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ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION.
D. r. frary and NJ. r. King Nominated for
Senators-Ih 6thcr Examinations

o. r. frary and NJ. r. King Nominated for
Senators-ihe other Examinations.
Orange county republican convention
was held at Chelsea Tuesday, .July3. Attn
little after 10 f. M, Chairman Harry q
McDuflie of the county committee called
the delegates to order and G.. G.. Sargent
the secretary, read the list of delegates
all but the three from Fairlee responding
to their names. Chairman McDutIie pro.
posed the name of J. X. Darling of Chelsea
Tor temporary president of the convention,
ana, on motion, he was unanimously
chosen. G. f. Woodward, jr., of Brain
tree was elected temporary secretary and
II. f. Parker of Bradford assistant secre-
tary. On motion of John G. Stearns of
Bradford, the temporary was then made
the permanent organization. The follow
ing vice-presidents were elected James
Hutchinson OF Randolph, Harvey Dodge
OF Thettord, w. w. Brock of Newbury,
John {. Stearns Of Bradford, s. b. Darling
of Versnire, and John A. Tenuey OF
Corlnth. GA motion of l.. p. ThAyer of
Randolph, committee on resolutions was
appon ed consisting of l.. p Thayer,
Victor |. Spear of Braintree. K. w. Smith
of Wells River, G. c. Sargent of Cornth,
and ). B. Hebard of Chelsea. On motion
of 5. B Hebard Il committee of one from
each town was appointed to nominate
county committee, aud the nominating
committee having retired, afterward pre-
scented as nominees for congressional com
mittee G. G. Sargent of Corinth, John
Bailey of Newbury, H A White of Wash.
ington n. Il. Boyden of Randolph and 5
B. Hebard of Chelsea, who were thereupon
elected as such committee. Nominations
for senator from the east side or Bradford
probate district were then called for. Hon.
pI hp Of
Richard Smith of Vershire and ID G.. Hyde
of STAFFORD, the name of Hon. Nathan b.
Cobb of the latter town Horace White of
Topsham presented the name of n. NJ.
Harvey of West TOpsham and Col John
T.. StearnS, Hon. Victor | Spear of Brain
tree, and f. q. Peake of Orange seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Harvey. Telers
were appointed and the result of the first
ballot was announced, The whole num-
Der of votes was 10, of which IS were nee
essary for a choice K. VI Harvey had IS.
n. b. Cobb H. Richard smith and Scion
+. Frarv, also of otraifOrd had is There
being no choice a second ballot was called
fer by the char. Their upon Rev NIll'am
Paul of West Fairlee then formally pat
; lon +. Fray in nomination IN a neat
speech calling the conventions attention
TO the seeming Injustice which WAS done
Mr. Frary SIX years ago when in mass
convention, after the nominating commit
tees mad reported his name for senator,
the convention struck it off, aud substituU
ed that of w. H. Gilmore of tairlee.
Edwin w. Smith of Newbury seconded
Mr.. krary's nomination. Richard Smith
also in keen little speech bristling with
Yankee wit and telling sarcas N addressed
10 the lawyers seconded Mr. trary nom
nation, and donated his seven votes to
Fsary. The name of Mr.. COBB Wa, then
withdrawn, and second ballot taken.
Seventy votes were cast of which 80 were
necessary for choice. r. " Harvey had
2S and = +. trary ~. On motion of
Horace White of Topshaln, Mr. Frary's
nomination was made uu4hlnlUus for sen
ator from the west side o. Randolph Pro-
bate district. Willard l.. KIM OF Tun-
bridge was nominated by his fellow towns
man, Hon DAVID + Chapman, and sec
onded by ). b. Hebard, HOa. James
Hutchinson Of Randolph, Hon. Marcus
Peck of Brook aeld, and Hon., Victor !.
spear of Braiutree. He was then noml-
mated by reclamation. OF the assistant
Judges q. c. Sargent was reuomiIated by
reclamation, and an effort was also made
to renomluate Judge Lathrop of Williams
town by ID. c. Hyde and Marcus Peck.
But this was a breach Of the custom,
which retiTes an assistant judge after
toui years service Mason b. Curtis of
Orange nominated L. &. Camp of that
tow, and T. O. Huntington of Wes hing
ton seconded the nomination. v. l..
Boyden nominated Bailey +. Adams of
Randolph, who was seconded by & w.
Smith and Richard Smith. Seventy 1--we
votes were cast, of which - were neces-
sary COR cuOice g. t. Lathrop he'd II,
+. C. Camp l6f and Bailey +. Adams -.
The ticket WAS then completed by nomi-
mating j. D. Denison of Randolph for
States attorney, w II Nicnos of Brain
tree and :. NJ. Gleason OF Thrtford for
PROBATE indge N Collins If Chelsea
for sheriff 5 B. Darling OF Nrrshire for
high bailitf; and Curtis : Emery of
Chelsea for cJuEty COMMUNIST )ner, all by
acclamation. "A recess WAS then taken
till 1870 D. m at which time the cormit-
tee on resolutioGs reported, after which
Hon Eenry Ballard of Burlington adj
dressed the convention in an eloquent
speech of more than an hour.