Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-07
John M. Palmer Named.


 Assemblyma Meyer Nussbaum placed General John M. Palmer in nomination for secretary of state. He eulogized the candidate and declared that General Palm CT would receive strong support from the soldiers The nomination of General Palm CT was made unanimous
 William Fl. Hotchkiss of Erie placed James \. Roberts in nomination for comp trollcr and hc was nominated by acclama- ton.
 District Attorney \. r. Rich of Cayuga presented the name of Thomas H. O'Neil of Auburn for state treasurer The name of Addison B. Colvin of Glens Falls was presented by Colonel J. L. Cunningham of the same place. Montgomery county pre- scnted \. c. Richmond as its candidate for state treasurer. TkG result - tho roll all was.
 Colvin, ;}02; O'Ncil. l.1; Richmond, 107 While the count was proceeding many delegations attempted to change their votes, and there was much confusion. When the result was announced, the nom nation of -Ir. ColVin was made unanimous
 Tho second Ballot Tedious AhAir.
 Arthur C. ade of Jamestown nominat- cd John w. Woodward for attorney gen eral. The Ulster county delegation pre- scented the name of Gilbert D. w Has brouck of Kingston. Ex-District Attorney
 
 nominated by Colonel T. R. White. The result given by the secretary was: Wood ward, 3S2; Hancock. 246; Hasbrouck, PA The second ballot was a tedious affair, and its result will probably never be known. There were some changes from Woodward to Hancock, but not enough to make choice of the latter As soon as the roll call was concluded, however, Mir. Wade withdrew the name Of Mir. Woodward and moved haW . k. -f r. H. l. made by exclamation. The motion was carried with a rush.
 City Engineer Campbell w. Adams of Utica was unanimously nominated for state engineer and surveyor, his name be ing presented by William NJ Griffith of Oneida
 The committee to nominate constitution, al delegates at large presented the follow ing names, which were unanimously ac cepted
 Constitutional Delegates.
 Joseph II. Choate, Elihu Root and Ed ward Lauterbach of New York, Jesse John son of Kings, Fred w Holls of Westches ter, Michael Herschberger of Orange, J Rider Cady of Columbia, John F. Nc Donough of Albany, John NJ Francis o Rensselaer,, John F. Parkhurst of Steuben Commodore P. Nedder of Cattaraugus John I. Gilbert of Onondaga and Daniel II
 
 Mrs. Mary T. Burt of New York, presi dent of the Women's Christian Temper l ence union of the state, obtained permis sion to address the convention, and for fiv, minutes occupied the attention of the few ! delegates who had not left the hall. Sh, wanted the convention to adopt resolutions against the liquor traffic, but no actioI was taken.
 Jacob H. Simms of New York moved that a colorsd representative be added t. the state committees as a member at large such person to be ehasau by the new | committee when organized Ths m0tiau | prevailed.
 The work of the delegates was concluded in time for most of them to leave for home on evening trains. and two hours after the adjournment all the hotels were practically deserted. Ex-SenatOr Platt expressed his entire satisfaction with the work of the convention and with the ticket nominated The sharp contests for,several of the nom nations he regarded as a hopeful sign, but beyond this he ventured no predictions re garding the result of the campaign.