The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-16

ton, but that he could console himself l by believing that all present were once young men. He then referred to the grand past of the republican party. He | said that the democratic party had no principle. T want to follow a leader who has the fire of youth" he contin- | ued. "If you make choice of one man you climb the heights of Santiago, while with the other you go into camp at Mantle. l am pleased to second the nomination of young man for goVer- nor of this state, John Addison Por- ter"
 More Speeches and Balloting,
 Hon. Donald Warner of Salisbury 1 also seconded Senator Lounsbury's s nomination, as did Lucius Brown of | Norwich. Senator John M. Douglass of | Middletown seconded the nomination of | MT. Porter. Hon. Joseph Selden of Norfolk in a few well chosen words seconded the nomination of MT. Dew | ell
 William c. Case of Granby made a lengthy speech in favor of Mr. Louns- 1 bury. At the close of his speech ballot | ing begun at once after tellers had been appointed as follows: General f Harmon of New Haven, MT. Barnes of | Norwich, MT. Scofield of Stamford, MT. l Simmons of Plainfield, MT. Fyler of | Torrington, MT. Hall of Wilmington, MT. l Wadsworth of Pennington and MT. Wilson of Suffield.
 The roll of members was then called by counties and the delegates went to the front of the platform and deposited 1 their ballots.
 The result of the ballot was as fol- l lows: George B. Lounsbury, 356; John l A. Porter, 120; J. D. Dewel, 16; s. E.
 Merwin, l. Total vote, 493. The result
 was received with great applause The | nomination was made unanimous. l In the meantime Senator Lounsbury l had been escorted to the hall by the committee appointed for the purpose, | Messrs. Light, Warner and Fessenden, and was introduced to the convention.
 Senator Lounsbury address the con-
 vention as follows:
 MT. Loumsbury's Acceptance.
 MT. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention:
 Some three thousand years ago-I speak from history, not from memory l a wise man lived and said: There is
 a time to keep silence and time to l speak," If nominating conventions
 had been held in his day, he might have
 said there is time to be absent But
 absence or silence is simply a matter
 of taste, and you all know that con- | ,i1,rr %oc Se,,, To J,, | these days of civil and religious liberty,
 of freedom of the press, of a criticism so boundless that like the rain of heav-
 en, it falls alike on the just and on the
 unjust, that man is happy who in mat
 ters of right and wrong follows the
 promptings of an honest soul and in
 matters of taste does just as he pleases. And so without stopping to consider whether the old way might not be better than the new, I have
 come before you to-day to thank you
 for your generous confidence and good will and to say few words more Within the last year I have received from different members of this conven-
 ton, perhaps a hundred letters, in
 which I have been asked whether I
 would accept this nomination. To all
 of these inquiries I have made one and
 the same reply. I have said that if my good health remained, and if the nomi-
 nation came to me in the right way, 1 would accept. Now so far as my health is concerned, I am very we'll, thank you. I am not so young as
 could wish, but I have fancied lately | oil i,, some papers, that the burden of my
 years was pressing more heavily upon
 some of my friends than upon me I take it that a nomination come in the right way when it has not been un- duly sought and when no letters have
 been forged to keep man from doing
 honest, loyal and manly work for the state. I appreciate the action of this convention all the more keenly because every vote which has come to me to- | day has come unasked. No man in this | convention, or out of it, has tried to I fasten upon me the shackles of any promise whatsoever, and no promise
 has been made. If your action of to- day is confirmed at the polls next No-
 vember, the first promise that I shall make VIII De, when WlIn upl1II6Q ndnQ
 and in the name of that God in whom both you and I believe, I swear to SUD- port the constitution of the state of
 Connecticut and faithfully to discharge
 the duties of my office. And in that oath, and because of that oath, shall
 look upon no one but God as my mas- ter, and I shall look upon myself as
 the servant of all the people of this state.
 l For Lieutenant Governor. | John M. Douglass nominated Lyman A. Mills of Middlefield for lieutenant
 governor.
 Isaac M. Ullman of this city in a neat speech nominated Lieutenant GoV-
 ernor James D. Dewell for lieutenant governor He stated that MT. Dewell was well known in New Haven and throughout the state of Connecticut He referred to MT. Dewell's record as ! business man and as lieutenant gov ernor. He did not make an extended address as the hour was late.
 MT. Clark of Haddam seconded the
 nomination of MT Dewell.
 Mir Cheney of Manchester seconded
 the nomination of MT. Dewell and said | Hartford county wanted him.
 Mir Simonds of Canton said not all