The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-10

s5z l For Attorney General. sabin S. Rus sell orared the name or George E. Hin man, secretary Of the state central committee. who he said, flor 12 years had worked shoulder to shoulder with the chairman of the committee. J. lE7enry Rorhback..'
 George vosburgh of NorwaIlx. pre- scented the name of John H. Light Isayfng he believed that the state Ae large wanted the present aftorney-gen- of Fairfield county, seconded the nom tha&ion Of MT. Hinman. MT. King said Irhat 1t had been intended to present the name of Fillmore S.. Banks, but when his name was withdrawn In Tthe interest of harmony, 1t was desired eTould stand by the ticket, which Is kBomething ssevery candidate, running for nomination would not do''
 Mir. Searls made a plea to give Wfndham county place on the tick ct. General Keeney suggested a rising vote by counties to obviate a roll call
 A1r. Vorburgh said that in behalf of MT. Light he would assure the con- ivent1on that Mir. Light would heartily support the ticket win or lose. Te11ers were appointed to take the county 7vote. During the interval commit j nomination reported to John T. Robin
 son that they were unable to find the judge but he personally could assure the convention that MT. Holcounb would accept the honor.
 ! The rising vote showed that MT Hinnan had the larger number and ] after W7ndham county had voted, F. ! J. Rice of New Haven asked pernis- 1 sion to interrupt the roll call vote to move that ballot be cast for MT. ] Hinu1an and MT. Vosburgh withdrew MT. Lights name and Mir. Hfnman' s nomination was a unanimous one,
 Col UIlnan, as chairman of the res oflrtions committee, read the commit Ete report, which was adopted. rranK s Brandegee or New London was unanimously nominated for Unit ] ed States senator to succeed himself.
 States Attorney Charles E. Searles, i standing in box at the right of the 1 stage placed MT. Brandegee's name ! MT Searles touched upon MT Bran ldegee's pubTic career, putting empha- Isis on the fact that ''ne possesses a knowledge that is not local. Mr. Bran degee's work was also dealt with by the speaker who referred to him as a man who had attained to a place not many men attain. In his concluding I to 1Ir. Brandegee's father and called for the senator as the n1ustrioue Son of an iIlustrious father"
 On motion of Col. U1lman of New Haven the single ballot for MT. Bran degee was cast by the secretary and the nomination. was q clared to be unanimous amid applgdse.
 Nominations for governor were call ed for General Keeney of Somers moved that a ballot be taken without nominating speeches and it was so or dered amid much applause. A roll call vote was also ordered and at 10:55 the roll of delegates was started.
 The Hartford delegation began vot- ing for Judge HoIcomb- This vote was practically solid half way down the county list and then Morris c. Web ster and D. A. BlaE<eslee began to re- ceive votes.
 When New Haven county was called MT. Blakeslee got the solid vote of the city delegation and many Of the towns voted the same way. Meriden dele gates went for Holconnb Several mem bers of the legislature in the county delegation gave their votes for Web ster. waterbury gave Blakeslee sew eraI votes
 when the New London county list
 was started Hoicomb had the first votes, but BIakeslee quickly took the lead while WehsEer got a few
 George ID Hiu of Bridgeport, for s--a.epeA ~sazke6 the Eaaxnel9 eountx