Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-02
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CLEVELAND ENDORSED.
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 Delegates Elected to the National Con- yentton Instructed to Vote for Grover Cleveland-The Resolution End0rses the Administration and Calls for 2 Re adjustment of the Tariff and the Re-
 moval of the Internal Revenue on Tobacco.
 HARTFORD, May 2.-It was represent tative body of Connecticut democrats that assembled in Allyn hall this morning to nominate delegates to the national con vention at St Louis. majority of the delegates were veteran democrats and they were all brimming over with enthusiasm for Cleveland.
 Chairman M. F. Dooley called the con vention to order at 1O:45 and called William A. Shields to the chair as tenn porary presiding officer. Mir Shields ac- cepted in neat speech and the convention immediately proceeded to business.
 Committees on resolutions and per1na- nent organization were appointed. Use less discussion was shut off by the passage of a resolution, that all resolutions should be submitted to that committee without reading and without debate.
 The committee on permanent organiza- ton reported as follows: For chairman, Charles M. Joslyn of Hartford; vice president, Thomas w. Loomis of Hart ford county, George M. Grant of New Haven county, Bradley A. Hadley of New London county, L. A. Buck of Windham county, F. w. Bingerhof of Fairfield county, Isaac Arnold of Middlesex county and Nicholas Staub of Litchfeld county.
 Colonel Joslyn, on being escorted to the highly eulogized the administration of Grover Cleveland. His remarks were greeted with applause.
 Selections of delegates then began and resulted as follows Delegates at large, A. E. Burr of Hartford, James E. Pigott of New Haven; Charles N. Allen of Putnam and William H. Barrows of Sails bury. ! County Delegates Congressman R. J. Vance of New Britain, George l.. Phillips of Rockville, Charles A. Tomlison of Mil ford, Clinton B. Davis of Haddam. s. o. Bowen of Eastford, Alexander c. Robert Lime Rock, Henry A. Bishop of Bridge r of appointing substitutes.
 While the convention was waiting the report of the committee on resolutions the delegates were entertained by rattling speech from the Hon James Gallagher of New Haven He predicted brilliant dem ocratic victory at the fall election. He ex plained his position on the tariff question and said that he had been misrepresented by the republican press. He was a demo foJ f<, ha work for the party as long as he lived.
 The platform adopted by the convention endorses the administration of President Cleveland, endorses the democratic plat form of 1884, calls for readjustment of the tariff, commends the efforts of the admin istration in restoring the navy and calls for the removal of the internal revenue tax on tobacco. Resolutions were passed in structing the delegates for Cleveland.
 HARTFORD, May 1.-Nearly all the dele gates arrived this evening and the corridors of the Allyn house were crowded with democratic statesmen and democrats that are not and never will be statesmen. Every thing gave way to enthusiasm for Cleve- land and his administration, which came in for general praise It didn't take man ten minutes to discover that there was 8 general sentiment throughout the state in favor of the present administration. The Waterbury delegation was among the busy throng. Dr Neville was conspicuous and Miles Connolly, though not delegate, twas on hand to look after the interests of Eli sha Leavenworth but his influence did not make itself felt in the caucus. J. P. Pigott of New Haven was there, as was al so Alexander Troup, who had come up to see what he could do to defeat the Reynolds faction. Among the most well known men who arrived early in the evening were Hunter of Willimantic, D. M. Read and Henry A. Bishop of Bridgeport, Congress manYance. .Staub of New Milford, Sanger of Canterbury, Jerry Donovan of Norwalk, Postmaster Davis of Higganum, Postmaster Swartwouth of Stamford, ex-Deputy Col lector Kennedy of Naugatuck nd Collec- tor Hubbard of Hartford. ... ..--
 The Second congressional district eau cuses resulted in the choice of James r. Pigott of New Haven. The Middlesex county caucus selected Clinton B. Davis of Haddam for county delegate, and the eau GUS of the New Haven county delegates re- suited in the selection of Charles A. Tom linson of Milford Alexander Troup man ipulated the caucus, but his efforts failed to accomplish anything. He was completely routed. The name of Mayor Boughton o1 Waterbury was mentioned for county del esate, but Tomlinson was chosen, evident ly by prearranged plan.
  there were lively and exciting contests fol the nominations for county delegates. II the former on the informal ballot thre' candidates appeared, J. o. Sullivan, Wind ham: l.. s. Marlor, Brooklyn, and s. O Bowen, Eastford. After dozen ballots MT Bowen secured majority and his nom ination was made unanimous. Allen O Putnam secured the nomination for dele gate at large from the Third congressiona district, securing 22 votes out of 36. Cyru G. Beckwith of New London and Alexande c. Robertson were the candidates iron New London county, and MT Robertson finally received the nomination. It wa after midnight and the matter of chosin 8 delegate at large was left till mornin when it is probable that the action of tn Windham county caucus will b ratified.
 All the talk about the opposition to Bal mum came to naught in the Fourth con oressional Strict Fairfield county ha been left /dt in the cold for some tim and mads peremptory demand upo T T