The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
DEMOCRATS ARE UNANIMOUSLY
 FOR VINCENT
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casting in his lot with MT: Vincent: i But two contests subsequently, ec- cured. Francis P: Dunnigan of the i Ninth district, being nominated by Lynn w: Wilson, was chosen as caIl- ddate for city clerk, against Bawr renee ! T: Gallagher, who was supported by i the forces of William P. Kirk. Dunni- 1 gan was victorious by g to s6. It | was thought by experienced observ- 1 CTS that CfalIasgher's vote fairly rep | resented the Kirk strength, had there i been an alliance between the Clarke i and the King delegates, which there i was not.
 1 Something of the same alignment : Of forces appeared Tn the meeting of i district cha rnen. where the align l ment was five chairmen for the Kirk i candidate for Beard of Education, l Max Boucher, and seven fer pr. Ed. ward r. McGovern, who was sup l ported by Senator Clark. i MT, Vincent being nominated, 8 committee comprising William P. ] &trke, Alderman Cornell and Lynn w. ! Wilson. was raised to escort MT. Yin i Cent to the hall. in Masonic Temple. where the convention assembled at 8 o'clock,
 ] When Mir. Vincent appeared and was introduced by MT. kirke. he was received with tumultuous applause. ! fir, Vincent spoke but briefly, 1 thanking the convention for the honor 1 it had conferred upon him. and an 1 noupcfrg that his further views upon
 municipal conditions will be express | ed in his letter of acceptance which i will be forthcoming in few days. ] The business of the convention was
 
 to order by Town Chairman Hugh J. l Lavery,
 l John T. Ford, of the Second Dis ! trict, a Vincent supporter, was chosen
 without opposition, to be permanent 1 chairman, and John J. McGuinness 1 was chosen clerk.
 Bernard J. Melady will alternate l for J. r. Griffin in the Second; Will
 liam P. Kirk for James J. O'Rourke l in the Seventh; Lynn Wilson for i Robert Lynch, ana John Hart for ! John Miles in the Ninth; James G. 1 Hinnigan for John W. Whalen, and 1 Garry Paddock for "Danie'' Lynch ! in the Twelfth.
 I When nominations were called for Alderman John Cornell, who had i been one of the most prominent can ! didateS for the nomination of mayor i arose and in an eloquent speech pIac- | ed in nomination the name of Allen l E. Vincent whom he said was not a i Republican but a Democrat. He call ed attention to the fact that MT. Vim cent had been a delegate to the Dem Oc-atic convention which had nom mated Alexander Troup for governor i and had at one time been a candi- date for alderman on the Democratic ] ticket and was also 8, great admirer i of Woodrow Wilson.
 The nomination of MT. Vincent was
 greeted with great cheers by the convention.
 The nomination was seconded by William P, Kirk, who said that he himself had been through the political Vale of tears.''
 When the cheering had subside6 George CoughIin presented a letter from the other prominent candidate, Senator George B. Clark, which was read by the clerk. The letter was as l follows:
 Tn the interest of harmony in the
 party, beg to withdraw my name as
 a candidate for mayor. George B. ! Clark
 1 On motion of Mr. Cough1in the
 nominations were declared closed and | the clerk cast the unanimous ballot l. of the convention for Allen E. Vim ! cent.
 { The only contest was for the office | of city clerk Lynn ". Wilson pre- i sented the name of Francis P. Dun
 nigan of the Ninth District and Will liam P. Kirk the name of Lawrence ] T. Gallagher of the Seventh. Dunni-
 gan was nominated by a vote of 32 to l GalIaSher's 26.
 Edward F. Lynch of the Third dis
 trict was nominated for town clerk by | Michael Small and one vote was cast
 for him.
 Edward A Drew was nominated for tax collector and Robert G. Goddard | of the Bridgeport Trust Co. for treas
 urer.
 On motion of Col. T. J. Murphy a recess of half an hour was taken and i the chairman of each delegation re-
 tired to bring in nominations for the 1 Board of Education, city sheriffs, se- l lectmen and town committeeman i After the recess the convention was
 called to order by Chairman Ford, and the names of the nominees read as follows: Board of Education, Ed
 ward H. Dillon of the seventh. and ] Dr. T. F. McGovern of the first Se- 1 lectman, James Small of the Fifth; James Griffin, second; and Thomas i -AoFSdH, hinln City cheT11S, w. J. i Meade, sixth; Joseph A. Altieri, tenth;
 and Oscar A H. Dannenburg, seventh
 The following were named members l of the executive committee: Harry, A Wells, first; Clifford F. Cassidy third Michael H. Small, fifth; Thomas " Reedy, seventh; Thomas ". Hun gerford, ninth; Richard E. Meyer, ! eleventh
 William P. Kirk, Lynn w. Wilson
 and John A. Cornell were appointed 9 committee to notify the nominees
 and bring them before the conven-
 ton
 The speech of acceptance of Allen
 F. Vincent as the standard bearer
 of the ticket was very brief He
 was brought into the convention
 hall by Mir Kirk, who introduced
 him as the next mayor of Bridge
 port" MT. Vincent bowed his thanks,
 and said:
 MT Chairman, delegates and 1 chairman of the convention, I thank
 you very much for this nomination.
 Will you please excuse me at this
 time for not making an extended
 address. A little later I will file my
 letter of acceptance and also state