The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-07
FIREmEN's CONVENTION.
The State Convention Held in South Nor walk Yesterday-Reports Read and ofti- cers Elected-Clam Bake In the Evening Toasts Responded To.

The State Convention Held in South Nor walk Yesterday-Reports Read and ofh- cers Elected-Clam Bake In the Evening | Toasts Responded To.
 South Norwalk, Aug. 6.-This city l is in its gala dress to-day in honor of | the state convention of firemen, which opened this afternoon at ? o'clock.
 All the public buildings are decorated, | the fire engine houses are mass of flags and bunting, relieved here and
 there with green, while private houses
 and stores are also trimmed for the | occasion.
 | All the morning trains into South
 Norwalk brought crowds of delegates to the convention until at ii o'clock there were fully 500 members of the | association here. The feature of the l morning after registering as delegates at the Mahackemo hotel, was the in- | spection of the exhibits of fire ap- | paratus of all descriptions, which was l held on South Main street. It Is said | to be the most comprehensive exhibi- tion of its kind ever seen in this state.
 This afternoon at o'clock the dele gates were called to order in Music | hall. Prayer was offered by Rev. R. O. Sherwood, pastor of the Baptist
 church, and the convention was de- clared formally opened. The address ! of welcome was delivered by Mayor l Mortimer Lee, and President Smiths of | the Firemen's association responded. The report of the president, William
 c. Smith of New Haven, shows that since the organization of the associa- ton there has been paid to sick and l injured fremen $29,133, to the widows | of firemen $500, to the orphans of l firemen $4,25350, death claims $500, | other claims $1,114; total $40, ,40050. The report of John s. Jones, secre- tary, states:
 l We have now upon our rolls the
 names of III companies, as against 159 | last year; our department members | number 110, being an increase of 10 | during the year, while on our new list, l created last year as honorary, we
 have four, making a total of 2S5 mem bers.
 l The treasurer in his report says that he paid the sum of $851 to the children
 of deceased firemen, making the sum total paid for benefits, during the year,
 s, ,667.
 1 The report of Treasurer s. c. Snagg of Waterbury shows receipts of s20,-
 SS6.S9 and balance on hand of $14, 3S9.6
 | At the business meeting held this | afternoon the election of officers took 1 place. There was quite a lively con- 1 test over the election of vice president l the fight for the office being between l Clarence Palmer of Bridgeport and
 Robert McGonegan of Hartford. Three ballots were taken to decide the elec- tion. The friends of both candidates
 were accused of repeating and two the result that Palmer was declared elected on the final ballot. Palmer re.
 ceived S2 votes and McGonegan 70. The
 other officers elected were as follows:
 President, Morris Meyers, Danbury;
 secretary, John s. Jones, Westport;
 treasurer, w. c. Snagg, Waterbury. Executive committee elected were as l follows: Fairfield county, George Bow. man, Stamford; Windham county, Fred s. Young, Willimantic; New Haven ! county, Charles O. Neil, New Haven;
 Middlesex county, s. w. Wiley, Mid- 6letown; Litchfield county, J. M Chatfeld, Thomaston; Hartford county Robert McGonegan, Hartford; New
 London county, L. W. Greenburg, Nor
 wich. National delegates to the na- tional convention of fire engineers A. V. Baker, South, Norwalk. The con- vention adjourned at o'clock and at
 9 o'clock this evening an old fashioned
 Rhode Islands clambake was served at l Roton Point for 800 guests Russel | Frost of this city was toastmaster and toasts were responded to aA follows:
 Our City" Mayor Mortimer M Lee; l ''The Firemen's Association" President l Hyatt of Meriden; Our Bremen, ," Senator John H. Ferris of South Nor l walk; "Our Guest" John H. Osborn of
 Southington; "Our Clergy" R. o. Sher- wood Of South Norwalk; "The Law l Hon. John H. Light of South Norwalk; {; 1 "The Legislature" Representative E. o. Keeler of Norwalk; "The Press"
 James Golden; "The Peoples Debt to the Bremen" Charles F. Hallock oi South Norwalk. Tomorrow the ses-
 sion will be resumed and the time and place for holding the next convention 1 will be decided upon.