The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-06
MCLEAN FOR GOVERNOR
Nominated by the State
Convention at the Hy-
perion Yesterday
Afternoon.
49 MAJORITY OVER WARNER
SENATOR T.. O. X KEELER AIMED FOR
LIEUTENANT GOTERNOR.

State Ticket -McLean's Speech to th'
Convention-Ion. Charles S. Mersicl
ofNev Haven Heads the List of Prest-
DENTAL tors-Resolutions Adopted
For governor-George P. Mclean OF
Simsbury.
For lieutenant governor-Edwin o
Keeler os Norwalk.
For secretary of state-Charles G. R
Vinal of MiddletoWn.
For treasurer-Henry II. Gallup OF
Norwich.
For omptroller-Abiram Chamber
lain of Meriden.
This is the ticket nominated yesterday
afternoon by the republican state con-
vention at the Hyperion in this city. 1t
was at 2:20 that the ballots on the nomi-
nation of candidate for governor was
announced, about an hour and half
having been required for the balloting
and counting of votes. The delegates
and friends and adherents of the two
candidates, Mr.. Mclean and Mr.. War
ner, had fingered about the theater
talking in groups on the convention
floor and in the corridors while the vote
was being counted Few of the dele
gates went to lunch, but nearly all re-
mained to learn the result of the chief
contest, and practically the only con-
test of the convention Interest was
keyed up to the highest point and when
at 2:20 the tellers were seen to step to
the chairman, Congressman Russell,
and when the chairman raped for Or
der, instantly the buzzing of conversa-
tion became hushed and perfect silence
reigned broken only by the voice of the
chairman declaring that of the 502 votes
cast Mr. Mclean had received 274 and
Mr.. Warner 225, majority of 40 for
Mr.. Mclean. AS this announcement
was made the friends of the successful
candidate gave a most enthusiastic
demonstration of their satisfaction.
Hats We're tossed in the air, canes We're
waved, and cheer after cheer
rang through the theater. The Nc
Lean men had been practically sure of
the success of their candidate all
through but they thought of the slip
twixt cup the cup and the lip" and re-
1axed not a bit their vigorous conduct
of the contest for the honorable gentle
man from Sinsbury. Despite their SAN
guinity there had therefore been ten
sion through it all that was broken
when the final vote that settled 1t all
was announced. On motion of Mr. Will
lians os Simsbury, a Warner man, the
nomination of Mr.. Mclean was made
unanimous
The convention was called to order
at 1925 yesterday morning by Chair
I'LL. 80 -+at
The first business was the receiving of
the report of the committee on perma-
nent organization. That report, as an
nounced in the Journal and Courier
yesterday morning, was adopted and
Congressman Charles A. Russell was
in accordance with the committee rec
ommenda tions chosen permanent chair
man of the convention. After hearing
the report of the committee on creden-
tials nominations of candidates for gov
ernor We're called for.
Hon. Joseph L. Barbour of Hartford
presented the name of George P. Nc
Lean in the following speech.
MR. BARBOUR'S SPEECH NOMI- |
MATING MCLEAN.
The Hon. Joseph L. Barbour, of !.
Hartford, nominated George P. Mclean |
of Smsbury for governor. Mr.. Bar
bour said:
Mr. President and Gentlemen: I !
venture the assertion that the town of
Hartford, which my colleagues and my
self have the honor to represent in this
convention, may fairly be classed as
one Of the 'centers of population in
Connecticut and that 1t may also be
fairly considered as a republican cen
ter. In the election of 1896 the repub-
1ican candidates for presidential cleo
tors and state officers received a much
larger plurality in that town than in
any other town in the state, and the
same was true of the republican candi-
dates for state officers in 1898 On
Wednesday last the Hartford republi-
can convention, composed of eighty
four delegates, chosen by ballot, practi-
calIy unanimous, from their various
voting districts by the republican voters
of Hartford after electing by a unani-
nous vote four delegates to this con- n
adopted unanimously and with
applause the following res
olutions:
Z" "'Resolved, that the republicans of
Hartford, in convention assembled,
take pleasure IN lndofslng George L.
Mclean as a candidate for governor Of
this state, having the fullest confidence :
in his abilitay, capacity and integrity,
and believing that if nominated he will
be elected and will give to the state a :
vigorous, wholesome and efficient ad-
alike creditable to the !
and to himself. :
Resolved, That the delegates to the :
state convention, chosen this evening,
are instructed to support his candidacy =
rs the unanimous choice of the republi- /
cans of the city in whose schools he
was educated and where his profession 4
Il life has been spent &
II might we'll sir, rest my case with T
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