Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-10
The Third District.

The contest for the congressional nomi-
nation which is to be made at Hyde Park
two weeks from to-day is getting decidedly
interesting. The two candidates are Gen.
w. w. Grout of Barton and Hon. Bradley
Barlow Of St. Adams. There were, or
pretended TO be. others but the fight is
between those two. And we have no belief
hat there Will lie any dark h r,e." II
is true that in Chittenden County some
" anti-Barlow delegates have been cleo
ted but Gen. Grout will have such large
support that these "anti folks will be
obliged TO support him or submit to Mr..
Barow's candidacy. 1t is not to be believ-
ed that, after having made n canvass,
of the proportions of this one, for Gen.
Grout his friends will permit dozen men
who have. TO this time, no particular can
didate of their own, to pick up somebody
to make 4 congressman of. Any such
move as that we believe would carry
enough Grout delegates directly to the
support of Mr.. Barlow to give the latter
the nomination.
About half the delegates have been
elected and the more there are elected the
more the very close character of the strug.
gle appears. There will be 210 delegates,
Chittenden county having SO, Franklin So,
Orleans AZ, Lamoille q. Essex II and
Grand Isle H. For guess we should say
that Gen. Grout will carry Orleans and
Essex while Mr. Barlow will take Frank
lin and Grand Isle. OF course each has
several lively encounters on hand 10 secure
this result but it will amount to about that
Then if Chittenden SHOULD give Grout 80
and Barlow 90 and Lamoille, Grout ~ and
Barlow 10 the vote in the convention
would be, Grout LOG, Barlow l04. 1t
looks rs though Chittenden is likely to do
better for Grout than the above figures
while Lamoile may do better for Barlow.
The weather is very warm for such n
lively campaign but the third district must
stand it, for ii is its turn. and keep cool rs
best it can. Years ago there was the Bax-
ter-lloyt contest in he third; then the con-
vcntion of 1868 in this district resulting in
Mr.. Wizards nomination while in 1872
and 1874 things in the second district were
extremely lively. So the former course is
finished for The whole state and the old
third begins to do SO again.
We give below the way the several
towns that have chosen delegates have
gone, with Il note of the number of dele
gates and the vote by which they were
chosen so far as we know them. We
count rs Grout delegates those chosen
in Burlington MS antiBarow for to that
complexion must they come ut last if
they mean business.
For Grout, Chittenden county: Burling-
ton ~ (chosen rs anti, Barlow 453 to 1924
for Barlow ticket; Wiliston 8. Orleans
county; Albany 3; Bloomington 2;
Charleston 8; Coventry 2; Crahsbnrv 3;
Derby 3; Glover 3; Greensboro 2; Morgan
2; Newport (by l4O to 1l9 for B.low);
Troy 3; Westmore l. Essex county: Con-
cord 2; East Haven l.
For Barlow, Franklin county: Berkshire
3; Georgia 3; Highgate 4; Montgomery
3; Sheldon 8; st. Adams (by unanimous
vote. 29O; Swanton Thy vote of III to
80 for Sowles tickeD. Chittenden county:
Colchester 3 (by vote of l27 to 70 for Groul
ticket; Essex (by vote of lO4 to o. for
Grout tickeD; Underhill 3. Grand Isle,
North Hero 2.
Total number Of delegates thus far
elected 92-for GrouL 40, for Barlow 43.
1t is said that quite q number of caucuses
will be held this evening the result of
which will very likely determine whether
Gen. Grout will maintain the slight lead
which he now has.