The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-16
DEMOCRATIC CLANS MEET
PRELIMINARY WORK or TO-DAY'S
 STATE CONTENTION.

Ex-Mayor Joseph E. Sargent Will Prob
 ably be the Gubernatorial Nominee
 Silver Men Will Control-Gold Men Will
 Remain Silent-Chairinan Davis of the
 State Central Committee Resigns-Cau-
 cuses Held by Every County and Electors
 Named Rules Governing Election of
 State Central Committee to be Changed
 Alc&ander Troup Named for Possible
 Vacancy in the National Committee.
 The silver men will be in control of the democratic state convention which meets in the Hyperion at 10 o'clock this morning. The last official act that Clin- ton B. Davis, who has been a member of the democratic state central com mittee for many years and it's chair
 man for several, will be completed when he calls the convention to order and names the temporary chairman of the convention.
 William Kennedy of Naugatuck will
 
 be temporary chairman and will prob ably be continued as the permanent presiding officer.
 At a meeting of the state central committee yesterday afternoon Clinton B. Davis resigned from the committee. Secretary Fred Brown followed the eX- ample of the chairman. MT. Davis stated to the committee that he was q democrat now, as he had been and would always be. It had been decided to follow the lead of Bryan. He could not go with them; hence his resigna- tion
 At q general conference after the caucuses last evening it was voted to recommend in the convention this morning that the rules for selecting the state central committee be changed. By the present arrangement the mem- bers of the present state central com- mittee would hold until January |, 1S97 If the new arrangement is made there will be an entirely new commit tee appointed to look after the cam caign
 Another important step toward con- trolling the organization was to se- lect Alexander Troup to fill any pos sible vacancy on the national commit tee
 | The ticket nominated to-day will probably be: For governor, Joseph B. Sargent, New Haven; for lieutenant governor, s. Ashbel Crandall, Norwich; for state treasurer, J. CM Geary, New London; for secretary of state, James A. Huntington, Woodbury; for comp troller, Patrick Coughlin of Bridgeport. Presidential electors at large-Philo 1 s. Bennett, New Haven; s. A. Granger, Winsted
 | First congressional district-Clinton | w. Cowles, of Manchester. | Second congressional diStrict-J ohm Bransfield, of Portland.
 Third congressional district-Abel F. | Tanner, of New London. Fourth congressional district-James | D. Walsh, of Danbury.
 l The New Haven county caucus met 1 at the Monopole at o'clock and or ganized with Alexander Troup chair man, and E. J Leary of Naugatuck 1 was chosen for secretary The caucus adjourned to meet in St. Aloysius hall, as the quarters at the Monopole were 1 not large enough to accommodate the | delegates.
 1 Upon the reassembling of the dele gates James B. Martin of New Haven presented the name of Philo s. Bennett l to be presented to the convention as delegate at large. MT. Bennett receiv- ed the unanimous vote of the caucus, | and a motion was made and carried delegating Mayor Kilduff of Water bury to bring MT Bennett'S name be- l fore the convention. MT. Killduff with ! drew out of courtesy to MT. Martin,
 who had placed MT. Bennett's name I before the caucus.
 | John Branfield of Portland was se- | lected as the choice of New Haven county to be named as delegate at large l for the Second congressional commit l tee.
 l Ex-Judge BlydenDurgh of this city was recognized by the chair, and made 1 an address placing the name of ex- Mayor Joseph B. Sargent for governor. 1 before the committee.
 | There were some very complimentary | remarks made concerning the candi- date, after which it was agreed that | ex-Corporation Counsel c. T. Driscoll, | w. H. H. Hewitt and H. L. CoWles of
 Pennington be selected to second the 1 nomination of ex-Mayor Sargent, when | his name is presented to the convention l to-day.
 I The caucus adjourned to meet in gen. l eral conference at 10:30 in the same hall.
 1 Hartford county delegates met in 1 the Leffingwell building. L. M. Austin
 of Suffield presided. R. P. Bissell of l Manchester acted as clerk. Colonel B.
 M Graves of Hartford proposed the
 name of Joseph B. Sargent of New
 Haven for governor. The caucus
 adopted the motion unanimously. Dr. E. M Ripley of Unionville was select ed as the choice of the caucus for can | didate for presidential elector for the First congressional district. The name of Clinton W. Cowles of Manchester was chosen for elector at large. ! Holland county caucus met in the 1 Fremont house. Bissell E. Post of l Andover was named as the choice ot | the caucus for the First congressional | district. Joseph B. Sargent was unan- | imously endorsed for governor. 1 Previous to the caucus Arthur Por- 1 ter of Coventry, from the Twenty l third district, and Pitt Barrows of 1