The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-02
THE ELECTION IN RUTLAND.
A Full Vote and a Holly Contested
Election.
Nathaniel T.. Page, (DemOcrat,)
Elected Town Representative
Oh the Third Ballot by 81
Majority.
THE VOTE on STATE AND COUNTY
TICKETS.

thorough and earnest manner and grew
warmer as the ballots progressed. In fact,
we understand, there was never so close
contest or one carried through so many
ballots since the ''oldest inhabitant" can
remember The reasons for this were
many and varied and need not be reviewed
at this time. 1t is sufficient only to give
the facts as they transpred, without com
ment.
The polls were opened according TO law
at 10 O'Clock in the morning, and it was
haf-past S in the evening before the
closing ballot was declared. Ballot-boxes
were stationed on each side of the hall,
that on the east side being attended by
Constable George Willis and John a.
Sheldon, and that on the west side by
Town Clerk O. l.. Robbins and Henry
Hayward The vote on the first and Sec
ond ballots as will he seen by the an
nouncements below, were somewhat light,
while the first ballot, which was counted
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, was given
quietly and with but little canyassng. The
result was surprise to many, although
the number of candidates in the field gave
promise at the outset of brisk fight.
THE CANDIDATES.
Hon. John b. Page was the nominee of
the Republican caucus held on Saturday
evening last. He is well known as an ex-
governor of the state and president of the
Rutland railroad His largest vote, pollcd
on the first ballot, was SOP, being within
Al votes of an election.
Mr. Nathaniel f. Page was the nominee
of the Democratic caucus, winning the
nomination over J. ]. r. Randall by vote
of G5 TO SO. On the first ballot he had 1856
votes, second ballot 403, and third ballot
5S4 which gave him the election by thirty
six majority.
J. J. II. Rainfall, Esq, va, an indie
pendent candidate and his vote of 1Si IN
the first ballot was about equally divided
between the republicans and democrats.
On the declaring Of the second ballot,
which gave him :, votes, he withdrew
from the field, in brief speech to the
meeting, wit'standing which he re-
ceived the compliment of eight votes on
| the last ballot
The remaining candidates who were
John n. Baxter and John A. Sheldon re-
ceivcd goodly number ofrepublican votes
| from firm friends in that party Mr.. Bax-
ter was not prominent until the third ballot,
receiving then 116 votes and ON the second
ballot 90, while Mr.. Sheldon gained from
four votes on the first, to II on the second
| and 70 on the third
THE RESULT.
The 81 cond ballot was declared about
| half past five o'clock and from that time
until the result of the election was declared,
there was lively and persistent work. The
democrats worked like tigers and were en-
thusiastic from that time, almost to q man,
| for \. +. Page. The excitement was in
tense inside as well as outside the.hall and
their very enthusiasm gave premonition
Of what was TO follow. Much depended
on the West Rutland delegation which
soon arrived and they helped TO swell the
victory for the successful candidate Prom
inent and quite noticeable, under the cir
cumstanccs, IN the contest and as leader
among the democratic ranks, was a certain
major who has heretofore figured conspic-
uously as n republican, and especially
| J,,, 4 Lao,
Gen. Fitzpatrick. By his earnest and eff
fcctive efforts West Rutland was made to
give large number OF votes for the sue
cessful candidate.
The result as announced in the third ballot
was received with uproarious cheers and
applause The hall was packed to its ut
most capacity and the scene was one of
the widest excitement Mr.. n. +. Page,
the victorious candidate, was lifted to the
platform, and on the subsiding of the
cheers, in response to calls for speech,
returned his sincere thanks and said he was
gratilied in being elected from this, the
largest town Of the state, and by the hard
WORKING sons of toil-the yeomanry of the
country which fact in itself made him
especially grateful he would serve them
to the best of his ability and for the best
interests of Rutland and the whole of Rut-
land. He was frequently interrupted by
cheers and greeted with demonstrations of
approval at the close.
NATHANIEL T. PAGE,
the next member of the legislature from
Rutland, is a man in middle-lfe, and en-
ployed us blacksmith in the railroad ma
chine shops of the Central Vermont Rail
road, located here. He is, we believe, a
lifelong democrat, and has resided in Rut-
land some twenty years or more
We give below the result of the three
ballots for town representative, also the
. vote given in Rutland for the state and
, county tickets
FIRST BALLOT.
Whole number of votes. 1884