The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-20
HOW NEW LONDON
GOT CONVENTION
Delegation Worked Increasingly
and Showed That 1t Was
the Right Place.

The centre OF popularity among the
han. Senator from the Eighteenth Dis
tr!ct of Connecticut to the General AS
sembly. and Mayor OF the city OF New
London. Senator-Afayor Mahan headed
a delegation of six city Aldermen from
his own city. as many more represen-
tative business men. and fully a dozen
other well-known and prominent men
from Hartford, New Haven, New Brit
ain, all busting cities of Connecticut
It is considered somewhat of an
, achievement for New London to cap
ture as important a convention as the
/ Waterways Association, and the ma
iority OF the delegates present were
not q BIT backward in Offering their
congratulations. New London's rep
resentatives have been a busy lot of
men. and the results OF their work Is
now shown. According to Mayor Ma
! hans own statement. 1t was not until
a week or two before the convention
that actual work OF sending a delega-
tton with the express purpose OF bring
ing back next years session was de-
cided upon. But with New London's
executive. who is accustomed to doing
things and getting results. 1t was but
to carry out we'll defined plan Add
ed to this Is the we'll known dynamic
force Of the man, backed up by hust-
lers and boosters of the deepest die.
all that was necessary to accomplish
the desired result.
Room llS at the Jefferson Hotel was
the busiest place in seven counties all
throughout the convention Like a
general directing the movements or an
| army, tho chief executive from the Nut
meg State sat and directed his lieu
| tenants. ever and anon doing his own
level best to win over n convert to his
way OF thinking. In the corridors of
the hotel. in the convention hall or in
the committee room. the visitors from
the North were always on their Jobs.
no. emitting one unimportant detail
to accomplish what they set out TO do.
1t was an admirably conceived cam
paign and admirably carried out. Mayor
Mahan and delegation are a delighted
set OF men, and everybody else is
pleased for their sake, for Connecticut
Is popular constituency of the water
ways people
But aside from the earnest and pains
taking work of the Connecticut dele
cation. there was an interested com
pliance among practically all the of.
B
that New England would be an eX.
ccllent place for next years oonven
ton, and New London an ideal city. II
is the plan to alternate between the
various sections of the country, and
the 1919 convention will naturally go
to Southern city, possibly Jackson.
Vile.
lndefatigable in their efforts TO Sc,
cure the next convention for New Lon
don were f. II. Warner, Oliver Glider
sleeve. William FL. Caldwell and f. V
Chappell, all members of the Connect
cut waterways commission. The com.
plete list oil tho Connecticut delegation
follows:
Mayer b. +. Mahan. Aldermen A. t.
Miner, C. C. Perkins. C. II. Thompson,
T. e. Donohue. Richard Brockett and
Elmer L. Kenerson. all OF New London;
, Commissioners Gildersleeve, OF Middle
| town; Caldwell. of New Britain: War
ner, of Hartford. and Chappell, OF New
London: r. r. Durant. E. 7. Atwater OF
New Haven. and the following repre-
sentative business men OF New Lon
| don: Ex-Mayor NJ Wilson Dart. Goo.
II, Thomas. Or, j. u. Underhnl. John
Humphrey, A. B. Parrish and Walter r.
! Denison.