Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-06
DEMOCRATS FIGHT IT OUT.

votes while MT Cummings received 331. B. K. Mahan, mayor of New Lon don, was then elected by exclamation as the other delegate at large The name of Newton Phillips of Kililngly was proposed by MT Troup, but MT Phillips withdrew it.
 Chairman Walshs resolution in re- gard to the reorganization of the state central committee was amended so that the committee which will be elect ed. will hold office until January l, 1907.
 The following is the resolution in full:
 Whereas, at the meeting of the state central committee held in New Haven, March IA, 1904. 1t was voted to recom- mend to the state convention held at Hartford May and 6, 1904, that the state central committee be reorganized according to the new senatorial dis tricts:
 Now, therefore. be it resolved by this convention that the state central committee be reorganized, and that the same shall consist of 35 members, one member from each new senatorial dis trict as now constituted in accordance with the act of the general assembly of 1903.
 Signed by John Doughan of New Haven, chairman: John J. O'Neill of Bridgeport, secretary.
 After giving votes of thanks to the officers and others, the conyention ad- journed at 3:08.
 Hartford, May 6.--PreIiminaries to the permanent organization from s7 n tically all arranged early to-day, al- though several committee of the tenn porary convention did not recess until nearly dayligha. The great majority of ltle 600 state delegates were un- aware when they went to bed, after taking part in county and congress sional district caucuses which had been held at various places, Just what strength i'll the aggregate either Judge Parker or William R. Hearst could show in the convention proper. It was not until the reports of all the twelve caucuses had been made up that it was definitely known that Parker delegates had won eleven of the twelve calicuses and that Alexan- der Troup of New Haven had control led his own county caucLs by mere ten votes, when he had claimed big margin. After the caucuses attempts were made to call into session the committees on a permanent organiza- uon, credentials and resolutions, and the new state central committee, but in no instance was a quorum obtained This made it necessary for more than one-fourth of the delegates to get up early in order to prepare theiH reports to the convention. Some of the veter- an party leaders, however, by sacri- ficing their sleep, got matters into shape by drafting the reports with the expectancy that their work would be approved by the other committeeman National Committeeman Homer s. Cummings and former Governor T. H. Waller of New London, for the com nlittee on resolutions prepared the re- commentators that the state conyen- ton instruct it's delegates to vote for Parker at St Louis and to vote as a unit.
 All the county caucusds were lively affairs and in one, that of Hartford blows were struck and few drops of blood spilled. The Hearst men on finding themselves in q minority re- sorted to obstructive tactics, and the same thing was done by the Parker men in New Haven county, which the Hearst men controlled The congress sional district caucuses were q little quieter. but the Hearst men in each instance were aggressive until roll calls had shown that they were losers. MT Troup being a candidate for dele gate at large did not contest Louis B. Fisk of Branford for district delegate in the second after the first roll call
 After the rather tame proceedings of last nights session of the convention, when delegates and spectators had been keyed up to expect turbulency, delegates were disposed to anaIyze the results as indicative Of a short and quiet convention, unless MT Troup should be disposed to fight the adoption of the unit rule in the event of the convention confirming the selec- ton of James B. McCabe of Cheshire as the county delegate.
 Out of the twelve delegates to the St Louis convention chosen last night by the delegates to the democratic state convention in session in Hartford, only one is known to be for Hearst. In the joint caucus Of Hartford and Tol- land counties, eX-Mayor Sullivan won out against William F O'Neil. Harry c. Dissell of West Hartford was se- lected by the Hartford county caucus, and although there was a rumor that MT Dissell is a Hearst man, acquaint- ances positively denied it. New Ha- ven county selected James ID. McCabe, who was the choice Of the Hearst men in the caucus.