Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-12
nized. MT Roberts on being rec ognized withdrew his name.

nized. MT Roberts on being rec
 ognized withdrew his name.
 l c. B. Montgomery, who nominated
 Mir Baker, then said: MT Baker has
 come to me and asked that the nomi-
 nee from Litchfield be supported. l,
 therefore, withdraw the name of Mir
 Baker in favor of MT Roberts. The
 latter was then nominated unant-
 mously for treasurer
 l Judge Robertson of New Haven
 nominated William B. Stoddard of
 Milford for attorney general. His
 nomination was carried by acclama- tion.
 For representative at large Attor-
 ney William Kennedy of Naugatuck
 nominated Charles J. Donahue of
 Derby. The choice was by acclama-
 tion.
 John J. Kullinas of Bridgeport
 presented Eugene B. Peck of Bridge
 port for state comptroller. The choice
 was unanimous.
 Delegate Kennedy then moved
 that a committee of five be appointed
 to inform Candidate Thayer and the
 others of the nominations which were
 made. The motion was passed. l e. B. Montgomery then asked that Chairman Walsh of the state central committee be thanked and be re- i placed as chairman. There was a sound of protest as several delegates
 arose. At this point Chairman Wall
 Ter replied to question of dele | gate as to who has the floor by say-
 ing: "The chairman has the floor. :" The chair recognized motion to ex- tend the thanks of the convention to MT Walsh. At this point a delegate | rose to ask that the convention en- \ dorse Bryan, but motion to adjourn prevailed and a round of cheers for l the ticket and the platform ended the convection.
 The following is the ticket which was nominated:
 For Governor-Charles F. Thayer
 of Norwich.
 For Lieutenant Governor-John
 M. Ney of Hartford.
 For Representative at Large Charles F. Donahue of Derby. For Attorney General-William B. Stoddard of Milford.
 For State Comptroller-William B.
 Peck of Bridgeport.
 For State Treasurer-E. F. Rob-
 erts of North Canaan.
 For Secretary of State-George Forester of Rockville.
 Was Long Task. Hartford, Conn, Sept 12.-To build a platform upon which Mayor Charles F. Thayer, of Norwich. a radical advocate of municipal owner ship, could stand as the nominee of the democratic party of Connecticut, for governor, and yet contain only state issue blanks without mention ing William Jennings Bryan as a presidential candidate or making more than passing reference to mu- nicipal ownership proved nearly an all-night task for the subcommittee of the committee on resolutions of the democratic state convention which began its sessions last night. The platform which had been pre- pared by MT Thayer's personal rep resentative, Charles w. Comstock. of Norwich, was demolished at mid night on the ground that there was waste of words. and the mild terms of the party's demands made the blanks meaningless. Ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller, of New London. who had seen the draft of the plat form began to criticise the first para graph and before the last one was reached the matter had passed out of the hands of tue committee of the whole into the care of a sub- <committee of which Mir Waller was chairman. This made the first in- cident of note at the convention and was taken by many to forecast lively session to-day. The party leaders. however. declared that the matter would be threshed out in the mittee. To the delegate body early to-day the rejection of the plat form was looked upon as a partial confirmation of an old report that Mir Thayer would not accept the nom- ination for governor if the platform failed to recognize some of the prin- ciples which he has long advocated. and which in the instance of munich pal lighting in his home city he had tried to put into practice during his long term as mayor. But 1t was stat ed with authority that Mayor Thayer would abide by the judgment of the convention. Uncertainty as to the reception which would be given the platform submitted by the resolu- tions committee put an end to much of the ticket building during the night. and when the convention re- stunned It's session the only candidates in sight appeared to be those endors- ed by individual county caucuses. It is many years since there was such a quiet preliminary session of demo- cratic state convention as that of last night, or when candidates for office came forward So reluctantly. Provided the matter of a platform did not provoke debate on the floor the prospects were for brief ses- sion and little speech making.
 Donohue On the Hifty-Eighth.