Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-07
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CONVEN-
TION,

| ham, chairman of the county committee
who read the call for the convention, and
on his motion Hon. II. w. Clarke of Brat
tleboro was elected temporary chairman
On motion of C. B. Eddy A. N. Swair
was elected temporary secretary. The
roll of delegates was read and 1t was
voted that 1t re the roll of the convention
On motion Of j. ID. Bridgman of Rocking.
ham the temporary organization was made
the permanent one with the addition o
Rev. A. Chandler and Geo. L. Selleck as
assistant secretaries, and Hon. G. d. EDDY
of Rockingham and III. u. Ballou Of Whit
ingham as vice presidents. On motion oi
Mr.. Bridgmen the chair appointed j. ID.
BridgmaD of Rockingham, Hon. Geo.
Howe of Bratlleboro, Hon. David Arnold
of Londonderry, A. A. Butterfeld of Whit
! ingham, ]. A. Butler of Jamaica, a COM
mittee on resolutions. On motion of Hon.
r. Tyler, a committee of three was ap-
pointed to present names Of county COM
mittee for the next two years, and the chair
appointed r. Tyler, f. Arnold of West
minister, w. w. Lynde of Marlboro such
committee. On motion of Hon. Geo. Howe
of Brattleboro, adjourned 10 come together
at The ringing of the bell.
AFTERNOON.
Judge Tyler reported the following
names for county committee:
Wells p. Jones OF Whitingham L. S.
Walker of Grafton; L. w. Stoddard of
Brattleboro; A. B. franklin of Newfane /;
II. S. Stafford of Westminster.
Mr.. Bridgman, from the committee on
resolutions, reported as follows:
We, the republicans of Windham county,
in convention, assembled, having as here
tofore the utmost confidence in republican
principles, and believing that their success
Is absolutely necessary TO The welfare and
permanent prosperity of the whole people
of the United States, hereby, ResolUe,
l. That the principles as embraced in
the platform adopted by the National Re-
publican Convention, just held at Clncin-
natl, are the only true principles upon
which the government of the United States
should be administered and as such we
heartily approve of the whole of the Gin
ciDnati platform.
2. We earnestly believe that the nomin-
atious ofRutherlord B. Hayes for President
Of the United States, and William A.
Wheeler for Vice President, were dictated
by snch honesty of purpose and patriotic
motives as should warmly commend them
10 every true republican in the whole coun-
try, and we hereby pledge our undivided
support in favor of the nominations.
3. We fully approve of the nominations
just made by the Republicans OF Vermont,
in convention assembled, at Montpelier,
and believe they will receive the largest
vote ever cast in this State, and as Repub-
licans of Windham county, we will spare
no effort toward the accomplishment of
such result.
They were unanimously adopted on mo-
,ion of Jldge Tyler.
Mr.. Eddy of Rockingham offered the
following resolution, which on motion was
unanimously adopted:
ReeolUed, That 1t is the conviction OF the
delegates in this convention assembled,
that Windham county should not be dis
membered for the purpose of creating a
new county, and that no change should be
made in the boundaries of our county as
now established.
On motion of j. l.. Butterfield of Graf
ton the convention proceeded TO the nom-
ination of county officers by ballot. r.
Tyler nominated o. L. Butierfield of Will
mington for Senator from the South Pro-
bate district, aud j. j. Green nominated
Col. A. b. Franklin of Newfane. The bal
lot resulted as fOllows:-
Whole number of votes cast, 122
Necessary TO "A choice, 81
o. L. Butterteld, GO
A. b. Franklin, So
Ii. q. Wiley,
And o. e. Bulterteld of Wilmington was
declared the nominee.
C. B. Eddy of Bellows Falls nominated
DIR. d. p. Webster of Putney for Senator
from The North Probate district, and ]. D.
Bridgman nominated Z. l.. Waterman of
Jamaica. The first ballot was as follows:
Whole number of votes cast l22
Necessary TO a choice, 81
ID. p. Webster, 60
L. l.. Waterman, 81
Z. b. Eddy,
There being no choice a second ballot was
ordered with the following RESULT
Whole number of votes cast, l22
Necessary TO choice, 62
L. L. Waterman, 63
ID. =. Webster, So
Mr.. Walerman's nomination was made
unanimous.
Hon. o. S. Howard of Townshend was
nominated for First Assistant County
Judge by acclamation. For Second As
sistant Judge the names of L. T. Butter
field of Wilmington, ii. b. BallOu of Whit
ingham and VIM. S. Newton of Braltlebo-
ro were presented. The ballot was as fol-
lows:-
Whole number of votes cast ia
Necessary for a choice 5S
VIM. S. Newton, IA
Il. Il. Butterfield, 2l
IL. b. BsllOu, 10
and II. B. Ballou was declared the NOM
inee.
For Sheriff the names of several candi-
dates were presented, and the first ballot
was as follOws:-
Whole number of votes cast, lls
Necessary for choice, 90
A. Slarkey, 2l
II. N. Sprague, N
w. ii. Willard, 40
b. 4. Phelps,
s. w. BOwker,
j. III. Kinner, 10
IL. l.. Roberts,
w. p. Gage,
-- Willard
There being no choice S. w. Bowker's
name was withdrawn, and the second bal
lot resulted as follows:-
Whole number of votes cast, ll9
Necessary to choice, go
A. Starkey, l8
4. N. Sprague, 20
w. Ii. Willard, 81
b. It. Phelps,
j. IL. Kidder, II
w. p. Gage,
Il. l.. Roberts,
- Willard,
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