The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-29
THE DELEGATES TO FORMER con-
MENTIONS.
Some of the Men Whom the Dcihoc'"
Party Has Trusted In the f"st

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Tho first time the Democracy iace'
the rfsent Republican party IN lSl5
David A. Smalley. Of burlington, j. L
Eiddcr. of West Randolph. l'radle.
Barlow of Fairfield. Charles Il. East
man of MONTPELIER. John Cain Of Rut
land, Lyman =. White. Robert l'arve.
of Barnet. H. T.. Stoughton OF Bel
lows Falls. |. b. Bowdish OF Swaniol
and p. S. Benjamin Of Wolcott, wer'
the delegates to the national conven
tion at Cincinnati
David A. Smally is remembered by
tho older generation as Judge of the U
S. district court from 1896 to 1871 ant
the partys candidate for governor II
1862 He was the father of Hon. Brad
ley b. Smalley of Burlington. Brad
! ley Barlow afterward became re
publican and as such was elected
member of Congress from the thiro
district and served in 1879 81. John
| Cain was the editor of a paper at Rut
land. and one of the old time fighting
men who made state conventions I'VE
ly Perhaps he may be said to be the
forcrunner of the anti-Atkins tight
which made state conventions interest
ing for SO many years. Robert Harvey
was the candidate for governor in 1850.
To the Charleston, sc, convention
in 1869 these delegates were chosen :
John S. Robinson of Bennington. Hen.
~ Reyes of Newbury, Jasper Rand of
Berkshire, +. M. Brown of Woodstock,
&c. Eastman of Montpelier, =. W. Hyde
of Hydeville, Z. b. Chase of Lyndon. II.
T.. Stoughton of Bellows Falls, Lucius
Robinson of Newport and ii. B.Smith
of Milton.
The last named was for nine years a
member of the state committee and
for the most of that time its chairman.
He was in fact only succeeded by the
late Hiram Atkins. Montpelier.
Henry Reyes was the pacty's candi-
date fsr governor in 1856. 1857 and
1888.
When the delegation to the Chicago
convention Of 1864 was made up it
comprised II. &. Smith of Milton, l..
G.. Partridge of Norwich. John Cain OF
Rutland, Timothy p Redfield of Mont
pelier, Asa NJ Dickey Of Bradford.
George Washburn of Springfield. Isaac
McDanIels of Rutland. A. NJ. Huling
of Bennington, b. II. Smallcy of Swan
ton, and RIG. Hopkinson, of Derby.
Timothy 2. Redfield was candidate
for governor in 1863 and 1864.
1t will be noticed that in these times
there were no such fine distinctions
about the distribution Of honors as to
preclude the taking Of two delegates
from the same town as witness the Sc
lections made from Rutland.
The delegation of 1868 was made up
OF four veterans II. b. Smith ofM ;lton.
Henry KEGS of Newbury, 7. IS. benjamin
Of Wocott and Isaac McDaniels Of
Rutland With them were associated
as district delegates. +. X. Wright of
Mid dlebury. G.. II. Simmons of North
George II. Weeks of Lyn
don. Charles \. Davenport of Brattle-
boro. John J. Deavtt of st. Albans and
Waldo Brigham of Hyde Park. Charles
n. Davenport was one of the ablest men
in the old party and was a candidate
for lieutenant governor in 1864, and for
governor in 1865 and 1866. John j. Da
Witt was also prominent party leader
and at one time favorably considered
Tor the gubernatorial nomination. He
lived to be over 50 years of age, and Just
before the close of his life walked to
he polls and voted the straight Re
publican ticket for the first time.
Waldo Brigham was candidate for
lieutenant governor in 1867 and many
lines nominated for congressman.
The delegation chosen to the Bal !
imore convention IN 1872 was again /
leaded by H. b. Smith of Milton and |
lis associates were George III. Weeks of I
lyndon, William T. liorrobih Of Ben I
lington, Homer ". Ieaton of Mont (
,eler. Bradley b. Smalley of Burning
on. James II. Williams of Bellows
Falls, George W. Aiken of Troy.
'harles J. Soper of Middebury, Thorn
S keefe of Windsor and Lucius Rob
nsou of Newport
Homer W. Ileaton was candidate for
overnor in 1869 and 1870. Bradley b.
malley, the present collector of the
ort of Burlington and Vermont, mem
er of the national committee, was
for governor In 1872. James
[. Williams was candidate for state
.easurer in 1867, 1865 and 1880.
eorge W. Aiken was for many years a
.ember of the state committee. Il
No less than half the delegation Sc ;
cted for the national convention of .
SIG had been sent to previous coun 5
lis.
The veterans were Is. Is. Smalley of
arlington, T. S. Benjamin OF Wolcott,
asper Rand of st. Adams, James III |
'illiams of Bellows Falls, and John 7
ain of Rutland The delegation was q
eaded by NJ. d. Gilman of Montpelier d
ld his associates were Joseph W. 5
liss of Bradford, c NJ. Chase of r
lyndon, Thomas b. Kennedy of Fair @
cid. and George NJ. Fisk of North :
cid.
Only third of the delegation of a
80 were veterans, Lucius Robinson t
Newport, b. b. Smalley of Burning a
n and James II. Williams of Bellows h
als. The other members were l. ". o
ellington of Rutland, Benjamin Il. k
hite of Calais, NJ. c. lIuIing of Ben t
ngton, Don c. Pollard. of Cavendish., q
ahan p. Bowman of ST. Johnsaury u
Gorge L. Waterman of HYDE Park. and b
elk W. McGettrick of st. Albans
l.. W. Redington was candidate for Il
,vernor in 1881. Don G.. Pollard was "A
for treasurer in 1909. Ma Il
an Z. Bowman was candidate for Fl
governor in 1881. Felix W. h
cGettrick was candidate for CON II
esSman inilS92. n
B. B. Smalley, who had been a mem y
+ of every delegation since 1872, was X
Iected to head the delegation of 1854 a
d strange to say all the rest of the Il
legates were new men. They were o.
mn G.. Burke of Albany, Frank III. p
Iscom of Montpelier, Amos Aldrich il
Bennington, DIR. John ID Haurahan 4
Rutland, James II. Brown of South sc
FRO. G.. L.Spear of Braintree and W. ID
Richardson of Island Pond. d.
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