The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21

HarWinton. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff was then nominated by &C., clamation amid great applause.
 The fight of the convention, that for the lieutenant governorship, was then opened on the floor. J. Gilbert Cal Aoun of Hartford presented the name of Everett J, Lake, the former Harvard football player and state senator, and Ciustaf B. Carlson of Middletown. nom- mated Frank B. Weeks of that city. At this point Lieutenant Governor Wood- ruff, the party's choice for governor, was presented, and he accepted the nomination in short address in which he said:
 MT. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention:
 T want you to know that I am pro- foundly grateful for the high honor which you have granted me to-day; and while I realize the full meaning of the great compliment which your nomination carries, know exactly, it's great responsibility
 ITO be asked to stand for the office of governor of Connecticut by a re- publican convention. is enough to make any man feel proud, when we consider the strong place which this state holds in the nation, at this period of indus- trial peace. The success of Connecticut and the success of the central govern ment at Washington are closely re- lated and inseparably bound, for the prosperity of our state depends upon the prosperity of our nation. We have reached time in our civilization when the noblest standards must be set up and sustained by those into whose hands Is placed the confidence of the people; and while we have stood braye- ly by the best traditions of our splendid career as a commonwealth, we are constantly warned-out of the very clements of human nature--to beware that carelessness, indifference, dis honesty and mystery in public life will rise to control, unless we are eternally vigilant eternally patriotic and always inspired by lasting love for the i'm mense liberties which have been hand ed down to our care; and which we as an upright people are bound to be- queath unsullied, as a legacy of our faith, to the comiresg generations in the forward march of peace in the United States.
 Tt took brave men to stand for the right in the American Revolution; it took brave men to stand for the right in our Civil war, and it takes brave men to-day to stand for all that history means to us, while we are enjoying the harvest of a century of human strug- ble. the signiflcance lof which is so well known to the people of our state, It takes brave men to stand for the right in this age of triumph and achieve ment. To-day, with all our liberty, we carry the heaviest responsibility that has ever rested upon manhood since the beginning of the world and our states men and educators, our politicians and public men cannot escape the respon- sibility without peril to themselves and to the people who honor them with their confidence. What is demanded in no very uncertain voice is integrity in public life,
 "The example of a straightforward character and a square deal set by President Roosevelt has permeated every home in our land, and a civic pride has awakened, which will no longer tolerate crime in high places, corruption in office and extravagance in the administration of affairs. The people vii punish every man who vio- lates the honor of the office to which he has been chosen, and no conspiracy can save him from their scorn.
 Eff our state Is to reach the full mea- sure of her possibilities, she must be sound at heart, and the government Is the heart Our laws must be made for and administered In the interests of all the people; and the people are entitled to a clean and faithful administration of their affairs-a government carried out on pure business priniples and managed with common sense. conduct ed with economy and dispatch, each year closing with a balance sheet that will not put the state to blush for her servants.
 'If l am elected to the office for which your nomination presents my name to the voters at the approaching election, I promise to be the governor of all the people, regardless of my political opinion or other affiliation or consideration, from the day I take office until the day I surrender my trust. I promise, so far is is in my power. to carry on the government of this state on business principles, to cut out un- necessary expenditures and to organ ize the government on such lines that will do away with the extrayaeance and all waste of time; to facilitate all legislation that is directed toward the common good in the industrial and ed- ucational advancement of Connecticut. cooperating with all men whose pur- pose Is right, and fighting with all my energy every man and every measure for the best welfare of our beloved state
 with this purpose steadily in view, for whatever outcome may result from the election, ad with sincere appre- citation,
 Gentleman, accept your nomina- tion."
 Senator Lake won the nomination for lieutenant governor by vote of $40 to 2S7.
 Theodore Bodenwein of New London. present secretary of state, was renom- mated, and Freeman F. Patton of Staf- ford Springs was the conventions choice for state treasurer, Judge Mar