Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-20
DR.. MUNSON AT LAST.
SECURES THE NOMINATION FOR
MAYOR AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS.
Great Sport at tho Peoples Party Caucus
at tho City Hall Last Evening-Rs-
publioans aud Den, ocrats Join
In the Fun.

The Peoples Party after many trials and
tribulations, succeeded In holding caucus
last evening at the City Hall and nomina-
ted still another candidate for mayor. A
large number went to the caucus with the
intention of creating or seeing some fun
and in this they were not disappointed.
The meeting was called to order by DR.. n.
j. Munson, who read the call. The first
business of the meeting was the election
of a chairman and DR.. Munson was elect
ed to the position with a howl, and G..
w. Debervllle was chosen secretary with
another one. The chairman thcn defined
the principles of the platform, the seven
articles of which were interspersed with
| groans and grunts from the house. This
was followed by the reading of the Nation
al platform with the cat-call accompani-
ment. The doctor then expauated ons tn
various articles in his inimitable manner
interrupted by the house, which demand
cd that the secretary remain on the plat
| form. Nominations for mayor were next
in order and dozen different names were
suggested at once. Among these was the
name of the chairman, who proceeded to
| extracted from his pocket big wad of bal
lots, bearing his own name, which he dis
tributed to the voters with perfect non
| dhalance. The ballots came pouring In
thick and fast, every one voting often
as he could, until a big pile had accumula
ted on the table. The vote was announced
Deberville, but 1T is suspected the tellers
went some distance behind the returns
Somebody moved ito make 1t a unanimous
thing" but the motion was downed with
a yell. The election of a committee to
appoint a city committee was next in or
der and the names of nearly everyone in
the house were mentioned, but the chair
man ruled them out of order and appointed
the following committee: oliver Dupaw.
Edward O'Brien. John Brodie, Frank Du-
, paw and Edward Dennis. During the Sc
! lection of the committee a representative
= from Juniper Island was called for; an
other moved that disorderly member be
elected; and still another moved that the
chairman take bath. None of these mo-
= tions were carried. The nominating COM
mittee reported the following city COM
mttee j. f.. Cook, Peter Cameron, Ed
ward Dennis, Thomas Reeves, Robert
Campbell and Henry Thompson. In read
ing the list, after he had announced the
, name of Mr.. Reeves, the chairman said
q that some of the names were unknown
to him. The question of adopting the re-
port was put and the committee was re-
jected by a unanimous vote. A division OF
f the house was called for but it wouldn't
d divide on any question. Vociferous cheer
t ing was caused by some one making mo-
It ton that the chairman furnish a barrel
g OF beer, but he didn't look at 1t that way.
e John Donnelly of Vergennes was called
i catch a train. possibly train Of thought.
'e Mike Mckenzie the "Demosthenes of the
n Third Ward" was invited to take a seat
/ on the platform and made one of his cele-
10 brated speeches, which created storm OF
Is applause.
IS Dr. Munson in accepting the nominal tion
ID urged the voters of the city to vote for
lie men who represented the principles of the
l. peoples party, assuring his hearers that
If he should be elected mayor he would
strive hard to uphold the doctrine ennun-
ciated by himself earlier in the evening.
(Cheers and tiger) On being told that
, his committee to nominate city commit
tee was composed of democrats, the chair
man said he was once a republican and all
RS his hearers were once either republicans or
n democrats. Some day, when you under
oil stand the principles of the peoples party
n continued the chairman. you will all be
lie populists;" whereupon the committee cor
o. daily grasped the doctors hand. The
IS chairman continued: II am naturally
n known as a reformer from ever since be
'e fore the peoples party was formed"
e' Messrs. Fitzgerald, Brown and Morri
r. son made frequent attempts to attract thu
ca chairmans attention and were as Otter
IL ruled out of order. The house finally ac
on corded the former the platform but he wa
eu not permitted to finish his speech. Th'
ne chairman suggested the advsablity Of ap
r. poinring another committee to nominate
~. ward officers but no one seemed anxious
OIL to serve. Janitor Farrell turned the ga
ei low and the peoples party caucus came t
eu an end after two hours of solid fun.
NJ C. Powers. Hugh Monahan and DR.
L. Munson having been successfully nomi
mated for mayor by the peoples party IL
caucus assembled the question now arise
=, which one of the three is the candidate.