The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-17
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 New Haven. April 17-Tne Repub- lican state convention here. today. elected . solid Taft delegation to the National Convention the mention of Roooevelt's name being greeted with howla. 1eers and laughter. A resolu- ton endorsing Taft passed with but i've di1senting votes.
 New Haven. April 1.-The Repub- 1icau state convention here for the uoan National rConvention, at Chi- cago. and the selection of. a state cen- tral committee. was marked by the turning down of two men who have long been affiliated with state Repub- 1ican politics Colonel l. M. Ullman. of New Haven. was defeated fer dele gate-at-large by former Governor Prank B. Weeks, of Middletown, and George I. Allen. of Middletown, was beaten for committeeman by Wilson s. Reynolds. of the same city.
 The delegates-at-large are as fol- lows:
 Charles F. Brooker, Ansonia; Chas. Hopkins Clark, Hartford; J. Henry Roraback of Canaan and ex-Governor Frank B. Weeks.
 The alternates are William H. Hall, Wilmington; Waldo c. Bryant, Bridge port: George A. Hammond, Putnam; and B. J. Doolittle. Meriden.
 AS had been forecasted, the con- vention brought out a fight between the Roraback and Ullman factions and in the defeat of Ullman, the for mer was victorious but Allen, of Mid dletown, who was turned down by the convention for committeeman, was a Roraback adherent.
 For selection of committeeman there were three contests, Walter Perkin- son, of the 18th, winning out over Edward T. Foley, and Fred J. Brown. in the 10th, winning over George Bradford. The biggest fight, however. was between Allen and Reynolds. of Middletown, in the S0th. Former Jus- tice of the Supreme Court Silas Rob- saying he did not want to advocate strife and that discord could not bring party success. "Very many of Republicans of our district" he said. rightly or wrongly feel we need a change and a failure to make a breach in the party"
 Frank A. Cowles. also of Middle town, said: We want a business man. not a professional politician, one who has more business assets in the dis trict than a night shirt and tooth
 George Frisbie, in seconding Allen. said when he took charge Middletown was Democratic and that now it was Republican. The matter was put be-
 
 stood Reynolds 279. Allen 268.
 The selection of the first three dele gates-at-large took but a few min utes- Colonel Ullman put Charles F. Brooker's name in nomination, the convention choosing him unanimous put Charles Hopkins Clark's name be- fore the delegates, as the choice of Hartford County and Frank c. Mum. of Winsted. nominated J. Henry Rora- back These were also selected by exclamation.
 The trouble broke when former Gov Rollin S. Woodruff took the floor and placed Colonel Ullman in nomination. saying he should be sent as one who represented the largest city in the state and also as the personal friend of the President and moved that the secretary cast a ballot.
 Even if the secretary had wished 10 he didn't have time for Charles B. Searles sprang to his feet and said he did not want to think that the and placed ex-Governor Weeks in nomination saying it would be a very strange thing if the Republican con- vention should refuse to send its -ex- Governor as a delegate. Governor Weeks. he said, wants nothing and the hands of the convention.
 A motion that a ballot be taken was accepted without dissent and the vote resulted 379 for Weeks and 1S6 for U1lman.
 On the appointing of the alternates who were all accepted by exclamation, Charles Hopkins Clark attempted to have the report of the resolutions committee read This was objected to by Colonel Ullman after Chairman Light had acquiesced. Colonel Ulman called attention to the rules of all Re- after choosing of alternates the next bus mess was the selection of delegates from the Congressional districts. This the chairman allowed and the follow ing were selected:
 First district-Everett J. Lake. | Hartford. Hugh J. Alcorn. Suffield. k -alternates- A J. Sloper. New Britain; q. T. Treadway. Bristol.