The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-26

ation, given both as a member of the council and as one of the committee which is now enga ged in Investigating l into this important question.
 | Unquestionably. however. the dra- | matic feature of the convention was
 the nomination of Boucher by the head | of the delegation sent to the conven- | ton to favor Gi1l. There was some l thing about this act of spontaneous l self abnegation on the part of MT. Gill l and something about the frank, and wholesome reception of it on MT BOucher'S part that captured the imag- ination and made Democrats and Re publicans alike feel that where prin- ciples are involved Democrats can and will lay aside all matters in which only personal fortunes are involved. -s | The platform, which was read by Delegate C'Hara. chairman of the com n1ittee on resolutions, is straightfor- ward, fearless instrument. It pledges the party and it's candidates to a con- tinued adherence to uncompleted re-
 forms, it promises good streets. tax re- form, investigation Of electric light
 works to obtain lower rates for aii
 consumers, and demands the city for
 the people. It 4denounces the practice
 of amending the charter law of the
 city without the consent of the free
 men, and indicates the pernicious fea-
 lures of the Permanent Paving Com
 mission, which lis declared to be polit7
 ical in origin, political through it's
 chairman, political in purpose and evil
 in it's results.
 But it was less the platform than
 the speech of MT. Buckingham that
 sent people home believing that the
 Democratic party is determined to
 have a municipal government conduct
 ed for and responsible to the people.
 No mere collection of non-comnittal
 words was this speech, but a straight
 frpm the shoulder declaration of prin-
 cIples and purposes.
 Especially forcefuI was MT. Bucking-
 ham as he declared all those assertions
 islanders in which it had been said
 that, in order to obtain the nomination
 for Mayor, he was pledged to give cer-
 tain offices to certain persons Strong was his disclaimer of the islander. Con-
 vincing his declaration that the only pledges he has made is to do his best to carry out the promises in the Dem ocratic platform and to serve the whole people if he is elected.
 Town Chairman Michael A. Kenny called the convention to order and asked for nominations for chairman Of the convention: William F. Russell nominated Frederick c. Mullins of the Ninth district as chairman of the con vention. John J.' Morrissey nominated John McGuinness, IS secretary. The warning for the meeting was read and the roll called. The only proxy in the l.. y of the Twelfth. by W. T. Mullins.
 William F. Russell moved that the chairman appoint committee of three on resolutions and platform. Attorney George A. Mara, of the Twelfth, John A. Hurley, of the First. and Simon Reynolds, were appointed. The com mittee retired. Its report was later delivered with splendid effect by At torney Mara who reused the convent ion to a high state of enthusiasm. The f~11 applause. On the moticn of Alderman John N. Near, of the Fourth district the riatform waa adopted unani- 
 The name of Edward T. Rucking. ham, for mayor was placed before the convention by Alderman John M. Grif- fin, who headed the delegation from the Sixth district. in which MT. Buck ingham has resided since he was a small boy. MT. Griffin has been in the common council for six years and no one knows the candidate for mayor any better than he. He said in part:
 T rise to place before you the name or a young man for the nomination or mayor whose name you all know, a man from our own district who needs no introduction to any of us here, ! much less an introduction to the gen eral public whom he has served for the rast eight years. I am not going to take time in telling you of all of h1s virtues and good qualities. but I want to state that it is a great pleas Ure and an honor for me to stand in | this convention tonight and place in | nomination for thej suffrage of the | people of, the city of Bridgeport. the | name of Edward T. Buckin gham for | mayor
 Attorney Edward F. Halen. who l seconded the nomination from the Fifth district. spoke at length and i stirred the soc people present so that 1 the peals of applause lasted for sev- eral minutes. He said: