The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14
WILL MAKE NOMINATIONS
ECONOMIC LEAGUE TOWN CON
 VENTION NEXT TUESDAY.

State Ticket May Also be Named-LOng
 Drawn Ont SessiOR Last Ntght-Resig-
 nation of President Andrew J. Kelly
 Finally AccePted-OFganized Labor
 Expected to be a Factor.
 After three hours of discussion, most of which dealt in personalities, the Economic league last night voted to call a convention of all members in the town for the purpose of nominating candidates for senator and representa- tives and perhaps for a high sheriff for the county. The secretary was also in- structed to call the attention of all the other leagues in the state to this fact and ask that they call conventions in their respective towns and also in the state so that there may be a county conVenton and a state convention in the nea? future. The town convention for New Haven is to be held in the hall Of the Bricklayers' union on Wednesday night next and only members of the league are to be admitted as delegates. It was at first thought advisable to have a mass convention at which rep resentatives of the many labor organi- cations in the town should be asked to have representatives. This was voted down by reason of the fear that the old parties, co called, would have repre- sentatives in the convention and thus secure the delegates and have the nom- inees represent them while supposedly representing the Economic league. In this way it was said that the cause of the league would be defeated and that their work would amount to nothing.
 Several of the members were in favor of putting an entire state ticket in the field, while others thought it advisable to pick out one or two offices for which they would nominate candidates and then ask the old parties to endorse these several candidates with the pledge on the part of the leaguers that all the remainder of the ticket, town, county and state, would be supported.
 Several of the speakers seemed to place great faith in the union of labor in this city by reason of the way in which they seemed to sympathize with the strikers last week and in conse- quence were of the opinion that if la bor ticket was named that it would re- ceive the hearty support of all organ ized labor in the city and state.
 A motion to appoint a committee of two from each ward to endeavor to have a certain number of the delegates to the town conventions of the old par ties pledged to the principles of the league also prevailed. There seemed, however, to be lack of members, and an unwillingness on the part of several to serve on so-called ward committees and this plan was finally given up. It was agreed that the scheme for calling of the democratic primaries for next Tuesday night was scheme to de- feat any plans which the members of the league might have, and in conse- uuence it was voted to have commit tee of five members of the league wait upon the members of the democratic town committee tonight and endeaVor to have them postpone the holding of the primaries until after September 10. i Of this committee A. J. Kelly is chair man.
 The resignation of Andrew J. Kelly as president of the league, which was pre- sented some time ago, and over which there has been considerable discusson, coming. as it was at that time stated, because some of the members of the league were so-called "spoils politi- cians' was after three attempts &C., cepted. Frank J. Horan was unanl- mously elected to succeed him and Joseph Foley elected vice president to succeed MT. Horan. At the time of the election MT Kelly was asked to take the chair temporarily, and he declined to do so stating that he had been misrep-
 resented as to some of his former state-
 ments. He said that he could better fight for the principles by being on the floor, He hurled invectives without
 number at the press of the state. saying
 that he had been grossly misrepresented and had made enemies in consequence of the stand which h was alleged to
 have taken in the matter of 'spoils pol | ticans.
 The discussions on the various mat ters under consideration waxed warm towards the close of the meeting and
 personalities were indulged in to an
 alarming extent.
 MT. Rich, one of the committed ap'
 pointed at the citizens mass meeting last week to confer with the citizens committee of fifteen in their effort tc
 bring the trolly strike to an end, made
 A. short report of it's reception by the
 committee. He expressed the opinion that if either committee could have beer
 biased if was the citizens committee