The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-25
PEOPLES PARTY NOMINATE
JUDGE SHELDON GIVEN THE GUBERNAToRIAL NOMINATION..

i'll Health May Prevent Acceptance
 Full State Ticket to be Chosen--Na-
 tionaI Candidates and Platform Rati-
 hed-First Activity in Eight Years
 Many Delegates Here Yesterday. l
 For the first time in eight years the l peoples party is taking an active part l in, the political affairs of state and | country. At the convention of the | state delegates yesterday afternoon in l Trades Council hall in the Insurance l building there were fully seventy-five | delegates present for a part or all of | the time, and many letters of regret | were received from dlegates unable to attend. ,a..= &#
 During the morning number of the leaders of the party gathered at the Hotel Garde while others went to the Trades Council hall and talked over state ticket with State Chairman T. L. Thomas of Bristol. This slate was al-l most entirely ratified at the conven- ton in the afternoon. l,~
 For governor Judge Joseph Sheldon of this city was nominated. At pres ent Judge Sheldon is at Mountain Lake park, Maryland, for his health, and lthere is some uncertainty as to Wheth- CT he will accept the nomination. It was impossible for the leaders of the Eparty to communicate with him yes- 1terday, but they entertain good hopes 1lthat he will accept
 For lieutenant governor a prominent Norwalk manufacturer was nominated, who will undoubtedly accept the nonl- ination. Dr. Austin B. Fuller of this city was nominated for congressman at large. The rest of the state ticket was left in the hands of the executive conl- Imittee, who, wherever 1t is impossible to find a strong candidate from the ranks of their own party, will nom- Einate the candidate of another party. In this manner the leaders of the party 7lnope to demonstrate that fusion with them is to be desired by all parties. l The following were nominated for Ipresidentiol electors:
 Robert Pyne, Hartford.
 Andrew Henrw D. Shepard, Branford. l E. c. Bingham, Cheshire.
 T. L. Thomas, Bristol @
 George Hubbel, Ansonia. I o. E. Wadhams, Torrington.
 Andrew Leary, South Norwalk.
 | Executive Committe. >...x= Y. l.. Thomas, Bristol. n:.
 r Robert Pyne, Hartford. e.*ss- ss Austin B. Fuller New Haven.
 Frank Gleeson, New Haven. s:.z# | w. Wheeler, Meriden. 5..gts. .. :.
 The convention was called to order lby Chairman T, l.. Thomas of Bristol, lat 1:30 o'clock. Addressing the dele- lgates, MT. Thomas said: .-...,.., .
 "Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens: 1t Igives me pleasure to again welcome lyou to peoples party convention aft
 CT eight years of faithful work in the
 democratic party, for the success of our principles and the election of the grand, noble and upright man who has so ably
 worked for those principles in the denl- locratic party, William Jennings Bryan, lonly to be crushed by the party which Ihas claimed to be the party of the peo- lple. Let us think of William Jennings
 Bryan with sorrow for his defeat after Hong years of unceasing labor for the Ipeople and the democratic party, and
 be ever ready to welcome him into the franks of our whole party, the peoples Iparty." ~ |. Discussing the chances of success in l this city and state, MT. Thomas said: Our nominee for the presidency, MT Thomas E. Watson of Georgia, is one of the finest men in this country. He \ Iran on the democratic ticket for the lvice presidency with William Jennings Bryan in 1896. MT. Watson is lawyer and a newspaper publisher. As a his, 2 Itoric writer he has gained a world wide reputation.
 Thomas H. Tibbells, our nominee fol < vice president, is newspaper publish. < CT of Nebraska. ,,. Both men will poll many of ths J votes which were cast for Bryan wher < he ran. We also expect that many re, publican votes will be cast for oul * choice.
 New York state alone will give us z fifty thousand votes. In five or si, other states we have fighting chance < Among these states are Nebraska, Mis- q souri and Texas. B Of course capitalists will not vot, .. for our ticket, but among the poorel lclasses, and especial from the ssnal
 business men, we will receive heav,
 support.
 Right here in Connecticut the out
 look is very good. In 1894 we pollet ! 6,000 votes. At present wo do expec
 to do quite so well, nevertheless Vi
 look for not less than five thousand
 votes. If we poll from 800 to 1000 vote
 in every town of any size in this stat
 we shall be satisfied, ~a
 \ The time is short and the fact tha
 we have not had any party machiner,
 in operation in this state in eight year
 clearly shows that in this campaign W
 Twill thoroughly reorganize and bull
 the party into a national organizatio