The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-15
FRANKLIN COUNTY UNI
ION CONVENTION

Agreeably to the published call, "fhe
freemen of Franklin county without
distinction of party who were in favor
OF sustaining the government in It's eff
forts TO suppress the rebellion and to
maintain the Union in its integrity
was held at Sheldon on the west side OF
the Creek, July Sth, 1864, at 10 ] 2
clock, A. NJ.
The Convention was called to order
by the Hon. Silas p. Carpenter Chair
man of the County Committee, upon
whose motion the Hon William H.
Blake, of Swanton, was elected Presi-
dent pro tempore. Messrs. Ira w.
Clark, of Fairfax, and Levi II. Hap
good, of Sheldon, were appointed Sec
retaries pro tempore The following
gentlemen were then elected Vice Pres
idents of the Convention: Hon. Will
liam l.. Sowles, Swanton, Hon Albert
G. Soule, Fairfield, and Hon. Rufus
Hamilton, Montgomery and Hon.
Samuel II. Stevens, of Enosburgh. On
motion, the temporary organization
was made the permanent organization
of the Convention
The school-house in which the Con
vention met being found too small for
the accommodation of those in attend
ance, on motion of the Hon. William
G.. Wilson, of Bakersfield, an adjourn
ment was ordered to the Congrega.
tional Meeting House in the vicinity.
Hon. James NJ Hotchkiss, of Fair.
fax, then submitted the following reso-
luton:
Rcsolued, chat a Committee of one
"for each town represented, one foi
"every fifty votes cast for the Union
candidate for State Governor in 1863
"and one for each fraction over twenty.
Give votes so cast, be appointed by
leach town, whose duty shall be tc
nominate candidates for County off
"cers, and present the same for the
consideration of the Convention.
The introduction of this resolution
was followed by discussion of inter
est in which Messrs. Romeo H. Hoyt
Myron Buck, James SAKE and Bradley
Barlow of St Adams, Hon James NJ
Hotchkiss, of Fairfax, Major Lawrence
ID. Clark, of Highgate Springs, Mr.
Joseph Northrop, of Fairfield, Henry
A. Burt, Esq, of Swanton, and Hon
Rufus Hamilton, of Montgomery, par
ticipated.
On the part of Judge Hoyt and
others it was claimed that as the cal
was not for delegate Convention, the
Convention could make its own nomi-
nations without the Intervention of any
Committee 1t was claimed that this
course would be more likely to repre-
sent the wishes of the people of the
county and not the wish of Office seek
ers and Office holders, and that the
adroit management of politicians was
becoming intolerable all over the
country and was more or less the cause
of our present national difficulties.
On the part of Messrs. Burt, Nor
throp and others who spoke in fayo-
of Mr. Hotchkiss' resolution, it wa!
claimed that the proposed course wa
according to precedent and the usage
of County Conventions and was as fire.
from objection and more convenient il
practice than the choice of candidate
by the Convention in Committee of TIL
Whole. The discussion was spirite'
and interesting, and upon its termina
ton, Mr.. Hotchkiss' resolution wa
adopted.
On motion, the following person
were designated as the Committee o,
Resolutions: Messrs. George L. Hough
ton, ST. Adams, Alvin III. Baker, Enos
burgh, James M. Hotchl1iss, Fairfa,
William G. Wilson, Bakersfield, an,
Charles FELTON,, Franklin.
On motion it was resolved, that til
Nominating Committee present tn
names of suitable persons for Count
Committee and Town Committees fc
the year ensuing,
The following gentlemen We're re
ported to the Convention as constitut
ing the Nominating Committee:
Bakersfeid--Seth Oaks, Charles ]
Ovtt and j. Leander Shattuck.
BERKSHIRE Homer II. Royce, Hiral
J Darling and Paschal T.. Leavens.
t Eaosburgh- Charles b. Maynard
, Hazen b. Ladd, A. w. Woodwork an
! George S. Fassett.
Fairfdr James Bellows, Abba
Buck, Rollin Wheeler, George Buc
and Charles Soule.
Fairfield Rensselaer, S. Read Hirai
Barlow, Daniel Leach, and Harmo
A. Fox.
Fleicher-Zerah w. Strait, Loren
Lee, and r. w. Bailey.
Franklin-E Edwin r.. Bell, Willial
= G. ROBBIE, and Jhon Colcord.