Senator Wadsworth’s nomination
was held up until the end.
The women have been denied a
place on the State ticket, which has
not pleased a number of them. Mrs.
Florence Knapp, the present secre
tary of state, was bdomed for several
offices from lieutenant governor
down, but got nowhere. The office
Os secretary of state Is legislated out
of existence with reorganization of
the State government, which goes
into effect the first of the year.
An effort was made today to get
Mrs. Ruth Pratt to run for the House
from the district now represented by 1
Ogden'Mills, the Republican nominee !
for governor, but so far without suc
cess. It is believed she would make
a strong race if she accepted the
nomination.
Mr. Mills was put in nomination by
Nathaniel A. Elsberg, who himself
might have had the gubernatorial
nomination had he been willing to
accept. After praising Mr. Mill 9 for
his service in the Army during the
World War and in Congress. Mr.
Elsberg said. “I %ay that he compels
this honor by his character, and by
character I mean _more than an in
gratiating smile, for such a smile can
be developed until it gets to be al
most mechanical, but character is a
gift of God alone. Who doubts that
he possesses it? With incentives to
be an idler which only character
could withstand, he has devoted all
his great abilities to the public wel
fare.
Mrs. Knapp Seconds.
