The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-20

Sidney E.. Hawley of Brookfeld for Is years incumbent of the office of Sheriff of Fairfield county was today renominated by the county convention of snis party held at Republican head quarters this city. William P. Bailey of Bethel, state auditor and former state senator, was opposed to Hawley and received 12 of the 66 votes cast the remaining 54 going to the Brook field man.
 Leo Davis of NorwalIz, who voted for Bailey and who in an address to the convention declared that many of the delegates present knew that if Hawley was nominated there were hundreds of Republicans Tn FalrqeLo : moved to make the nomination unani- nous and asked all present to unite
 in securing the election of the non1-
 This was nearly done-that is the making the vote unanimous-for when the chairman called for the ayes and
 one lone delegate near the center oh the hall voted ''No.''
 Stiles Judson nominated SherlfL Hawley in what Republicans Wou!a call a fine talk praising him for his administration of the duties of his office particularly during the times of public disorder. f.He said ne knew whereof he spoke in stating that mere
 secure such a hearty endorsement from the judges of the civil and cr1m-
 inal courts as Sidney B: Hawley. lie
 said that speaking as states attorney
 ii would be public catastrophe II
 the electors of Fairfield county failed
 to return Hawley to office and cioseo bv quoting the familiar scriptural passage about the true and ta1thful
 servant who for 16 years has mea-
 sured up in the performance or ms
 official tasks to the hlghest stahddro
 of public duty.
 TIe chairman called for other nom
 nations after the applause Wh1ch greeted Judson's naming of HaWley had subsided. There was no response for a spell and then the chair inquired
 if it was the desire of the convention to name Haw1ey by exclamation Inls
 brought delegate Howard Judd or
 Bethel to his feet with the declaratlon
 that he had a candidate to present.
 He had a written speech from which
 he read that referred to naming for
 office men who had not been tried as leaders and found wanting and refer-
 ing to his candidate as a man Wn9
 had filled the office of selectrnan and
 state senator and who had never known defeat nominated William F.
 Railev of Bethel. The scant applause which followed clearly indicated that Hawley was the popular choice or the Leo Davis of Norwalk was very much in earnest when he turned to talk to the delegates. He said in part: 'eWe need today the strongest men we can get for our ticket I do not tn1nk a majority Or the uelSSdISS 11CAS
 believe that Sidney E. Hawley is the strongest man we can name Tor sher- if. of this convention whoever he may be, but I tell you that if your nominee is Sidney B. Hawley there are hundreds of Republicans in Fairfield county who will not stand by him election day. Fully 25 per cent. of the delegates here are deputy sheriffs or their represen- tatives My choice for this nomIna- ID Tt1nT7 T1- slider a. stronger candidate than Sidney
 tsTo speak frankly, I came here pre-
 pared to say some things about H. the realize from the nature of the applause that Hawley will probably be the choice of the convention. therefore as a loyal party man | do not want to say these things and give the Demo cratic press ammunition, but I re1ter- ale what I have already said that in my judgment Hawley is a weak can didate and this is a year when the party can win only by selecting the strongest candidates possible
 Attorney George E. Hill of this city seconded the nomination of Sheriff Hawley, praising him for the charac- ter and ability of the deputies which he had selected and proclain1ing his conduct of the office most admirable and efficient in every way.
 Attorney Michael Kenealy of Stam- ford, chairman of the Republican State Central committee. announced that the best interests of the Republican party in the county and State demanded the
 renomination of Sheriff Hawley lie said that Sheriff Eawley would be re- turned to office, for the great mass of the people recognized and appreciat-
 ed merit in the office of sheriff. He declared that speaking with authority and knowing well that his remarks would be quoted by the press, the judges of the Superior court and the , judges of the Supreme Court of Errors warmly en6arsed the administration Of