Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02
THE COUNTY CONTENTION.
The Windham County Republicans in
session at Fayetteville.
A HARMONIOUS CONVENTION AND SOME GOOD
NOMINATIONS.

NOMlNAIIONB.
The Windham County Republican conven.
ton, held at Fayetteville on Tuesday, June
10Th, was called to order at I / O'Clock A. NJ,
and the call read by +. A. Bolles, chairman
of the County Committee. The list of dele
gates, whose credentials had been presented
was read, from which it appeared that every
town in the county was represented by its
full authorized delegation with the exoep-
ton of Athens, Dover and Somerset It was
stated by the committee that question had
arisen relative to the admission of the dele
CATION claiming to represent the town of Do
yer which the convention must decide ut the
proper time. BY nomination of the County
committee, j. ID. Bridgman, Esq, Of Bel
lows Falls was made temporary chairman,
and q. l.. French of Brattleboro and u. H.
Albee of Bellows Falls temporary secretaries.
On taking the chair Mr. Bridgman said that
for the benefit of the convention, he would
torego the customary prerogative of the tenn
porary chairman to make a speech. On mo-
ton, the temporary organization was made
the permanent organization, with j. f.. Wor-
den of Dummerston, and o. S. Howard of
Townshend as vice presidents.
Information being asked relative to the Do
yer delegation, it was stated by Gen. w. W.
Lynde of Brattleboro that no caucus had been
held by the Republicans of Dover, so that
there was no regular delegation from that
town, but, there being several gentlemen
present in Fayetteville from Dover, these
gentlemen had met in caucus at Worcester's
hotel previous to the convention, and elected
from their number four delegates to repre-
sent that town. Gen. Lynde moved the ad-
mission of this Dover delegation. Hon j.
l.. Martin of Londonderry objected to their
admission on the ground that the county
convention is made up of delegates chosen
by the people and that no four men had any
right to constitute themselves n delegation.
Gen. Lynde explained that the reason why
no caucus was called in Dover was that the
chairman of the town committee is a Green
hacker, and the duty of calling n caucus had
therefore been neglected. Capt Clarke adj
vocated the admission of the delegation. Mr..
Martin further opposed their admission, and
was seconded in this opposition by 0. f.
Butterfield of Wilmington When brought
to a vote the admission of the delegates was
refused.
On motion of Col. Haskins the chair ap-
pointed X. Haskins of Bratteboro, E. l..
Waterman of Jamaica, j. L. Butterfield of
Grafton, A. Withheld of Vernon and A. A.
Butterfield of Nottingham, a committee to
name County Committee for the ensuing
two years.
On motion of Hon. j. L. Martin, the chair
appointed j. L. Martin of Londonderry, X.
Haskins, l.. NJ. Reed of Bellows Falls, o. L.
Buttertield of Wilmington and S. d. Wins
low I'd of Townshend n committee on reso-
lutions.
Adjourned to 30.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order at 1:4O,
and the roll of delegates called. Col. Has
kins, from the committee to nominate
county committee for the ensuing two years,
presented the names of the following gentle
men for such committee: E. w. Stoddard of
Brettleboro, George Kellogg of Jamaica, II.
G. Millington Of Nottingham, G. +. Eddy of
Rockingham and L. S. Morse of Wardsboro.
The report was accepted and adopted.
The nomination of q candidate for Senator
from the Southern district was next in order.
Col. Hooker of Brattleboro nominated Col
l.. X. Fuller of Brattleboro. o. L. Butter
field of Wilmington seconded Col Fuller's
nomination. No other candidate being NAM
ed Col. Fuller was nominated by acclama-
ton.
For Senator from the north district J. L.
Butterteld of Grafton nominated Lewis S.
Walker of Grafton. G.. A. Brown of Bel
lows Falls nominated Col. f. G.. Butterfield
of Saxtons River. o. f. Butterfield of Will
mington seconded Mr.. Walkers nomination,
and Col. A. i. Franklin of Newfano second
ed Col. Butterfeld's nomination. A ballot
was ordered, which resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast l2O
Necessary to a choice, 81
f. G. Butterfeld had 80
Lewis S. Walker had 81
A. N Swain had SO
j. d. Bridgman had .
o. II. Garfield had
and there was no choice. Upon the announce
ment of the result of this ballot Mr.. Holden
of Westminster nominated A. N. Swain. l..
NJ. Read of Bellows Falls nominated j. d.
Bridgman. j, l.. Martin of So. Londonderry
seconded the nomination of j. ID. Bridgman
Col +. &. Butterfeld, though not a delegate,
being allowed the floor, withdrew his own
name in favor of j. d. Bridgman. L. S.
Hayes of Bellows Falls seconded the nomina-
ton of A. N Swain. Capt. Il. W. Clarke
seconded the nomination of j. d. Bridgman.
j. L. Butterfield withdrew the nomination of
L. 5. Walker. ballot was then ordered
and Hon. o. S. Howard, one Of the vice
presidents, announced as the result that ZIG
votes had been cast, of which 81 were for
j. d. Bridgman, and Mr.. Bridgman was de-
clared nominated On motion of l.. S. Hayes
MIR. Bridgman's nomination was made unani-
nous.
On the call for nominations for Judges of
Probate, Capt. Il. w. Clarke nominated Hon.
Royal Tyler for the south district, and Judge
Tyler was nominated by reclamation. j. b.
Ware of Townshend nominated Hon. A. Stod-
dard, and Judge Stoddard, for the north dis
trict, was nominated by reclamation
For Sheriff Hon. b. d. Harris nominated
j. w. Melendy of Londonderry, Hon. j.
L. Martin seconded, and Mr. Melendy was
nominated by reclamation.
For States Attorney E. w. Stoddard nomi-
mated L. NJ. Read of Bellows Falls, and Mr..
Read WAS nominated by reclamation.
L. w. Stoddard nominated Geo. f. Selleck
of Brattleboro for High Bailif, b. d. Harris
seconded, with the remark that, if elected,
Mr.. Selleck will make High Bailif, and Mr..
Sslleck was nominated by reclamation.
For Assistant Judges, H. b. Ballou of Viii
tingham and A. A. Wyman of Athens were
nominated by II. w. Brigham and ]. G. Ed
dy, respectively, and these gentlemen were
nominated by reclamation.
j. l.. Martin, from the committee on reso-
lutions, presented the following which was
unanimously adopted;
As the National Republican Convention re-
Gently held at Chicago adopted resolutions
embodying the principles of the party, your
committee on resolutions have deemed it I'M
necessary to present new resolutions for the
consideration of this convention. We submit
the following:
We, the Republicans of Windham County,
in convention assembled hereby ratify and
endorse the resolutions of the Republican
National convention.
We hereby rAtify the action of the Repub-
lican State convention held at Burlington on
the 22d inst, and pledge our support of the
candidates for Governor, Lieut.. Governor,
State Treasurer and presidential electors then
nominated.
We hereby pledge our support of the NOM
nations made to-day by this convention.
The business of the convention being then
completed, a general and repeated call was
made for a speech by Hon. j. NJ. Tyler. 1t
was stated however, that, at the close of the
convention, there would be fag-raising and