The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-06
C. T. DRISCOLL NOMINATED

c. T. DRISCOLL NOMINATED
NAMED FOR MAJOR BT THE DEMO-
CRATIC CITY CONVENTION.
The Remainder of the Ticket oni ted
/ Last Night-Mr. DriscoII Received ~
of the 76 Votes in the Conventions
Committee Appointed to Revise Pri-
mary Rules.
At the democratic city convention held
last night in st. Aloysius hall on Mead
ow street the following ticket was nom
mated: For mayor, G. T. Driscoll; for
controller, Jonathan N. Rowe; for city
treasurer, Henry Fresenius; for city
clerk, Henry e. Norris; for tax collec-
tor, Francis G. Anthony; for city sher-
iff, Addison II. HUME.
The convention was called to order
shortly after o'clock by James b. Mar
tin, chairman of the democratic town
committee. Alderman J. j. Hogan Of
the Seventh ward was unanimously
chosen chairman and Albert WidmanS
of the First ward secretary. A COM
mittee on credentials was appointed,
consisting Of the chairmen of the vari-
Gus ward delegations. After this COM
mittee had reported David T.. McNa-
mara, secretary Of the democratic state
committee and a delegate from the Sew
enth ward, offered resolution provid-
ing that committee Of five be appoints
ed to revise the rules in relation to pri-
maries, and that when the convention
adjourns it be to October !, 1899, to pass
upon the report Of the committee.
James E. McGann called attention to
the fact that a committee had been ap-
pointed at the last town convention to
revise the primary rules and advised
that no further action be taken until
the report of that committee was acted
upon. Mr.. Mcnamara urged the adop-
tion of his resolution, saying: 1T is
time that these conventions be done
away with 1t is time that the people
voted to nominate their own candidates,
and when this is done we will have a
truly democratic primary and not be-
fore If the nominations are made in
the primaries we will have harmony"
D. S. Kelly of the Fourth ward moved
49, I~. +o1o1 Ia 1NSvf
motion was lost and the convention vot-
ed to adopt the resolution. James ID.
McGann then moved that the chairman
be authorized to appoint the committee,
but Mr. Mcnamara held that the ap-
pointment Of the committee should be
democratic and that it should be elected
by the convention. Mr.. McGann's nan-
tlon was lost, and the following CONS
nittee was chosen by the conventions:
d. r. Mcnamara, Henry J. Donovan,
John ]. Hogan, John j. Brennan and
Jeremiah Sullivan.
Nominations for mayor We're then
called for. William F. Shannon pre-
sented the name of James N. States. y.
j. Brennan placed the name OF Q. ".
Driscoll before the conventions J. K.
Hume nominated Frank S. Andrew, and
Henry j. Donovan named Walter Leigh.
-Four telers were appointed-Jeremiah
Donovan, J. ]. Brennan, Henry ]. Don-
ovan and Henry c. Bretzfelder. Three
ballots were taken before Candidate
for mayor was nominated. The ballots
resulted as follows, all of the seventy
six delegates being present and thirty
nine being necessary for choice:
First ballot-Driscoll 80, States ~,
Leigh 13, Andrew a..
Second ballot-Drscoll 3S, States rs,
Leigh s, Andrew A.
Third ballot-Driscoll AZ, States 25,
Leigh 5, Andrew 4.
The first break to Driscoll was on the
second ballot, when the five Leigh dele-
gates from the Eighth ward and Dele
gate McGinty of the Twelfth ward, wh0ss.
voted on the first ballot for States,
changed to Driscoll On the third bal
lot, with only one more delegate needed
to nominate Mr.. Driscoll, there was an
other break Messrs. How'd and Pohl-
man of the Ninth ward and Delegate
Brown of the Fourteenth ward changed
from Leigh to Driscoll, and ]. P. May
nard of the Eleventh ward changed
from States to Driscoll. On motion OF
Il. A. Rourke, Mr.. Driscoll's nomination.
was made unanimous. X
Nominations for controller were next.
called for, and the names Of the follow
ing men were placed before the conven-
ton: Jonathan N. Rowe, Charles Sprey-
er and Thomas I. Kinney. Only one
ballot was taken and it resulted as fol-
lows: Rowe 81, Kinney 13, Spreyer III.
Mr.. Rowes nomination was made unan-
imous.
For the nomination for city treasurer
three candidates were named-Henry
Fresenus e. G.. Stoddard and David y.
Wiser. One ballot was taken and re-
suited as follows: Fresenius 65, Stod-
dard 9, Wiser 2.
For city clerk seven candidates were
offered-Henry e. Norris, Joseph G
Maynard, Joseph r. Manning, Sylvester
Chase, E. J. Maher, James j. Buchanan
and w. H. H. Hewitt, jr James q.
McGann withdrew the name Of E. ].
Maher at the latter's request. Four
ballots were taken, resulting as fol-
lows:
First ballot-Norris 2S, Maynard II,
Manning 7, Chase II, Buchanan l, HeW-
lit 6.
Second ballot-Norris IS, Maynard ~,
Manning 10, Chase 19, Hewitt 3.