Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-02

Revised from Saturdays Ex.ra.)
N chelsea, June 3O-This village has
len the scene of great excitement
, sy,ss yesterday afternoon whens-the
III les to the Orange County repub-
VI pnvention began to arrive. Not
Yhistory of the county has there
10 warm contest over the vari-
officers.
The first important matter to de-
sand the attention of the visitors
Jas the contesting, by the supporters
bf George W.Flagg for senator, of the
delegation from Braintree on the
ground that democrats voted in their
caucus. The latter delegation was
for w. B. Wall. Over 20 at1idavits
were presented by the Wall men with
the claim that those who voted we're
either acknowledged republicans or
that they were to vote that ticket
this fall. The county committee de-
cided unanimously in favor of the
Wall delegation.
The convention was called 80 t -asara iar
at II O'Clock by N. L. Boyden,
chairman of the county committee
Every delegate was present and the
roll was adopted. The convention
opened with a.prayer by the Rev.. A.
J. Eastman of Chelsea. Hale X.
Darling of Chelsea was named as tenn
porary chairman and l.. B. Johnson
of Randolph temporary secretary.
The temporary organization was made
permanent. -
The roll call at TIE iop:ning'ssEas
read. This was the first instance
thus far in the conventions this year,
The vce-presidents elected were:
F. B Darling Of Vershire and Irving
Martin of Williamstown.
The committee on resolutions was
Fl. w. Bailey, Horace White, H. F.
Wilcox, j. Il. Eldridge and G. w.
Lamb.
The resolutions adopted were Gre
solved that we the Republicans of
Orange county in convention assem-
bled adopt and indorse the platform
Of the national and state Republican
conventions and pledge, our hearty
support to all the candidates of the
Republican party in the nation, state,
and this county.
Adjournment for dinner was taken
at 11.45.
On assembling in the afternoon II.
W. Bailey, of Newbury, introduced the
following resolution: Resolved that
the Orange county Republicans in
convention assembled do hereby en-
dorse the candidacy of Gen. w. W.
Grout for United States Senator ard
do hereby instruct our nominees for
the state senate to be chosen in this
convention to act in accordance with
this resolution.
A motion was made to lay it on the
table and this was discussed at length.
The motion to table it was lost by a
vote of so to 81.
R. M. Harvey then moved to amend
the motion by substituting the name
of Senator Jonathan Ross lost 26 to 81.
G.. +. Stowe then moved to amend
by substituting the name of w. p.
Dillingham;. Lost 30 to SO.
r. M. Harvey then moved to sub.
stitute the name of Charles A. Prouty..
Lost 26 to So.
1t was then moved to delay further
consideration Of the resolution till
after the candidates were nominated.
Lost 80 to 81.
J. E. Templeton of Corinth, then
moved to amend by substituting the
name Of r. M. Harvey. Lost 10 to
50.
The previous question was then
ordered and the resolution was adopt
ed by a vote of 81 to 25. All the
votes were by ballot
The discussion of the resolution and
the amendments, and the vote dis
closed the fact that in a majority of
the towns the issue had been fought
out on the United States senatorship
question and that a majority were
Enthusiastically for Gen. Grout. In
the west side the Viall-Dickey fight
overshadowed the main question
somewhat, but not enough to change
the result materially.
The name of w. B. Wall, of Ran.
dolph, was presented for first senator
by J. d. Dennison in short speech