Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-07-04
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CON-
YENTTON.

| iusted, so that there was no strife in
tor from the south end, the candi
dates for the other offices receiving
| their nominations by acclamation.
The meeting was called to order by
g. A. Prouty, chairman of the County
Committee, Gen. Butterfeld of Derby
Line was elected temporary chair
man, and E. A. Cook was made Sec
| retary with D. w. Hildreth assistant
secretary. The temporary organiza-
ton was then made permanent. Mr..
Butterfield made few pleasant re-
marks appropriate to the occasion.
The other preliminary work having
been done the work of placing the
different candidates in nomination
was begun. Mr.. Dickerman of New
port presented the name of John
Young of Newport as senator from the
north end. His nomination was sec
onded by delegates from several
towns and was then carried by accla-
nation. w. w. Miles Of Barton then
nominated H. K. Dewey of Barton as
senator from the south end. William
Williams of South Albany nominated
M. B. Chafey of Albany to serve for
this Office while @. w. Wheeler of
Irasburgh nominated Homer I'll.
Somers of Irasburgh. A ballot was
then taken and the result was as fol-
lows: Whole number of votes cast,
SS; necessary for a choice, 45; Mr..
Somers received votes, Mr.. Dewey
35, and Mr.. Chafey 4S; and Mr.. Chafey
was declared to be the nominee. Mr..
Miles moved that the nomination be
made unanimous, which was done.
For 1st assistant judge the name of
II. D. Chamberlain of Jay was placed
before the convention by Mr.. Paine.
Mr.. Chamberlain has held this Office
during the past two years and his
work has been of high order. His
nomination was made by acclamation.
B. F. D. Carpenter placed the name
of A. D. Mathews of Barton Landing
before the convention for the office
of End assistant judge. His nomina-
ton was heartily seconded by dele
gates from the different towns and
was carried by reclamation. HI. F.
Graham of Craftsbury was nominated
by Mr.. Simpson for states attorney.
His nomination being heartily Sec
onded was carried by unanimous
vote. The name of L. D. Miles of
Newport was then placed before the
convention as sheriff. AS there was
no opposition his nomination was car
ried by a unanimous vote. For judge
of probate E. E. Whitaker brought
forward the name Of the present en-
This nomination was heartily Sec
onded and carried unanimously. L.
A. Jackson Of Greensboro was NOM
mated to serve as high bailiff and the
nomination was carried by acclama-
ton: The last office to be filed was
that of county commissioner, and
John Dodge proposed the name Of @.
w. Wheeler of Irasburgh. There was
no opposition to this name and he
was made the nominee of the conven-
tion. The convention then adjourned |
until p. m.
The afternoon session was a short !
one. The report of the committee on
resolutions was read and accepted.
The committee which had been Sc
lected for the purpose then submitted
the names of the candidates they had
chosen to serve for the county COM
mittee for the next two years, and |
the board was accepted as reported. |
The nominees were as follows: F. T. |
Caswell, Derby Line; NJ. M. Taplin,
Barton Landing; o. S. Annis, North
Troy; G. L. Erwin, Newport, and G.
P. Owen, Glover. The speakers who
had been advertised were unable to
be present, but few remarks were
made by Charles A. Prouty, Horace
f. Graham and E. A. Cook, after
which the convention adjourned.
The convention was a very quiet I
one and everything passed off har-
moniously. There was but very lit
tie Of the competition which might
have been expected from the number
of the candidates in the field some /
time ago. The candidates, Clark,