The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-11
Bridgeport Lacked
 A Suitable Hall
 For The Convention

New Haven will be the place and Sept. g and 10 will probably be the date of the Democratic State COnven- ton this year.
 The place was decided on after the Bridgeport members had report ed difficulty in procuring a hall of suitable size and delegates from the northern section of the state had joined hands with the New Haven men on the ground that New Haven was more conveniently located than Bridgeport.
 The date was not fixed, but was left to Chairman David E. Fitzgerald who Wiu try and secure Music Hall fo9 0spt 9 and 10, or for some other convenient date if those dates cannot be obtained
 The most important business of the meeting was the adoption of rules providing for the formation of an | association committee of women from l the 35 Senatorial districts who will be named by the member of the State Committee from each district and I providing for the selection of a presi- dent, secretary and treasurer by the I chairman, secretary and treasurer of ! the State Committee. The associate committee will work in conjunction | with the State Committee and at joint committees each district will be l entitled to one vote only. | The only absentee was LuciuS F. l Stevenson of the 34th district and three other members were represent l ed by proxies, Philip Leakin of the | 4th district, being represented by | James F. Dolan; John Addis of the i 32nd, by William Keller, and Oswald G. Hanks, by Refereein Bankruptcy | Edward Yeomans.
 l Augustin F. Maher, city editor o1 | the Bridgeport Times, was appointed to take charge of publicity fora the | state.
 l There was no talk of probable can l didates during the session of the | committee, but before and after the | delegates freely discussed the candi- dates that have been mentioned ir | the papers lately.
 | Most of the delegate committeemer l who expressed a choice were in favor | of Nllyor Fitzgerald for governor while Congressman IIonergan hat some active boosters among the mem bers.
 There was considerable specu1a ton as to whether Thomas J. Spellac. | would enter the race and some O
 the members said they would be witt | him if he ran.
 
 | discussed and many of the member were seeking information about hin I as he did not see to be known in tn upper part of the state.
 ! Homer s. Cummings seemed tC
 have no opposition among the mem bers for United States Senator and n
 one knew of any other candidate bu l all thought that Senator Brandege
 would be an easy man to beat thi
 year with the women, the labo
 unions and the members of the Amer
 ican Legion against him. l..
 For lieutenant-governor the onl name mentioned was Mayor Josepl
 P. Dutton of Bristol.
 There seemed to be no one to sue
 ceed Congressman Lonergan in tn First District. In the Second Distric
 G. Herbert Bishop was talked of a
 the most likely man to get run agalns John o. Tilson. P. T. O'Sullivan o
 Derby was spoken of as the mos
 likely candidate against Congress1na
 Tilson in the Third. Lynn Wilson wa
 spoken of as the candidate in tn Fourth and John c. Geary in tn
 Fifth.
 The members were enthusiast over the chances of carrying Con i 1 necticut for the national and sta t candidates at the coming election an
 could see nothing but Governor Go as the next president of the Unite States.
 Among those present as guests wer } Sheriff Thomas Reilly of New Have | county, U S. Marshal Palmer. Inter
 nal Revenue Collector Walsh an
 Liquor Enforcement Officer Thoma 1 McAuliffe.