New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
HARTFORD SELECTED
 ! FOR CONVENTION
Democrats Turn New Haven Down
 by Vote of q to II.

t1arJIOru, Aug. lz.-IHe QemOCrdI- lie state committee yesterday afternoon Iselected Hartford as the place for holding the state convention and Sept. 16 and IT as the dates. This was decided by vote of 21 to Il for New Haven after Congressman Bryan F. Mahan had withdrawn New Lon don's claim for the convention. The place in the fourteenth district made vacant by the resignation of Judge Edwin S. Thomas of Orange was filled ] by the election of Alexander E. @Lynch, of the same town.
 The meeting was a lively one but 1t wasn't half so lively as some of the things which happened before the |gathering came to order in the Allyn House, this afternoon. For instance, ! 1t was reported on reliable authority that Chairman George Forster of the conlmittee had his resignation in his pocket because he feared that an effort to land David E. Fitzgerald of New Haven in the chair was going + to prove successful. This was denied by Forster; that is, he said that he had no intention of resigning, but the fact of the matter is that before the meeting there was count of noses
 
 to vote for Fitzgerald if it came to fight. It didn't come to a fight, the Fitzgerald men deciding that they wouldn't go after the chairmanship at this time, but Forsters friends had heard of the count and they were scared.
 Mahan For Governor?
 All of which goes to show that the little argument over the nomination for United States senator is some ar gument. Forster is one of the leaders of the Mahan forces and Fitzgerald insists that Gov. Baldwin is the man who should receive the nomination for the place. As an offset to the report that the Mahan men wanted Baldwin to take the nomination for governor again if Mahan wins the senatorship, the Baldwin men said this afternoon that Mahan can have Ithe nomination for governor if he promises to be good.
 The selection of Hartford seems to be a Mahan victory, that is, a victory flor the men backing the New London Statesman. The Baldwin men wanted New Haven. and David B. Fitzgerald, who held a proxy for John B. Dough- Ian. led a Sp1TlteO llSAI AoI lHc A1iiA City in the meeting. But members of the committee who favored Fisher for governor also favored Hartford and they voted with the Mahan crowd.
 When the meeting got to the mat ter of selecting a place Mahan arose and said that the letter of the New london board of trade offering the advantages of New London to the convention was not well timed, and he declared that he wanted to formally withdraw New London from the race. Then former Senator Spellacy of Hart- ford offered Hartford to the commit tee. He said it was the only town in the state for a convention, ana ne Guaranteed that if the convention came there the state committee would not be obliged to pay any bills. Ills motion was. seconded by Chairman Forster. and immediately David B. Fitzgerald said that the wheels of the m chine seem to be running little too smoothly to suit him, and he warned the leaders of the organization that 1t wouldn't be good thing to let the road-roller run wild.
 Have lively Mtxup.
 Chairman Forster took exception to