Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-02

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be shown in another article. He was
again elected Governor, by the people, in
1915 and was continued as such till 1920.
In his last annual message QSlO to the
Legislature, he recommended the aboli-
ton Of imprisonment for small debts, and
at the close of his message declines re-
election, and expresses his determination
s.to spend the residue of his life in domes-
tic retirement" and gives his reasons
| therefor, which, for want of space we are
reluctantly compelled to omit.
| Governor Galusha died at his residence
in Salisbury in October 1884.
| rAd3enda. Since the publication of
the sketch of Gov. Calusha, we have been
informed by Mrs. George Huntington, a
daughter of the Governor, through the
politeness of Rev. Myron Merriam, Pas
tor of the Baptist Church in SALISBURY,
of which Church the Governor was an
active and efficient member, that he was
born at Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1892,
and died at Salisbury, VT, September
25th, 1884, at the advanced age OF 81
In addition to the many positions held by
Governor GsiusEa, already mentioned, he
was one OF the Electors OF President and
Vice President in 1908, 1920 and 1872 I
6. MARTIN oHITTENDEN.
Martin Chittenden, the sixth Governor
of Vermont, was son of Governor
! Thomas Chittenden, and was born at
Salisbury, Connecticut, March 18th, 1866,
and graduated at Dartmouth College in
1889.
He came to Vermont with his father in
May, 1774, and resided with him till his
graduation. Owing to his feeble health,
at this time, he did not, as had been his
intention, study for profession, but hav-
ing procured farm in Chittenden Coun-
ty, at Jericho, he devoted himself to az
ricultural pursuits, which continued to oc-
cupy his attention, except when engaged
in official duties, till his death.
In 1899, being then but just out of
College, as we have seen, he was elected
one of the Justices of the Peace for the
County of Chttenden, which Ufice he
continued to hold for four years, The
same year he was also elected County
Clerk of that County, and remained as
such till 1898, when he became one of the
Judges of the County Court he was re-
elected in 1894 and 95, and in 1896 he
was elected Chief Judge and continued to
preside over the Courts of the County of
Chittenden in that capacity till 1908.
IL 1890, being still Justice of the
Peace AID County Clerk, he was chosen
to represent the town of Jericho in the
Legislature of Vermont, and was re elect
ed in 1891, 80, 90, "a, 95 and 90, and
again in 1902.
In 1908, he was elected to represent the
North Western District of Vermont in
Congress, and was reelected in 1905, OF, |
O9 and IL, and although he was rarely
participant in the discussions of that body, |
he was useful member, and his opinions |
when expressed commanded more respect
than those probably of any other member.
In 1913 the people failed to make choice
OF a Governor, ard upon the assembling
of the Legislature, the Federalists, in
Caucus, found that by rejecting the votes
from Colchester on a pretenSe that large
number Of the votes in that town had been
polled by United States Troops then sta
toned in that place, it would leave the two
parties tie in joint assembly, each party
having ll2; by some sort of political ma
m@rre this was accomplished - and the
joint assembly ballotted number of times
each day for more than a week without
any result, when at last, by some
means which have never been satisfacto-
rily explained, one of the Republican
members was missing, and Martin Chit
tenden was elected Governor by MAORI
ty of one vote, receiving III votes to Ill
Tor Jonas Galusha.
Ills administration was period of more
excitement and alarm than any other
in the history of the State, consequent up
on the War then existing between the
United States and Great Britain.
In 1913, when it was almost momenta-
rily expected that the enemy would make
a descent from Canada, and a portion of our
Militia had been ordered by the United
States authorities to the defence of the
frontiers Of New York and were actually
engaged in that State, Governor Chitten-
den issued his Proclamation commanding
them instantly to return "to the respective
places Of their usual residences" withm
tbsS State and hold themselves in readiness
to march at moments notice to the de-
fence of the frontiers of their own State.
And again in September, 1914, when it
was ascertained that the British Fleet was
coming down bake Champlain, General
the Commander of the United
States Forces at Pittsburgh, made req
uisition on Goternor Chittenden for the
90 immediate presence and aid Of the MI
tia Of Vermon." at that place. He re-
fused compliance, assigning as his reason,
which was also the reason assigned in his
former Proclamation, that by so doing it
would leave the frontier of Vermont ut