The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03

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 offense, I beg leave to say that l con slider my position as a member of that committee one of the most honorable which I have ever been allowed to fill. esteem 1t a great privilege to belong | to that combina tion of honest, hon. orable and loyal men, with that grand l old hero upon crutches as it's chairman. Allow me to further state that I have always been and shall ever remain one of the most ardent supporters of | the HoI. Orville H. Platt for United States senator and, again, that am to- day, and for a long time have been, 1 great adnirer and a sort of hero Wor- shipper of that great hearted, whole souled, noble man, Samuel Fessenden. l If any delegate in this convention has
 been in any way prejudiced against the Litchfield county candidate by that absurd story then I beg him to read the manly letter of MT Fessenden pub lished only last week, in which he says | in emphatic terms, If Senator Platt desires another term, then I shall not be candidate against him." 1 Not for myself, but for the whole county of Litchfield, by the edict of a united and enthusiastic delegation, I come to this convention to ask the | nomination for the office of governor, our present lieutenant governor Lorrin | A. Cooke"
 1 The announcement of the name of Governor Cooke was greeted with great applause and three cheers, led by Sen ator Averill of Washington. When Judge Roraback resumed his seat among the Litchfield county dele I gates Hon. E. S. Day of Colchester, ex-chairman of the state central com mittee, mounted the platform and ad- dressed the convention in behalf of | MT. Porter. He urged the merits of the | Windham county candidate The speaker traced the political life of MT. Porter, and spoke of his utilization with l Mckinley and the principles for which Mckinley stood.
 The claims of Windl1am county were presented to the delegates. It had been the very Gibralter of republicanism. doing everything and asking nothing in l the years that have passed. MT. Day closed with an impassioned appeal in behalf of the young republicans of the state.
 | John M. Douglass jr., of Middletown followed the delegate from Colchester in short speech in behalf of MT. Por- l ter.
 | The young men seemed to have a l stock of pent-up oratorY to let off in behalf of their candidate, for the con- l test had taken the character of the l al oc ut tha n1Ia1 ma | of the convention, who had the state i organization with them, and Colonel 1 Sawyer of Meriden, one of the most l eloquent speakers of the state, mounted the platform in behalf of MT. Porter. urging as a special point that he was a friend of and was the original packer of Mckinley in Connecticut NO hoary 1 headed conservatism should keep this
 young man in the rear of the band wagon until he becomes political Rip | Van Winkle." (Great laughter and ap- plause.) In conclusion he said: Let us
 nominate him and make our watch | word Porter, Prosperity and Protec-
 tion.
 When Colonel Sawyer stepped aside | Chairman Fessenden remarked, Well. | we are getting some oratory out of
 this"
 | Stiles Judson, jr., of Stratfrod, speak ing for part of Fairfield county, fol- | lowed the Meriden delegate with a | strong appeal to the convention in be-
 half of MT Porter. The speakers ref
 erences to the machine tactics of the | Cooke men were roundly applauded by his friends and as enthusiastically hiss | oI hxy fha a6t tr nf thn 1ip1ytpn a
 governor.
 The Litchfleld county men, however. l made no sign.
 When the leaders of local politics, y
 said MT. Judson, ''come together as the l state machine to profit by using their
 delegated powers for a certain candi- | date, we have a right to protest" The
 applause was deafening at the close of
 MT. Judsons eloquent effort for his fel-
 low worker, MT Porter, and his associ-
 ates in the young element of the repub- 1 lican party.
 | It was now 1 o'clock and Chairman Fessenden said that the hour for dinner was approaching. But the convention evidently had not heard all that 1t de- sired of Windham county's claims and the merits of the Pomfret candidate, for cries of Barbour" Barbour" went up from a score or more sturdy lungs. Some one said Lets vote and go. to dinner" But you have something be- | fore you better than dinner, gentle men," said the chairman. You will now be addressed by Joe Barbour
 The Hartford attorneys address clos ed with: His opponents (Mr. Porter's) urge against him that he is a second time after the office. But we have the best of authority Burning to Mir Fes- senden) for the saying that Almighty God hates quitter.' (Roars of laugh ter.) The history of the republican party in this state shows that many gentlemen who have been candidates and defeated, have been candidates again in succeeding conventions and have been nominated.
 "Old age is not necessary to wisdom. It was Solomon who wrote the Book of Proverbs, not Methuselah. We have called the young men into our party. Are we going to give them nothing? When the constitution says that man may become president at thirty-f1ve we cannot say that man is not old enough to be governor of Connecticut at forty-two. The delegates in this convention should not be like the sheep of a flock following the bell wethers | bJ}7,dlIr hv tho tipklinu of tna hall