Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-02
OUR TOWN OFFICERS.
West BrattlebOrO Was On Deck
with Both Feet

About $50 Voters Knew "Vvhat They
Were There fOr''---B. A. Clark for Sec
Ond selectman, p. s. Eames for Road
COmmIssioner---FuII List of the Nom
nations.
There was a large attendance at the citi-
zens' caucus, called by the Republican
town committee for last Friday evening,
and held in the town hall. Geo. b. Hit
read the call, b. d. Harris was elected
chairman and Mr.. Hit secretary. From
the makeup of the meeting 1t was evident
that there was something Sin the air. and
that strong delegation from outside the
village, largely from West Brattleboro, had
come to the caucus "meaning business"
What this business was was developed
when the nomination of a second select
man, in place of A. b. Hall, was reached.
| G. A, Boyden was nominated for chairman
of the board without opposition. For sec
ond selectman d. A. Clark, S. N. Herrick,
E. H. Putnam and w. S. McKenney were
! placed in nomination. A ballot was neces-
sary, the votes being collected by tellers
appointed by the chair. McKenney had
13 votes, Putnam %. Herrick "a, Clark
316, scattering 2, and Mr.. Clark was de-
clared the nominee, For third selectman
ID. 7. Perry and ii. f. Weatherhead were
nominated. The vote was by division of
the house, and Weatherhead was nomin-
ated by strong majority.
When it came to the nomination of road
commissioner the determination which was
Sin the air" was still further and finally
manifested. There was fusilade Of nom
nations, G.. w. Hooker, p. S. Eames, s..
B. Emerson, 4. K. Stockwell, d. t. Perry,
Dwight Goodenough, w. G.. Doolittle, l..
ID. Thayer and F. NJ. Waite being named.
The ballot showed votes for Waite, 8 for
Perry, IL for Thayer, 10 for Emerson, %
for Doolittle, 81 for Stockwell, So for
Hooker, 124 for Eames and a dozen scat
tering. The chair declared no choice and
a second vote was taken which gave Eames
PAS, Hooker 10, a few scattering, and
Eames was declared the nominee.
There was no contest to amount to any
thing for the other nominations, although
the house was divided two or three times.
The full list Of nominees was the following
Moderator. j. Estey.
Clerk-Wm. S. Newton.
Selectmen-G. A. Boyden, b. A. Clark,
II. F. Weatherhead.
Road Commissioners. S. Eames.
Treasurer-Geo. S. Dowley.
Overseer of the poor-B. A. Clark.
Constables-Thos. Harmon, Luke H.
Weatherhead.
Collector of taxes-R. E. Gordon.
Listers-John S. Cutting, r. E. Gordon,
Azor Marshall.
Auditors-Charles H. Thompson, John
Calvin, H. b. Chamberlain.
Trustee public money-Wm. S. Newton.
Fence viewers. Gray Estey, w. H.
Minor, L. d. Taylor.
Grand jurors-Leander Thomas, w. G..
Doolittle.
Inspector of leather-Howard NJ. Burke.
Surveyor of wood and inspector of lum-
Der and shingles-S. S. Hunt.
Pound keeper-C. l.. Spear
Town agent. L. Martin.
School director for three years-H. II.
| Wheeler.
S. S. Hunt declining to accept his nom
ination on the ground that his firm would
! be largely interested in the performance of
any duties per aiming to this Office, Albert
w. Rockwell has been put on the ticket
in his place.
The crowd thought it the joke of the
evening when Howard Burke was nomi-
mated inspector of leather, and there was
no dissenting voice in the chorus of loud
| "Ayes." Col. Hooker was put in nomina-
| ton for overseer OF the poor, and would
undoubtedly have been placed upon the
ticket, had it not been that he declined on
the ground that, as matter of economy
and wise public policy, either the road
commissioner or one of the selectmen
should hold that office.
The Democratic caucus, which was called
TO be held in the lower town hall at the
same hour, took recess after organization,
and those present participated in the pro-
ceedings of the citizens caucus. On reds-
sembling the Democrats adjourned without
further action, it being thought best not to
formally endorse the nominations made,
but it was understood to be the sense of
the meeting that they should be supported.