The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20

well do the duties imposed upon him If
elected to the position of Senator.
Oliver ii. Bascom of Orwell presented
the name of ID. w. Clark of that town,
whom he described as quiet. unostenta-
tious man, clear-headed, thoughtful and
intelligent; man who had held various
offices in the gift of his town and had
always given satisfaction as had been
the case when he had charge of building
tile county court house.
ii. NJ. Chamberin of Goshen present
ed the name of Nathan Capen of Goshen.
lie had held numerous town offices and
was fitted for the place of Senator.
Mr.. Clark's nomination was seconded
by Myron Platt of Shoreham, in behalf
of the entire delegation of that town; by
c. NJ. Wilds for the Middlebury delega-
ton; by DIR. Kent of Bristol for his
town; by III. f. Taylor for Cornwall by
+. A. Woodbridge of Vergennes by f.
Gorham for the Addison delegation and
10y the Hancock delegation.
Mr.. SANKEY'S nomination was second
ed by l.. G. Ncedham of Leicester; by u
gentleman from Salisbury for the dele
CATION from that town; by Monkton
delegation for his town; by Seneca IIaz-
ard of Ferrisburgh and by a Granville
man.
Mr. Capen's nomination was seconded
by a gentleman from Hancock.
These tellers were appointed: II. NJ
Chapman of Middlebury, ii G. Hubbard
of Orwell, l. c Needham of Leicester and
IL f Taylor of Cornwall The result of
the ballot was as follows: Whole number
of votes. l51; necessary for choice, ~ /,
ID w Clark had 107; A + Stanley had
~; Nathan Capen had s; and Mr.. Clark
was declared the nominee of the conyen-
ton.
On motion of Albert A Fletcher the
chair appointed a committee to nominate
county committee. This committee
was named: A A Fletcher of Midilebury.
f III Squier of New Haven. Daniel Smith
of Addison, w III belong of Cornwall
and ID ii Lewis of Nergennes.
A recess was taken till o'clock.
The convention re-assemblcd at . 80.
when candidates for assistant Judges
were nominated.
VIM ) Wright of Waltham was nomi-
mated by Loyal Huntington of Wey-
bridge. and the nomination WAS seconded
by number of delegates, including
those from his own town.
f a Doud of New Haven was nomi-
mated by f III Squier of his town and was
seconded by delegates from Bristol and
Cornwall, by j NJ Slade for the Middle
bury delegation and by f G Farnham
for the Shoreham delegation.
ballot was taken, f NJ Kent of Bris-
toll. w III belong of Cornwall. NJ l.
Taylor of New Haven and Goodsell b
Smith of Monllton being the telers. The
result was: Whole number of votes.
al; necessary to a choice. -; f a
Doud had 81. and Mr. Doud was declared
nominated.
The committee to nominate county
committee reported the names of the old
COMMUNICATION l. ID Eldredge. Ii c
Martin, ID III Bennett, ID w Clark. Har-
vey farr-and they were reelected.
For assistant judge in the south part of
the county W III Delong of Cornwall
presented the name of Henry Lane of
Cornwall. and he was nominated by ac-
clamation.
For sheriff II f Taylor nominated the
present incumbent, y + Dunshee, and
the motion was seconded by several del
egatcS. Mr. Wilds of Middlebury stated
that Mr. Dunshee declined reelection.
He had been an excellent sheriff. the
most admirable the county ever had. He
was more than grateful for the appreci-
business was such that he could not
longer serve as sheriff. Mr. Dunshee
had but recently decided to withdraw.
Mr. Wilds nominated Howard Clark of
Lincoln, who, he said, was honest and cap
able--a man fitted for the office. He is
as competent as any deputy that has
served on Mr. Dunshees staff. + Pope
of Lincoln. DIR Kent of Bristol and Jo-
seph Battell of Ripton seconded the
nomination; and Mr. Clark was nominal
ed by reclamation.
For States attorney f Pope of Lin
coin nominated the present incumbent.
Mr. Hawkins of Starksboro. 1t was sec
ondrd by the Nergennes, Orwell, Sails
bury. ShOreham, Goshen, Leicester ans
part of the Addison delegation.
Il NJ Chapman, for the Middlebury del
egation, nominated l. ID Eldredge, viii ell
was seconded by the BridpOrt delegation
and by another. Mr. Slade spoke in Be
half of Mr. Eldredge and seconded his
nomination.
The ballot Il NJ Chapman. Ii "
Chamberlin and f Gorham of Addison
being tellers - resulted as follows
Whole number of votes. l4j; necessary
to Il choice. 73; Mr. Hawkins had 80; Nj
Eldredge had 43; G w Grandey had 3
and Mr. Hawkins was declared the nomi
nee of the convention.
Chandler of Ripton nominated
Is Ripley, the present incumbent, 70
high bailitl and he was nominated by ac
clamation.
For Judge of probate in the New Havel
district j ID Smith was nominated by ac
clamation, as was l. f Knapp of Middle
bury for this district.
The convention then, at 3 : 45 p. M, ad
iourned.