The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-08
Nomination is Opposed Only by Mayor Fisher,
 Who Offers Name of George Gum Without His Consent
ZaIm0n G0odseII is Nominated For Secretary of State--T. H. Russell For Attorney
 General
Platform FaVOng Direct Primaries Public Utilities and Other
 Important Legislation is Unanimously Adopted

today nominated its State ticket as
 follows:
 Governor-Judge Simeon E. Bald
 win of New Haven.
 Lieutenant Governor-Andrew J.
 Broughe, Jr.. of Hartford. Secretary of StaGe-ZaImon Good
 sell of Bridgeport.
 Treasurer-E. Kent Hubbard, <Jr., of MiddIetown.
 ComptroIIer-John M. Brady of New Britain.
 Attorney GenefaI-TaIcot IT. Rus sell, of New Haven.
 Congressman-at- Large George F.
 IngersoII, of Rfdgeffeld. There were no contests.
 New Haven, Seut. 8.-Judge Simeon
 E. Baldwin of New Haven, professor
 in Yale Law school, was the unani-
 nous choice of the Democratic con-
 vention for Governor today. He was
 placed in nomination by Dean Rog-
 CTS of the Yale Law school.
 Mayor Buckingham of Bridgeport
 seconded Ba1dwin's name. The unex-
 pected happened when Mayor Fisher
 presented for Governor the name of George M. Gum of Milford. Judge w.
 D. Stoddard of the Milford delegation
 and Ex-Senator Jerry Donovan of
 South Norwalk protested thatN Gum
 had refused to permit the use of his
 name. They asked as friends of Gum if he had requested Fisher to present his name. Fisher could not
 say that Gum had asked him to do so.
 Immediately Senator Kennedy of Naugatuck moved to nominate Bald win by exclamation, but Fisher re- fused to withdraw the Milford mans
 name
 It was then passed to suspend the rules and the convention was asked to nominate Baldwin by exclamation. Mayor Fisher and six others voted in the negative.
 Ex-Mayor Sullivan of Hartford at | tempted to persuade Fisher to move l to make the nomination of Baldwin unanimous for the sake of harmony.
 Fisher refused and nearly convulsed ] the convention by announcing that Sullivan had threatened to fix him | if he did not make the motion. Sul- | livan took to the platform on the in stant and the lie passed between the
 two men. Sullivan was hissed. Fish
 CT finally refused for the third time l to support Baldwin and after the ayes and Fishers lone ffNo'' were heard, Baldwin was declared by the chair vention.
 Dean Rogers said in part:
 'tThe man I shall name to you Is man of national and international re- putation and will, if chosen to the 1 office, be the attorney for the people | in all matters that come officially be-
 way with the sinterests' The inter | ests' do not own him and they can l not get a mortgage on him. We ought | to have and We are going to have in | this state a public service commission and the man I shall name to this convention will not be dictated by any interests but will appoint to the l commission men who will discharge 1 their duties honestly and justly and for the protection of the common | wealth.
 disgusted at the reception of his fight against Baldwin that he left the con- vention hall for Middletown irnmedi- l ately after New Haven jurist was nominated.
 Denying that the Danbury matters ! were opposed to Judge Ba1dwin,s can | didacy, Connolly of Danbury said that the matters would actively support the jurist in his race.
 Judge Baldwin was escorted to the l convention hall and in his speech of acceptance said:
 '"This is the first time for nearly l eighteen years that I have had an opportunity to speak my mind at a | political gathering. We have the good old-fashioned notion in Connec- 1 ticut that judge should keep out of politics and while on the bench 1t was enQeaVOE to lOllOW Indl 1u40
 and content myself with casting a
 silent vote EsIt is,I believe, the hour of oppor- | tunity for the Democratic Party, the | country over. The people are tired | of the Republican party-tired of it's | sweet content with living on the can ned reputation of what it was half a l century ago. Connecticut is by rights, according to her real interests, a Democratic state.
 s"The Democratic party stands for 1 public economy. Above all things | the Democratic party stands and has | always stood for granting no special 1 favors to special interests 1 One of the interesting moments Of 1 the convention was when Mayor Buck 1 ingham rose to nominate Judge Bald | win. He was greeted with a com 1 plete ovation by the great assemblage 1 of delegates and spectators in Music Hall and it was some minutes before he could continue his speech. His re- | marks were brief, but concise and
 were highly complimentary to the l famous jurist whose nomination was about to be accomplished. The nomination of Zalnon Goodsell | of Bridgeport to be secretary of State was greeted with applause especially l by the older delegates from Fairfield 1 and Litchfie1d counties who remem- l bered when Mir Goodsen was a work CT in the harness and a large contri- butor to the welfare of his party in 1 Bridge and in the state