The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-21
BridSeport Vote.

Bridgeport Vote.
 Bridgeport delegates to the state convention here today, with the ex- ception of Col. T. J. Murphy. who ballot, voted solidly for T. J. Spellacy for United States Senator. Bridge ports delegates from the 21. 22 and 23 districts numbered in all 37 dele gates, 36 of whom voted.
 With the election of Spellacy as candidate for Senator the chances of Walter Goddard for the state treasur- CT nomination took a resounding and according to an Aouncement made earlier in the morning by Spellacy himself, Goddard will be the local representative on the state ticket.
 Spellacy promised Goddard that if he received the nomination for the Senate he would attempt to swing
 The nomination of MT. Spellacy was quickly made unanimous on mo- tion of Delegate Kelly of Pennington, who had placed the name of MT. Lon ergan before the convention.
 The choice of MT. Spellacy was be- aieved to forecast the nomination Of Mayor David E.. Fitzgerald of New Haven for governor. Philip Troup, former postmaster of New Haven, took the platform to place the name of bis fellow townsman. Mayor F1tz- gerald, before the convention imme- diately after the announcement of the result of the contest, for the head of the ticket.
 Delegates Late in Arriving.
 Delegates to the state Democratic convention did not feel disposed to get into the armory early and when 10 o'clock daylight saving time came the hour to which the convention stood adjourned, there were not two score delegates in the place. To most Of the delegates last night a lively one At 8 a. m. the hotel corridors were filled with groups of men and women discussing party, matters ana ma making predictions. Most of the county caucuses which were held. f. ter midnight had been argumentai gatherings because of the intensity of the rivalry between the Speibaey7 Lonergan and Fitzgerald-Thoms fac- tions.
 The committee on resolutions sat until a. m. working over a pun, dIe of proposed plans and in the ena drew up 500 word document III which a selected assortment of sub jects were each covered in one line declarations. The sub-commhte had decided to make the platform ..short and snappy.'' The commit tee members expressed astonishment at some of the proposals placed pe- fore it. The most startling or those were in a bunch offered by Inomas N Hewes of Pennington, former member of the House. in which he proposed abolition, through constftu- tional amendment of elective admin lStrd dt1V0 OIIlCerS except -SOVSlifOl odo lieutenant governor.
 Cummings Supporters Busy.
 The county caucuses in which eff forts were made to agree on propos- als to put forward a candidate for a place on the ticket were in most in- stances inconclusive. In spite of the fact that the SpeTacy-Fitzgerald Id combination claimed control of the the opposition had it guess ing. Some county leaders early began canvassing to secure support for Cummings for senator.
 The permanent organization and credentials committee met just be- tore the convention resumed. There were no contests over delegates, less than the usual number of proxies, and Mir Cummings was the choice for permanent chairman.
 Before the gave1 fell the makeup of the state ticket from Lieutenant Governor down was anybody's guess.
 MT. Spellacy conferred with the Hartford city delegates in front of