Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-09-02
MONTPELIER Election,

FtDllDltaI~ were uollt. llit'lc WIS ttiIlt
m active canvass between the friends of
Fred +. Smith and Gen. Pitkin among
he republicans. The caucus was full am
o far a we could see conducted with per
f ct fairness. Ja- f. Thur>on was chair
nan and W. 4. Lord, Secretary The rc-
,ult of the ballot was Fred. f. Smith 100
?. p. Pitkin III. scattering ;. On motion
IF Hon Chas. Dewey the nomination WA
made unanimous, not Il voice being raised
against Mr.. Dewey motion.
The town committee was authorized t.
lgrce upon a list of Justices with the DEM
,cratc town committee. The union u>
ice ticket thus agreed on. consisted Of TIN
foIlowin" names: Nelson Robinson, HI
am \. Hu-r, Samuel Wells Charles
Dewey. Whitman &. Ferrin. Carlos Ban
..roft. z. II. IIinklcy, James w. Brock.
Chester Clark j. .. Livingston, Henry X.
Field ana Ephraim Gary.
The democratic caucus with unanimitl
nominated Marcus ID. Gilman fol- repre-
sentative
There was no complaint ,hrt we heard
of the conduct of the caucus, but many G,
the supporters of Gen. Pitkin were ac'iv'
n organizing IN opposition to Mr.. smith.
On the ground that he represented the pro
hibitionist element of the republican purity.
Tuesday forenoon it was evident that
large vote was to be polled. and the bolt
assumed very solid proportions. rev
Justice ticket was also slid quietly into tn,
field. and from the fact that nobody tN-
pcctcl it. and the still way in which it APP
pcartd. quite Il number very likely voted il
-Ippo>ing they had the regular ticket.
The Introduction Of this ticket. ut course
injured Nh Smith to some extent, being
t most foolish act under the circumstances
OF course the boilers from the rclrescn-
tatiyc nomination ut once said, - some OF
you're another" And though the perform
tnce was the work of one OF two mon.
and was II matter of no consequence, of
course it made very tempting handle to
seize holl Of
The box was turned ut ; O'clock and the
result of the first ballot for town represent
tatve was Smith %, Gilman 2Q3. Pithir
49,. scattering .. SO there was no choice.
On the close of the first ballot Gen. Pit
kin stated that he withdrew lis name and
asked his friends to vote for somebody else.
We did not understand him to Withdraw
in favor of any other particular candidate.
The second ballot resulted, Gilman I'll.
smith 100, Pithin lGS. scattering .. The
third ballot followed Immediately and the
box was turned again ut Is o'clock. Gilman
Iavin" 20. Smith $50. Pitkin III and
scattering 9. The supporters Of Mr., Gil
man We're hanging well together. and The
pcr~i~tencv of Mr.. >cattrriu" in bring
inr up hi> 9 voters every time was also
commented on
1t WIS then announced th1t III. bon
would not be turned till hllf past ri@nt.
and the crowd went 10 SUPPER. he fpurth
ballot closing at . o'clock found 'ri.m tn
with ID. smith 3Ua. Pi;kin lGi, whil'.
Scattering had his ranks hlolcn and
fell to 6. l. WAS conceded on all sides
,hlt some innocent repeating WIS done
on this ballot, many who voted before tea
having votcd again after returning under
the impression lltt it was t new ballot
The fifth ballot resulted. Gilman 80,
smith 10. Ptkin l2o. Scattering t. II
now bccamc evident that the animal eyes
wrr. rcttinr >ot and there was ~ ear
nest effort to reeu>citatr him. The sixth
ballot. Gilmln had 2l:'. Smith lbs. II. Kin
/ lUJ. Scattering >. 1t i said that tlrr,
was some talk of Il compr'mi~" but II
amounted to nothing. The seventh amt
last btllot then was had. and when it Wa>
nearly o'clock the result WIS announced.
Nitrous d. Gilman. democrat. BEN elect
cI hy } majority. The vote stood Gilman
2j2. smith II, Pitkin 81. Scattering l.
/ Thr announcement WIS received with az
plau.r. and Mr. Gilman being called out
spoke briefly and well. He VIII make
barring politics. an excellent representa-
tive. We are sure
TIE. vote for o;her officers WAS annom-
cri about 10 o'clock. the great nninb 7 "I
scratches making the canva~~ing OF the
ballots Il very long Undertaking. Il will
be seen by the statement following thlt ;
majority of the supporters of Gen. IItkn
also boltcd the republican nomination t"i
GOVERNOR The vote was this Gov. Peck
sol. Bin"ham 297 1t Gov iIinckley 800
Chase 2GJ; Treasurer, Page 80 thun
bcrlain. 2J9: Congress. Joyce l9l, llcatoi
2;;}, Willard 81: Senator'S KIM BIZ, " al
ton ;j2.5. IIadlcv and Palmer 2.,j each; A.
-i>tant Judges Holden :}i2G, Martin :i2l
French rs Richardson 215; judge O
Probate. Til,!en BIG. IIcaton -.l3: State,
Attorney Dillingham; ;}2G Livingston 300
Sheriff. Lvford 3223, Wooster 2:i; lIigi
B,ilitl., Howe :;26. Foley POI.
The following is the vote for Justices. til,
first twelve persons named being elected
Nelson Robinson Isl. Hiram 4. IIu~c Al
Samuel Wells 10, Charles Dewey 40
Whitman e.. Ferrn 449, Carlos Bincrof
500. T. H. IIinklcv 4:l James w. Brock
$50, Chester Clark 4Gl. j. Q, Livingston
800. Henry X Field $50. Ephraim Gary
los, @. H. Smith Gs, j. Thur>ton 81, Me
dad Wright 81, Dennis Lane 81, joel Fo,
ter, j. O.
There is Il rumor floating about i'll tho