The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
THAYER NOMINATED
 BY RECLAMATION
DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNVBy- TION VAS UNANIMOUS FOE
 NORWICH MAN.

O Oonsest OVer Naming State
 Iicket-rom Waller Pitches Into Re- publicans---Has n Word About AIIar
 Paige-No Bryan Boom--Candidaten
 All Nominated by AccIamation.
 Donahue of Derby to Run Against
 Lilley-ovatiOn for Heaton Robertson Colonel Osborn Defended.
 The democratic state convention to- day named the following ticket:
 For goVernor-Charles F. Thayer of Norwich. V
 For Lieutenant Governor John M. Ney of Hartford
 For Secretary of State-George Fors- ter of Rockville.
 For State Treasurer-H. s, Roberts of North Canaan.
 For State Comptroller Eugene B. Peck of Bridgeport.
 For Attorney General-Wnliam R. Stoddard of Milford.
 Representative-at-La " Charles Donahue of Derby.
 l The convention was tho quietest in many years, but enthusiastic. and its striking feature was a speech by ex- Governor Waller, the chairman. tn which with wit, humor, sarcasm ana in- lYective he arraigned the republican party.
 The party nominees will meet the heW state central committee at New 1aven next Monday, where carnnaign plans will be made. The com1ntttee to notify MT. Thayer of his nomination are Joseph T. Tanning of Norwich. A Heaton Robertson of New Haven Archibald McNeil, ST., of Bridgeport, I, J. Walsh of South Norwalk and Wil- liam Kennedy of Naugatuck.
 The delegates gathered slowly for the convention, because the committee on resolutions was late in adopting the draft of the platform prepared by the sun-commfttee. One of the other if1- teresting items of gossip was to the ef- Ieot that the new state central com mittee would invite Mir. Walsh to aea,np serve as chairman. In event of his dar- ilnation to serve MT. Thayer would ha asked to select chairman, followine. the precedent of 1900 when MT. Bronson was nominated for governor and Eharles F. Thayer, who was not on Ina committee was elected chairman. Be- fore the convention assembled ID. Roperts of North Canaan who was in- dorsed for state treasurer by the Litch- neld county caucus, withdrew in favor Iof MT. Baker of Ashford.
 When Secretary Thomas announcas 1 that ex-Goverlor Waller would be tha permanent chairman the convention broke into cheers, and when introduced the enthusiasm broke out again.
 MT. Waller made one of his charac- teristic delicious speeches. fin which he said:
 T have been to many conventions. but never to one where there has been so much reason, or where the delegates so well considered every word that was spoken, as this one, Now is the time to see who best can labor and best agree in the cause of the people. (Cheers.) This is the time to be together--the time to be in solemn compact to carry out that to which we all agree. (Cheers.l Those who read the Hartford Courant this morning might have thought that the committee on resolutions had a poll parrot sort of time-about such a time as the republicans have when Paige comes to run Hartford politics (I.augh- ter) l shan't say word against MT. Paige. He is the strongest, ablest and most honest republican in New Eng land" Cheers and laughter.)
 As soon as MT. Waller had finished his address he read the platform. He said:
 "The Hartford Courant is not in it for nodesty. l refer to this report of the resolution committee because want to say that the resolutions as turned down last night were not written by Colonel Osborn or by MT. Burr
 'The resolutions written by Colonel Osborn were not those in the Hartford Courant this morning. The resolutions to be submitted to you this morning are almost identical with those Colonel Osborn drew himself, and will be sub- mitted to the people in November.
 That moral republican party created I a ongressman-at-large because they could not gerrymander the state in any other way. We did not make that po- sition; the republicans did. The time is coming when that deiegate-at-Aarge chicken will come home to roost and on l (Continued on Eighth Page)