Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-06
nEpUBL1cAr REJoloINa

Spread Given by the West Haven Club-Annual Meeting and Election ofOnfcers-Speech Made by Prom- inent Republicans. The annual meeting of the West Haven Republican club for the election af officers was held last night at their headquarters, corner of Washington and Elm streets, West Haven. A banquet was served to those present. Officers were elected as follows: President, Israel A. Kelsey; vice presidents, Charles E. Graham, John T.
 Gill; secretary, s. F. Butterfeld, with as-
 sistants, A. F. Save, F. W. Furnald (John
 T. Gill declined election); treasurer, George
 M. Erhardt; executive committee, George
 E. Bailey, Erwin J. Crawford, Herbert P.
 Wheeler; advisory committee, R. w.
 French; finance committee, w. Harris
 Brown, A. H. French, H. F. Wheeler; del
 egate to state committee, s. J. Bryant; ad
 visory of state committee, W. H. Brown. The attendance was not as great as was expected and prepared for, but was very
 good notwithstanding. Many were in-
 vited to be present from other clubs in the
 state and most of these made speeches as
 is given below.
 The retiring president, s. J. Bryant spoke first after the supper. He remarked
 that the evening would be principally
 given up to the invited guests. He also
 said few words about the method and
 aim of the club, and after reading letters
 ry,rintrodnced. President Sanford Haw-
 kins of the, Milford club; 1 Hessaid :t!E +Tm glad to say I've always been identi-
 fled with the republican party, ever since came of age. Our family has always been on the republican side. My father cast his first ballot vote for our, present
 president'ss2 grandfather, General W. H. Harrison"
 ] Edward L. Lindsley was the next one to speak. "I think it Is one of the pleasant est things" said he, "to come down and speak to young men gathered together for their country. I've noticed that at the
 last election the state of South Carolina
 sent nineteen men to the republican con- vention and one of these was the son of a
 member of Jefferson Davis cabinet. Re
 publican principles are gaining ground. They will soon be in condition to break up the solid south" MT. Lindsley spoke for the formation of republican clubs, and showed that through the formation of the one in Milford the democratic majority
 was steadily decreasing.
 Wm. H. Brown and MT. Woodruff of the Orange club followed. Herbert E.
 Benton, the chairman of the state commit tee, made very forcible speech, of which the following is an extract:
 "1t is wonderful how you can gather so
 many together for political object and at season like this. When I made my first stump speech I was pretty young, and l had got it into my head that the republi- can was very good party but it needed reforming. Now we don't expect perfec- tion in any party, there must always be errors; but, looking at the record of the republican party from first to last, we gee that of all the great things that have been done it has been at the head.
 "Now in regard to this tale of the last election. We haven't seen the end of it..
 What was the fact, gentlemen2 The re- publican party has stood at Hartford for maintenance of this principle: to
 determine that every vote cast by every
 man should be counted exactly as it is cast, no matter what the result. As it l happened, the court has decided that Lu- zon B. Morris did not receive 8 maj jority of votes in the last election. Now, whoev- | CT shall occupy the executive chair for the next two years, I believe our principal will come out ahead.
 MT. Benton said much more and was
 loudly applauded. Other speakers were l ex-Senator James Graham and Theodore
 Thompson, ex-president of the Milford re- | publican club.
 Funeral of the Late Mrs. Dudley. Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the flu | neral of the late Minerva L. Dudley, be-
 loved wife of A. E. Dudley, was held from
 her late residence, "A Dixwel avenue
 Rev. John H. Mason and Rev. Dr. Dryden | Phelps officiated at the services. The bearers were: Peter c. Durham, Lyman | Bunnell, c. B. Hanson and Weston Fer | ris. The burial was in the Grove street cemetery. The deceased had been in fail
 best medical skill and attention from
 loved ones. She was much esteemed for her Christian character.