The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-08
ROBERTSON FOR GOVERNOR.
THE CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS
NAME HIM TO LEAD.
Night spent In Vain in Trying to Get Robert.
son and Thayer to withdraw in Favor
OF Dean Rogers or Yale law School
Bryan Men Don't Like Ticket.


NEW HAVEN, Sept THE Democratic
State convention this afternoon nominated
for Governor A. Heaton Robertson OF this
city, who defeated Mayor Charles F. Thayer
of Norwich by a vote Of BAT to 1871. All
last night and this forenoon the Thayer men,
who had learned that there was no chance
Of landing the nomination for Governor.
tried to induce Dean Rogers of the Yale
Law School to lead the Thayer forces in
the Gubernatorial contest. Thayers forces
were ready to abandon him for Rogers.
At first Thayer said that he would not get
out of the race for anybody or anything.
A committee appealed to him to withdraw
and he said.
Il have heard that reports are being
circulated that IL l am nominated the ma
tional COMMITTEES will not put any money
into this State. If the national committee
Is nominating the candidate the best thing
l can see to do Is for myself and friends
to 60 over bodily to the Republican party.
am in the race to stay"
Ex-Mayor Sullivan Of Hartford and
State Central Committeeman Tuttle Of that
town were on this committee, and they went
out of Thayer's headquarters pretty well
cut up over the reception they had received
Thayer told them that he understood that
National Committeeman Homer 81 Cum
mings OF Stamford was peddling the story
that the national committee would not give
a cent to the Connecticut campaign fund
II Thayer was nominated.
Along about daybreak Thayer thawed
out some when the proposition was made
that both he and Robertson pull out of the
hot ho,, l,
on Dean Rogers. At clock this morning a
delegate representing Mayor Thayer pulled
Dean Rogers out Of bed to ask him II he
would take the nomination for Governor.
The dean said that he would not think Of
accepting the proposition without ascertain
ing whether the men backing Judge Robert
son would pull him out of the race.
Every one was ready to throw Robertson
overheard only few hours before he was
nominated except James E. McGann, one
OF the New Haven leaders. He limited that
there had been treachery in the Robertson
camp and said that he would stand by Rob-
ertson as long as there was vote taken in
the convention. When Dean Rogers was in
formed Of the positive, stand taken by
McGann he declined to allow the use OF his
name under any consideration, and SO
Thayer remained in the race, to be over
Wueluicu III thS Note Wy AoDci looH'
Joseph T. Tanning of New London
placed Thayer in nomination by telling the
delegates that Thayer was man without
barrel.
The remainder of the ticket nominated
was: Acknowledgement, Henry A.
Ney. Hartford; Comptroller, William
Befcher, New London; Secretary of State,
James Huntington, Litchfield; Congress-
man at large. William Kennedy, Naugatuck.
The platform reaffirms the national plat
form adopted at st. Louis, pitches into the
Republicans Of Connecticut for extrava-
gance in State affairs. recommends uni
form system Of municipal charters, calls for
u State law against corporations interfer-
ing by means Of campaign contributions
with the Legislature, taxation Of franchises,
declares that every municipality determine
for itself by vote Of the people whether 1t
wants public ownership Of public utilities,
demands the full right OF trial by jury,
urges the enactment Of an employers liza
bility act and favors Canadian reciprocity.
1t was said here tonight that the Bryan
men Of Connecticut are not at all satisfied
with the makeup of the State ticket. They
declare that, although sufficiently warned
in the interest Of unity, the leaders ignored
the Bryan element in the selection OF nom
inees except wbcn Kennedy was chosen for
Congressman at large and that all the
others on the State ticket are out and out
gold men.