Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-17
MAKING THE STATE TICKET


 caucuses were held, both county and state, and the candidates for the first, second | and third places on the ticket were selected | with little or no friction. Everything is l harmonious save in the Fairfield delega- | tion, and the persuasive Sam Fessendsn | soon had this to running in most har- monious manner.
 The opinion was prevalent everywhere l among the delegates that Lieutenant Gov ernor Merwin would be nominated by ac clamation to head the ticket. As to the nomination for lieutenant gov ernor it was considered equally certain that George Austin Bowen of Woodstock, mas ter of the Connecticut state grange, near relative of the editor of the Independent, is the coming man. MT. Bowen is pros porous farmer and ready and forcible writer. He is the unanimous candidate of the grangers.
 For secretary of state it is conceded that George Mclean, who was private secretary to ex-Governor Lounsbury, will be the convention's choice.
 As to treasurer, the feasibility or pro- priety of renominating Bank President A. Stevens Henry of Rockville meets with
 
 ing it, others opposing it. The oppo sition comes from the view that new man should be selected, all agreeing that MT. Henry has ably and acceptably filled the office.
 The soldier element asks for representa- ton and will present the name of Senator CatIn of Bridgeport for treasurer. Dairy Commissioner Tatem was slated by his constituents for the nomination for treas urer, but in view of MT. Bowen's probable nomination for lieutenant governor his friends will push him for the comptroller ship.
 Senator Platt will be the convention's presiding officer and masterly speech from him on the campaign issues may be expected. Senator Hawley will not, so some of the leaders said last night, be pres ent at the convention. Frederick Doug lass, United States Minister to Hayti, will no doubt attend the convention in com pany with his friend and confidential sec retary, ex-United States Minister E. D. Bassett, whose guest he is while in the city.
 At the Republican league a love feast was held, General Greeley presiding. A collation. was served and the league kept open house for all the delegates. Freder- ick Douglass was the lion of the occasion and was given an informal reception and introduced to large number of the delegates and members of the league. He shook hands with scores. Lieutenant Governor Merwin was intro duced also to 8 large number of the visit ors. Senator Platt was present for some time, another of the lions of the occasion. Also among those present were Governor Bulkeley, ex-Governor Bigelow, Mayor Pease of New Britain, Hon. N. D. Sperry, Senator Coe of Torrington, Judge Lynde Harrison, Judge Hubbard of Wallingford, Commanders in Chief Welles of the Naval Veterans of the United States, Thomas R. Trowbridge, General George H. Ford, N. w. Merwin, (who recalled to 8 coterie of friends his attending as delegate Whig I convention in Hartford forty years ago), l William B. Champion of Madison, father | of the senior member of Champion 6 Heaton, this city, Senator Graham of l West Haven, w. B. Naples of the Vest | port Hour, and many others we'll known in republican circles.
 l OPENING THE CONVENTION.
 The convention was called to order by
 Chairman Erastus s. Day of the state cen
 tral committee shortly after o'clock. Ex-
 Lieutenant Governor Cooke of Barkhamp-
 stead was chosen temporary chairman and
 made few remarks in recognition of the
 honor. Five secretaries were appointed
 Charles Phelps of Vernon, Samuel A. Eddy
 of Canaan, Samuel Dudley of New London,
 William E. Walkley of Durham and An
 drew F. Gates of Lebanon.
 As a committee on credentials one dele gate from each county was appointed as
 follows: Hartford, E. B. Robbins; New
 Haven, John M. Sweeney of Naugatuck;
 Fairfield, William H. Marigold; New Lon-
 don, Jedediah R. Gay; Windham, Henry
 P. Childs, Woodstock; Holland, William
 Sprague, Andover; Litchfield, George w.
 Mason; Middlesex, Frank Weeds of Mid
 dletown.
 One delegate from each senatorial dis
 trict was appointed to the committee on
 permanent organization. They were as
 follows: First district, Linus B. Plympton,
 Hartford; Second, NJ. s. Chapman, Man
 chester; Third, s. Terry Wells, East Wind
 sor; Fourth, John Berge, Bristol; Fifth,
 Samuel Averill, Southbury; Sixth, George
 s. Davis, Guilford; Seventh, Theophilus
 Eaton, North Haven; Eighth, John T.
 Manson, New Haven; Ninth, Joseph Pen
 dleton, Stonington; Tenth, Wm. P. Lane
 eleventh, E. S. Day, Colchester; Twelfth
 Charles E. Dowell, Stamford; Thirteenth,
 Clarence B. Coolidge, Norwalk; Fourteenth
 Joseph J. Rose, Bridgeport; Fifteenth
 Henry Crofut, Danbury; Sixteenth, L. H | Y l Cleveland, Brooklyn; Eighteenth, Vel l lington B. Smith, Winsted; Nineteenth } A. B. Mygatt, New Milford; Twentieth
 Orlando Brown, Washington; Twenty
 first, George M Clark, Haddock; Twenty 1 second, E. B. Hammond, Cromwell
 Twenty third, S. B. West, Columbia Twenty-fourth, Colonel Pease, Somers. To the committee on resolutions were
 appointed First district, Charles J. Cole | Tcc Hartford; Third, H. s. Sheldon, Sufield Fourth, c. s. Landers, New Britain; Fifth
 General s. w. Kellogg, Waterbury; Sixth H. Wales Lines, Meriden; Seventh, Thomas
 Wallace, Ansonia; Eighth, H. E. Benton
 New Haven; Ninth, Samuel Park, Neg London; Tenth, H. H. Osgood, Norwich
 Eleventh, Joseph E. Crandal, Lebanon Twelfth, Samuel Fessenden, Stamford Thirteenth, John H. Perry, Fairfield
 Fourteenth, George 0. Waldo; Fifteenth
 Smith Glover, Newtown; Sixteenth
 teenth, Charles A. Capin, Window
 Eighteenth, F. c. Patterson, Pennington Nineteenth, Leonard Nickerson, Cornwall } Twentieth, M. D. F. Smith, Litchfeld Twenty-irst, John filling, Saybrook Twenty second, William T. Elmer, Mid
 dletown; Twenty-third, T. A Lake, Yer non; Twenty-fourth, George E. Heany
 Somers.
 General Greeley extended general in vitation to the delegates to accept the hos
 pitality of the Republican league while il
 the city, and the convention adjourned til 10 o'clock this morning.
 COUNTY cAUCUsEs. II 4 After the convention adjourned the eau cuses of the delegates from the severs counties were held in various parts of tn theater Fairfield county's men opene, , their caucus upon the stage, but Hon. Sam
 uel Fessenden in ten minute speech pro 8 phesied some little disagreement an,
 proposed that the delegates close B Ethemselves in one of the larg 8 dressing rooms upon the second floor, saf ' from the intrusion of reporters. This wa !, done. J. Belden Hurlburt of Norwal was chosen chairman and William B l Glover of Fairfield secretary. Lyman S 5 Catlin of Bridgeport was brought forwar,
 as a candidate to be endorsed for treasurer
 This idea displeased Chairman Hurlburt , | He declared Catlin could never receive tn ] support of Norwalk because of his enmit , to the parallel road scheme. Tn a chairman took 8 strong stand agains him. Sam Fessenden arose and complete s ly routed the chairman and his fe, few adherents. He said the paralle ? scheme had nothing whatever to do wit a the matter. He demonstrated plainly t
 the delegates that Catlin must be support s ed by Fairfield, and proposed 8 compro mise that he be indorsed and insisted upo v as candidate for comptroller. MT. Fes - senden will himself present his name t
 the convention to-day. The county en