The Press., 1886-09-16
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 t,7 Politics. r'& Il t5 t@,sc= Hon. E. s. Day of Colchester is chairman of the new republican state cormmittee.. John A. Brown of Willington and W. H. Prescott of Rockville are members from Holland coun- ty. .,.t ss.. i=5st...,., t...5t;s,.. ..4ts.s5.s.
 Hartford Times before the republican con- vention: ''He must be good man and get 25O votes to win tomorrow. He got 317 votes, and now the Times accuses him of be- ing wealthy and of being Methodist.
 Last Thursdays republican caucus nomi- mated Lounsbury for governor, giving him BY out of 488 votes on the informal ballot. The balance Of the ticket was nominated by exclamation. The following is. the ticket en- tire: For governor, Phineas 0. Lounsbury of Ridgefeld lieutenant governor, James l.. Howard of Hartford > secretary of the state, Leverett M. Hubbard of Wallingford; treas urer, Alexander Warner Of Pomfret; : comp troller, Thomas Clark of North Stonington.
 It seems to be conceded that K. s. Cleve- land will be the democratic nomineeSfor governor. ..{,.z.,...
 The republican congressional conVen- tion of this district will be held on Thurs day of next week, September 23d. ,t %,r-.
 THERE is but one man suggested for the republican congressional candidacy in this district this year-Hon. John R. Buck, the whole-souled man of the people, respected by his political opponents, confded in by his friends, and always commanding the attention If hia co1Ioo oe,a1oc i,1 o<>,,x..ooc e.. that he talks briefly, never without good req son, always to the point, and that openly and frankly. No congressman of such brief term of service, and so utterly devoid of 'sspread eaglelsm" IS more favorably known in Wash ington. l1u4 aai s-.ss ...,alzE
 A Hartford lawyer prefaces circular charg- ing that Candidate Iounsbury's nomination was got through bribery, with the saying that he is one "who has no experience and no ex- pectation of political. office, though now and always an ardent republican in politics. J There will be asmile over this introduction of himself in most newspaper offices as re- membrance of certain circulars that went to the waste-basket come up. aMr. LounsbuRy is most alphabetically the man the people wanted the candidate of the masses It is seldom that 9 candidate is SO emphatically the choice of the rank and file, or that dele. gates go so directly from the people to act for the people as did those that supported MT. Lounsbury in the convention. ,r,r-1 st.,(,sst
 The democratic state convention Will meet in New Haven on Tuesday, Sept. 28th.
 New Haven Register The suggestion has been made to nominate Dr. AlsOp of Middle town for lieutenant governor. The propOsi- tion is an excellent one, sDr. Alsop hass been Q state senator for some years, and. is ,gan- tleman of pronounced ability. He. ia the most popular. democrat in Middlesex county, and as a nominee of his party would add greatly to the strength of the ticket As the presiding officer of the senate he would malfe a dignifed and efficient appearance.
 It looks West-ish-a review of the list of democratic delegates so far appointed to the county convention, but there are already some delegates in the list of the other Kind, and plenty of good temperance towns yet to hear from, and the democratic party, too, will help in the exercise of the veto power if the con- yention passes thelbin. ssa.. i44 ' 5,.ls. !. The vote of Holland county in the republi- can state convention showed S6 for Lorlns- bury against 8 for Bulkeley, the towns in the 24th district, including Stafford, giving the former 25 out of. 8 possible 326, N. .g,
 Tribune: If is well for the third party people to comprehend the great theological principle that it is not necessary to hate your friends in order to attest how much you love your enemies.