The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-11
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS
THEM CONVENTION DECLARES ron
THE GOLD STINDIRD.

Delegates Elected to the National Conven-
ton and a Platform Opposing the Free
and Unlimited Coinage of silver Adopted
A Double Money Standard, the Plat
form Says, is Observation-Disclosures
Cary Talks for Gold Standard Speech
by ex- Governor Waller The New Haven
Part of the Proceedings.
Hartford, June 10-The democratic
state convention to adopt a platform
and elect delegates to the national con-
vention at Chicago was called to order
at the Auditorium at lO:45 O'clock this
morning by Chairman Clinton B. Davis
of the state central committee, There
we're probably 400 of the $40 delegates
present. The stage and boxes were dec
grated with flags and a large lag with
the state coat of arms hung behind the
Chairman's desk.
The convention elected the following
delegates to the national convention at
Chicago, the list being the same as
published in yesterdays Courier" all
except once Houlihan) not then decided
upon;
Delegates at large-NIiles b. Preston
of Hartford, Lynde Harrison of Gull
| ford, Thomas NJ. Waller of New Lon
don, James Adds of Torrington.
District delegates:
First congressional dlstrict-E. d.
Coogan of Windsor Locks, Lyman T,
Tingier of Vernon.
Second district-William Kennedy of
NaugatuclS, Charles B. Butler of Mid
dletown.
Third district-W. II. Shields of Nor
wich, Frederick A. Morrell of Putnam.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures p. Lyman of
Washington, Michael j. Houlihan of
Newtown.
James A. Hynes of Waterbury acted
as secretary of the convention, and
read the call and the names of the vice
presidents and members of the COM
mittee on permanent organization, Gre
,dentials and resolutions, one from each
senatorial district on each committee
There were no traces in the conven-
ton of the hard fight in the Second
congressional district last night which
resulted in the nomination of Lynde
Harrison Of Guilford as delegate at
large from that district. Neither was
there noted any effects of the fight in
Fairfield county, which lasted until 2SO
o'clock in the morning and which was
continued at o'clock and resulted in
the nomination of Michael F, Houlihan
of Newtown as delegate from Fairfield
county over Zalmon Goodsell of Bridge
port by vote of SO to go.
MR.. CARY'S ADDRESS.
Chairman Davis presented the Hon.
| Melbert b. Cary of Ridgefield as tenn
porary chairman of the convention, who
spoke as follows:
The impending campaign will be a
battle royal between the two great par
| ties. The issues involved are worthy OF
our most thoughtful consideration, and
| let us never lose sight of the fact that
| the action we take this day may be the
| deciding factor in the two great strug-
| giles that are to follow One in Chicago
! next month, and the other all over this
| land on November 8.
THE issue of the presidential cleo
| ton of 1896 is not the tariff, although
| our friends upon the other side, in the
| hope of reaping advantage from the
financial panic which they themselves
| brought on, are very DESTROYS that the
| people of the country should consider
| that the tariff is involved. That ques-
ton was settled four years ago, wher
| it was the supreme issue, and was de,
cided in our favor by one of the larGes
! majorities that was ever given by the
| electoral college.
| THE real issue which is to be decided
this fall, and the one which the bushes!
men of this country are determined tC
| have settled, is the one involving tht
! currency of the nation, the life blood o
our domestic and foreign commerce