The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-23
nesabicnn ri>nic, ,onvcu,ion.

is compiled from full report published
in the Rutland Daily Herald:
About 1890 p. m. the convention as
sembled in School House Hall, and was
called to order by Gen. p p. Pitkin Of
Montpelier, chairman Of the District Com
mittcc who read the call, and nomipa-
ted Hon G. NJ. Willard, of Casteton,
for temporary chairman, who was duly
elected.
G.. w. Tilden of Barre, was nominated
and elected to the office of temporary
secretary.
II. V. Marsh of Brandon, offered the
following resolution:
Resolred, That the chair appoint n
committee on credentials, consisting of
two members from each county in the
district.
The following amendment was offered
by Mr.. Newman of Poultney:
Resolred, That the delegates from each
county appoint committee of two on
credentials from their respective counties
and report the same to the convention,
and that these several committees when
appointed constitute the committee on
credentials for this convention
After considerable discussion, the
amendment being supported by Messrs.
;, Woodbridge, Park, Proctor and others,
and opposed by Carpenter, Marsh, Dill
bingham and others, the roll of delegates
as they presented themselves to the Dis
trict Committee was called for, when the
yeas and nays were taken on the amend
ment, and it was declared lost by ma
jority of four against, two sets Of dele
cations voting from both Bennington and
Monkton.
After prolonged discussion as to the
propriety of verifying the vote and ex-
Guiding two votes from Monkton it was
agreed to take the vote again which re-
suited in vote of 90 yeas to 102 nays
The original resolution of r. V. Marsh
was then carried, and under it the chair
appointed the following committee to ex-
anime the credentials Of delegates:
addison County-A. T. Smith, of
New Haven; j. +. Roberts of Vergen.
mes.
: Bennington County-C. NJ. Bliss of
Woodford Jonas Wilder of Rupert.
Rutland County-Red6eld Proctor Of
Rutland; r. V. Marsh of Brandon.
Washington County-Chas. Reed of
Montpelier Chas. A. Heath of Plain
geld.
Adjourned till ) o'clock.
Tho committee on credentials rose at
1890, when the convention was called to
order and proceeded to business, having
by an overwhelming vote refused the ad-
journ.
Mr.. Carpenter of Mortified moved that
no member shall speak on any subject
more than once, and but ten minutes
then Carried.
At l2.45 a. M. the committee on Gre
dentials through their chairman, Charles
Reed of Montpelier, presented a report
favoring the selection of the following
delegates in the three towns whose dele
cations were contested:
Bcnnington-Wm. 5. Southworth, A.
r. Gardiner, l.. r. Graves, Geo. Willard,
w. II. Cook, L. n. S. Morgan, o. Scott
John II. Flagg.
Cabot - Orson Kimball, Cornelius
Smith, Joel T. Lilley.
Monkton-T. S. Ladd, l.. +. Smith.
The remaining portion Of the delegates
reported by the District Committee were
> found to be correct The following from
> Addison County:
Addison-Edwin Gorham, G.. Barker
y Bridport--TI. N. Sollace, Sheldon
: Smith.
Bristol--N. +. Dunshee, l.. =. Rob
erts.
Cornwall Henry Lane, II. +. Dean
: Ferrisburgh-N. j. Allen, A. Field.
, Goshen-Simeon Churchill, T. W
. Button.
{ Granvillc-F. p. Dimck, II. p
/, Hayes.
Hancock Taylor, Solomon
Durham.
> Observation-Disclosures White, William
' Powers.
! Lncoln-W. w. Pope, W.W.Varney
H. Farr
Middebury-Edwin Hammond, Chas
y y d. Earl' Justus Cobb, John Seeley.
:, Monkton-T. S. Ladd, l.. +. Smith.
New Haven-A. T. Smith. f. s. Bot
tunl.
Orwell-W. R. Sanford, y. &. Bias
CON-
> Decentralization Converse.
Ripton-H. b. Ripley, T. G. Axtell.
: Saiisbury-L. N. Waterhouse, Jane
, Fits.
= = Shoreham--John T. Rich, II. W
=. Jones.
;. Starksboro-Georgc Somers, r. NJ
n Livermore.
y Vergennes-F. f. Woodbridge, } f
"A Roberts
~ Waltham-W. S. Wright
. Weybridge-E. s. Wright, NJ. NJ
= Baker.
q Whiting-F. d. Douglas Calvin Eos
q ter.
:, Col. Proctor of Rutland appeared o
=. the floor and submitted minority repoi
70 to the effect that the delegation frol
~ Bennington, headed by 7. w. Park 18TH
~ only legally elected delegation from tha
ho town. ms report WAS signeu ny pe'
~ field Proctor Jonas Wilder and j.
81 Roberts.
~ ~ After warm and interesting discu
:" ~ sion, pro and can, in which Hon. f.
- Woodbridge made an able speed
i which must have convinced all who
y. -. minds we're not already made up, al
" in which Messrs. Proctor, Marsh, Heat
10 Miner, A. n. Smith, Dnnton, Gardin
D ar and others participated, vote was taxi
,ar resulting in '93 for the majority repo
20 20 and s5 against it. This vote was n
:; ~ announced, but taken again, the resi-
~, was announced yeas "a, nays ~.
i" II. V. Marsh then moved that the tel
porary organization be made.permaner