Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-08-24
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c. MOVES, Chairman.

lnE DISTRICT COSyENTION.-The st. Al
bans Transcript thus narra;es the proceed
iugs in the Franklin County sub-eonvention
at iIydepark on Wednesday
1t about / O'Clock \. NJ, there was a meet
ing Of the Franklin County delegation, at the
court house. when Hon. ;. p. Carpenter, 4 Hoyt
man, was chosen Chairman. Such scene fol
lowed as to prevent any further action before
that meeting. The New Orleans riot could only
have surpassed it in the use Of fire arms. The
confusion vas so great that the meeting was
adjourned. Many of Mr.. HoYt's friends became
disgustel with the affair, and left for home. A
large majority stayed behind to light it out on
that line After dinner there was another
meeting. The excitement ran high. 1t vas
then determined BY few men, that EOyt
man and 4 Baxter man should pass through a
certain gate and the party who had the largest
number Of men left after matching should have
the choice Of the man for chairman Of the county
convention. After about fifty men hal passed
through the gate, was discovered that certain
persons who had once passed through had at
tempted and succeeded IN passing through a
second time. The friends Of Judge Hoyt pro
tested against such a proceeding 1t
still continued, and men paSsel
through ilrice after that who we're favorable 10
Mr.. Baxter, and they were witnessed by as sub
stantial men as can be produced in st. Adams or
Franklin County. II is also creditably stated
that men from other counties passed through
the gate, representing themselves as Franklin
County men, in the interest Of Mr.. Baxter,
The pretended chairman Of the meeting, II.
E Seymour ESQ. because regular chairman
could not be chosen) stated publicly that he saw
a Baxter man or men. pass through several
times. After getting through, it was ascertain
cd that the Baxter men, under the present state
Of things, had exhausted the Hoyt men and
claimed 10 have a majority, which the Hoyt
men strO ugly denied on accoI INT Of the fraud
which had been committed. 4 motion was COZ
seQuently made and carried. TO have each town
meet together in town caucus for the purpose
Of ascertaiuing their relative strength. This
course was insisted on by the friends Of Mr.
Hoyt, hut It was not followed. The chairman
then declared the previous proceedings Of the
meeting we're VOID, for the reasons above stated
The matter vas the n taken be.ore the general
convention. Mr. Seymour madea statement Of
the matter substantially above given.
Mr.. B. Barlow made statement, in which be
said that the proceedings were as fair as they
could be, under the circumstances Hon. II. E
Royce, II. \. Burt, ESP; NJ. Buck Esq; Geo.
T. Ballard Esq, and others substanta;el the
statement Of MIR. Seymour
1t therefore became apparent that Franklin
County could not fairly select a nominating
committee. Il had been working all day to
elect a president, and had not, up to that time.
succeeiei-much less in selecting nominating
committee, which could not be don until some
organization was perfected.
With this state Of things before the couven-
tion, and while a notion was pending to declare
the proceedings Of the Franklin County Souven-
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without date, and rifi0ut any ROminGtiOH,
and It was SO declared by the president Of the
convention, who, We are informed, was friendly
% Mr. Baxtcrs nomination