The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-24
DELEGATES CHOSEN
 FOR CONVENTION
Alderman DeForest To Be
 Chairman of Delegation
Col. MuTphy's Protest Over- ruled. An UninStTucted
 Delegation

U dispatch, when the delegates met in Jeffersonian hall in the Park Theatre building. last evening. Alderman Rob- ert G. DeForest was named as one of the delegates at large and 8 vote was taken. though some opposition to it was shown, to the effect that it be the sense of last nights convention that ! Mr. DeForeSt be made chairman or the Bridgeport delegation to the state convention which convenes in this city in May f+ : The opposition against this vote was . the ouly check in the proceedings of the convention. Col. T. J. Murphy and Matthew J. Qufnlan raised their voices they raised the ire of Alderman Daniel E Walker and William F. Russell and kept these gentlemen on their feet moet of the time.
 , Town Chairman W. w. Bent called the meeting to order shortly after 8 o'clock- He announced as the first businesss the selection Of a chairman to preside over the convention and William F. Russell offered the name 0f Hugh T. LaTery, for rnominatfOn.i This nomination was quickly second-' ed and Mir. Lavery got the unanimous vote He called for the election of clerk; Alderman Thomas w. Reddy, nominated James Falvey. and MT Fall vey was elected After the call of che convention was read by the clerk the roll call was read
 These proxies were named, T. J. Murphy for John Fitzpatrick. of the T1rft District; Clifford Cassidy, for Joseph Ratzenberg, of the Third Dis trict: c. F. Hardy. for Patrick Sup .ples of the Sixth District; J. J. Far rell for Robert Eagan of the Sixth District; Edward Reardon. for John ORouri1e, of the Seventh District; the Eighth District; Martin Quinlan, for Patrick Tate, of the Ninth Dis arict; Thomas White, for Stephen Stksay, of the Tenth District; John H. Cassidy, for Harry Schurr, of the gate from the Fourth District and Christian Newman, delegate from the Fifth District were absent, Frederick Schempp, of the Fifth District was absent when the roll was called but came in later.
 moved the chairmen of the district delegations meet and nominate the delegate from their respective district and these district delegates then get together and nominate the seven dele gates at large. The motion was car ried and a recess was taken while the district chairmen conferred. These delegates from the districts were nOm- mated:
 2 First district, Col. T. J. Murphy. q Second district, George H. Wood.
 Third district, Carl J. Rising.
 Fourth district, Frank J. Clancy.
 Fifth district, Frederick C. Schempp.
 Sixth district, Patrick Roland.
 Seventh district, Henry E. Shannon.
 Eighth district, John F. Clancy.
 Ninfh district, Fred c. Mullins.
 Tenth district, Hugh J. Lavery.
 
 Twelfth district, Garry Paddock.
 The names of the following were of- fered as delegates at large; Alderman Robert G. DeForest, Alderman James F. Garrity: Senator Archibald McNeil, Jr., AldermanCharles F. Hardy; Zal- mon Goodsen; City Clerk Stephen F. Boucher; and Alderman John E. Lyd- dy.
 The convention elected the delegates as named The chairman explained that it had been customary to consid- er the first delegate at large named, ns the one to head the delegation.
 Col T. J. Murphy at this point ask ed for the floor and declared his be- lief that it was wrong to designate the chairman of the delegation in the convention. He thought that the del- eaates themselves were capable of ele ctinx their own chairman, not that he had anything against Mr.s DeForest but because a principle was at stake. He said that as a delegate he assumed to have some prerogatives and he thought it no more than right that he should be able to exercise them.
 Alderman Daniel E. Walker was tE his feet in a minute. "Is MT. I0 rphy a duly elected delegate to tN convention? he asked Chair man Lavery announced that MT. Mur- phy was a delegate, but by proxy. -.Yes, by proxy, eh?" said the Alder man from the Fourth.
 Mir. Murphy faced MT. Walker and remarked, You'd better fill out your list"
 MT. Russell jumped up at this time and said that it had always been customary to decide upon. the head of a delegation at the convention that elected the delegates. He moved that 1t be made the sense of the conven- ton that MT. peForest be made chair man of the delegation. MT. Walker seconded the motion
 Martin Quinlan took the floor and insisted that such procedure as was proposed was .rankly un-Democrat- Sc.'' This convention is not being carried on in a Democratic manner, he declared. There are 48 men sitting here who were elected, each one with voice in the proceedings. and yet a few of them get together and transact all the business. I say it isn't Democratic, it isn't right, and I want to offer my objections"