The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-22

from that town would be permitted to vote. He said that the delegates had agreed among themselves that which ever delegation was seated, the mem bers of each delegation would each have one-half a vote. MT. SWartout said that the committee on credentials had been informed of this and had agreed to allow the delegation so to vote. Chairman Kennedy, however, finding nothing to this effect in the committee report ruled that only the members of the delegations seated by the state cen tral committee should have a right to vote.
 Two Preambles Reported. As soon as the report of the com mittee on resolutions had been read, the uproar began. The report of the com | mittee was unanimous except as to the preamble to the platform A majority Of the committee, nineteen members, reported in favor of a preamble declar- ing for biemtallism, and tying to neither gold nor silver, while the minority re- ported in favor of a preamble endorsing the platform of the Chicago convention of 1896. This minority report was sign ed by Alexander Troup, J. B. Garfield, J. B. Dunlop, w. J. Coughlin and Will liam J. Neary.
 Four Hours Debate.
 Judge Addis of New Milford moved that the platform as reported and the preamble reported by the majority be adopted Several delegates favored vot- ing first on that part of the committee report which was unanimous and then it1cr fIo | Kennedy announced that all delegates | who desired to speak on the question l would be heard. Then began a series | of speeches, which lasted about four hours and a half. Ex-Mayor Vance of New Britain favored adopting the ma | jority preamble. Judge Walsh moved | that the unanimous report of the com- mittee be adopted. Motions followed l thick and fast, some being seconded and others not.
 1 Finally in the turmoil George M. ! Gum of Milford rose to his feet and was recognized by the chair. MT. Gum | made an eloquent plea for harmony. | He said split in the party in Connect | icut now would be like a man and his wife fighting over a bowl of hash when | the house was on fire. He was answer | ed by Alexander Troup, who said that | MT. Gum was not one to talk of hash l when he was not with the party in 1896; | that he was not one to talk of lack of hash now. MT Troup spoke at length and eloquently. Both he and MT. Gum were greeted with cheers and loud ap- | plause.
 l Judge Addis spoke in favor of unit | ing on the majority report. Judge 1 Walsh of New Britain called for a vote on the previous question, but withdrew | this motion at the request of the chair i man. Mayor Bohannon of Stamford 1 made an eloquent speech in favor of I the minority report. MT. Lynch of | Bridgeport said that although he was a 1 silver man and voted for Bryan, he fla | vored uniting on the majority report. l MT. Quinn of Hartford spoke for har-
 mony-a golden harmony. MT. Cum
 mings of Stamford made a long and
 stirring appeal to the delegates to adopt l the minority preamble. MT. Chase of l Stonington wanted it acknowledged in | the preamble that there was a demo-
 cratic convention in Chicago in 1896. l MT. Martin of East Hartford spoke for
 the minority preamble and character | ized Cleveland democrats as traitors. 1 MT. Shepard Of New Haven said that l it was a worthy effort to work for the
 success of the democratic party, but
 that the party had higher aim than
 this-to improve the condition of the | masses of the country, the common
 people. He said "Reaffirm the prin-
 ciples of the Chicago platform and the .L, L. UN
 of Norwalk spoke for harmony. MT,
 Honniker of Norwalk said that he
 would rather thousand times go down
 in defeat than Ego to victory with those
 who deserted us in 1S96.' Judge Walsh
 spoke for harmony.
 The question was then called for, and
 although Chairman Kennedy attempted to delay putting the question and give | others chance to speak, cries of | "Votep' came from all parts of the
 house and he was compelled to stop debate and prepare for a vote on the | preamble. Messrs. Coogan of Hartford | Walsh of New Britain, J. B. Martin of l New Haven and Anderson of Meriden
 were appointed tellers, the former two
 representing the gold men and the lat
 ter two representing the silver men,
 The vote was by roll call. The ques-
 tion was put on the adoption of the pre-
 amble reported by the minority of the
 committee on resolutions. The two pre-
 ambles were as follows:
 The Troublesome PreambIes
 Majority preamble: Resolved, That the democracy of Connecticut is now
 as it has ever been, in favor of bimet-
 allism as enunciated by Jefferson, af-
 fording as it does the most stable stan-
 dard of value, and we declare ourselves
 unalterably opposed to monometallism
 of any kind.
 Minority preamble: Resolved, That
 the democracy of Connecticut in con-
 vention assembled, hereby reaffirms the | platform of principles of the last na-
 tional democratic convention, adopted
 July 9, 1896.
 Gold Men Win Test Vote.
 The vote on the adoption of a pream-
 ble to the platform was concluded at D. m., and was in the nature of the
 test of strength between the silver and
 gold factions The gold men won by seventeen votes. The motion to substi-
 ute for the majority report of the
 committee on resolutions which was bi-
 metallic in complexion, the minority
 report which was silver, was lost by