The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
BULL MOOSE
 NAME DOCTOR
 AND UNDERTAKER
Progressiyes Prepare For Obse- quies of c. O. P.-LiveIy Convention Fails to Name City Ticket

I
 1 Realizing that the funeral of the
 Republican party is close at hand, the
 Bull Moose of this city last night
 nominated a doctor and an undertaken
 for representatives. As in the old vaudeville joke the Grand Old Party is at deaths door so the doctor will push it through. The undertaken in
 his solemn garb of black will look sol enn and walk on tiptoe as the re-
 mains of the Republican organization are ushered into oblivion next month. The choir will now sing that famous Yale dirge, More Work for the Un- dertaEer.''
 Ernest OrtIepp, funeral director. formerly identified prominently with
 the Republican party and a candidate
 for town clerk on the Republican tick ct 1ast-year, and Dr. Charles P. Cip- pola, a well known Italian pharma- cist and physician, were nominated by the local Bull Moose as candidates for
 the state house of representatives last
 night, The Progressives also nom ate, Romeo w. Miller from the 21st senatorial district. Attorney Henry B. stoddard from the 22nd and H. c. EHreShOur from the 23rd.
 There was sudden and unexpected
 twist of sentiment with regard to
 complete city ticket. and after quite voted to abandon the idea, of running full city ticket. When the matter
 of a city ticket was reached a motion
 was made to nominate candidates for the Board of Education and the Board of Se1ectmen and to allow each dis ] trfct to decide as to whether it want ed an a1dermanic candidate. After a good deal of debating this motion was carried, 50 to 3S. Then recess was taken to allow the convention to eau GUS on nominees for the Board of Education and the Board of Select
 ment.
 When the convention was called to left the hall, W. w Collins moved that the former action of the eonven- ton be reconsidered. He went on to point out what in his mind made it unwise for the party to put com pIete city ticket in the field. The fight thus being reopened there was more debate and finally when the vote was put to reconsider the question it carried. When the convention voted again on the original motion it was voted. after more discussion. to abandon the plan of a city ticket The last vote wcs s to 25.
 The convention was marked by the absolute unpreparedness of the del eSates and the absence of a, program of any kind Every action taken was left to the floor and consequently there was 8 great deal Of amateurish work without knowledge as to whether they would accept the non1inaton or not and result of this there were any mum Der of decl1nat1onS. These names were put before the convention as candidates for representatives, but ev- cry one declined, some having to even tsbeg off" Judge F. P. Nobbs John A. Rusling. Jr., Bert E. Barnes, John Taylor, Fred w Towne, Edward D. Rock, Fred Ritehel, Horace H. Jack son, Noble E. Vincent, John A. Spaf- ford, John Johnson, George E. South worth, Charles Kirkhafn and James P Devlin.
 Nomina tions were running so wild things began to look 8. good deal like a farce and A. V. Hartley, former al- 1 derman, said as much, in speech in which he urged that one nominate 1 a person unless it be known that that l person would accept the nomination i An attempt then made to close the nominations but the convention 1 voted that proposition down. H. E. | Violet's name was then offered and | finally the convention had three names l before it, MT Ort1epp, MT. CipoILa. | and Mir. Violet. The vote was 90 for l OrtIepp 65 for Cipolla and IT for Vio- i let.
 Mir Ortlepp made a brief speech of l aceetance in which he stated that it l was very apparent that the convention | did not have any fixed slate and that l the contest was near the direct primaries as anything could be. He said he would work hard as any one could for to carry out the prin- l principles of the Progressive party, if elected.
 Dr. Cipolla was not present. For n1er City Sheriff Capozza spoke in his behalf and declared that he con 1 fdent that pr. Cipolla would get 90 per cent. of the Italian vote. J. H. Passerini spoke briefly for the candi- date.
 Nominations for the state senate