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

! the Hoyt men soon discovered that some Of
/ the Baxter crowd were leaving their places
after they had been counted, and slipping
around to the rear were passing through
again. An immediate protest was entered,
and several Hoyt men refused to pass
through. stating that they would not be
parties to such a laIcc. Tie other side
passed through and cllimci a majority Of
% The chairman entertained the protest,
and declared the count null ard void, and the
county convention thercuTon broke up IN
row, without ever having organized. and
without tic appointment OF any members
Tor that county Of the nominating commit
tco-without in fact any motion Tor the aT-
pointmcnt Of such members Of the nominat
committee for the county, os Pre- enta-
tion Of any ticket for such Il committee.
AFTERNOON.
The Convention met after tic t,ccr, many
who supposed their work Was done when they
voted in the County Conyen,ion, having
lett tic ground, bus a highly respectable
crowd 10th in numbeis ard quality romair-
ing The chairman announced that the
nominating committee would mop in tie
Court House and Ilmg in tic termination.
M. EI,dict olj,ctod to any uch Shortcuts
To the object Of the convention. ond called for
he T,Iut TO tie couyonJioF 90. ,hc names
of tie I, minatIrg c,mmi,;,, ,l,s,u ly the
Counties. Tic clair thought .lai was un.
noossaIy Mr.. F,n,dici ir,i-t,4 :! 90 it was
uuhcard Of, to proceed vithout % r,lurt 70
the ccny,ntion Of tie uamos oi % most i'm
J. rtant committee, and on motion it was
voted dat tic sou,taicr oi tIc various
County CorvUtions I,Iolt ID, rom,, Of the
committee mon closer. ClrUd,n County
Icing called, IL, Secretary rIort,i the FOL
lowing names of the Chi;teateu Go mem
hers
CarJlus Ncyc-, VIM. Harmon. u l.. 5a-
s.n. ,Iam,- Miro, C. ". BravreIl, Norman
B-owucil.
Franklin County Icing n,zt ul.d. Mr..
Seymour made au admiralty calm and lair
statement Of the Iru,,ciiup .u Franklin
County Convention, stating ,lat uo COM
mi,,oe Lad been chosen ~ The pant Of that
County.
Mr. Bradley Barlow admitted ,.c ruth
and fairness Of the statement, .ri claimed |
t.at the frauds ALLEGED were. 81 .ruc, MT |
sufficient 90 affect tie result. aua i'at the
Baxter mer. having u @ majority should tc !
allowed to name thc comm..cc-uon they |
lrYuH Lor. rlosel. If The uial lsd '.cn ou q |
motion fox committee.
Henry a. Burt, E-q. .ej.Iu,a 10 an ez-
c..dmgly clear and conclusive statement Of |
tic IauI-. that m,u OF other counties had |
been counted anon. t.e B.z-or men. and |
that one Of them had ACKNOWLEDGED that fe |
was counted t5ar timt> on that slie. ". |
Back. E.q further supported The statement.
Mr. Geo. Ballard. of Georgia added the |
testimony of his own eye to sho frauds.
stating that tic Bszter mar who Passed |
through the gate with ban passed around |
and wss counted q second time lle further +.
denounced ;uc corruption Of ''tLe
ring, and >aii u bad been Ing enough /
submitted to, that when postmaster was
wanted in franklin County ;hey must 20 to
Rpil4 Gleason TO know who Il should be.
What VS. to he done in such state Of
the cast was evidently puzzle for the Presi-
dent of the Convention, and for many others.
when Hon. HOVER f ROYCE ' Erk.hirc
took the stand
KR. RoYCE's REMARKS
lie said he had attended many political con-