The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-27

resentattVe and Joseph J. Reilly for
 the Second Rspresentatfvo-Ther Was
 Some Opposition to the Nomination of
 Reilly but He Secured the Prize.
 There were two conventions held by the democrats last evening at St. Aloy- sius hall, in which nominations were.
 made of candidates for senator from this district and two candidates for first and second representatives for New Haven. In the first convention, which was held on the third floor Sen- ator James P. Bree was renominated for senator and Jeremiah r. Donovan for first representative and Joseph J.
 Reilly for the second representative.
 Thomas I. Kinney, the chairman of the town delegation, called the repre-
 sentative convention to order soon after 8 o'clock and Peter J. McNerney was
 made the chairman of the representa- tive convention and James M. Sullivan, jr., was made the secretary, and then he went upstairs and called the sena- l torial convention to order. Bernard E. 4SlIGiI Nd6 ttlC SAo11 SA SAtS senatorial convention and John D. Cum
 ningham was made the secretary. This convention was seen to be in fa- vor of Senator Bree from the start. When the convention began to work Patrick Kent, of the Twelfth ward,
 arose and in an appropriate manner placed in nomination for senator Law yer James P. Bree. He stated that the man he nominated was well known to the citizens of New Haven and as sen- ator from this district he had done his duty without fear or favor, and that in so doing he had won the respect and 1 confidence of his constituents, and that the logical conclusion was that his con- stituents wanted him again. He there i fore placed in nomination for the office of state senator the Hon. James P.
 Bree. (Applause.)
 I There being no other nominations, on
 motion the secretary of the convention was instructed to place in nomination 1 for the office of senator Hon. James P. l Bree The nomination was greeted with great applause by the seventy-five del- egates present, and MT. Bree. who was | present, was asked for speech. He 1 took the platform and said that he ap- preciated very highly the mark of con- I tidence that his constituents and the delegates had conferred upon him. He said that during the past two years he 1 had tried to do his duty, and it was with pride and qualification that he thanked the convention for the confi- dence that they had bestowed upon him. 1 He said that his best efforts should be ! directed for the interests of his constit- uents, and he hoped that he should again have an opportunity to serve the people in that capacity.
 1 Mir. Bree's remarks were loudly ap- plauded, and the following delegates I arose and spoke in MT. Bree's favor, and they predicted his triumphant e1ec- l tion: John B. Kirby. John J, Howard, | Philip Ryan. Dr. Spang and M. F. Campbell The remarks of these men
 were applauded by the members of the l convention.
 l There being no further business b. | fore the convention it soon after ad- | journed. and then many of the mem l bers crowded around the nominee and congratulated him upon his nomination
 and they predicted his triumphant elec- | tion as senator of this district.
 1 But while the senatorial convention was apparently all one way, it was very evident that there was not that unanimity in the repres antative conven- I tion, which was being held in the room | below. It was evident from the start | that there were two factions, and that I there was quite an element in favor of l J. Edward Miller as one of the repre- l sentatives When the convention was called to order Peter J. McNerney was made the chairman aud James M. Sul- l 1ivan, jr, was made the secretary. While there was no opposition to the
 selection of MT. McNerney, there were three candidates for the office of secre- tary of the convention. Martin A. Rey- holds, of the Third ward, was named,
 as was also Charles Mcclure. The gen. tleman who placed Mir. Mcclure in nom ination said that he was member of the Yale Law school and that he had taken some interest in local politics, and that it would be a good thing to allow him to be the secretary of the convention in order that he might be-
 come known to the people of New Ha- ven.
 Although the name of Mir. Reynolds was the first that was mentioned for the office of secretary, MT. McNerney, the chairman, placed before the convention the name of MT. Sullivan as the secre- tary of the convention and he was elected by quite a preponderance of ayes, and in opposition there were not l more than two or three nays. Then l Mr. McNerney decided that MT. Sulli- van was duly elected to be the secre- l tary of the convention.
 Then some of the delegates evidently expected that the other candidates that had been named should be voted upon, but Chairman McNerney decided that MT Sullivan was chosen as the secre- tary. He said: This meeting has
 chosen MT. Sullivan as it's secretary,
 and I hereby duly declare him to be elected as the secretary of the conven- | ton. You have chosen him by your votes in regular manner, and there is no way out of it but to declare him
 your secretary" (Applause.)
 Then it was decided by the conven- tion that the names of the delegates as published in the New Haven papers should be regarded as the list of dele gates. The secretary was then instruct ed to call the roll, and he found that there were 96 of the delegates present.