Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-26
County Convention.


Ihe friends of temperance in Washington
County assembled in convention at the Court
House in Montpelier, on Saturday, Feb. %,
ana were called to order by o. L. Hoyt,
Esq, OF Plainfeld, Chairman of the County
Committee. John W, Clark, of Montpelier,
was elected President, and T. j. Deavitt, of
Montpelier, Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Hoyt, committee con-
sisting of ore from each town represented,
was appointed to present the name of a can
didate for County Commissioner, as follows:
Barre, VIM. A. Boyce Berlin, J.W. Smith;
Calais, - Herrick Montpelier, L. W.
Jones Plainfeld, - Cree
Agreeably to a vote, the President ap-
pointed committee of three to report
list of names for county and town commit
tees, as follows 0. L. Hoyt, of Plainfeld,
A. G. Brown of Montpelier, j. W. Smith of
Berlin. The convention adjourned until a.
ternoon.
AFTERNOON.
At the meeting Of the afternoon session,
L. w. Jones, in behalf of the committee, re-
ported for County Commissioner, Geo. D.
Boyce of Fayston. Mr.. Jones added that he
had been long time acquainted with Mr..
Boyce, and knew him to be well qualified for
the Office, and a true and active friend Of
temperance and of the prohibitory law. AL
though Mr.. Boyce was not present, yet he
thought he would accept the nomination.
The committees report was accepted and
adopted by unanimous vote.
The committee on county and town COM
mites reported as follows
FOR COUNTY COMMITTEE.
w. A Boyce, Barre; L. W. Jones, Mont
pelier; w. P. Dillingham;, Waterbury j. NJ.
Fisher, Cabot; w. G. McAlister, Waltsfeld.
TOWN COMMITTEES.
Barre, W. A. Boyce, W. H, Perry, o. Ii.
Reed; Berlin, j. n. Perrin, j. W. Smith, E.
E. Andrews, Daniel Chandler; Cabot, NJ. s.
Hanes, B. P. Elmer. N K Abbott; Calais,
Levi Dwinell, w. P. Slayton, S. II. Foster
Duxbury, Samuel Somerville, Hiram o
Ward, Janus Crossett; East Montpelier,
Clark King, N. Davis, ir., b. j. Wheeler;
Fayston, A. D. Bragg, D S. Stoddard, j B.
Thompson; Marshfeld, Erastus Dwinell, s.
Carleton, w. R. Cove; Middlesex, G. c.
Putnam, jr., J. w. Markham, William Cha
pin; Moretown, James Haylett, Asa Hatha-
way, G. A. Thornton, N. R. Spauding;
Montpelier, VIM. A. Lord, W F. Water
man, Prentiss c. Wright, j. R. Seaver;
Northfeld Leander Foster, D. I. Averill,
Joseph w Gould Plainfeld, c. T. Batch
elder, Stephen Spencer, I. 6. Reed; Rox-
bury, Leander Ellis, A, j. Averill, 5. W.
Miller; Waitsfeld, A. A. kneeand, E. a.
Fish, Jacob Boyce; " warren, L. Bannister g.
B. Williams, Charles Martin; Waterbury,
W P. Dillingham;, E. E. Ormsbee, E. 5.
Newcomb, G. w. Kennedy; Woodbury. &c.
Putnam, j. W. Voodry; Worcester, Henry
johnson, Melvin Kent, Harvey Collier.
Joseph Poland, of Montpelier, then offered
the following resolution, which was adopted
without opposition
Resolred, That the friends of temperance
in the several towns in the county, where
the public interest seems to demand the
appointment of an agent, are hereby spe-
ciaIly urged to cooperate with the County
Commissioner in the selection and appoint
ment of suitable persons for such position.
Mr.. Poland spoke briefly in favor of the
resolution. They had bad no agent in
Montpelier the past year, but he thought
they had better have one, so that the drug
stores would have no excuse for selling
liquors for the purposes that an agent is
authorized to sell for.
George W. Scott, of Montpelier, who had
held the office of County Commissioner for
the past three years, advocated the adoption
speech. The reason of his not appointing
an agent in Montpelier, he said, was the
lack of this cooperation on the part Of tenn
perance men. He applied to the temperance
men of the town to name some person whom
they wished to have appointed agent. They
did not name any one, and he did not think
best to appoint any who applied for it, con-
sequently no appointment was made.
Voted to instruct the Secretary to prepare
a report of the doings of the Convention for
publication in the papers of the county.
o. L. Hoyt then offered several resolutions
for the purpose, as be said, of discussion and
bringing out new ideas. The first resolution,
with the preamble was read, as follows:
Whereas. The Legislature of this State,
after deliberate and mature consideration,
have enacted law regulating the traffic in
intoxicating liquors, and said law being in
the interest of the temperance cause, there
fore
Resolred, That it is the duty of all citizens,
and especially temperance men, to support
and aid in enforcing said law;
Which was adopted,
The second and third resolutions, prOvid-
ing that none but strictly temperance men
be sustained for any Office whatever, were,
after discussion, laid on the table, with the
consent of the mover.
The fourth resolution, which was adopted,
read as follows
ReSOlred, That We consider it the duty Of
temperance men to engage more earnestly in
the temperance cause, and to refrain, under
any circumstances whatever, from doing
anything that will bring reproach upon said
cause.
The convention then listened to a short
speech from Judge Harvey Tilden, of Barre,
and adjourned.
I. j. DEAvITT, Secretary.
BERLIN. The Auditors and Civil Author