The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-13
REpUnrIoAN xu4rn CONVENTION

IREPUBLIC4N S11 1TE CONTENTION
 The Republican state convention will open this evening at the Auditorium, Hartford, and Senator o. H. Platt will
 deliver the opening address and act las presiding officer. The New Haven
 delegation will go to Hartford early in the day in order to attend to matters,
 and will have their headquarters at the Allyn House. The headquarters of
 Judge Cleavelands campaign manag- lers will be at the Hotel Heublein. fGovernor chaInberlains friends are making strenuous efforts to secure his Erenomination. Friends of Lieutenant lGovernor Roberts say he will be nom linated by at least 125 plurality. The Chamberlain men are confident that he Twill win. F. L. Gaylord of Ansonia, Iwho has charge of the canvass for ex-
 Speaker Charles H. Pine, says that he believes Mir. Pine will be nominated AOA 5oHSlifot. III duditIJA, AIIeIlusE OL Judge Cleaveland still believe the judge has good chance of securing the nom lination. So with all hands hopeful there should be shown sustained in- interest in the events leading up to the taking of the vote in the convention.
 Hartford friends of Lieutenant Govern Tor Roberts expect that he will 'get tthere'' with both feet, and his support lers assert that he will have nearly 400 votes on the first ballot out of the E5SO delegates. MT. Roberts will be nom- Einated in the convention by Mayor Will tliam F. Henney of Hartford and the Iseconding will be done by Frank T.
 Brown of Norwich, while Judge W. ". Pearne of Middletown will also uphold Mir. Roberts claims. It has not been
 definitely decided who will nominate EGovernor Chamberlain, but 1t will In Eall probability be George E. Bicknell |of Meriden, while John H. Light of Nerwalk will nominate Judge Cleave- land of this city. Regarding the nonnin- lation for Lieutenant Governor 1t is said that the selection will be either Senator Rollin s. Woodruff of New Ha- lven or James F. Walsh of Greenwich.
 The convention will be representa- Ifixro EaIo three of the present delegation in Con- igress, Messrs. Lilley, at-large from
 Waterbury, Henry from the First and Brandegee from the Third. There will
 be at least seven ex-speakers- -Bran-
 degee from New London county, Har- rison and Pine from New Haven coun- lty; Paige, Fessenden, Light and Ken lealy from Fairfield county. Among the state senators who will be delegates Iare Wilcox of Berlin, Pattison of Sims bury, Cook of West Hartford, Page of
 North Branford, Hamilton of Groton
 Ayling of Norwich, Brown of Griswold, w hlSA oL IteeIi"ICilS WISH UT w SSLpOTtJ
 Bailey of Bethel. Jacobs of Danielson IGates of Windham, Bradstreet of IThomaston, Shell of saybrook and
 Chaffee of Mansfield. Sheriff Jackson Iof New London county and ex-Sheriff From Brown of Middlesex county are delegates. Hartford sends her mayor land two ex-mayors, Root and Dwight
 and the president of Trinity college Dr. Luther. New Haven includes in her delegation Colonel Ullman, former h. |surance Commissioner F. A. Betts IColonel Pickett of the Leader, Judge
 Lynde Harrison, Town Chairman Mac donald, A. McC. Matthewson, M. E. IChatfield and others, and Waterbury lsends her bright young mayor, J. P. Elton. Hartford county sends Judge
 Holcomb of southington, James W.
 Cheney and Marc s. Chapman of Man. lchester, Clerk Frank E. Healey of Windsor Locks, ex-Senator Goodrich of tWethersfieid, J. H. Hale of Glaston-
 bury, George M. Landers of New Brit
 ain; and many other well known men fare in the list.
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