The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-01
The Republican County
Convention.
The Slated all get There.

The Slated all get There.
The Republican County Conven-
tion assembled at Newfane last Tues
day and was called to order by A.
+. Cudworth of So. Londonderry,
the chairman of the county commit
tee, who called on Rev. f. j. Parry
of Brattleboro to offer prayer. The
roll OF delegates was then called and
one hundred and one delegates re-
sponded to their names. Somerset
was not represented, aud two dele
gates were absent from Wardsboro
and one from Dover. 1t was then
announced that the committee had Sc
lected the Hon. Sidney Holmes of
Grafton as temporary chairman and
o. L. French of Brattleboro as Sec
retary and ID. C. Dexter of Wards
boro as assistant. Mr.. Holmes
thanked the convention briefly and
very neatly for tile honor conferred
upon him and directed the attention
of the convention to the business on
hard. Hon. A. b. Hewitt of Put
ney and H. A. Dudley of So. Lon
donderry were chosen vice presidents,
and the temporary was made the per-
manent organization of the conven-
ton.
Kittredge Haskins of Brattleboro
was nominated for senator from the
south district by Col. Hooker and
warmly seconded by several. Geo.
L. Clark of Halifax was also nomi-
mated and seconded. A ballot was
taken and Haskins had about IS
votes out of one hundred aud one
cast.
F. P. Ball of Rockingham was
nominated for senator from the nor
thern district by Wyman Flint of
Bellows Falls and seconded by Col.
Hooker who said he was glad to sup
port anyone nominated by Mr.. Flint,
as he was the man who had learned
him all that he ever knew, which
wasn't enough to make him tired,
fact which seemed to surprise the
convention very greatly. No other
name being presented Mr.. Ball was
nominated by acclamation.
Judge L. 5. Walker was renomi-
mated by reclamation and Edward
Titus of Wilmington was nominated
for second judge by H. Mann Jr.
and Milton H. Bishop of Whiting
ham was nominated by Hon. A. A.
Butterfeld of that town. A ballot
resulted in about the same majority
for Titus that Haskins had received.
Mr.. Bishop then made short speech
in which he claimed to have rocked
the cradle of the republican party in
its earlier years and had "never ask
ed any reward except this little Of
fice," thanked his friends for the sup
port they bad given him, and moved
to make the nomination of Mr.. Titus
which was done and Mr..
Bishop was nominated for the office
of high bailiff.
j. Q. Shumway was nominated |
for sheriff without opposition, as was
also Judge Read and Judge Tyler
for probate judges.
A recess was then taken for din
ner until 2 o'clock when the commit
tee on resolutions reported some mi
nor items of business were transacted,
and an adjournment was had. The
resolutions were brief and simply en-
dorsed the platforms of the National
and State conventions, and promised
to support the nominees of those con-
ventions to the fullest extent.
Londonderry was represented in
the convention by A. E. Cudworth,
Il. A. Dudley, F. G. Dean, Sem
Pierce, Geo. G. Smith and j. O.
Lanphear.
The following were chosen as coun-
y committee: j. j. Estey, E. B.
Batchelder, c. A. Moore, Chas. W.
Ray, Clark Chandler.