The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-13
MAYOR HALL0RAN OUT FOR CONGRESS- Friends Have Formed Asso- citation to Further His
 Candidacy FORMAL STATEMENT IS ISSUED Enthusiastic Meeting Held at Which Mayor Was Ad- vised to Throw His "Hat Into the Ring'' Officers Elected.
FORMAL STATEMENT IS ISSUED


 A number of friends of Major J. M. Halloran met last evening to con- .sider the advisability of his entering the race for the Democratic non1ina tion for congress from the new first district this fall The subject was thoroughly discussed in all it's phases and after debating the matter it was decided to advise the present mayor to
 throw his hat into the ring and
 to make an attempt to gain the Dem ocratic nomination at the coming first district convention. The field is already well filled with. candidates but the politicians present were of the opinion that their candidate could win if his campaign was properly man. aged.
 < Tn the preliminary arguments the conditions in the new field were thor oughly gone over. Owing to the re- appointment of the congressional dis tricts the field of the first district has been considerably changed. It now includes New Britain. Hartford and
 Bristol and cities running as far south as Huntsville and as far north as Thompsonville, east to the Connectl- cut river and west through Unionville. It is felt that Mayor Hallorsn is par ticularly strong through the smaller towns to the west and in his native
 city If the recent convention at Bridgeport is to be taken as a barpm- eter his chances for the nomination are very good as he was elected a del- egate to the national convention from
 this district by delegates who will
 probably be the same in the major
 ity of cases this fall.
 It is a well known fact that there are three candidates in the field, Au-
 gustus Lonergan of Hartford and Ex-
 Mayor Geo. M. Landers of this city making LID the list. MT. Landers has
 not officially announced his candidacy
 as yet, but MT. Lonergan is officially in the field.
 Following the discussion Mayor Hal loran made public the following state
 nient:
 have refrained from comment on the use of my name in connection with the nomination on the Democratic ticket for congress from the new first district. decided on that course some time ago, preferring to await developments at the national conven- ton of the Democratic party at Ball. timore was in favor Of a progress sive candidate for the office of presi- dent. Tn view of the favorable action of the Baltimore convention I consult ed friends in regard to my candidacy. Being assured of enthusiastic support
 
 most every other town in the district I. have decided to become candida ate for the nomination of represents to congress on the Democratic ticket Two years ago I was approached and requested by some of the local dele gates to allow my name to be pre-
 scented to the congressional conven- ton. I agreed to accept the nomina- tion at that time but upon receiving information that another candidate would be presented I immediately withdrew my name in order that the
 action of the convention might be unanimous. then accepted the nomination for the office of state sem ator so that my vote might De re- corded in favor of the various meas ures in which was interested and ad- vocated during the campaign four years ago.
 ! With other measures favored was 3 direct primary act and am now per- l fectly willing to have the congresslon- al nomination decided in this manner. la ASSOCIATION FORMED. The gentlemen then immediately proceeded to form the J. M. Hailoran | Congressional association to further | the interests of their candidate for congress. The following officers were elected: Chairman, T. J. Smith; sec Iretary, J. Vance and treasurer Patrick 1 McCabe. The members are merely an organi- zation of friends who will do their best 1 in the interests of their candidate and not interfere whatsoever with the Democratic town committee which will probably endorse Mayor Halloran as a candidate.
 l The mayor has been very successful since he entered politics. He served l three terms as councilman from the fifth ward beginning in 1903. He then resigned to become alderman from the fifth. On April 15, 1910, he was elect ed mayor and re-elected for the sec 1 ond term last spring. In addition 10 1 this he was elected as slate senator and a. delegateato to the national conven- l tion at Baltimore. In all of his elec- tionsi he has been the only Democrat on the ticket elected.