Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-10
DEMOCRATS IN STATE
CONVENTION
(continued from Paae oneN

vention until 10 a. m. to puermit of congressional district caucuses
 caucuses for Delegates at- Large
 The endorsements in these caucuses for delegates at-large were: First. Willie o. Burr, of Hartford; Second, Bryan F. Mahan of New London; Third, David F. Fitzgerald of New Haven; Fourth, Charles D. Lockwood of Stamford; Fifth, William Kennedy of Naugatuck.
 There were no contests. It is un- derstood that MT. Burr notified Mir. Landers of New Britain that he did not care to be a delegate. As there are to be only four delegates s-at-large to be elected by the convention, the four, it is thought, will be taken from the list of those endorsed.
 District Delegates.
 The district delegates to be recom- mended are: First, Michael J. Connor of Enfield and Thomas Hewes of Far mington; second, A. T. Miner of New London and Rollin U. Tyler of Had dam; third. Louis E. Stoddard of New Haven and Thomas L. Reilly of Meri- den; fourth, Daniel E. Walker of walk; fifth. John s. Addis of New Milford and J. J. McEvoy of Water bury.
 Contests in First, Second and Fifth
 Districts.
 There were contests in the first. sec ond and fifth districts. In the first the candidates were MT. Connor N. E. Mitchell of Canton and F. H. Con- don of Bristol A ballot was neces- sary and MT. Connor got 45, Mitchell Is and Condon IS. MT. Cunnor was then chosen first delegate and MT. Hewes named as the second one. In the second district O. A. Tanner pre- sided and the nominations made for first delegates were MT. Miner, O. A. Tanner, George A. Foster, D. P. Dunn and John L. Ffske Of Middletown.
 Miner Wins by Single Ballot.
 Messrs. Forster and Dunn didn't want the honor. A ballot showed Mir. Miner in the lead and a single ballot was cast making his nomination unanimous and then Mir. Tyler was named as second delegate In the fourth district S. O. Peck of Bedding presided, and all nominations were quickly made: MT: Locl1wood's name was presented by MT. Cummings. In the fifth district Eli Weeks of Litch- field presided and J. F. McDonough was secretary. After Mir. Kennedy had been endorsed for delegate at large and MT. Addis for first delegate a ballot was necessary to select the second one between w. R. Palmer of Oxford and J. J. McEvoy of Water bury and the latter won, 59 to 30.
 The state central committee at its meeting approved the temporary roll which included the name of J. Edward Elliott of Plainfield, over whose cleo ton there is a contest to be settled by the credentials committee
 koPpIeman Succeeds SpelJacy.
 Thomas J. SneIlacy retired from the committee in the second district and H. P. Koppleman was elected to serve until the new committee is elected in the fall The rules committee recon mended that each member formulate plan for new set of party rules these individual plans to be exam ined by the committee and from them new plan drawn up to be reported to the fall meeting This idea was ac- cepted.
 The platform is expected to have as it's chief plank a strong endorsement of President Wilson and his admins tration. A number of other subjects may have brief mention as several delegates submitted to the committed drafts of plans in which they had in- terest.