The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-19
CHANGED PRIMARY RULES.
DEMocRATIc CONVENTION FoTE
FOR NOMINATION BIZ DISTRICT.

Long Controversy Ended Last Wight
Little Opposition to Amendments-
Also voted to Change the Town Conn
InIttee-No Organized Opposition at
Any Point.
The adjourned democratic town con-
vention was held last evening at eight
o'clock in Turn hall The principal
question to be decided was whether the
nomination of state senators for the
four districts in. the town Of New Ha-
ven should be in a central convention or
in district conventions.
Mr.. Miller moved that the senators be
nominated in district convention. An
amendment to this motion was made
that one man should be appointed from
each ward to be on committee to con-
slider the question and report one week
from last night.
After much controversy as to whether
the question should be settled then or
be considered by a committee it was
moved that the motion and amendment
be tabled until they had been read. The
motion was carried, and Mr.. Miller gave
the secretary of the convention copy
of the primary rules containing sec
lions 2 and 4 amended as proposed,
which were read. Mr.. Miller said the
rest of the rules were unchanged.
A motion was then passed to consider
first the part relating to senatorial
nominations, and then that part relat-
ing to the town committee.
On suggestion by Mr.. Robertson,
Mr.. Miller amended section q to read:
The primary meetings for local cleo
|tions shall be held on Tuesday of the
third week preceding an election day,
and all local conventions shall be held
Ion or before Saturday evening of the
same week as the primary at s o'clock.
The conventions to nominate senators
and representatives shall be held within
two weeks after the holding of the
state convention, and the senatorial
conventions shall be called by the.
member of the state central committee
in each district, and the members of
said convention shall be composed Of
delegates and alternates in said dis
tricts."
After this matter had been straight
ened out it was moved that section be
disposed of. This was passed, and the
amendment to section as contained in
the old rules was carried.
Mr.. O'Meara then moved that the rest
of the rules be left for consideration to
a committee composed of one member
from each ward, to report at the meet-
ling adjourned to one week from last
might.
This was strenuously opposed by Mr..
Miller, who said that the democratic
town committee had not done its duty,
as shown by elections the past few
years Of an entirely democratic ticket,
with the single exception of the mayor
He said this was self-evident, and the
matter ought to be disposed of last:
might Mr. Robertson, however, assert
ed that passing the amendment would
mean that the state central committee
would control the town nominations
This was denied by Mr.. Miller, who said
| that the convention should not adjourn
to give the democratic leaders time to
defeat the plan.
After a lot. of talking pro and con Mr.
Miller moved that the motion to APP
| point committee to consider the
amendment to section 4 be tabled. This
motion was carried by 2S to Is.
A motion was then made to adopt
section 4 amended from the old rules to
read as follows:
Section 4. There shall be a town
committee composed Of the members Of
the democratic state central committee
| from New Haven. The town commit
tee shall elect a chairman, secretary,
treasurer and finance committee, none
| of whom need of necessity be members
of the town committed
This was carried and the convention
adjourned at twenty minutes past nine
o'clock,