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DISTRICT CONVENTION.

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DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Ia pursuance Of the call Of the Distrc
Committee, the Wings Of the Third Con.
ercss'onal District, by their Delegates, as
semh!cd at the Court House in Burlington
on Thursday, the Slh June, 1918.
Hon. SAMuEt ADAMS called tho mcetnn
TO order; and the Convention organized by
appointing
Hon. KEENAN, ALLEN, i,.,.
CT Darlington, ''''"'"'
Hon .trorsrcs Brnr # Franklin,
!oSrrh CLAsg, Chttcnden, wee
ltAiq Vnira:v, Addison, Presidents.
" VS. l.. SOwlsg, " GrIslc,
HENRY r. STACY, Secretary.
y : : f ra :ss., A'..'"' Secretaries.
Ordered that the Secretaries make list
Of tho delegates in attendance.
Mr.. ADAMS introduced the following rc.o-
luton:
Ris'r:i- That committee Of three from c,ch
town b'raisci he nomination VI the srvcr1 towns
FOR the purpose Of selecting, candidate for Congress-
and that each town be emitted to three votes in said
committee. The Gic"tan Of concurIng in the n0ini-
nation shall IN the first instance ho taken BY the ind.
v'du'l votes of tho convention and if majority con
ear, the nomination shall be considered as madr but
# the nomination concarrch in BY the individual
votes the question shall be taken by towns aud each
town shall BE- entitled 10 one vote but no discussion
salll be had by the towns after the question is put.
which resolution after some discussion, and
snndry propositions Of amendment, was
adopted by decisive vote.
The Convention took a recess Of fifteen
minutes to enable ,owns 70 nominate their
committees.
The President called to order, and the
Secretary reported to the Convention the
following Committee of Nomination, as re-
ported by the several towns,
S3"'' H.ro-Wal's Mott Lorenzo Hall, WIN. r.
Phelps.
Grand I,i.-s Adams Abel Brown.
NORTH V.ro-Joel Allen.
Ai5Hrch--Wm. l.. $awl-s
Carpenter.
.Si.ison-Augustus Bart, J. =. scribn.rJ. 2. Clark
., H.g'SH.e-S. W. Keycs, Joseph Gutter, o. +.
Robinson.
,Etanh!in--Peter Chase, Adolphu. Dewing J II.
Hubbard.
Montgomery Samuel KenlelIjr.
DcrHS1lre-F. ChllI> IT,, \. W. Barton.
THirir-J parmclte II. c. Stafford.
Si-aH!1n-ti. w. Foster G. Greene v 6. Ferris
EnosbnrehP. L. Smith Samuel Fletcher Sam.
ual Kendall.
tYetcterIra Armstrong, y. r. Eingh1rn.
BakersfeH-Wlllam c. Wilson
Georrif-Snmucl Fairbanks, Edmund Goodrich
stephcn T. eonari.
Rietmond-Rolla Gleason, Amos B, Cooper, WIN
Rhodes II.
coci:ster-L. b. Plat, G. ". Horton, U. H. Pen.
ninnn.
rodrriW-John II. Tower, VIM. s. Hawkins,
HtniinFion--S. Amber A. Ferguson
She'6Hn-L avater White, William Harmon, Alva
Westford-Narcus Swain, Daniel Jackson
-. George Sherman Beach, Sias ls.,m .. S.
L1c'wool.
Jericho t Galush- A. Warren, F. G. Hill.
Esser-Jaines II. Do'Ano, franklin Hurlbut Aza.
VRision-,,A. V Holloy, John Brownjr Ch.un-
sev Browne
Burlington Geo. Clayc., Geo. A. Allen VIM
weston.
Charlotte David Cook, VIM r pesse
,ILltoa-i.cvl Sandefson, b. c. Wright, A. G.
Hnss5urgh-John wheelocs, Orrn Murray He
man 4. Smith,
Authorization Merrill, Isaiah Clark, David 3.
Chamhers
Bridpor!Luthcr Fe-rcn, Paris Fletcher, E. T..
CornraN-Rolln J. Jones.
Noah w Porter.
.Maaiebury- II. Bell z. Bass, J. Warner.
.Wnkton--Johnson Fnney.
Storeham Ken, Wright, Marvin North, Elmer
jones,
Slarksborougt sayles, Andrew Ferguson,
PearIy Hill.
Tdrgennes -.Iahazel Sherman, John T. Roberts,
Calvin II. Smith.
On motion of Mr.. WESTON, voted that all
Wings present, from towns not represented,
be invited to take seats in the Convention
and participate in its deliberations {; and IN
pursuance of this vote Mr.. FIELD, of New
Haven, was added TO the nominating COM
mttee.
On motion, committee Of seven was ap-
pointed to draft and report resolutions, to wit:
Messrs. Charles Adams, Harvey Bell, Or
lando Stevens, Samuel Adams, A. G. White
more, Jahazel Sherman, and Peter Chase.
Mr.. STEVENS moved the appointment, Of u
committee of five, by the chair, to nominate
person to represent this District in the
Wing National Convention, to be holden a,
Baltimore, in May next; and Messrs. JosrrI
WARNER, S. W. kEYEs, WALLIS Morn,
PARIS Fletcher and john PECK were
appointed
Adjourned to 8 O'Clock, p. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
Convention met pur,uan, to adjournment.