The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-08
FOUR PORTER DELEGATES
CHOSEN WITHO UT ToPPOSITITYON Ar
 REPUBLTCAN CITY CONVENTION.

Held in Republican Hall Last Night
 Resolution Endorsing Porter Adoptcd
 by Large Majority-Proposition to
 Introduce Primary Plan Instead of
 Cauous-Matter Referred to Town
 Committee.
 The republican town convention to se. lect four delegates to represent New Haven in the republican state conven- ton was held last night in Republican hall on Temple street. Four Porter del- egates were chosen. They are General 5. B. Merwin, Isaac M. Ullman, Gen. eral George M. Harmon and Edward s. Swift.
 The convention was called to order shortly after 8 o'clock by James H. Macdonald, chairman of the republican town committee. John F. Gaffey was nominated for permanent chairman, but declined, and John M. Crampton was nominated and elected unanimously to preside over the meeting. Joseph B. Fairchild was elected secretary After the roll call of delegates the convention proceeded to choose delegates.
 Frederick A. Betts placed before the convention the name of General S. E. Merwin to head the state delegation. In naming General Merwin, MT. Betts said: T take pleasure in naming to head the state delegation a man well known in the city and in the state, and one whose name alone suggests that people have confidence in him. I know that every man here will be glad to vote for General s. B. Merwin to head the allegation The nomination was seconded by F. L. Averill of the Fourth ward, and the secretary was instructed to cast ballot for General Merwin.
 William H. Douglass then nominated l. M. Ullman to occupy the second place on the state delegation, the nomination being seconded by MT. Averill. In plac- ing MT. Ullman's name before the con- vention MT. Douglass spoke of his work in Mr. Porter's interest and said that he was a man who all would take pleasure in voting for. The secretary was instructed to cast ballot for MT. Ullman.
 Henry Herz presented the name of General George M. Harmon for the third place on the delegation, Charles l.. Ayres seconding. The secretary cast 8 ballot for General Harmon.
 John c. Gaffey nominated Edward s. Swift for the fourth member of the state delegation and Louis Knollmeyer seconded. The secretary cast the bal lot. The state delegation having been selected, Samuel MacLauchlan offered resolution which was as follows: That 1t is the opinion of this convention that the best interests of the commonwealth demand the nomination of John Addi- son Porter for governor
 A rising vote was taken on the reso- lution and it resulted in only eighteen voting against its adoption. These eighteen included only the Fourth ward delegation, headed by F. L. Ave1ill, and the First ward delegation.
 F. l.. Perry of the Fourth ward then brought up an important matter. He said that it had been the unanimous opinion at the Fourth ward caucus that the primary system should be adopted by the republican party instead of the caucus and he would so recommend to the convention.
 Edward s. Swift said that the Second ward caucus had voted to ask that some plan be adopted to give voters chance to express their preferences and some plan to do away with the neces- sity of spending so much time at eau cuses. MT. Perry being asked to put his recommendation in writing did SO and presented the following:
 Voted, That it is the sense of this convention that the primary system be- adopted by the republican party in New Haven, and that the matter be referred to the town committee to report at the next town convention"
 An amendment to this was offered by l. M. Ullman. MT. Ullman said that he did not think the convention was ready to go on record as in favor of the pri- mary system. He said that all knew of it's evil workings in the other party. He therefore offered an amendment to have the matter referred to the town committee to consider the advisability of adopting the primary system and re- port at the next town convention. MT. Ullman's amendment was received with favor, and the resolution as amended was adopted, thereby not committing the convention in favor of a primary system. The convention then adjourn ed. The tellers for the convention ap- pointed by Chairman Champion were E. I. Atwater and James Lyon. Previous to the calling to order of the convention F. l.. Averill, who headed the Lounsbury delegation from the Fourth ward, announced to the Porter leaders that the Lounsbury men, real- izing that they were in a hopeless mil nority, would not oppose the selection of Porter delegates to the state conven- tion.
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