The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-07

to speak after the applause for Mir. Troup had subslded. He spoke of Mir. Lake as the next goyernor-to-be and the others present as officers soon-to- be referring with particular emphasis later to the presence of the state sena- tors. He said that the present state l senators have given Connecticut lreputation from which 1t can never re- cover He said that the republican party in New Haven has so many good men in it that 1t is hard to se- lect candidate for mayor. He ended 1 by saying that the party would be able to find a man of the highest type of citizenship to run and be elected.
 Senator Blakeslee was the final speaker of the afternoon. He said ! that the democrats have been very busy for the past two months in gt- ting their candidates for the various offices, but that the republicans will surely nominate men who will de- feat them, every man on the ticket. < He agreed with MT Troup that in a municipal election there should be no division on party lines and that in local matters men should be chosen for themselves alone.
 Immediately after the banquet Lieu tenant Governor Lake, on behalf of members of the club, presented Depu- | ty Revenue Collection Frederick W. Orr with a horseshoe of diamonds. In making the presentation MT. Lake spoke of MT Orr's long and valuable services to the republican party in the city and state, and said that the gift was {, mark of the regard in which he was held, a regard which he and the other state officials concurred in.
 Mr. Lake explained that the reason he did not make the presentation dur ing the dinner while he was speaking was that it was not a custom of the club to make presentations to- pros pectlve candidates at banquet of the kind while others who might be can didates were present
 MT. Orr in thanking MT. Lake and the others for the gift made strong plea for cleaner politics. He said that in all cases the office should seek the man and the efficiency to hold the of flee should be considered q higher Qualification than the fact that man was possessed of wealth.
 He paid a tribute to Colonel Isaac M. Ullman and the work that that man has accomplished for the repuo-
 lican party in New Haven and for
 the city itself He said that he would
 continue to work for the party in the
 future as he had in the past.
 At the speakers table at the dinner
 were seated: Gen. George Hare Ford
 George B. Martin, James A. Howarth,
 Col. Isaac M. Ullman, Lieutenant Gov ernor E. J. Lake, Seymour M. Judd Judge l.. w. Cleavelard, Treasurer F
 F. Patten, Congressman N. D, Sperry
 Senators H. A. Middleton, Ralph M : Grant, A. NJ. Shepard, Thomas Spell acy, D. A. Blakeslee, and F. L. Homan Alexander Troup, M. E. Chatfield, Her bert R. Wood, V. s. Marshal, Edson S l Bishop. Frank B. Weeks, Frederick A Betts and John A. Hull.
 l The committee of arrangements was l Col. Theodore Macdonald, Franl Shay, John Allen John 0. Johnson ant Samuel E. Hoyt,
 Among those of state prominence wh : attended and who did not live in tn t city beside those already mentioned f were Railroad Commissioner Andrew Y
 Gates of Hartford, ex-Mayor F. F Weeks of Middietown. Representativ Allerton of Middlebury, Deputy Dair,
 Commissioner Robert o, Eaton Q lu North Haven, Dairy Commissioner No bes, Cattle Commissioner General F N w. Averill, H. Wales Lines of Meri \ den, John w. Coe of Meriden, ex-Rer ! resentative Theophilus Eaton of Mort < Haven, County Commissioners Jaco \ Walter of Cheshire, E. Fcote Thonlp ! son of East Haven, and Col. Jame | ceddcs of Waterbury. Highway Com ! missioner James Macdonald was als \ present,