The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-04-20

ment officials can serve as delegates
without fear of having their official
heads severed.
A Democratic State Convention in
Vermont in 1894 without Democratic
Federal office-holders would be like the
play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out
For instance, there is Col. Bradley b.
Smalley, collector of customs, the head
and front of Vermont Democracy; Gen.
Thomas Jefferson Boynton, Chief of the
Bureau of Postoffice Inspectors, and who
is Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee; National Bank Examiner,
Elisha May; John H. Senter, who is
United States District Attorney and Sec
retary of the State Committee: John
Robinson, the new postmaster at Ben
nington; DR.. John D. Hanrahan, post
master at Rutland; Deputy Collector NJ.
E. Sprague of the customs service, all of
whom are members of the State Com
mittee; F. W. Nc Gettrick, Superintend-
ent of the new Federal Building at ST..
Albans; Special Chinese Inspector E.. M.
Sutton; Deputy Collector George W.
Burleson; Thomas Keep, United States
Consul at st. Johns; Postmaster f. W.
Childs of Brattleboro; Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue A. |. Weeks; Post
master John II. Donnelly of Vergennes,
and A. j. Sibley, Special Sugar Deputy,
and scores of other Democratic leaders,
all of whom have been more or less con-
spicuous in past party conventions. &.
Hon. Seneca Haselton, who is the Chit
tenden county member of the State Com
mittee, is candidate for Minister to
Venezuela. He has been Mayor of Bur-
hngtOn three times, but was over
whelmed by the Republican tidal wave
at the spring election. Ex-MayeF Has
elton has been a member of The State
Legislature, and for dozen years was
City Judge in Burlington. He has been
leader in the Democratic party and an
influential member in Democratic CON
ventions. He has strong backing for
the position for which he is candidate.
The Democratic convention will prob
ably follow that held by the Republi-
cans There has been no discussion of
candidates yet, for the honor of leading
the Vermont Democracy to defeat is
rather ar empty one. 1t is especially an
empty honor this year with the prospect
of the ticket being showed under by an
old. time majority. There can, however,
be found some martyr who is willing to
sacrifice himself for the csuse. 1t is not
improbable that Hon! John W. Currier
of North Troy, or Thomas w. Maloney,
Esq, of Rutland, will be placed at the
head of the ticket For second place,
V. A. Bullard of Underhill may be con-
sidered. The ticket should have the
names of Don G. Pollard of Cavendish
for State Treasurer, E. E. Sargent of st.
Johnsbury, for Secretary of State, and
James A. Brown of Burlington, for State
Auditor. For Congressman, the name
of Alex. Cochran of Groton, is suggested
from the Second District, and r. NJ
Houghton of Bennington, from the First
District.
The Democrats hold all of the impor-
tant Federal offices in Vermont, except
ing that of United States Marshal and
the postoffices at st. Albans, Burlington,
Montpelier and few smaller offices.
The fourth class offices in some counties
have all been changed. The Democratic
aspirants for Office seem to realize that
the time is short to the 4th of March,
1897, ana so they are making a lively
scramble for the few remaining offices
held by Republicans. Postmaster
Pierce, at Bennington, had nearly a year
longer to serve under the four-term rule, J