Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-26
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Some Thirty Democrats '.Get To- gether'' at the Call of Chairman

Some Thirty Democrats '.Get To-
 Eether'' at the Call of Chairman
 Davis.
 The democratic conference called by Clinton B. Davis, chairman of the state central committee, 'got together" at Heu- blein's restaurant yesterday noon. The meeting was not preconcerted, but the delegates happened to drop in one by one until almost everybody who had received and accepted an invitation was around the table eating dinner.
 The men present at the conference Were more numerous than the invitations sent out a few weeks ago. The increase was caused by the fact that Chairman Davis sent number of invitations by telegraph Wednesday night. Some Of these invi- tations were accepted and some were not The dispatches were explained by one del egate who said that Mir Davis was afraid l those originally invited and also that he had become scared over the | criticisms published when the conference was first anncuneed It was q few minutes after : o'clock when Chairman Davis called the delegates into room 10, Allyn House. About thirty gentlemen present. Among them were ex- x-Congressnsn Vance, Col Colt of Nor wich, Henry A. Bishop ara Representa- tive Coughlin of Bridgeport, ex Senator Staub of New Milford, Hobart l.. Hotoh- kiss of New Haven, Charles N. Allen of Putnam, Representative B. l.. Treat of l Wallingford, ex-Representative Carrcn of
 Middletown, eN, Representative Mclnerney of Rockville, ex-Representative F. i. Brown or this city.
 1 Chairman Davis called the conference to order and it hardly got together when Postmaster Swartout of Stamford made a motion to exclude the reporters from the room. \. E. Burr strongly objected to ! this, saying that the meeting should be l open. lie aaid this conference had Eoth- | ing to hide, and the proceedings should be open and should go out to the people. l Ex-Congressman Vance said it was bad
 policy to exclude the reporters. If they
 were present they would get things right: if they wer0 placed in the corridor they
 would rely cn their inaginations for a re port of the proceedings and they would
 consequently be distorted. Hobart l.
 Hotchkss tried to make distinction be tween democratic and republican reporters but the conference by large ma iority 1 voted to exclude all tne newspaper men
 and they were obliged to leave the room. After the room had been cleared of re
 porters the convention took up the reso lution passed at the last convention, whicl provides for the establishment of perma nent headquarters.
 Congressman Wilcox spoke in favor O
 such plan, and stated that one of tht greatest needs of the party is organization
 in order that il may cope with the repub licans A. E. Burr and Gel joslyn aist
 favored the scheme It was formally de
 cided to establish permanent headquarter:
 in Hartford. Another vote was passed re questing the state central committee t appoint an executive committee of inrluen tial democrats to help them in their labors
 A third vote was passed requesting th
 state central and executive committee t.
 select a man to manage the headquarters
 The conference then adjourned.
 The Hon James Gall agher, Of New Ha ven, was in town this morning, and iron ithe tone of his conversation he did not ap prove of the way Chairman Davis acted
 He did not have much to say, but com pared the convention to the way the China
 men used to go to war, making a great
 noise and doing very little fighting.