The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-07
.DEvlNE NAMED.
 FOR PROBATE
 BY DEMOCRATS

BrldSePDrt, Wn1ch 1ns aQd1tlon tO Bridgeport, includes the towns of Monroey Easton and Trumbull, was held at tAthe Democratic Headquarters on Main street. 4g& :4.s<~
 The convention was called to order by the temporary chairman, Edward ] Shelton of Monroe+.John Candee of Easton was made perfnanent chair man and. Frank Hearn secretary.
 Hugh 4J. Layery.s former chairman nominated Lieut., Joseph J. Devine and the nomination was seconded by Will liam Clifford Of the First district. The vote for Lieut. / Devine was en-f thusiastic andc unanimous S3
 Following the nomination the foI- lowing were named as Probate Com mittee, Hugh aJ.sIavery, Bridgeport; Edwin Shelton, sMonroe; John Can dee, Isaston; and Burr F.. Beach of
 Lfeut.s<D DevineS the nominee was born fTrs Waterbury and spent most of hiss childhood and young manhood in and around New Haven. ssHe gradu- ated at. Yale University in both the Academic and Law courses. He en- listed in the U. s. army at. the out break of the war, going to the off cers training cam 2. at Plattsburgh. He was made a, lieutenant in the. artil- 1ery. At Chateau Thierry he was in charge of a battery and received a wound from the effects of which his right arm isa disabled. He has been H.
 Harry $SJ.aPlatty of fTrunbu1l was unanim ouslY nominated as candidate for Congress from this district at the onvention held yesterday afternoon at the Democratic headquarters on Main street.s The conyen ton which was called for two P M, did not get under; way until two fifty-five when it was former alderman from the sixth dis trict. Senator Hanford Weed of New | Canaan was made permanent chair | man and George M. Cough1in of the ninth district WIS chosen for secre-
 After the; reaaings Of the. call a mo- tion was! made and carrtsd to dis pense with .the$roH call or the dele, at, once to the business of the con- vention. A committee of five was named by the chair sto retire, pre- pare, and bring in resolutions. It 1 consisted of Lawrence %Gi1f, Bridge port; Edward J. QuinIan of Norwa1k: {: 1 Clement A Fuller Of Stamford; sWil- liam s. Meany,t of. Greenwich: and William J. Moran of Bridgeport. i There was one woman delegate to | the convention, Mrs. James G. Ma | honey of Shelton. While the commit | tee on resolutions was out, Mrs. Ma honey addressed the convention. Shte ! said in part: "I cannot tell you how l much pleased and honored I am to | be here today as a delegate to Is | convention. I am a suffragist and have been rtdiculed and cartooned | lively in the work for ten. During that time the men of the Democratic | party have always treated us with the I utmost consideration and as @ result the women who think will align themselves with the Dem ocratic party
 I have yet to know or read of any great or progressive measure put
 over by our opponents.
 | Each of Inc m
 men to work as hard as you know how for our candidates and If pos
 sfble to elect the man nominated against Frank Brandegee.
 | We women known Frank Brande-
 gee. We know that he will not work
 for any, cause except it IS backed by
 money. We know that he neve!
 worked for any cause or measure foI
 On the contrary we know that he al ways voted against every measure fol
 women and children.
 Every man here knows the record of Augustine Lonergan. He is the friend of labor men, the friend o. women and children and the support CT of every progressive measure. want to make a personal plea tc
 every man here to work as hard a. possible to elect Congressman Lon, ergaH.
 'If you want to win, work hard
 start in with the idea that you art
 going to be beaten. Go out with tho
 idea that you. are going to win.
 | 'In Shelton yesterday the me1 | helped us to register T,150 women. | think most of these women will set
 the light and vote the Democratic
 ticket. They will If they vote accord
 ing to their conscience. If we al \ work together, men and women sue \ cess will be ours-''
 Mrs. Mahoney was generously ap plauded at the end of her talk, fol
 lowing which the resolutions com
 mittee brought in the following reso
 lution which was adopted by the con \ vention.
 RESOLvED: that we the Demo
 cratic delegates of the Fourth Con [ gressional District of Connecticut i, endorse the platform adopted by tn
 Democratic National Convention a
 San Francisco, and strongly con
 denn and disapprove the reactionar conduct Of the Republican candidat for congress from this district a shown by his official record.
 Edward J. Quinlan of Norwal
 moved that a committee of five b
 appointed by the chair to bring in name for candidate. The motto carried and the chair named Edwar J. Quinla.n of Norwalk; William@ $ Meaney, of Greenwich; Lawrence . J Gill of Bridgeport; Benjamin W . Bohanan of Stamford; and E. Beer of Westport. f@ S ~
 The committee retired and after . few moments returned and requeste
 the privilege of the floor for Benja
 min Bohanan of Stamford. MT. Bohs
 nan said it gave him great pleasure t
 place before the convention for nom
 ination the name of Harry J. Patt ( | Trumbull, and further said: -"Gentle
 men, we are today up against one
 the greatest propositions which eve
 came before the country since we bs
 came a nation The League of Natior
 is one of the greatest things since tn - time of man. There is great oppos - tion to it among the Republicans b,
 cause it was helped to be framed by
 Democrat, Woodrow wi son. I ha1 S, even with my own ears heard Demo In crats speak scandalously of it. Ls pr aside your prejud dices and look at II