The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
TAX COLLECTOR DONNELLY
 IS NOMINATED FOR MAYOR
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 Again MT. Wilson implored tho spectators to refrain from showing their feelings.
 ask yeu,i my friends" he plead ed, .toS consid erts this matter d1spas- sipnHfeIy. Let -lps ssdo our duty a: Democrats; let us give the nomina- tion to this strong and honest ano faithful servant
 We have in this state a corrupt practices act.y said MT. Wilson, first that he had to say. You are mot all familiar with it. It is the business of your public servants to know and j. to obey the criminal law. The mayor says publicly and that's the reason why I feel at liberty to say so that if he had done the thing that he was asked to do. he would have been felon in the eyes of the law.
 -.I ask you to think over the course the mayor has taken. He has been had no opportunity to be heard be- fore the delegates. Think of 1t, gen tlemen your Democratic mayor has never been given the chance of talk ing to the delegates in conference What course has the honest man un- der these circumstances. He had no course but to, come to --yaus and say, gentlemen, I lay this nlaN err before
 Don't forget. gentlemen" con ll0ueQ In6 Spedh6I.A. lActl tliic lo .e great party. This is the second city in the state. This is a party that should stand where progressive Dem ocrats are standing in other parts or the nation and in other parts of Con- necticut; a party that should not for steward of a property from the GUS sos son 0 of that psaey Without sgeeeding .ly serious reasons,
 s'It is a collective matter, gentle men. I am not interested very much s in Mayor Buckingham as an individ- ual. but I am interested in the well being of the Democratic party. It is not for Mayor Buckingham's sake that he should be given the unani- nous renomination tonight but for the sake of the party.
 Mir. Wilson said he realized the futifity of talking to men whose minds are made pps but he declared .eInphatfcally thAt he was speaking from the strength of his convictions. in his pocket t-nothing else. Your Judgment and your conscience. and nothing else," said he .should guide Sou.
 The storm of applause that arose after the speech was almost equally as tltunderous as that which followed the first mention of Mayor Bucking- 6sgfsfF 6ssSis n tsonded ss0fge rge Buckingham nomination in strong terms.
 The convention was called to order ed the gathering. and the roll call showed that there were two delegates represented by proxy, Henry Lang hammer of the first by Charities Com missioner Somers and Martin Quinlan Of the Ninth by Lynn ". Wilson, derman, was the unanimous choice for chairman. and for secretary there was no contest when the name of James Falvey was presented.
 The first name presented for the mayoralty was that of Collector John Y M. Dounelly, Charles A. Laufer of the Sixth merely presented the name, and a short lived round of applause fol- lowed. In tho seconding speech Att torney R. G. DeForest, alderman from the Fourth, spoke at greater length, but his oratory didn't arouse much en- :. thusiasm.
 speech. in which the real condition of the convention was disclosed to the hundreds who gathered around to witness the proceedings and watch the votes of the men they expected to voice their sentiments.
 In.~secondfng the Donnelly nomina-
 
 said:
 x It gives me great pleasure, and I deem it a, privilege, to rise in this Convention to second the nomination Nof John M Donnelly.
 It goes without saying that the man Ayho is elected to occupy. the high pO- sitiol and place of NRyor of our city, must possess and be endowed with certain qualities of mind and charac- ter
 It goes without saying shat such a man must first of all be a man in every sense of the world clean man.
 Clean in the ordinary pursuits and walk of life, and clean in all civic activities
 It stands to reason. that such a man z must. be a, man of ability, and a man with complete knowledge of the carrying on of the affairs of city fife. It calls for a man of independence of thought and action
 It chIls for man of absolute hon estvs and integrity.
 .e. It calls for a man who has in abund- aEea that sterling quality known in common phraseelogy as eetermina- ''s a.ds a asat,Sss lion. isa-~ee<eisi.e-esss.st fer. -saela--as mar, ! 1;asR who possesses all the qualities frAf have just enumerated, say the hand of. all good men and citizens point. to ne accord to one man, and ore man only. and gentlemen, that man in my truthful judgment is John NJ. Donnelly.
 say he Is clean man, clean in < tho home. and clean in all civic, life. I say be is a man of gnqfIestion ability, .possessing an eminent knowi- edgt bfkl he3 Hanf,er5 sof carrying on municipal business derived from many years experience as q public servant in the offices Of Alderman. Tax Col iector and State Senator.
 And I challenge any man to point to any official act while in those ca paeities on the part Of our candidate, which Is open to any honest criti- cism.
 say he is man of independence of thought and action. as evidenced by leyerR9 actiof hisidone while. holding any public office.
 II say he is a man of absolute hon. esty and integrity, can anybody ques- fion that statement?
 So say he has served the city and the State in the past in positions of trust for many years, efficiently and well, endorsed in the conduct of his office by the people and the press, and so say that if on the day of cleo tion the people of our city see fit to put in the Mayors chair this man our candidate, they will have done themselves and our municipality full credit in every sense of the word
 George M. Coughlin offered for re- nomination the present city clerk, Stephen F. Boucher. who he said was