The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25
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must De represented on the tcket, hHu he immediately placed in nomination the name of Joseph B. Sargent Of New Haven.
 An informal ballot was taken. result ing in Cady receiving 40 votes. Boards ley IS, Benedict and Sargent 1. A motion was then made to make the nomination formal and unanimous. The latter word raised another howl, and 1t was finally dropped, the caucus deciding to make the previous vote for maj by vote of 8 to 14 The caucus then broke up in confusion during m attempt to select members of the sev- eral committees. etc.
 The Fairfield county delegates held the only harmonious session of the even Ing. Their caucus was held In the New Haven house with William II. stephen son of Bridgeport presiding. The only business transacted was the voting by the delegates to stand solid by Boards ley for governor, first. last and all the time during the convention. and the caucus adjourned after being in ses- sion only about fifteen minutes.
 The delegates from Lltchneld county met in the Tontine hotel last night with Walter s. Judd of Litchheld as chairman, and W. J. Munson of W ater- town as secretary. The caucus was held behind closed doors. and at times was unusually exciting, Judging from the loud tones used in debating the ques- tions which came before them. Finally W. J. Munson was elected member of the committee on credentials. Walter &. Judson on the committee on resolutions, Robert Henderson of Thomaston on permanent organization and M. F. Skel- ly of Woodbury for one of the vice presidents of the convention. The dele gation could not agree on hardly any, thing, and in consequerC declined to commit itself for any sta,e officer ex- cept Nicholas Staub for comptroller. For governor the delegation is divided between Beardsley and Cady. Boards ley, on a ballot being taken, resulted in his receiving 33 votes to 12 for Cady.
 Windham county delegates also met and here again was a stormy session. It was held in the Tontine hotel with fl. w udElOH ol LldbtlOIu dc Shuh man and H. D. Church, also of Eastford, as secretary. The delegates could not agree on the complete committees, but the following are the members so far as completed: Windham county favors the nomination of B. c. Benedict for gover- nor, but If he will not run, are about equally divided betwesn Beardsley and Cady, with the preference in favor of Beardsley. This county is also strongly opposed to the re-nominati6h 'of M6fa win P. Sanger for treasurer, and will present to the convention the name of Stephen o. Bowen for that office, Another caucus will be held at 8 o'clock this morning, when an attempt will be made to settle the differ -aces. So far as completed the committees are as afol- lows: W. V. Wadsworth of Killingly for committee on credentials, Dr. Owen La- rue of Putnam on permanent organiza- ton, s. H. Wheaton on committee on resolutions, and Dr. Henry Hammond of Putnam for one of the vice preSi- dents. The caucus could not come to any agreements as to candidates for governor or lieutenant governor, but decided by a vote of 19 to to present Bowen's name for state treasurer.
 Holland county delegates met at Turn hall at 8 o'clock. These delegates could not agree upon a candidate for gover- nor, but will hold another caucus this morning at S:30 o'clock. The delegates are divided between Hicks, Cady and Beardsley, with Hicks leading. Ex- Governor E. H. Hyde of Stafford was chairman and John A. Toohy of Vernon and Myron P. Avery of Stafford secre- taries. Alexander s. Hamilton of Cov- entry and William D. Holman of Tol- land were chosen members of the com-. mittee on credentials, Judge L. T. Tin sier of Rockland and George F. Kibbe of Holland for the committee on perma- nent organization, Senator W. B. Frost of Vernon, William E. Hanley of Staff ford and Dr. A. R. Goodrich of Vernon for the committee on resolutions, and Charles Tennert of Rockville and iEtH. Hyde of Stafford for vice presidents, Middlesex county delegates met at the Tontine and decided to favor Cady for governor provided his name was pre- scented to the convention to-day SUD- ported by the Hartford county delega- ton, otherwise to support Morris B. Beardsley. Clinton B. Davis of Had dam was chairman of the caucus and D. w. Northrup of Middletown was sec- retary. The caucus decided to submit the following names: For vice presi- dents, R. B. Clark of Haddam and Sam uel Bassett of Middletown; committee on credentials, Joseph HJ. Walker of Westbrook and B. Geoghegan of Crom- well; committee on resolutions, Clinton B. Davis of Haddam and D. w. North rup of Middletown committee on per- manent organization, ]. L. Phelps of Essex and James Donovan of Middle town. .....
 The New London county delegates met at the Fremont hotel at 8:30 o'clock. B. F. Mahan of New London presided and A. B. Calkins of East Lyme secretary. The caucus voted to endorse Ernest Cady for governor Mor- ris B. Beardsley for lieutenant governor, J. J. Desmond of Norwich for secre- tary of state and Nicholas Staub of New Milford for comptroller. The dele gates then divided themselves, in sena- torial caucuses and selected the follow ing: Ninth district, B, Williams of vice president; B. L. Crane, Groton, permanent organization; w. w. Chase of Stonington,, credentials, and B. F. Mahan. of New London, resolu- tions.
 Tenth district-Vice president, James B. Shannon ofANorwich; permanent or- ganixation, 8. A. Crandall of. Norwich; ..<.,s >. A&.,. Toooh GoII,,p ~ ~a,....