Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31

suddenly the name of MT. Stoddard was brought out, the argument being that two lawyers on the ticket was one too many and that it would be disastrous to the party's interests
 to put such a ticket in the field. Answer
 was made that two stlegal lights" had fre-
 quently been nominated and successfully elected, but 1t had no effect on the 'business mems" wing of the party. The friends of
 MT. Hotchkiss rallied their forces and at tempted to stem the tide that was setting agalnst him, but as the result shows they could not save their favorite and he went down ill the darkness of Democratic ingrati- tude. He had worked hard for hsnomina- tlon, had put his money where he thought it would do the most good, only to see it van 1sh as did the prize he so confidently ex- pected to gain last evening.
 The convention was called to order by Eli Mix, chairman of the Democratic town com mittee.
 Town Agent Reynolds was nominated for chairman but declined and nominated John 5. Robertson. Mir. Robertson was elected, and on taking the chair returned thanks for the honor conferred upon him,
 George s. Thomas was elected secretary.
 On motion the chairman of the" various ward delegations were appointed the com mittee on credentials. After being out about half an hour the committee returned and reported full list of delegates.
 On motion three tellers were appointed consisting of William M Grant, Col L. L. Morgan and George R. Cooley
 Nominations for first representative being in order, Thomas M. Kenna, of the eighth ward nominated James P. Pigott, and Jacob Miller of the same ward, seconded the nomi- nation. An informal ballot was then taken and MT. Pigott received the entire vote of hn Sjy Io1
 lot was then made formal
 When the nomination for second repre- sentative was called for Philo s. Bennett, who represented the business mems portion of the party, presented the name of Ezekiel G. Stoddard for the second place on the ticket. MT. Bennett made neat little address in favor of MT. Stoddard and told of his business qualifications and sterling De
 mocracy, and his generosity in answering all calls for funds for election purposes. This evidently pleased the delegates, as there was great stamping over this announcement.
 James I. Hayes then took tine floor in the in
 terest of Hobart L. Hotchkiss. He referred
 to MT. Hotchkiss as 8 young man of educa.
 tion and refinement and with every essential
 qualification. He is an attorney by profes-
 sion, said MT. Hayes, but this should not
 initiate against him. He has made credit
 able speaker on the stump and I hope this
 convention will do him credit and itself
 uOI1OT DJ RlfluS Iln GU0 uOWludG1Ou Colonel L. l.. Morgan spoke in favor of
 MT. Stoddard an old and sound Democrat and liberal contributor to the election fund. (More cheers) We will be doing ourselves
 credit and the party also if we send him to the next legislature.
 Colonel Robertson seconded MT. Hotchkiss
 nomination. He said he did not believe a business man had any more right to go to the legislature than a lawyer and vice versa. Up to three days ago MT. Hotchkiss had this convention. They talk about MT. Hotch- kiss being too young. Robert Emmet offer ed Gp his life for his country at the age of 23 and Napoleon commanded an army in lta- ly st 24. You have often sent two lawyers to the legislature. I have been told that
 would hurt myself if I supported MT. Hotch-
 kiss, but propose to stand by my friends, come what may.
 Au informal ballot followed for second
 Representative and resulted as follows: E.
 G. Stoddard B, H. L. Hotchkiss 21, John P. Carney 1. A formal ballot followed when MT. Stoddard received 56 votes and MT. Hotchkiss IS.
 Colonel Robertson moved that MT. Stod dard's nomination be made unanimous, but there were two delegates who persisted Ill voting no. The vote was declared anani- nous nevertheless.
 A committee consisting of James Reynolds, James l. Hayes and George M. Grant were appointed to wait on the nominees and re- quest their presence before the convention. Ten minutes later the committee returned with MT. Pigott, who mounted the platform and announced that he had not been correct, ly reported in 8 speech that he made in Hartford and he proposed tc read from manuscript what lie had to say. He then proceeded tc tell the convention that their unanimi ty in nominating him confirmed his be- lief that they approved his action in the leg islature last winter. He then proceeded te I attack wealthy railroad corporations and fol | lowed it up by telling them all about the
 last legislature and the way they were SC ] down upon. He told them that he did no | accept any railroad passes because he die | not want to have the appearance of being in | fluenced in his action toward these wicked | corporations. He promised to do grea 1 things this year if the legislature was Demo cratic, although he blamed his owr party associates for not doing as he wanted 1 them to last year. He closed with thanks tc the convention for the honor conferred upon him.
 After Mr. Pickett concluded another recess of ten minutes was taken as MT. Stoddard had not been found Another search was l made and ten minutes later that gentleman I was borne into the hall in triumph. He de- clined to take the platform, but briefly re turned thanks from the back of the hall and then quickly retired. The convention them adjourned.