Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-05
DEMOCRATS WAITING.
Ready for State Convention-T The
 Order of Business.

The following is the order of busi- ness for the democratic state conven- tion, to be held at Hartford to-day and tomorrow. unless otherwise changed by order of the committee, caucuses or the convention.
 The convention will be called to or der at 8 o'clock this evening in the Au- ditorium on Asylum street by the chairman of the state central commit tee, followed by the appointment of a temporary chairman, who will de liver an address. A recess will then be taken till 10 p. m. for the purpose of holding senatorial caucuses, at which the following shall be the order of business: Election of chairman of caucus; election of secretary of eau GUS; election of member of state cen tral committee; election of member of committee on resolutions; election of member of committee on credentials; election of member of committee of permanent organizations; election of vice president; election of vice secre- tar1es.
 The convention will reconvene at 10 p. m. for the purpose of hearing and acting upon reports of senatorial cau- cuses.
 It shall be the duty of the secretary of each caucus upon adjournment to immediately transmit to the secretary of the state central committee the re- port Of the caucus upon cards, which will be furnished each caucus secre- tary, after which q recess will be ta- ken till 10 a. m., May 6, for the pur- pose of holding county and, district caucuses, which will be held at places designated by the secretary of the state central committee. at which the following will be the order of business: Election of chairman; election of sec retary: selection of county delegates
 Congressional district caucuses will follow the county caucuses at places designated by the secretary of the state central committee, at which the following will be the order of busi- ness: Election of chairman; election of secretary election of district dele gates.
 The convention will>be called to or der May 6 at 10 a. m.. at which the order of business shall be as follows: Report of committee on permanent or ganizations; report of committee on credentials; report of committee on resolutions election of eight county delegates; election of four district del egates; election of two state delegates at large.
 For the purpose of facilitating the business of the convention the commit tees on resolutions, credentials and permanent organizations are request ed to meet immediately after the ad- journment of the district caucuses, on the evening of May 5, places of meet inc tO ha announced later
 When Chairman Walsh of the state central committee, on Thursday even ing, announces the choice of the com mittee for temporary chairman, the appointment will probably be contest ed by the Hearst men, who desire to secure control of the convention from the outset It is possible that, i'll op- position to the choice of the state cen l tral committee, Judge De Forest, the Hearst managers may name ex-Sena- or William Kennedy of Naugatuck, who was the presiding officer at the Bridgeport convention in 1898. The I Hearst men are persist1ng in their claim that the state central committee has no power to designate the tempo rary chairman of the convention. and that Judge De Forest is not eligible, as he is not delegate from Bridge port, Judge De Forest having received ! proxy from member of the Bridge 1 port delegation, the Hearst men have now set up the claim that the Bridge port convention did not give the dele gates it elected any power to appoint alternates. Tn fact it took no action regarding alternates, as the local party rule requires. The Hon Homer s. 1 Cummings, when asked his opinion on this point, said that if the convention did not appoint aIternates then every delegate had a right to appoint his own.
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