Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-22
FoR SHEHfFE.
The Democratic Town COnvehtiol
 Last Nigbf-RaYaolda Men ChOseh.

The Democratic Town Convention
 Last Night-Reynolds Men Chosen.
 The Democratic delegates from the ff- teen city wards met in convention at Turn hall last night to nominate delegates to the county convention to be held at Wallingford October to nominate candidate for sheriff. At an early hour last evening the different delegates assembled about the vicinity of the hall and in knots of four and five held ami mated discussions as to the possible result of the convention The meeting was announced
 to be held at eight o'clock, but it was nearer nine o'clock when Chairman Driscoll mount
 ed the platform and called the meeting to order, saying: "This convention is called to
 elect four delegates to the Waliingford con
 vention, and hope the meeting will be har-
 monious and that whoever is nominated for
 sheriff at Wallingford will receive the hearty
 support of the Democratic party" John M.
 Hannifin was next elected chairman of the
 meeting No delegates were allowed the
 floor without credentials. Captain Frank
 M. Lovejoy was nominated and elected sec
 retary and the business of the convention be-
 gan. A committee consisting of the chair
 man of each of the different ward delega- tions was next appointed as committee on credentials. They adjourned to the commit tee room and made their report after five minutes session that there was full delegation from each ward. Two tellers were next noni- mated and elected. They were James F. Brannagan, George W. Neale. The chair man next announced nominations in order. James F. Brannagan, of the Second ward, nominated Samuel L. Bronson for delegate. Other nominations made were for MT. John Coogan, Mir. Frank Reilly, John D. Pallman and Mariner Beecher, jr. The result of the vote for first delegate was: Number of votes cast 70; necessary for choice 36; number of votes for MT. Bronson AS; Coogan 20; John D. Pallman 1; Mariner Beecher 1. MT. Bron- son was declared elected first delegate.
 John Clancy was nominated for the Second delegate by James Phelan. There were no other nominations made. The result of the vote was: MT. Clancy 45, MT. Pallman 2, Coo gan 21, M. Clancy was declared elected. The third delegate nominated was Ernest Klenke. Deputy Sheriff Keefe championed MT. .Klenke as good man for delegate, one who would take the best of care of the interests of all good Democrats. MT. Klenke was elected by 4S votes. MT. Coogan got g at the bal lot.
 At this lecture in the conventions pro- ceedings the delegates from the Sixth ward grew very restless as they saw very small chance of their man MT. Coogan being elect ed. Some very hot political talk next took piace auu tno meoIluS "as oouSoo Co oe called to order several times by the chair man. Jas. P. Pigott was next nominated for fourth and last delegate by MT. Fitzpatrick of the Fifth ward. The motion was received with much disapproval by the friends of Mir. Coogan, who crowded the gallery and hissed the adherents of MT. Pigott. MT. James P. Landers advocated MT. Pigott and was hooted at After much warm talk by the Pigott and Coogan followers the vote was taken and rasultad in the election of Mr. PigOtt He got forty-five votes, Patrick O'Connor re- ceived one, Frank Reilly one and MT. Coogan twenty two. A vail of sorrow from the Coo gan followers greeted the election of MT. Pigott.
 The convention then adjourned. The del sgates elected are according to the general verdict of the Democrats, solid Reynolds men and there is but little doubt that Town Agent Reynolds will be nominated for sher- cc