Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-08
LATE POLITICAL VIEWS.
Gen. Merwin Nominated for Governor by
/ Connecticut Repu blicans.

Gen. Merwin Nominated for Governor by
Connecticut Republicans.
Some 900 republicans. most OF them dele
gates. gathered yesterday in the Hyperion, the
biggest play house at New Haven, Conn, and
held the state convention for the selection OF
republican nominees the state ticket. Con-
grcs' msn Russell presided. He made strong
speech on the benefit Of protection. The fol-
lowing nominations were made: Governor,
Gen. Samuel z. Merwin of New Haven; secre-
tary Of state, Stiles Judson of Strstford; state
treasurer. Henry Gay; controller, George NJ.
Clark.
Gen. Merwin appeared before the convention
and spoke for about twenty minutes. He
claimed that the last legislature should have
elected him governor, there being no majority
at the polls. The republican majority in the
legislature, he said. was loyal to him, but the
democratic senators practically violated
, ,hr qah' to support .,t the .os sonsi n
preventing choice by that body. He declared
that the coming campaign must be fought on
the issue of the sscredness of the constitution.
Ticket Nominated In North Carolina.
After the North Carolina republican conven-
ton had reassembled after recess yesterday
the committee on credentials reported in favor
of the delegation from New Hanover headed by
James II. Young, colored, collector Of customs
J. E. o. Hara, colored, bitterly opposed the re-
port. After a heated discussion the report Was
adopted. z. B. Walser was elected permanent
chairman and W. d. Parker, James II. Young
and A. G. Lehman secretaries.
j. G. l.. Harris introduced resolutions declar-
ing that it was inexpedient to nominate q state
ticket and urging every effort to elect the re-
publican electoral ticket. The resolutions were
tabled
hsaf hen h,-r NIia i
mated FOR governor ID. NJ Furches of States
VILE; for lieutenant governor, James NJ. Moody
OF Macon county; for secretary Of state Rufus
Amis of Granville: for treasurer, II. G. Dockery
of Richmond; for superintendent of public in
structlou, L. c. Parrish Of Guilford; auditor,
H. l.. Grant of Goldsboro' attorney general T.
X. Parnen OF Raleigh; justice Of the supreme
court. ". s. Ball of Greensboro, and judge Of
the twelfth district, ". L. Norwood of Haywood.
The platform indorses Harrison's admins
trstiOn and the Minneapolis platform, COM
piiments Thomas b. Reed of Maine and ap-
proves of the Fifty-first Congress.
Judge Furches, being called on addressed
the convention. He said he hoped all divisions
would now be healed He thought this the
best chance the republicans had had of carry
ing the state since 1872.
The Result In Arkansas.
Returns from the Arkansas election have
been received from sixty counties and il they
continue TO come in they have been Fish
backs majority over both Carnahan and Whip
pie will be not less than $4,000.
Newton and Chicot will be the only two
counties that will give Whippie, republican, a
majority. All the peoples party strongholds !
have reported. Caruahan. the populist candi- !
Gate. has not carried a single county.
The peoples party gain about ten members |
of the legislature, which will be over two-thrds
democratic.
FuIler's Majority In Vermont.
In IFS towns Fuller IS majority over Smalley !
is 1851. over all, 14.924. The democratic |
gain is almost 8 per cent. There is falling
off in the republican vote compared with |
1883 of 1889, but an increase comparing with |
1890 of 1893 In the same towns the demo- |
cratic vote shows a falling off of 26l comparing
with loss and gain of 4O4 comparing with |
1880.
Additional towns tend to confirm the predic- |
ton that Fulers majority will be u 600 in the
whole state.
Mr.. Cleveland Goes to New York.
The New York Sun says that at q conference !
of prominent democrats at the residence of
William c. Whitney Tuesday evening it was
decided to send Mr.. Don u. Dickinson i'm
mediately to wait upon Mr.. Cleveland at Bug |
yards Bay and to request his presence in New |
York city. Mr.. Cleveland is wanted in order |
that MIR. Whitney and others can have free nc |
cess to him and that something can be done 70
bring about meeting between the eK-President /
and David b. Hill Senator German and VIM. |
X. Grace Mr.. Whitney, Mr.. Dickinson and |
other active democratic leaders are said to be |
embarrassed by the condition of affairs and have |
decided to ask Mr.. Cleveland to aid them in in |
creasiug harmony in the ranks.
Grover Cleveland left Buzzard's Bay for New |
York yesterday afternoon rather une xpectedly. |
Don VI. Dickinson, who arrived the noon train; |
Private Secretary O'Brien and Mr.. Cleveland |
left together. Mr.. Cleveland did not deny that |
his visit was OF q political nature and said he |
would not be gone more than day SO unless |
something unforeseen TRANSFERRED. He init |
mated that he was to see some of Ills political |
friends. He would under no circumstances
make any speeches and he would probably not
leave New York city.