New Britain herald., 1926-09-14
Latter, with 305 Votes, Had Only Nine Over Necessary Number Local Man Gets 315 to Darbie's 268.
Trumbull for Governor. Bingham for Senator and Other Candidates Selected by G. o. P. as Scheduled.

Hartford, Sept 14 p,-In a con. Vention which was marked by a close contest for second place on the state ticket, the republicans thi, afternoon named the following ticket:
 For United States senator, Hiram Bingham, of New Haven.
 For Governor, John H. Trumbull, of Plainville.
 For lieutenant governor. J. Edr,, Brainard, of Branford.
 For secretary Of state. Franci, Pallotti. of Hartford.
 oi s'ate treasurer, Ernest F. Rogers, of New London.
 For comptroller, Frederick M Salmon, Of Westport.
 For attorney general, Benjamin w. filling, of New Britain.
 The convention made slight change in party rules reIatinr to town committeeman and adopted . platform.
 The closeness of the vote for lien, tenant governor was shown by tho fact that Brainard with S05 votes on the informal ballot had only min. votes more than the necessary run- Der 10 win.
 Before the balloting began 1t was known the vote would be close and the delegates remained closely to their places until the last name was called. It was not until Holland county, the last. was completed that the Brainard men knew they had won.
 In the other contest that for at. torney general the vote seemed sl- most as close as it proceeded and in the end was not much different than that for lieutenant governor, the Alling vote approximating that of Brainard.
 Governor Trumbull accepted tho nomination and assured the dele. gates he appreciated 1t highly. He said he had tried to give the best in him and if reelected would continue to do so. He pledged himself anew to the ideals of the republican party"
 The elections of state central com. mlttee members was announced. There were some changes.
 Senator Bingham was then intro- duced
 Opens Late In Morning.
 It was quite unusual for a repub- llC1n Stlfa late as II a. m., as was the case to- day. Delegates were surprised last night when Senator Mclean an- nounced adjournment until 10 a. m. standard. many thinking he meant daylight time. The printed program. however, gave standard time.
 filling and Darbie.
 Delegates were out of bed late. The early developments were that Charles A. Williamson withdrew A, candidate for attorney general. leaving the field to E. L. Darbie and B. w. Alling.
 The Brainard sentiment on ths lieutenant governorship seemed to be on top. but Wadhams' men said there were about 50 silent" dele gates whose votes were regarded as likely to be factor.
 Here and there a delegate spoke In behalf of Senator Frederic c. Walcott of Norfolk, for second place and 1t was said that many confer ences were begun to provide against the contingency of a deadlock"
 IIolcomb There Early.
 Former Governor Holcomb was ,n the hall early, being the first one in before 10 o'clock and sitting alone for half an hour. Shortly before the session began the gallery was partly filled with spectators
 Most of the delegates were in their seats at l 1o'clock. nearly all discussing with animation what ap- peared to be a changing situation, due to Williamson's withdrawal and the canvass in behalf of Wolcott. Senator Mclean was on the plat form on the minute but the secre- taries were not ready as so many proxies were being entered on the roll. The temporary organization was made permanent after the roll of delegates had been accepted. Mrs. Bingham and two sons had | seats in the gallery. Mir. Brainard had a front seat nearby. Changes In Rules. | w. F, Patterson. chairman of the rules committee, reported changes in | rules governing election of town committees so that members may take office immediately after cleo tion. and in New Haven exception is | made so that election may be bi- ennially in May from 1925. This lat ter change continues In office the town committee there elected last year but which would be out of of- | flee under the state rule. The { changes were adopted.
 On the call for nominations for United States senator, former Lieu- | tenant Governor Blakeslee placed the name of Hiram Bingham before the convention.
 l It was Mir. Blakeslee who nearly two years ago placed the senator's name before & convention for nom- ination. In a short speech he re- viewed the senator's outstanding acts