The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-02
Democracy of Connecticut Pledged to Baldwin; Attempt to Make Clark 2nd
 Choice Fails; Cummings Reelected

mantle was named by Mr. Fenton of Willimantic.
 Representing the caucus of the Third district MT. Downey of Wall lnford named Louis E. Stoddard of New Haven and Edwin S. Thomas of Orange.
 In naming Senator McNeil for the Fourth district Alderman DeForest said:
 l rise to nominate as a candidate TOT the nigh honor of delegate to go our rom this county, to the Balti- more Convention, a young man whom the citizens of Bridgeport, the second city Tn this state, and soon to be the nrst, are proud to number among it's most conspicuous members.
 The gentleman I am about to name comes or good old Democratic stock, he himself has served the people with signal success and achievement and his father before him was an example to his zeal
 He is a young man, and it is not out of place we deem it at this time which to all of us seems to surely be a period of regeneration, and the dawn and birth of better things for us all, that we should send out to Baltimore with our message of hope and enlightenment such an envoy.
 We have watched with pride the rise and career of this young man
 
 course, 1t has always been true and clear.
 think you will agree with me that whenever the hand of malice has been raised against Simeon B. Bald win our governor, whom we all love and revere, that the voice in support or our senator from this district has been the first that was heard in rally and defiance of his unjust accusers.
 l have the extreme pleasure of nominating such a man as delegate to the Baltimore Convention. This young man is a man in whom we nave the greatest confidence, that no matter who the candidate for the highest office in the land may be. come from where he will, be he who he may, we feel confident that this delegate will SC and convey by his actions and words the message of Connecticut of peace, unity and con- cord that brings victory when all else fails. I nominate as delegate from this County the Hon. Archibald Mo- Neil of Bridgeport.
 Nominating Former Mayor Kerr of Danbury, Homer Cummings called him one of the most sterling of Con-
 pr. Sedgwick named Senator James F. Meara of Torrington, who he said had made a Republican majority of l .6O0 Democratic. majority of 200, and he also presented the name of Former Representative and Mayor William E. Th0....S-ef Waterbury.
 Then National Committeeman Cum, mings introduced the blanket ballot bearing the names of the four dele gates-at-large. he said:
 T am very happy to have the op- portunity to stand here to tell the delegates of this convention some good news. It is an open secret that there have been certain differences in this convention growing out of the choice of certain candidates for dele gates-at-large and delegates in oth- CT districts. am about to introduce resolution naming all four of the proposed delegates-at-large. These four men represent their various dis tricts and am happy to say that so far as I am aware there is no op- position anywhere in any part of the state to the nomination of any one of these men. The resolution therefore which I am abou. to introduce is ap- proved by the delegation from New Haven; it is approved by the confer
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