The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-28
L. III. JOHNSON FOR SENATOR.
NOMINATED 1T REPUBLIcAN CON.
 VESTIOy LAST EVENING.

TESTI0y LAST EVENING.
 James D. DewoiI Nominated Hut D,ciinsd to Accept-frsss of Business Cares His
 Reason-commissioner Johnson's Noz,aI- nation Unanimous.
 Fifty-eiRht out of the eighty delegates
 10 the republican senatorial convention
 met at the Young Mems Republican
 club rooms last evening for the purpose
 of nominating candidate to represent
 the Eighth senatorial district in the gen-
 eral assembly at Hartford. It was but
 few minutes after 8 o'clock when
 James II. Macdonald, chairman of tho
 republican town committee called thu
 convention to order and asked for
 nominations for chairman.
 "I nominate A. Mcclellan Matthew.
 son" called out George R. Bill who
 spied MT. Matthewson standing in tho
 doorway.
 ''l sincerely thank you for the honor,"
 replied MT. Matthewson, "but am not
 delegate to this convention SO will
 have to decline"
 This little incident caused general | laugh during which some delegate from
 the floor placed George R. Bill In homie
 nation and he was unanimously elected.
 Henry II. Guernsey was next elected I secretary and the convention was ready l to proceed to business.
 After the roll of delegates had been | called, showing twenty-two absentees, Chairman bill called for nominations 1 for senator. Ex-Councilman Frank J, Rice immediately proposed the name of | ex-Mayor Henry F. Peck. Leo R. Ham. | mond placed In nomination James D, | Dewell ST. L. B. Brown nominated 1T.
 B. Perry, while the names of James A. Howarth, James Bishop and L. Wheeler l Beecher of Westville were presentd bH
 various delegates from the floor At this
 point. as there were no further nomi.
 nations, Chairman Bill announced tha following as tellers: A. J. Patience.
 John w. Kennedy and c. J. Babcock,
 and motion was unanimously carried
 to proceeded to an informal ballot.
 Before the ballot was taken. however,
 MT. L. B. Brown arose and withdrew
 the name of Henry F. Peck as a candi.
 date for senatorial honors. At the same
 time MT. Betts withdrew the name of | James Howarth, and the balloting pro.
 ceeded. The ballot resulted as followsI
 Whole number of votes cast, 57; neces.
 sary to choice, 29. J. D. Dewell received
 35 votes. H. B. Perry Il, James Bishou
 8 and L. Wheeler Beecher 8. On motion
 Of Fred A. Betts the ballot was made
 formal and the nomination of MT.
 Dewell unanimous. I At this point in the proceedings tha l question was raised as to whether or l not MT. Dewell would accept the nomi. l nation, and in order to ascertain a com. mittee composed of Lewis B. Brown. w. A. Beers and L. L. Camp was ap. pointed to wait on MT. Dewell and noti. fly him of his nomination.
 This committee accordingly went td the republican league. where they met MT. Dewell, but the latter gentleman | positively refused to accept the nomina. | tion on the ground of business compli- l cations in consequence of which hs
 would be unable to attend to the duties
 of senatorial office. The committee la.
 bored with him for about half an hour, l VuA Io lo "N"AA, dllu IAC SOlllHllICS IGS | turned and made it's report to the con.
 vention. l After the report had been accepted the delegates again proceeded to nomi. | nate a candidate for senator. Fred l Betts nominated Road Commissioned | Lyman H. Johnson, while like off1oa | was for the second time in one evening" performed for H. B. Perry by Lewis B. Brown. A ballot was then taken reA sulting in Mr. Johnson receiving 3d | votes and MT. Perry 15. The ballot was l thereupon made formal and the nomi4 nation was made unanimous. After CanA | didate Johnson had made brief speech | thanking the delegates for the honor conferred upon him, and promised to 1 work for the success of the republican, ticket and the best interests of tha republicans, the convention adjourned sine die.
 REPUBLICAN TOWN CONVENTION. Delegates to the republican town ool1
 vention to elect four delegates to the re. | publican county convention will mead at the Young Mems Republican cluh rooms this evening at o'clock. CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNTY CONVENTIONS l The republican congressional convenA l tion of the Second district will be held
 at veru hall, Orange street. tomorrow
 morning at Ii o'clock. to nominate a candidate for congress from this disl
 trict.
 The county convention will also ba
 held at Veru hall next Wednesday,
 morning at ii o'clock, when a candidata for sheriff of the county will be nomiI | na tad