The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-04
THIRD TICKET NOMINATED
By THE YoN-PARTSIAN MUNICH
PAL LEAGUE.

Wants Reform In Police Service, Better
Care of Streets and Honesty in the
Public serViee-E. III. Sperry for
Mayor-The Rest of the Ticket
Committee of Fifteen Appointed to
Conduct Campaign.
The Non-Partisan Municipal league
held a nominating convention in the
Foy auditorium of the Y. NJ, G.. A.
building last evening for the purpose of
putting up a third ticket for the city
election this spring. There was good
attendance and considerable enthu-
siasm was shown. although at one time
A somewhat stormy debate arose over
the adoption Of platform. which
threatened to prolong the convention
until after midnight. -.,.:s-- 4.<.s-.
e. Fl. Sperry was nominated for
mayor, Charles H. Lyon for town
clerk, William F, Alcorn for controller
and Edward y. Mix for treasurer. The
aldermen-at-large nominated were My
ron w. Curtiss, James j. Reilly and
Albert o. Norton. William H. H.
Hewitt was nominated for collector Of
taxes, Edward F. Mcintosh for regis
trar of vital statistics, John J. Howard
for registrar of voters, and William ].
O'Brien for city sheriff
The selectmen nominated are John f..
Shepard. George NJ. wallace and James
H. Mansfield. The grand jurors nomi-
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Moses Rice and Frank Horan.
Constables were also nominated as
follows: Henry Y. Santry, Fred Glas
and Thomas Gibson.
Secretary Thrasher of the State Law
and Order league called the convention
to order and stated that the conyen-
tion had been called for the purpose Of
nominating a city ticket to be voted
for at the city election. April IS, and
further to declare In a platform the
principles for which the league stood.
The movement, he said, was not com
ceived In sin. nor shapen in iniquity
The convention had been called because
1t had to be called. It was but the
first organized stir Of an awakening
civic conscience. We want well made
and well kept streets; we want COM
petent and honest men in every depart
ment of public service. In particular
do we want an honest and efficient. po-
lice department. We believe that the
department of police In New Haven
has become 80 thoroughly Influenced by
political considerations as to be utter
III Incapable Of rendering efficient ser
Vice.
..Our laws are being so openly deffed
and violated as TO make New Haven an
unsafe place III which to exercise our
right to life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness. 81
ut is the purpose Of this movement
then, gentlemen, to keep the on-parti-
san municipal league In the field of
active politics until this municipality
shall be rescued from boss rule
William III. Alcorn was then elected
chairman Of the convention and John
f. Shepard secretary.
1t was then voted that a committee
of FIVE be appointed to draft a plat
ford for adoption. S. r. Thrasher was
chairman of this committee.
Another committee of five was APP.
pointed to canvass names to present
for city officers, the above names being
presented and unanimously accepted
George M. Wallace introduced plat
form which he had drawn up yester
day morning, which was a more con-
densed and radical one than that SUBJ
mitted by the platform committee The
platform submitted and adopted by the
COMMITTEES has been published in sew
eral of the local papers.
George l. Fox, Alexander Troup and
several other prominent citizens spoke
against the Wallace PLATFORM and 1t
was finally voted to adopt the platform
submitted by the platform committee.
On the motion of Alexander Troup,
which was adopted, a COMMITTEES of fif-
teen were elected to conduct the cam
paign and to fill any vacancies on the
ticket. - =
The committee consists of William +.
O'Brien, Second ward; John J. Ward,
Seventh ward; Alexander Troup,
Eighth ward; Henry Donovan, Ninth
ward; James Craig, Tenth ward; Harry
". Santry. Eleventh ward; w. l. Al.
corn, Thirteenth ward, and ]. F. shep-
ard, Fourteenth wards n
1t was then voted that those elected
on the committee should have the pow
er of filling the vacancies. @
There were many prominent clergy
men present and speeches were made
by the Rev. DR.. Mutcf and the Rev.
Mr.. Diekerman. ~