The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-15
DEMOCRATS TAKE COUNSEL
ALL WAS NOT HARMONIOUS AT TU1
 VERU HALL MEETING.

The German Vote Defended by MT. Thai. he m TT. B. Koily Blamed No One for
 Last Weeks siump-Whs Afrairs Bo-
 came Warm Martin Conion slied Halt
 and Nothing Was Done.
 The democratic meeting In vesu hall last evening was we'll attended Tor caucus But for a rally If demo. crats for the city of New Haven ie was very small. The hall was altos gether large enough for any such meeting.
 Chairman shannon of the town com- mittee called the meeting to order and asked for the nomination of g. chair- man. United States Commissioner William A. Wright was named and elected by exclamation. Philip Pond, 2d, was nominated for secretary and elected without opposition.
 Moritz Spier spoke for recognition and immediately began to throw cold water on the meeting by calling for a new ticket all around the city and town.
 Martin Conlon asked Chairman Shan. non for an explanation of the call for the meeting.
 Chairman Shannon stated that 1t was called at the request of prominent democrats for the purpose of getting at the sense of the people.
 Mir. Thalheimer of the Sixth ward spoke immediately after this explana. a tr,lah xo kh.k l. going to defend the German vote. The German vote. he claimed, was as solid and straight as 1t eyer was.
 MT. Conlon of the Eighth ward stated that he did not believe that this meet- ing ought to pitch into any man or set of men. He believed the meeting ought to do everything in It's power to help the democratic party in ita coming fight.
 D. T. McNamara disagreed with MT. Conlon. He did not wish to see the party governed by private caucuses. He thought that this was the greatest evil
 MT. T. B. Kelly said that there was no one to blame for the immense slump which the party received last week. He blamed no one but the most worthy, self-satisfed, corpulent president. This led to more talk and for time 1t seemed as though there would be little casting up. Martin Conlon of the Eighth ward was the first to call halt. He stated that the meeting must take some ac- tion or 1t would only make itseR !udi- tv, hn Hf kHa proposed that the body resolve itself into an independent party. not con3 flicting with the maifi party. but as ais auxiliary. Ts}s" @} He advised this course, as he thought that the people would look with sus- picion upon any other course. His re- marks did not take well, although they showed clear-headedness and fore. thought
 Captain Lawrence O'Brien next said that what the party wanted was ticket of hard-headed, good democrats, who would inspire respect. Others in the, same strain were Charles s, Hamilton, S. H. Wagner and Charles H. Fowler. Then Attorney Moulton. M. Spier and S. c. Fleetwood gave & few digs to methods and the wisdom of Mr. Conlon's motion dawned upon the meeting, and when MT. Wolfe sprung the following resolution, it was agreed to after little discussion unanA mously:
 Voted, That a committee of fifteen be appointed by the chair to consider what changes, if any, are advisable in the rules governing democratic priA maries and conventions and other mat- tion: that said committee report at tho earliest practical time to an adjourned meeting of this gathering to be called by said committee; and such changes or new rules as may be adopted by such meeting be reported to the next following democratic town convention for its consideration.
 Mr. T. H. Sullivan and MT. Alex- ander Troup were conspicuously ab- sent.
 Among those present were: Messrs. William B. Shannon, Charles s. Ham, ilton, John Clancy, William Maleys Superintendent of Streets Doyle, James B. Martin, Captain Lawrence O'BrieAs Judge A. Heaton Robertson. Mor!ta Spier, Joseph B. Cunningham, Isaao Wolfe. C. T. Driscoll. L. J. Mathews, J. R. Manning, James E. McGann, Wil- liam Myers, D. T. McNamara. J. ". Chapin, M. c. Cremin, Aldermen Flynn, Doughan, Foley and Moran, Deputy Sheriff Manning, B. J. Shanley, Jona- than Rowe, George c. Neal, w. A. Wright, Judge Hotchkiss, Daniel M. Sheehan, John J. Lane. Thomas Ahearn, Owen Groark, Selectman Cum ningham, John F. Maher, Philip Hugo, ID. A, McWilliams, James A. Landers. John Mcfarland, Pierce N. Maher. M. %