The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26

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The tellers were Butterfeld, Howe
Hit and Estey and the ballot result
cd:
For Mortified 70.
For Mann IL,
And on Butterlicld's motion 1t wa
made unanimous.
For first assistant Judge, >. ii
Holmes of Grafton presented the mann
T of l.. s. Walker and Gen. Estsy SIC
onded the denomination to position
so honorably filled
For second assistant Judge, Charles
Griffin, named Judge Edward Titus
of that place and W V b Powers ofHal
flax pitched IN with the speech o.
the day. He said that town had no
been recognized in county nominatio OF
for 40 ye ars and though repeatedly re
PEELED, she he'd always stood loya! tt
the ticket. never failing to carry thu
town, even when it meant an all NIGH
fight as two years ago against Dem
ocrat and "A mugwump-loyal to the
party as she was to the Union during
the war, when she sent more men &c
the front than any other town OF heI
population in the state. III she Is not
now entitled to recognition. she never
will be. Mr. Powers said he served on
the jur, last spring, caught his never
get over in the miserable quarters
with six inch stove, provided. the
county ought to be Indicted that
would so serve jurymen and the judges
kicked out that were responsible for
it. Halifax presented "A man who had
been trial Justice for years, with a
heart as big as an OK, and brain just
as big "a mechanic who, il made
Judge, would fix that room so it would
be decent Frank Wurden. There was
no seconding. Messrs. Griffin and Pow
crs, L L. Walker and G. &. Fits were
tellers and the ballot showed;
For Worden G}.
For Titus -.
Then came the states attorney
fight. &. c. Fitts,!a customary, pro
posed rs his successor c. IL. Robb,
a 'clean, capable, upright young man
and bright young lawyer. ). Z.
Day of Bellows Falls seconded.
IA. Butterfield took up the gauntlet
for George A. Weston. who had been
defeated in the Rockingham caucus,
on the ground that the states attor-
ney was for Wipdham county, not for
Rockingham. and that Weston was the
oldest and most eXperienced-we
qualified, had stepped aside for one af
ter another, and been kept out ais o by
tender care for sick wife. Lane OF
Westminster seconded Weston, as also
did Hit of Brattleboro, who argued
that if the question had been asked
last spring the one answer would have
be en- that Weston ought to have it;
what had made the difference was the
village fight in Bellows Falls, and a
county convention has something
more to do than pay off such grudges
Both the candidates were his brother
lawyers and personal friends. but Robb
had been at Bellows Falls but a year
or two, while Weston had been for
years In practise, and the custom had
been to give ii to the oldest one in
practise who hadn't had it. Why
couldn't Robb wait and next time 1t
comes round twill be his.
Editor Belknap of the Bellows Falls
Times said the corporation row was
not the only factor in the decision o I
the Bellows Falls caucus, and the ludg
ment of mans own town. OF the peo-
pie who know best, ought to be de
cisive. S. A. Smith for Guilford, W.
E. Hubbard and LIE Adams for Brat
tleboro and Nj. V. Powers for Halifax |
all seconded Robb, while Mark Ward OF
Putney took off his coat. metaphorical.
y, for Weston, SAID the opinion OF
Weston's townsmen was shown by the |
TACT that he defeated the strongest !
nan. A.. W. Swain for chairman in
hat corporation meeting, and in the
caucus carried for Robb IL or 20 or %
Democrats voted, which his friends
lon't deny. (They say there were ii
uch cases and all were challenged and
III expressed Their purpose to vote Re
f. L. Sprague for Jamaica al
% seconded Weston. The tellers were
sutterfield, Hubbard. Ward and Belk
zap and the vote;
For Robb So
For Weston IS.
Besides one for George I'll. Robb.
For sheriff. II. Z. Gordon WAS renom
mated by reclamation. For high bailitf
V. +. Hubbard did this:
A time honored custom has given the states
ttorncy the privilege to nominate his own sue
essor. | know of no good reason why this priv
eye should not descend or ascend to other
,llptv officers. AS high bailiff of the county of
,indbam wish to nominate u man who merits ,
he highest praise. ] know of nothing so ne.
lharly applicable to him as those words winch
ere spoken OF that Roman who was the nobest
them all: ,
lie sits high in all the peoples hearts,
And that which would appear offence In us,
His countenance, like richest alchemy, Z
VIII change TO virtue and TO worfhiness. a,
Gentlemen, you already know TO whom re !
II, a. these words could apply to but one, Wi.
,rd H. Bracket of Brattleboro, whom noml- |
ite for high haliff. r
Brackett said he had just con sum :
Iated a deal with Hubbard to nom r
tate Charles II. Crosby and withdrew s
, Crosby's favor and he was nomina-
ID viva voce, AS was also Dea. G. +.
thompson tor county commissioner
i motion of G.. c. Fits. Then came v
le slickest piece of work of the day. o
or years it has been expected that s.
,metime there would be a fight for |;
lie succession to Judge Tyler's place !,
; judge of probate between +. W. Il
toddard, the registrar, and +. l.. Wa h
rman, really a struggle between the b
70 law offices, as both men are excel il
ntly qualified. Several years ago an C
tort was made unsuccessfully to dis
ace Judge Tyler by Waterman. Since
len the general idea had been that Z
ldge Tyler would be renominated as "
ng as be lived. but both sides had N
cir lines and in case of his death n
rout if governor would appoint OF
GODDARD. while Stickney would do II
e same for Waterman. So the Brat 1t
sboro delegation was made up with
It any question about this Issue. Wa lie
rman and Martin. both war horses V,
county politics. were neither at the W
invention. II
When the nomination of probate to