Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-01
REPUBLICAN
COUNTY
CONVENTION.
The Business Transacted with Harmony
and Despatch.

r. E' hhll OF FELLOWS rails, the SEM |
atOrtaI Candidates.
The Republican county convention held |
at Newfane on Tuesday was model of |
harmony and good temper, and beat the |
record for the short time required for the |
transaction of its business A. f. Cud-
worth of Londonderry, the chairman of |
the county committee, called the assem- |
blage to order at II O'clock and Rev. +. |
j. Parry opened the proceedings with |
prayer. The call for the convention was |
then read by John L. Knowlton, the sec
rotary. On proceeding to roll call il was |
found that there were lacking only four |
members of full convention of 10 MEM
bers. Somerset was the only town unrep- |
resented. One delegate was missing from |
Dover and two from Wardsboro. For tenn
pOrary officers of the convention the COM |
mittee recommended Hon. Sidney Holmes |
of Grafton as president, and o. l.. French |
of BrattlebOro and ID. c. Dexter of Wards |
boro as secretaries. Hons L. l.. Water |
man and A. A. Wyman were appointed a
committee to escort the president to the |
chair. On taking the chair Mr.. Holmes
thanked the convention for the honor con-
ferred upon him, and said he thought the !
best speech he could make would be to ask |
the convention to proceed at once to bust |
lCoos a. ID iltNtlb vi / ulltN anu IlOIlltI
A. Dudley of Londonderry were made vice |
presidents. On motion of George b. Hit |
of Brattleboro the temporary organization
was made permanent. On motion of A.
E. Cudworth the president was instructed
to appoint a C lmmittee of five to nominate
a county committee for the next two years.
The chair appointed A. f. Cudworth, G..
w. Hooker, L. b. Batchelder, j. G. Rob
inson and a. A. Butteriield members of
this committee On motion of II. ID. Ry-
der of Rockingham Mr. Ryder, Hon. f.
w. Stoddard of Brattleboro, and j. NJ.
Powers of Athens were appointed by the
chair a committee on resolutions.
Col. Estey then moved that the conven-
ton proce to the nomination of county
officers, and the motion was carried. Col.
Hooker presented the name of Col. Kit
tredge Haskins of Brattleboro as a candi-
date for senator, abiding to him as one
who needed no introduction to the Repub
| licans of Windham county, and as man
| who would acqut himself with credit to
the county, to the state, and to himself.
Mr.. Ryder of Bellows Falls seconded the
nomination of Col. Haskins. Frank Wor-
den of Halifax nominated George L. Clark
/ of that town as the united choice of the
Halifax delegation for the Office of senator.
| Col. Hooker, Mr. Worden, and Mr.. Davis
of Grafton were appointed tellers to col
lect the votes. The ballot being taken
the result stood
Whole number cast, 101
Necessary to a choice, 30
Col. Haskins had 81
George l.. Clark had IL
Scattering,
Col. Haskins was thereupon declared to
be the nominee.
For the other senatorial candidate Wy
man Flint of Rockingham nominated
Franklin P. Ball of that town. Col. Hook
er seconded Mr.. Balls nomination, saying
that he would always endorse anything
that Wyman Flint recommended. Mr..
Mann of Wilmington, Mr.. Cudworth of
London cry and Dr. HoltOn of Brattle-
boro also seconded Mr.. Balls nomination.
No other candidate being named, Mr.. Ball
was nominated unanimously by acclama-
ton.
Hon. E. w. Stoddard nominated Hon.
Lewis S. Walker of Grafton for assistant
Judge. Mr.. Ryder seconded the nomna-
ton, and it was carried unanimously by
reclamation. Hon. Hosea Mann, ir., of
| Wilmington then placed in nomination Ed
ward Titus, Esq, of that town for the 9th
er assistant Judge Hon. \. a. Butter
field of Nottingham nominated NJ. b.
Bishop, Esq, of that town for that office.
+. p. Adams of Marlboro nominated Will
liam S. Newton, Esq, of Brattleboro, but
Mr.. Hit explained that Mr.. Newton had
stated to the Brattleboro delegation that,
for personal reasons, he could not accept
the nomination. and Mr.. Adams thereupon
withdrew his name. On proceeding to a
ballot the result stood
Whole number of votes cast, l02
Necessary to a choice, 81
Edward Titus had 81
, NJ. b. Bishop had 20
Scattering, l
Mr.. Bishop then made short address,
recounting his connection with the Repub-
lican party since its organization, and his
successful work in organizing the members
; of the party in Nottingham and Reads
borO, and closed by moving to make the
nomination for Mr. Titus unanimous. This
motion was carried with no dissenting
! votes. At this point motion to adjourn
/ was made by some member, but the bust
ness of the convention was moving with
such celebrity and smOothness that the mo-
ton was voted down.
r j. &C. Robinson of Jamaica nominated
= j. Q. Shumway of that town for reGlec-
e ton as sheriff. His nomination was sec
z onded by r. E. Gordon of Brattleboro and
| ~ IL w vi anu oii
, being put to vote was carried unanimously
e by reclamation.
e George b. Hit then took the floor and
r. stated that in accordance with time-hOD-
. Ored custom he, as the retiring statess at
torney, wished to nominate his successor,
naming for the place Tina II. Allbee OF
Rockingham as one of the rising young
lawyers of the county, who would perform
. the duties of the Office with ability and
d fidelity Mr.. Bodies of Rockingham sec
d onded the nomination and it was carried
> unanimously by reclamation. Mr.. Robin
| son of Jamaica then arose to address the
d chair, but gave way to Dr. HoltOn, who
= nominated M. b. Bishop of Whitinghan
i, for the Office of high bailiff. Mr. Robin
d son stated that it had been his purpose tC
q, renominate Mr.. Knowlton, the present in
. cumbent, but he cheerfully yielded to tn,
suggestion made and seconded the nomin
y alton of Mr.. Bishop. Mr.. Bishop was theI
x nominated unanimously by reclamation.
II. ID. Ryder nominated John o. Sprin,
: of Rockingham for county commissioners
explaining that Mr. Farnsworth, the pres
ent incumbent, was man of advanced
years who does not care to hold the ofiic
longer. w. G. Stevens of Grafton nomi
mated A. A. Wyman, vouching for him a
temperance man and one whom al
would like to honor in that place. Mr.
Ryder then withdrew Mr.. Springs name
and Mr.. Wyman was nominated unani
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