The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-16
Refused to Serve on the State
Committee.
New Haven Convention in Control
of Free Silverites.
Kennedy Of Naugatuck Made Permanent
Chairman Without a Contest.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. 16.--Ths
fourth OF Connecticut's more Important
conventions was held today, when the
Democratic state convention assem- bIed
at the Hyperion Theater to nominate
Presidential electors and candidates for
Governor and the minor state offices.
The convention was called by the DEM
ocratic state central committee, the atti-
tude OF which on the financial question
was indicated by three-fourths vote In
favor of the gold standard. However, In
spite of.the fact that the gold standard
Democrats had at their backs friendly
state organization, the silver men by dint
OF unceasing efforts, succeeded In carry
ing caucus after caucus throughout the
state until the gold standardites an.
parently ceased to work and allowed
many caucusos to go by defa ault, and pub
licly announced their intention of hold
ing On out-snd-out third ticket, gold.
state convention.
fhe State committee, still gold In COM
plexion, named as the temporary pre-
siding officer of the convention, William
Kennedy OF Naugatuck, oliver delegate
and strong supporter of the platform
and nominees resulting from the Chicago
convention, of which he was delegate
from Connecticut. Having made this
appointment, Chairman Gin ton b. Davis,
Cyrus f. Brown and a majority Of the
members of the committee resigned,
making public at the same time the 70.
signation OF Carlos French. Connecticut's
national Democratic committeeman. 1t
was then decided that Mr. Davis whose
resignation was not to go into effect until
after tho convention had been opened
should open the convention, and then
turn the affair over to Mr.. Kennedy.
Ii was 10:45 o'clock before the delegates
began to pour into the hall, but at that
hour they entered rapidly, and In few
minutes nearly all of the 800 delegates
were in the hall. A great cheer arose as
Hon. Clinton B. Davis. chairman OF the
Democratic State committee, emerged
from one of the wings and look his seat
on the platform. AT 1906 Mr.. Davis
arose and advanced TO the desk and drop
ping the gavel called the convention to
order In The name of the Democratic State
committee. lie mace no speech and was
evidently doing some sharp thinking as
he faced the large audience posed OF
delegates whom he knew to be out and
out for silver ana therefore hostile 10 the
principles in which he believed. With
ont ado he asked acting Secretary David
Callahan OF New Haven to read the call,
which was listened to closely by the de-
legates.
At the conclusion OF the reading OF the
call, Chairman Davis again came forward,
and in a silence so groat that the drop
ping OF pin could be heard. announced
that the Democratic state central commit
tee had named as temporary. chairman OF
the convention William Kennedy Of
Naugatuck. This was the signal for the
first outburst OF the convention, and the
silver men went wild as they jumped TO
their feet and cheered wildly. DIR. Ken
nedy was escorted from his seat in the
Naugatuck delegation to the plarl )rn by
Hon. Alexander Troup OF New ilavei
and Colonel Il. NJ. Graves OF Hartford.
AS the young man stepped forward be
was Breeteu viii PcKioSS NnHiNhu Va
applause. Mr.. Kennedy procesded to
make an address.
at the conclusion OF SIR. Kennedy's
address the various committees reported.
The committee OH Organization an
nounced that Ii had been decided TO make
the tenn porsry offices permanent, With
william Kennedy OF Naugatuck as ohaif-
man and David Callahan OF New Haven
as SO cretsry.
Chairman Kennedy made no remarks
upon the announcements Of -his sPse4ai--
ment as permanent chsirman, bus took
occasi on to read from document handed
TO him by state committee chairman
Clinton b. Davis, the names Of thoss
members OF the state committee, who