St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-07-09
aDONIAN.
Republican County Contention.

he Republicans OF the county, IN
FOOD numbers. assembled at the town
hall in this place Oh Friday, July I'd, at
| | o'clock. The convention was called
TO order by James McGatfey, chairman
OF county committee, who read the call
and nominated for president pro teH, Geo.
W. Cahoon Of Lyndon. who was elected.
Ou motion. / w. Sanb0rn of Lyndon
and G. !. t. Harris of Danville were
elected secretaries. On motion OF VIM.
b Palmer. Samuel Goodrich of Hard
wick, and j. c. Tibbetts of Sutton, were
chosen vice presidents.
On motion Of a. j. Willard of st.
.lohnNbury the temporary organization
was made permanent.
On motion of VIM. b. Palmer. roll
Of the towns was called, when it was
found that all in the county but Kirby,
Eyeyatc and Stannard were represented
\. J. Willard introduced the follow
ing resolution, and supported it by re-
marks:
i;...Ig.d That the nominating committee shall con-
| Of "u" from each town for every 50 republican vote
nr governor cast a. the lzt ptember election, and one
for every fraction Of % or over.
J.. Woodruff moved to amend Mr.
Willard's resolution 10y substituting four
delegates from each town. The question
arising rs to what should be done if any
Town represented had not four delegates
present, l. \. Hall of Groton, moved
that each town have four votes whether
50 many representatives be present or not.
A. G.. Chadwick of ST. .Johnsbury.
opposed Judge Halls amendment, giving
an illustration of how that plan had
worked heretofore where there had been
only two DELEGATES from town who
were entitled 10 four ballots, and each
one OF the two insisting on casting the
ballots Of the whole town for their par
tilular candidate.
Calvin Morrill, opposed the resolution
He took tine ground that the convention
beng called aa mass convention, it was
not proper 10 impose upon it such Il res
olution Before such resolution should .
prevail he thought the conventions should .
be delegate conventions. lie however
opposed DELEGATE conventions, and sup
ported Mr. Woodrutf's motion without
the amendment of Mr.. Hall.
Mr.. Willard insisted that if Mr. Wood
luil'> motion was correct the amendment
of Nj Hall WIS just as correct in prin-
,iplc. For one he did not care what the
people -;sii Of his resolution and his per-
sistency i'll advocating it, the principle
was right and as long as he was
member Of the republican party, or Il
freeman Of Vermont, lie should advocate
this principle.
iona Ross advocated the motion OF
Mr.. Woodruff
Mr. Hall insisted Oh his amendment,
which was lost.
\. VI. Johnson hoped the motion of
Mr.. Woodruff would not prevail, and
that the resolution of Mr.. Willard would
pass. Mr.. Wizards resolution was lost
and Mr. Woodruff substitute prevailed. |
c. :. Dana introduced resolution to .
the effect that the nominating committee
report on the question whether the next .
county convention be a mass or delegate
cOnventlon-whichw was carried
The chair appointed the following
committee on resolutions: \. j. Will .
lard, W. Il. Palmer, J. ID. Bell, &. c. /
Newell, |. y. Hall.
The convention then resolved itself .
into town caucuses 10 elect Il nominating |
committee, and then adjourned for dinner.
lIhruooH.-On meeting of convention. .
the committee on resolutions being called .
upon reported as follows: