Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-03
JUDGE LOWE NOMINATED
For the Fifth Time He Will Be
 Elected Probate Judge.

Andrew Slater, Wolcott's Foremost Citizen and Staunchest Democrat
 Made the Nominating Speech
 Lowe Had No Opposition in the
 Convention, Nomination Unanimous. The probate convention was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning i'll the city court room by T. M. Coyle, chairman of the probate district com mittee. It was an interesting session and concluded with three cheers for the mascot of Wolcott's democracy, Andrew Slater, which were given With vengeance and must have been heard all over town. H. NJ. Rigney was ap- pointed chairman and Attorney Flor ence Clohessey clerk. Mir Rigney thanked the meeting for the honor con ferred upon him and added that every convention he had presided over nem- mated winning candidates and that he felt this would be no exception.
 Peter B. Reeves, H. N. Smith and Chris Russell were appointed con- mittee on credentials and reported the following present:
 Waterbury, T. M Coyle, Chris Rus
 
 Martin Keefe, Peter B. Reeves, James Eaters, H. M. Rigney, James Elan nery. Florence Clohessey.
 Wolcott, Andrew Slater, F. O. Moul- throp, Fred Wilson, H. l.. Noble. Middlebury, Fl. N. Smith, William DWyer.
 Two Waterbury delegates, Timothy O'Rourke and Patrick Brennan. were absent, and the Middlebury delegates forgot their credentials. It was voted to seat the Middlebury boys, after the report was accepted.
 The chair then called for nominations for the office of judge of probate. An drew Slater responded and nominated Judge Lowe in a speech that evoked tremendous applause. He said:
 "Mr Chairman and Gentlemen: I have the honor as well as the extreme pleasure of presenting to this conven- tion the name of Judge Robert A. Lowe as candidate for judge. of probate in this district. I have had this honor for several years past and think we can go before the public with the same candidate confident that we are not ashamed of his record. We have gone into this coming election determined to elect not only Judge Lowe, but every man on our state ticket. If we are true to the democratic party there can be no doubt about this. Our party has always been the friend of the laboring man and there is no reason why it should not look to the working man for support. Every measure that ever passed through the state and national government in this country that was designed to help labor had it's origin among democrats, and we owe it to ourselves to put the party that wants to befriend us in a position where it can grapple with the trusts and give the American Workingman fair show in the labor market" (Cheers).
 The nomination was seconded by MT Reeves. On motion of John H. Moran the secretary was instructed to cast one ballot as the sense of the meeting for the unanimous choice of Judge Lowe as candidate for the office in question. After the result was an nounced committee consisting of An drew Slater. Peter B. Reeves and H. N. Smith was appointed to look up Judge Lowe and escort him before the convention. When the candidate ap- peared he was given a splendid oya- ton and accepted the nomination in a modest, but very tactful address. He thanked the delegates for the renewal of confidence in nominating him for another term and frankly stated that he felt confident of election. ''It might be regarded as egotiStical on my part,' he continued Ito make any extended remarks to this body. Wolcott has nominated me five times in succession and Waterbury elected me. I have filled the office creditab1y and am will ing to be judged by my record. I have had an able assistant in Mr Cassin, and we stand prepared to go before the public on our record. do not wish to be understood as implying that am the only man capable of performing the duties of that office. Others have filled it before me and did their work we'll. he point want to maKe clear is that my work as judge of probate for the district of Waterbury for the past ten years is now matter of rec ord and I'm not ashamed of it. I shall not promise you any better service in the future. have done my best in the past, and if elected this time, as hope to be, shall not be able to go beyond that, but pledge myself to keep up to my past efforts"
 Continuing further, Judge Lowe said that the office of judge of probate is by no means as rernunerative now as it was ten years ago. The new Jaw took all the insolyent cases to the bankrupt cy courts and reduces the revenue probably 30 per cent from what it used to be. Still the general work has in- creased so that while the Iabors are greater the reward is much less. He hoped to see the time when the office of judge of probate will be removed from the football of politics. It is an i'm portant office, he said, and no matter who fills it he is bound to decide dis puted questions, and in so doing some people are sure to feel dissatisfied no matter how honest the decision. He thought the man who had to do With the property interests that come up in the probate court and see that justice was done the widows and orphans who call there, should be removed as far as possible from politics. He noticed that they are working along these lines in New Haven and regretted that the constitutional convention did not re- suit in bringing about some such change. He was confident that if the law failed to do it the people would attend to it themselves. He felt that this is democratic year and saw no reason why the whole ticket should not win out.
 Judge Lowe's address was warmly applauded and on suggestion of MT