Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-08-12
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE

Hold a Meeting In HartfOrd-General
Haxyley Makes an Address-March-
ing Guaranteeing Delegates.
The State League of Republican Clubs |
met yesterday afternoon at O'Clock int he
rooms of the Young Mems Republican club
of Hartford. The meeting was called es
pecislly to discuss the matter of forming
campaign clubs on August 16.
The president, D. L. Briggs, mayor of
Middlstown, autographed his inability to
attend on account of the: sudden death of
his brother in a railroad accident yester-
day morning. In his place A. NJ. Lane of
Windsor, the first vice president, occupied
the chair.
Senator Hawley was the guest of the
meeting. He made q stirring speech In
which he said he was glad to see the inter
est that the young men were taking in the
campaign and that on them much of the
labor of the campaign must come and to
them much of the success would be due.
He made hearty eulogium Of the
surpassed it in its firm, vigorous, foreign
policy. With unsettled foreign disputes
on it's hands, the heritage of the preceding
administration, and with the perplexing
questions that had arisen with other
nations in the course of the administration,
the foreign policy was always one OF
decision and dignity, truly American
policy. h..
Since at the previous meeting all of the
delegates and members of the executive
committee were not elected in the exeeu
| ioI If
MIA, Dwight M. Tuttle of East Haven, L. G.
Hinman of Meriden, John P. Kellogg o,
Waterbury, James A. Howarth of New
Haven and F. Il. Afford sof Middleton
were elected alternates to the delegates
elected at the preceding meeting in this cit,
to represent the clubs of the Second ant
Fourth districts at the national convention
of the republican leagues to be held il
Buffalo September and 2. The delegate
from the First and Third districts wer
given power to appoint their own alter
mates.
The following delegateg were electe'
from the Third district: Alfred Colt, jr.
of New London and Edward Miner o
Plainfeld. They named Albert L. Hui
. of Norwich and G.. n. Hammond of Put
nam.
The delegates present from the Fra
district were instructed to send the name
: of the members of the executive committe
} of that city to the secretary.
George M. Harrington of Windham wa
named as a member Of the executive CON
. mittee for the Seventeenth district an
Frank A. Bartlett of Bridgeport for th
Fourteenth district in place of J. L.Oforc
D who has removed from the state.
? Clubs from Bridgeport and Hartford
Q aggregating 300 members, were admitte
TO the league. Secretary Martin reporte
that almost all the small towns were form
ing clubs and that hehad heard from eight.
two, all of which are in excellent shape an
ready to do good work in tho campaign.
The suggestion of general organjzatio
of clubs on August 16 met with univers
f favor and it was voted to assist in the o
ganization Of campaign clubs in every DO
ough in the state, SO far as possible, but
leave the matter to the individual organ
b cations to decide whether they shall
marching clubs or not.
The members of the club seemed heart
~ in favor of the denomination of Gener
y Merwin.