Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-06-24
ADDISON COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
THE RESULTS OF THEIR CONVENTION ON
TUESDAY.

Addison county. held at the town hall in
Middlebury on Tuesday, nominated this
ticket: For senators, Howard Clark of
Judges, Emerson Holland of Panton and
j. E. Weeks of Salisbury; States attor-
ney, F. l.. Fish of Vergennes; sheriff,
Kent W. Merritt of Sloreham; high bail
if. a. W. Frost of Cornwall judges of
probate, John D. Smith for New Haven
district and james NJ. Slade for Addison
district: county commissioner, ID. III.
Lewis of Vergennes. The chief excite
ment was over the senatorships, and the
only surprise of the gathering WAS the
nomination of Capt. Abel instead of
Judge Slade.
THE ORGANIZATION.
The opening of the convention was
postponed for an hour to permit of the
attendance of a number of gentlemen
connected with the county court. 1t was
called to order soon after II o'clock by
Col. Il. NJ. Chapman of Middlebury,
chairman of the county committee. III.
5. Bruokins of Shoreham. Reuben Par
ker of Ferrisburgh, y. G.. Norton of Ver-
gedncs and W. Ii. Bosworth of Bristol,
the other members of the committee, had
seats on the stage. Mr.. Chapman read
the call. G. Nj. Wilds moved and it was
voted TO dispense with the reading of the
roll of delegates and that the roll as
made up by the committee be adopted as
the roll of the convention. Mr.. Chap
man, Oh behalf of the committee, NOM
mated NJ. +. Allen of Ferrisburgh for
| a. al tnI
and spoke briefly ON taking tbs chair.
E. H. Thorp of Middlebury was chosen
temporary secretary. On motion of C..
VI. Wids the temporary organization
was made permanent. The roll adopted
showed that the full number of delegates
(14G) was present and thar each probate
district had the same number OBJ.
NOMINATING CANDIDATES-THEN NORTH
END SENATOR.
Chairman Allen announced that the
first business before the convention was
the nomination of Il candidate for sena-
tor from the north end. Judge NJ. B.
Cove of Lincoln presented the name of
his townsman. Howard Clark, who. he
said, had had Il successful business ca
reer, was popular and respected where
ever known and could be counted upon
to do the right thing every time. Mr..
Clark's nomination was seconded by
delegates from Nergennes, Shoreham,
Salisbury, Weybridge, Addison, Gran
vile, a portion of the Ferrisburgh dele
gates and by c. NJ. Wilds of Middlebury,
who spoke of him in terms of high
praise. +. \, Hasseltine of Bristol NOM
mated DR.. f. Nj. Kent of that place,
speaking OF him as a man of honor and
integrity who had faithfully discharged
the duties of the numerous offices he had
held. DR.. kent's nomination was sec
onded by delegates from Ripton, New
Haven, StarksbOro and Monkton. DR..
Powers of Ripton moved that the nomi-
nation be left to the delegates from the
northern probate district. The chair
man refused to entertain the motion, adj
ding that he should do so no matter
from which end of the county it came or
to which it related. Judge Cove and Z.
\. Hasseltine were made tellers and a
vote taken, which showed:
Whole number of votes l46
Necessary 70 choice. II
Howard Clark had 81
f. NJ. Kent had -
Upon the announcement of the vote
Mr.. IIasseltine. on behalf of Dr.. Kent
and his friends. moved that the nomi-
nation be made unanimous and assured
Mr.. Clark's supporters that they would
all turn in and support him. The vote
was passed.
SENATOR FROM THE SOUTH END.
Mr.. Wilds placed in nomination
James NJ. Slade of Middlebury as senator
from the south end. Not since ls7G
had member of the bar sat in the up
per house of the legislature from this
county; and, with one exception. Hon.
y. +. Stanley, there had not since been
i'll the upper house as representative
from the county what might becalled
a talking man. He presented the name
of Judge Slade in behalf of the bar of
the county and of the Middlebury dele
cation. lie said Mr.. Slade was a patient
hard-working and exceptionally capable
Judge of probate, and if sent to the sell
ate he would he an honor TO the county
and the State. Hancock, Shorehan,
Lincoln, Salisbury, Vergennes and
Weybridge delegations and Hon. a. L.
Stanley for Leicester seconded Mr.
SHADES nomination. j. o. Wright of
well, who, he said, had record as
burys nominee already had one good
Office and it was but fair that the other
should go to farmer. Sherrod Brown
for the New Haven delegation, +. a.
Hasseltine for Bristol, DR.. Powers for
Ripton and c. l.. Beers for Monkton
seconded Mr.. Abel. The ballot was TAX
en- with the same tellers as before.
When it had been counted the chairman
said there were l4S votes. two more than
the entire number of delegates, and
Judge Slade and Capt. Abel each had
-. He ordered a second ballot. which
also showed l4S votes-77 for Abel and
II for Slade. Chairman Allen thought
the only thing to do was to call the roll
of the convention and have a square
vote. SO the secretary read the list of
delegates by towns and each delegation
came to the platform and voted. This
time the number of votes and of dele
gates corresponded. Capt. Abel had
IS of them, and was declared nominated,
while Judge Slade had IS. On motion
of Mr.. Wilds the nomination was made
unanimous. Some of the delegates were
anxious for an adjournment for dinner
after the first ballot for senator from the