The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
County Conventions.

ADDISON COUNTY democratic nominations
Senators, Patrick O'Neil of Bristol and j. f.
Parker of Whiting; associate judges, Rector
Gage of Addison and C. W. Huntley of
Bridport; sheriff, II. c.. Hathorne; state S
attorney, James r. Stapleton of Middle
bury high bailiff, Charles e. Gee of Rip
ton; judge of probate, Addison district, l..
S. Wright, and New Haven district, Mvron
Small of Starksboro
The following is the ticket of the prohibi-
tionists of Caledonia county: Senators. Rev.
s. S. Brigham of Hardwick and w. p.
Houghton of Lyndon assistant Judges, II.
A. Kelsey of Danville and Bradley In
gals of Sheffield; probate Judge, Walter p.
Smith of st. Johnsbury sheriff, Isaac NJ.
Smith of McIndoe's; states attorney, w.
p. Stafford of St. Johnsburv; high bailiff
M. w. Hovey of Waterford.
ABOUT fifteen prohibitionsts of Lamoille
county met in mass convention at HYDE
park Friday. &. S. Parker of Gilmore was
elected chairman and John LaPorte of
Hydepark secretary The following ticket
was nominated: Senator, G.. S. Parker of
Gilmore; assistant judges, S. w. Royce of
Cambridge and G. S. Gilmore of Hydepark
Judge of probate X. S: Page of Hydepark
sheriff, Luke Potter of Waterville.
RUTLAND COUNTY democratic nominations:
For senators, George E. Royce of Rutland,
Ozro Meacham Of Brandon, Cyrus Jennings
of Hubbardton and G. A. Claghorn of
Wallingford; assistant judges, j. Grafton
Griggs of Rutland and Henry McFadden of
Wells; states attorney, John ID. Spellman
land; high bailiif, Simon G. Bassett of
Castleton; judges of probate, V. c. Meyer
hotter of Rutland for the Rutland district
and Seth Thompson of Fair Haven for the
Fair Haven district.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY republican nominal
tions For senator, Jerome p. Hall of South
Hero; associate judges, S. II. Pike of Isle
La Motto and Stephen Hoag of Grand Isle
Judge of probate, II. w. Allen of North
Hero; sheriff, NJ. d. Kinney of South Hero
states attorney, e. r. Goodsell of Isle La
Motto; high bailiff, Juan Robinson of Grand
Isle; county committee, Il. l.. Kinney of
South Hero, Juan Robinson of Grand Isle,
Warren Clark of North Hero, n. w. Fisk
of Isle La Motto and j. S. Gordon of AL
burgh. No resolutions of any kind were
adopted.
THE call for a mass convention recently
issued by the prohibitionists of Franklin
county was responded to August 10 by thir-
ty-two persons from Berkshire, Enosburgh,
Franklin, Georgia, Highgate, Sheldon,
Swanton and st. Adams. The following
ticket was nominated: Senators, III. NJ
Stevens of st. Adams, G.. S. Fassett of Enos-
burgh and ID. ID. Wead of Sheldon assistant
judges, w. A. Comings of Berkshire and r.
Whittemore of st. Adams; states attorney
l.. f. Pelton of Highgate; sheriff, |, 7. Bee
man of st. Adams; judge of probate, left
vacant; high bailiff, w. G. Greene OF
Georgia.
THE Franklin county republican conven-
ton was held at Enosburgh Falls last
Wednesday. After considerable sparring.
an Edmunds resolution was adopted,
though the senatorial question had not been
made an issue by the straight republicans
fIn. 1.
who attempted to control the convention
and failed, are all rabid Edmunds men, A
resolution requesting Edmunds to support
the republican candidate for president in
1888 was voted down. The following were
nominated for senators: John +. Draper of
Sheldon, g. l.. Marsh of Enosburgh and w.
III. Giddings of Bakersfield, over III. NJ Ste
vens and Jude p. Fairman by thirty ma
jority; for assistant judges, S. p. Carpenter
of Richford and Henry G.. Greene of st.
Adams We're nominated by reclamation
for judge of probate, Myron w. Bailey was
also nominated unanimously; II. o. Sturte-
want and w. III. Farchld were named for
states attorney, and Sturtevant was nomi-
naied by twenty majority; Joseph III. STRAIT
ton of Franklin was nominated for sheriff
and William Caldwell of Georgia for high
bailiff. The contest over the primaries has
been waged for some time past with consid-
cradle warmth. The republican boilers,
who two years ago sold the party out to the
democrats and elected the entire county
ticket nominated by the latter, succeeded
this year in capturing only twenty-eight out
of eighty-two delegates, leaving the straight
republicans ain apparent ma jority of twenty
six. Mr.. Fairman, who was defeated for a
senatorial nomination, made himself con-
spcuous in the house two years ago by his
speech in opposition to the reelection of
Chief-justice Royce. Mr.. Sturtevant, nomi-
mated for states attorney, was defeated for
combination of republican boilers and
democrats. ii, M. Stevens, defeated for a
senatorial nomination, was one of the sem
atorial nominees of the prohibition con-