New Britain herald., 1920-09-16
E. o. Wagner Of Lake vile Nominated For
 Lieutenant Governor
 By Conn. Democrats
WOMAN ON TICKET
 FOR SEC. OF STATE
Miss Fanny Nixon Welch of
 Columbia on State Ticket
 Session Late in Starting Today.

New Haven. Sept. 16.-Rollin IT.. rvior. of Haddam. was nominated as candidate for governor at .ho state convention of tho party here Iodny, Congressman Augustine Lon srgnH of Hartford. was nominated for United states senator: E. O. Wagner, yf Ialeeville. was nominated for heu- onant-vovernor. and Mrs Fanny 1ixon welch, of Columbia. wns named hndldate for secretary of state. EmA Marzano. of Hartford, was namcd candtdnte for stato treasurer. md Alfred B. Walsh. of Danbury, was for comptroller. X Selection of presidential electors gas left to q committee composed Of knte Chairman FitzGcrald, former atfonai Chairman Cummings and knvcnaon Chairman Spellacy.
 , Asscmblagc Meets Late.
 rho delegates gathered slowly and lo o'clock. to which hour the con- tion stood adjourned there were
 delegates in the hall and mono nert who had spent tho night in ferencen trying to pick n ticket. q committees on permanent organi- Jon and credentials had not met a no one knew where the platform hfts had gone to.
 Explanation was forthcoming later |er a large number of the delegates kIssndad tho solemn high mass of &uienl for Mrs. Alexander Troup. How of the late Alexander Troup. 1nndcr of the New Haven Union Snd once dominating figure in demo- ntic politics In this state. who died Monday.
 M Uncertainty Exists. 1 Uncertainty us to u ticket still ex- trd fpr it was understood that the Inference which lasted until q. m. IM not arrive st any conclusions on |v place on the ticket.
 The Connecticut Federation of ,Abor. through State Organizer ira ornburn presented to the resplu- kns committee at hearing the me drafts of five bills as went be- fc the republican resolutions com tteo last week. These were for anEes in the Volstead law to allow E of light wines and beers. hn |xht sour day for women and chill kcn. popular election of judges. for
 
 hnnEes In compensation laws T.. B. ''suliivan of Derby was chairman of Dc com mmittce. X subcommittee of Fe drew up the platform. Meets 1t fl O'Clock.
 rt wns 1T o'clock when committees n credentials and organization were Plied to meet by Temporary Chair |nn Spellacy. who with others. had Prt arrived. Delegates filtered in. ftied In their seats and awaited nc- pn. A few women were in tho hlleries but very few other specta- Prr. Mir. Speliacy continued to use gavcl half rung of chair |hich State Chairman FftzGcrald last iEht wrenched or a chair because Envel had been provided.
 t took many minutes to ret order
 the delegates to break away from ups in the rear of the hall. These ups were discussing reports that l--conference settled nothing. that
 senatorial nomination was be- lon FitzGerald and Lonergan, with inclination on either side to re- c. Previously MT. Lonergan had n quoted as spying that he pre- pd tho governorship plncc.
 Recess For Half Hor.
 f1:f5 Sheriff Reilly moved a re-
 of half m hour saying that de-
 was due to the attendance of so &v delegates and the state chair
 nt tho funeral of Mrs. Alexander ap. The motion as put was n re-
 ''in honor of the memory of
 noble woman. Mrs. Troup."
 Loncrgan Selected.
 nc convention reassembled and
 spellaey waa made permanent 4kman.
 n. O'Sullivan read the platform hh was adopted. Nominations for E. c. senator called for and Robert P. Butler rtd the name of Congrcssmarf wuatine Lonergan. There was an husAsstlc reception of the name.
 rising vote nominated NIT. Lon
 mas ". Hewca offered ,ths
 pf Roiiin Y. Tyler of Haddam
 ernor. The name was ac-
 Reclamation.
 &t -gvarnor q. &. Marshal