St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-12

dozen other things. Pandemonium
reigned supreme for five minutes and
until ballot was taken. On the
first test vote of the day to dismiss
the amendment to elect a chairman
from the floor of the house the
Atkins men won by 119 majority.
The announcement was received
with cheers, vells, waving of hats.
and a general breakdown on the
Atkins side
Mr.. Boynton's original motion to
elect the state committee by counties
was then carried with little OPPOSE
ton.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The state committee as reported
consists of these members:
Addison-C. c. Peck Of Middlebury.
Bennington-G. NJ. Vail of Dorset.
Caledonia-Elisha May of ST. Johns
bury.
Chittenden-Seneca Haselton of Bur
lington
Essex. H. Linelan of Brighton.
Franklin-G. c. Story of St. Adams
Grand Isle-G w. Beardsley of Alburgh.
Lamoille-H NJ Moves of Hyde Park.
Orange-A A Olmstead of Newbury.
Orleans-P. T. Farrell of Newport.
Rutland-P M Meldon of Rutland.
Washington-Hira Atkins of Mont
pelier.
Windham-W. H. Childs ofBrattleboro
Windsor-Thomas Keefe of Windsor.
sMALLEY FOR GOVERNOR.
The first unanimous vote of the
t<>
the nomina ton of state officers. B.
B. Smalley was named for governor
as man who would cut down the
republican majority by 10, OOOvotes.
ANOTHER ROW PRECIPITATED.
Col. Smalley nominated o. A.
Marshall for lieut-governor. Mr..
Senter alluded to the fight between
the Argus and Brattleboro Reformer
He was promptly called to order by
Mr.. Brown and in reply said that he
did not propose to be Kissed down
and would not sit down until he was
ready. Great confusion again result
ed, amid which Mr.. Senter finally
said that he would withdraw every
thing he had said and would say
no more. He begged everybody's
pardon. Mr.. Marshall's nomination
was carried, but he declined to serve.
DEATH OF MRS. ATKINS ANNOUNCED.
At this point the sudden death of
Mrs. Atkins was announced and A.
P. Childs Of Bennington, who was
present only IS spectator. got leave
to introduce the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this convention unani-
mouslv extends its sincere and heartfelt
sympathy to Hiram Atkins in his deep
affection.
This sad event stopped the fill
clustering and the rest of the ticket
was quickly nominated as follows:
Lieutenant-gov w. B. Wall of
Randolph; treasurer, Alex. Cochran
of Groton; secretary of state, John ].
Enright of Burlington, after A. P.
Childs had been nominated and
declined auditor, Elisha May of St.
Johnsbury. First delegate at large
to Chicago and chairman of the Yer
mont delegation, DR.. ]. D. Hanrahan
of Rutland; second, John Robinson
of Bennington; third, DR.. ]. Henry
Jackson of Barre; fourth, Col. H. E.
Folsom of Lyndon.
OTHER DELEGATES AND CONGRESSMAN.
The I'd district convention made
these nominations: Delegates to
Chicago, o. c. Miller OF Newport and
H. E. Fitzgerald of Brighton; al
ternates, D. c. Pollard Of Cavendish
and George w. Chamberlain of New
bury; instructed for Cleveland. Con-
gresham from I'd district, George
w. Smith of White River Junction;
presidential elector. 6. Nj. Dearborn of
Corinth. The 1st district convention
elected ]. H. Donnelly of Vergennes
and H. F. Brigham of Bakersfield
delegates to Chicago; Charles L.
Dolan of Burlington and Henry M.
Noyes of Hyde Park, alternates. P.
J. Farrell of Newport was nominated
for presidential elector, and F. w.
McGettrick of St. Adams for member
of congress.