The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-22
The Democratic Caucus
at BrattIebor0.
"SCOOPED by MARTIN"
HIRAM COCK OF the ROOST
Poor Davenport left without home or
Country.

The Democratic caucus at Brattle.
boro, held Monday evening, according
to all accounts that reach us, was u jam
borec, of the first order, wherein boss
Atkins aud his republican allies came
off first best, leaving poor Davenport
to bite the dust. o well, Charles, your
friend Glow" can explain it all to you,
and You will settle down i'll week or
two to fighting the Smith-Atkins ring
and defending its chief supporters, as
you have done, heretofore, until you
have lost the respect of all parties. The
good have no use for you and the devil
wouldn't have you; so the best thing
you can now do is to get your friend
Martin TO prevail OH Hiram to give you
a wheclbarrow load of Smith-Atkins
birthstone, take il over to No. IIinsdale
and you and Lamson fix up little hell
of your own. But to the caucus. A
Brattlcboro Democrat sends us the
following:
"Brattleboro furnished another prac tical il
lustration of ring rule in Monday evenings
democratic caucus; ard if any one had the
least doubt that the Smith-Atkins. Martini
Hooker crowd were making desperate strug-
Gia 10 ;:,n;pton their hold, and in, their usual
discreditable way, that doubt would have been
dissipated by attending this disgraceful show.
We doubt if fourth ward hoodlums, led by
Heer Most, could have put up and carried
through more successful Job. The scrimage
began at s O'Clock when 100 or more "Silver-
tops" and "Short-hars' were raped to order
by tie self appointed chairman, John Retting.
E. +. Brooks, who is in the employ of the
c. V. r., asked the chairman to appoint
committee to prepare slate. This brought
out the ''Siver-tops, with Jim Capen as spokes-
man, who wanted "no Central ring work i'll
democratic caucuses." This was received with
an emphatic amen, and Brooks was seemingly
fioored, at the start, but the crowd knew their
men, they had been coached for six weeks
under instructions from boss Atkins, who could
i'll afford TO let Windham county slip through
his fingers in these trying days of Smthism,
so, according TO the next programme, and the
printed tickets, Brooks name was hurled at
the "Slver tops who quietly presented the
name of DR.. Conland. which seemed to act as
a red rag on certain parties who, concealing
the real grounds of opposition, said the doctor
was no democrat as he voted for Morrill, for
the senate. At this juncture it seemed that
the very demons had been let loose to over
power Conland, (who by the way was not pres
enD. The Shorhairs were ready to carry their
point by knock down blow, and the chairman
presided as if he had one glass eye and could
only see the Smith side, and very many repu-
table voters left the hail. The first ballot stood
Brooks, 46, Conland,45 and scattering, /.
Then new ring was formed and the i'm
partial ?)chairman and "Silver-top", Kirwin
disputed quite pointedly over the formers
charge that Kirwin voted twice 1t looked at
one time as though the "Parlor Rules" would
be violated, but after time the chairman got
the meeting down to the order and decorum
of Bear Garden, and the Smh-Atkins COM
bination was put in with force while the chair
man continued hard of hearing, only when the
combination appealed. After two hours Of
screaming, yepng and other tactics the spring
of the machine
run down and the combination counted scaps, and
boss Atkins was Immediately notified that the
try was safe. During the progress of the show
Of the "Silver tops took occasion to tell internal
revexuc, Iiis that according to Cleveland's ruling
he an offensive PARTISAN which profered infor-
nation was sharply resented By the Federal officer.
The key to the above political tactics is supposed to
be in the hands of Gov. Smiths trusted Lieut..
Martini though this is the first occasion that it has
been loaned TO disappointed, unreasonable and an
CRY crowd of democrats. We trust 1t may be the
last in the county, for the sake of good government