The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
Lean Buckley JudsOn


Fairfield ..... IL
Windham -. IA
LitchfieId -. %
MiddleseX 80. 10
TOlland ...... 10
113 "a
Ga
McLean's maj. 40
The senators who voted for Nc
Lean:
Alsop, Bailey, Marsden. Woodruff,
Platt, Lounsbury, Bartlett, Peck,
Barnum, Brinsmade, Frisbie and
Leonard.
The senators who voted for Bulke-
ley:
Hooker, Fem, Dickerman, Parker,
Park, Judson, Hammond, Elliott, and
Wright.
The representatives from Fairfield
county who supported Mclean:
Reid of Bethel; Banks and Northrop
of Fairfield; Hatch of New Fairfield;
Johnson Of Newtown; Seymour of
Ridgef1eld; Peck of Stratford; Sher-
wood of Weston; Burr of Westport;
Olmstead of Wilton.
Fairfield county representatives who
voted for Buckley:
Williamson Of Darien; Coe of
Ridgefie1d; Stuart Of Sherman; Craw
ford Of Stratford; Haxford of SIAM
ford.
The caucus was convened by former
and the Speaker Of the House, Fred A.
Scott. was chosen presiding officer.
| Spectators were excluded from the
| hall of the House but allowed to re-.
main in the gallery Before the, eau
Gus convened it was generally admit
| ted by the Buckley men that their
| candidate was hopelessly beaten. 1t
was not until the last minute that it
| was decided to omit nominating
speeches. Senator Edward F. Hooker
hot 1o ot
| the request of Morgan G. Bulkeley to
present the latter's name. but he was
voted down.
If any real test vote was required
| to indicate the lineup of the members
it would have been furnished in the
Essex. whose presence was protested
on the ground that having been de-
| feated for nomination as representa-
| tive in a Republican caucus he ac-
cepted the nomination from the Demo-
cratic party and was therefore with
out the right to participate in the de-
| liberia tons of a party caucus.
| The motion to exclude him was
made by Representative Garde of
own behalf said he supposed he was
not to be hung without a hearing.
Then he explained that he, had accept
| ed the nomination from the Democrats
! because his Republican friends. almost
| 80 per cent. OF the fN6puU1lCaH vote
of his town. believed he had been de-
| prived of the nomination. by his own
party caucus because he was known
as Buckley man. He said in &C
cepting the nomination he did SO
without FORGETTING his rights as a Re-
| be published his attitude in the papers
| of his town which in effect was that
| if elected he would be always found
| in support of Republican principles.
| He said that he was member of the
Republican party since it's birth. cast
| his first vote for John G. Fremont
and had never voted anything but
Republican ticket since then. He said
| that no one could drive him out of
| the Republican party and no matter
what the action of the day was he
would still remain a Republican. He
referred to his having gone to war In
| defense of the principles of his party
and then said he would rest his case
| without asking for svmoathy; all that
| he asked for was Justice.
Judge Gilmore S. Banks of Fairfield,
| said he admired Mr. Hutchinson's
courage but. after all. the facts were
simple. He was defeated in the reg
ular Republican caucus. was then
nominated by the Democrats and was
| elected by the defeat of the Republi-
can nominee. eff I had bolted the
| Senatorial convention in which I was
+, candidate against Senator hudson"
| said Mr.. BANKS, SnOulQ nave Deon
| on exactly the same footing Mr..
| Hutchinson's name was on the Demo-
cratic ticket. and he is in the wrong
pew"
| Senator Judson of Stratford, pleaded
for Mr.. Hutchinson. saying that the
| trend Of the age is toward indepen-
dent voting and he thought the eau
Gus ought to be broad and generous
| enough to admit Uncle john 'Td
as soon question the right of the An
| gel Gabriel to a seat in Heaven as to
| question Uncle Johns right in a Re-
| publican caucus said Senator JUDD
son. I'm the words of the old hymn:
while the lamp holds out to burn the
erring sinner may return Let's adj
NIT him and then turn out the Light
| said Senator JudsOn.
The vote to exclude Hutchinson
stood 96 to 3d. number of the men,
bers not caring to vote either way.
4 In leaving the caucus Mr.. Hutchinson
can members would commit no act
during their service as legislators more
unkind than was involved in their
treatment Of him. He left the hall
with 81 thank you, gentlemen" Out
side the corridors the old civil war
veteran got rousing cheer and many
comments were heard to the effect
that the action would do the party
no good.
Then came the adoption of a reso-
luton providing for a roll call vote.
presented by Chandler of Rocky Hill
and with the carrying of the motion
to exclude nominating speeches the
caucus proceeded to the nomination
of a candidate with the result as told
above.
Absolutely no manifestation of en-
L thusiasm greeted the announcement OF
the result. Senator Fem. Buckley
man, moved that the vote be made
formal and unanimous. and this upon