Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-09-06
brandon Republican Caucus.
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The Republicans of Brandon held q
meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday
evening to nominate candidate for
Town Representative.
The meeting was organized by appoint
ing A. A. Nicholson, Esq, Chairman, and
Geo. R. Bottum, Secretary.
1t was soon discovered that copper
heads, dsunionists, johnson men and
all, were out in full force and had kindly
volunteered their services to help the
Republicans select candidate.
Certainly there were many in that
motley crowd that "did not look like"
Republicans, did not act like" Republ.
cans, and "did not smell like" Repubh-
cans.
But with the amiability Characteristic
of the party, they were all allowed to
vote and Of course all voted for Stephen
L. Goodell, who has for some time been
canvassing the town in behalf of him
self, and who, like Paul, possesses the
happy faculty Of becoming politically
all things to all men.
We read in the Apocalypse of great
red dragon who drew down with his
tail a third part of the stars. But the
third part of the Republicans of Brandon
thus basely brought down, and the en-
tire Democratic party, who aeger mistake
their man, were not sufficient to win the
day.
DR.. Ross, our representative of last
year, was nominated by triumphant
majority, and will no doubt be elected
by much larger majority on Tuesday.
Another account received by US
says:
A mean attempt was made at Brandon
on Saturday last to subvert the action
of our town caucus to the uses of mod
ern striped Democracy.
A call had been issued by the Repub-
lican Town Committee, addressed to the
"Union Republicans of Brandon" and
such only had moral right to partict-
pate in the meeting.
By usage, and courtesy, DR.. Volney
Ross, who served US last year so accept
ably as representative, was entitled to a
f denomination, And yet for several days
prior to the meeting an opposition had
been silently organizing under the lead
of few notorious copperheads and dis
affected Republicans, and as the hour OF
. the meeting approached, motley, quar-.
} relsome crowd blocked up every avenue
leading to the hall.
Although the evening was dark and
, stormy there was, on the other hand, q
fair though by no means full representa-
ton Of the Republican element present
. The preliminaries of an organization
of the meeting having been arranged
DR.. Ross was put in nomination by his
. friends, and Mr.. Stephen L. Goodell by
? the opposition,
A ballot was called for and ordered
and then commenced one of those dis.
graceful scenes which for decency's sake
it is hoped will not soon be repeated
: At a signal from their leaders, the quar-.
. ry men and their supporters rushed in
and with flushed and excited faces surged
through the alleys Of the hall, perssting
in their right to vote, though not one OF
them pyCte,sed to belong to the party that
issued the call. For nearly or quite an
hour it was scarcely possible for a
known Republican voter to get at the
box. The intruders had come avowedly
prepared to assert by force, if necessary,
their right to control the meeting. They
were led on or encouraged by a few
noisy, brawling native copperheads,
whose political antecedents are yet a
stencil in the nostrils of all loyal men.
The Republicans, sfanch, tried and
true, patiently waited their time; and
when the tide had surged itself into
partial exhaustion they found an oppor-
tunity to vote, and with the following
result:
Whole number of votes cast, s85
necessary to a choice, 1913. DR.. Volney
Ross received 1879; Stephen L. Goodell,
1856; scattering, /.
Cheers followed the announcement of
the result, and the opposition, still sullen
and quarrelsome, skunk away out of
sight.
BALLOON AsCENsIoN.-Prof. King is in
Montpelier, endeavoring to make them
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