Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-19
NOMINATIONS ARE
 GUT AND DRIED Republicans Have Side Tracked the Little Fellows Who Made
 Objections PAIGE BOSS OF THE BOOST United States Senator Bulkeley Has Been Relegated to a Seat Wi!h
 the Small Fry.

| NcW HdVeH, sept 1.-TWO state
 conventions of political parties will be ] held here to-day and tomorrow, both
 for the purpose of adopting a state
 platform and naming state ticket.
 The republicans will meet at the Fly
 perion theater, beginning at D. m.
 and Congressman George L. Lilley of
 Waterbury will preside. The only
 business to be transacted will be the
 naming of the various committees, ana the adjournment will be taken un- til tomorrow morning. The cOnven- ton probably will be featureless as the
 only contest for place on the ticket,
 that of lieutenant-governor, appears to
 have been settled in caucuses held
 throughout the state during the past
 two weeks. Senator Everett J. Lake
 of Hartford is the probable nominee,
 his only opponent being Frank Weeks
 Of MddletOwn, whose manager claims
 to have secured many votes from
 those who oppose Lake on the ground
 that he represents Senator Allan w.
 Paige, of Bridgeport, who is contest
 Ing with United States Senator Mor-
 gah c. Bulkeley for the party leader
 ship in the state. Mir Lake. however,
 claims that he will have more than n
 twO-thirds vote in the convention.
 Lieutenant Governor Rollin s. Wood
 ruff of New Haven will be nominated
 by exclamation for governor, and this procedure will probably follow in the presentation of the names of Freeman
 F. Patten of Strafford for state treas-
 urer. Senator Thomas D. Bradstreet of Thomaston for controller, Marcus IT. Holcomb of Southington for attorney general and of Theodore Bodenwein, of New London, for secretary of state, a renomination. There has been some talk that Mir Bodenwein would he op- posed by Fayette l.. Wright of POm- fret, who at various times In the past has been candidate for nomination for other state offices, but his support CTS appear to be few delegates from Holland county in and around his home town. As republican convention general transact business with great | despatch the naming of a ticket to- | morrow may occupy but few min l utes unless there Is an actual contest | for second place. The platform draft | already has been prepared. It gives emphatic endorsement of the admins tration of President Roosevelt. and deals almost entirely with national questions. Efforts have been made to | have some blanks handle state matters but the reply has been given that this is to be conducted upon lines laid down by the republican congress sional campaign committee as there Ire no state issues. It is anticipated
 hat the address of Temporary Chair nan Lilley also will be devoted to a discussion of national matters rather han of the state of the party within he state. In both instances the re- publican convention will be in marked contrast with that of the democrats ast week when the address of both ts temporary and permanent chair nen. and the platform were entirely discussion of state matters.
 The convention will also re-nomi- ate Mir Llley as representative nt arge. In view of the announcement hat he will be fought on the stump Y prominent labor leaders. it Is inter- sting to note the figures of his cleo Ions in two previous campaigns. , our years ago running against Hom- . r s. Cummings of Stamford Mir LII sy boiled S.l.6fisi votes against his op- onent's 10.5S9. plurality of 13,O77 , wo years ago in the great republican de of votes due to a presidential cleo on. Mfr Lilley boiled 10S.9lS against ! 5.2l2 socialists polled 4.247 votes for [ leir candidate. gain of about a per pnt over their vote of two years be- ,re. The socialists candidate this me is Burton n. Leavitt of Putnam.
 The first delegates to the convention lme in on the morning trains most of I lem with the intention of enjoinlng d
 two or three days holiday. the n oung Mems Republican club having b ranged for a shore outing on Friday r which the state ticket will be rati- n Fl. One incident of the republican A invention Is that r. z. Senator Bulk i, ey Is not a candidate to it unless he fl [ with proxy power.
 Te prohibit on convention will name
 ticket tomorrow probably with cx- ,eriR Matthew O'Brien as the guber- a ltoriaI candidate. Tonight the con 1, .ntion will organize and a number of ', dresses by temperance workers will ' given