Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-08

passed and after Judge
Elmer had read the platform, tho reading
Of which had been deferred during the
day, the convention adjourned about hve
O'Clock.
THE PLATFORM.
The resolutions, adopted as reported by
the committee, were as follows:
The representatives Of the republican party Of
Connecticut, in convention assembled, heartily
in the national platform adopted At Minneapolis,
June, 1892, and exemplfed in the able, patriotic
and and, thoroughly American administration OF
We believe in the principles OF protection 10
American industries and American labor.
tional platform that protection is both unconsti
tutional and q fraud. The republican party
Adams Jeerso 9s Madison o Monroe and Jackson
that protection is constitutional, wholesome and
peope apd 81 the and indie
pendence OF the nation: Upon the issue thus
joined we confidently invite the verdict of the
We assert that the industries Of this state are
not over-protected and that any material reduc-
ton in the protection now afforded would result
disaStrously to our manufacturers and their In
terests being mutual and inseparable. We earn
estly protest therefore, AGAINST any disturbance
business relations have adjusted themselves, and
warn our citizens against the adoption of a pol
icy threatened by the democratic party, which
would revolutionize our industrial activities, re-
duce wages, unsettle values, destroy credit and
We believe that the tobacco growers of the
state, regardless of former political affiliations;
will refuse to encourage by their votes the repeal
We invite their earnest attention to the platform
| of the democratic party which denounces that
law and declares the protection enjoyed under it
BY the tobacco growers to be unconstitutional and
I'VE recognize the truth that the general pros
perity of the whole land is essential to the pros
to- or
established industry must react upon every 9TH
er established industry.
the productions Of cheap foreign labor should be
importation Of foreign paupers, criminals and
contract laborers; and that il necessary, exist
amended as to further protect the American
| wage-earner against degrading competition with
imported cheap cap, labor as we'll as the imported
We hold, in the language OF President Harri-
son; 'that every dollar, paper or coin, issued or
and in all it's uses be the exact equivalent, not
only in debt payin,s' but In purchasing power OF
We denounce the democratic proposition to
repeal The law snaSt ed by republican con-
State bank notes By a sound ' national banking
we believe in the right OF every. qualified
ballot counted as cast. The disfranchisement
Of legal elector is an offense too grave to be
party Of Connecticut to secure partisan gain
through the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of over 1900 lega
mutation Of the democratic senate to BLOCK
all public business and thus take advan
scheme, should receive emphatic popular CON
demnation. The thanks of every patriotic
citizen are due to the republican executive
representatives who so sturdily and successful,
: resisted this revolutionary attempt.
representation which for $50 years has servet
Connecticut SO WELL Its attempted overthrow
r | and prove detrimental to the best interests o
: the whole state.
citizens the ticket for the state officers this da
nominated. We believe that the public interest
| may be safely trusted to their hands, and tina
their administration will be honest, impartia
| and patriotic.
MEETING OF THE STATE COMMITTEE.
y The state central committee held meet
8 ing in the Republican League clubs room
after the convention adjourned. Sewers
members made remarks of regret on tn
!. death of the late Hugh Daley. Major E
n b. Strong, one of the selectmen and
n member of the board of education, we
q elected unanimously to the vacancy cause
a by Mr.. Dailey's death.
@ DEATH OF LEVI B. BRADLEY.
n He Was for Thirteen Years Judge {
Il the Probate Court in This city
v Formerly a Prominent and Esteeme
a Citizen Here.
l. Levi B. Bradley, formerly one of Ne
10 Ravens most prominent citizens, died
% Middletown last Monday in his sixty sixt
J. year. AS long ago as 1879 he began
d break down physically, and in the ye.
y 1880 his mind gave way under the strai
~ of too much tension and it was found ne
" essary to send him to the insane asylum
% He will be remembered best as Judge
! the New Haven probate court, which pos
W ton he filed for thirteen years.
Judge Bradley was born in Southingte
e. in 1926. He graduated from Yale in Il
Q. class of 40, which WAS President Dwight
GLASS. He went to Hartford and read la
70 in the Office of Governor Toucey and fe
81 months after was admitted to the Hartfol
Is bar. About 1858 he removed to this eli
n and became secretary and treasurer of ii
1e New Haven Manufacturing company,
o. position he held for three years. Ne
he was for several years secretary ar
al treasurer of the old City Fire Insuran
Of company of this city. Then he embarkt
Ve here in the practice of law, his chosen pr
40 fession. In '63 he was elected Judge
It, the probate court, which position he he
9; until July 4, 1876, being succeeded
Id Hon. Samuel A. York.
During the last two years of Judge Bra
g. ley's service in the probate court his heal
a failed and he was not re- elected.
to In his active days Judge Bradley W
to considered a most excellent and usef
member of society. He had strong W
Dis and great firmness of character, and VIII
D. he made an effort he did not give up uni
of he was successful. He was also We
lis generous, open-hearted man, and was
re ways ready to help the needy and ASST
'1r the poor.
is. In the year 1875 Judge Bradley desir,
in to go to congress, but did not secure Il
a nomination.
re While Judge Bradley was a SUGGEST
re politician, he was not much of a speake
He WAS quick and ready conversatio
at dressing assemblies. In his best days
Id was very genial man and had the facul
I'D Of making many friends.
~ In 1876 he was a strong supporter
a Samuel J. Tilden.
or He was in August, 1880, taken to t
n Northampton retreat and after SOL
months was transferred to the Hartfo
n insane retreat, where he was for veal
is For the last four or five years he has be-
he in tho Middletown asylum.
He leaves widow and three sons, W
he bur B. and Winthrop E., both of Ne
in York city, and Clifford s. of Hartfor
an His wife was the eldest daughter of t
ey late David Scranton, who was for yea
ry president of the New Haven Manufactu
n ing company. The funeral will be co
p Quoted from the chapel of Grove sire