New Britain herald., 1916-09-20
REILLY ANSWERS BRANDEGEE AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Stirs Enthusiasm of Party at New Haven in Stinging Rebuke to Republican Con- gressman-Landers Again on State Committee.

A>o" AAdNC4l, SOpI. Ao.-fAp plo ltoS such as has seldom featured a demo- cratic state convention in years greeted l lex-Congressnan Thomas L. Reilly, who delivered the opening speech of the convention last night at Music , hall, when State Chairman David E. Fitzgerald announced him as tempo rary chairman of the meeting. At 1 MT. Fitzgeralds call for Delegate Reilly of Meriden to take the place of honor on the platform, the delegates | rose in enthusiastic manner and per sistently cheered the speaker. After MT. Reilly had taken his place a sim | liar ovation was given to Homer s. Cummings, as he proceeded to the platform. MT. Cummings was almost carried along bodily in the arms of enthusiastic delegates as he proceed ed down the aisle to the platform l Throughout his speech MT. Reilly's reference to Wilson was greeted with prolonged applause and rising cheers. During the progress of the deliverer of the address the delegates in the rear
 
 ! fusion by the shrieks of a suffragist l who had tainted in the lobby. Mr. Reilly was able to hold his audience through the slight outbreak in spite of this momentary counter attraction, and the disturbance was quickly quelled.
 Replies to Brandegee. Former Congressman Reilly took up oar t1ro I1yC l tor Frank Brandegee at the opening of the republican convention and denied that the present prosperity of the country was due even in the main to the effects of war orders He de- clared that only about three per cent of the total business of the country could be classified in this category and that there would be scarcely any effect on the present prosperity if the war ended tomorrow. He also praised the administration for it's ef- fective solution of the railroad strike problem, and while saying that no one claimed the Adamson bill to be perfect the fact of the matter was ! there was no time for technicalities when the measure went through. It l was necessary to act at once and the | action had averted a serious situation Herewith he asked if Justice Hughes would have vetoed the bill if he had [ heen in office under the circum- stances.
 The former congressman also praised the record of the democratic | party in carrying out it's campaign promises and laid special stress on the record as one appealing to all true progresslves.
 State Central Committee Named.
 Following the address the conven- tion recessed for thirty minutes dur ing which the senatorial nominating conventions were held when each dis trict named a representative on the state central committee, a member of the credentials committee, of the com mittee on resolutions, and on perna- nent organization. By reason of the nominations made the complexion of the state central committee will be considerably changed. Though the eleventh district Monday night nom- mated William J. Cronin, to take the place of the former committeeman from that district, James F. Dinneen, who had declined to serve because of pressure of other business. MT. Cronin announced, that he, too, would be unable to serve, and M. Frank Hope was named.
 So considerable contest for the members of the committee resulted In the t11irtieth district, where the present member of the committee is Frank Coe, of Torrington, that a deadlock resulted after the thirty min utes contest.
 The delegates stood to between Edward P. Quinn of Torrington and Mr. Coe. It was understood that sev- eral personalities were indulged in in the course of the caucus.
 Committee Changes.
 In the fourteenth district, the present committeeman, Arthur B. O'Keefe of Orange, was re-nominated against w. F. Renauld of Milford. MT. Renauld received the four votes cf the Milford delegation. Tn the fourth district Edmund A. Clune succeeds John R. Hayes of Manches- ter. There was also a slight contest in the fifth district, where the present committeeman, Andrew J. Brennan, of Forestville, was defeated for the nomination by Thomas Hewes of Pennington. In the sixteenth district John F. Tobin succeeds Michael J. Noonan of Waterbury, and in eigh- teenth, Bryan F. Mahan of New Lon don, now postmaster there, is sup planted by w. H. Farrell, without contest Thomas Kelly succeeds Will liam c. Mclaughlin of Norwich in the nineteenth, and in the twentieth Daniel Finn of Jewett City, is suc- ceeded by John c. Gary. Lester o. Peck, in the twenty fifth, succeeds Willis S. Gilbert of Ridgefeld. In the | twenty sixth, Hezekiah Elwood sue
 ceeds Max Durschmidt, and in the 1 twenty seventh Galen A. Canter re- linquishes the place to John Walsh. 1 Asa Ross succeeds James Sullivan of |