconded that motion. It prevailed, and Hon. Caleb B. Bowers, Hon. James Gallagher. James Reynolds, John F. O'Keefe, Philip Hugo, Wm. J. Mills, Wm. Fl. H. Hewitt, Wm. Heeney were chosen as the additional delegates. MT. Gal lsgher insisted that he be excused and Hon. James E. English was appointed. Mir. Bow- CTS was empowered to choose his substitute.
 These additional delegates were not elected by calling the roll for votes as the others were. The clocks were striking 12 as the convention adjourned.
 Special Decorations.