Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22
POLITICS HAS A DAY.
COUNTY CONVENTION PRODUCES
MANY HOT CONTESTS.

Judge Bliss and Mr.. Iasseltine Get Pro-
bate Judgeships-Dillin lingham Endorsed.
The Addison county Republican CON
vention was held in the town hall in this
village on Tuesday, in accordance with
the call. OF the rs delegates entitled
to seats there were III present and vot-
ing. The following county ticket was
put in nominations:
For senator from the north district,
Wallace y. Hill of Starksboro.
For senator from the south district,
DR.. +. q. Porter of Cornwall.
For assistant Judge from the New
Haven district. B. NJ. Collins of Ferris
burg.
For assistant Judge from the Addison
district, II. d. Branch of Orwell.
For sheriff, Thad NJ Chapman of Mid
dlebury.
For states attorney, James B. Dono.
way of Middlebury.
For high baiiff, Darwin Rider of Mid
dlebury.
For county commissioner, Edward j.
Matthews of Middleburv.
1t was II 10 o'clock when Col Thad
NJ. Chapman of Middlebury, chairman of
the county committee, called the conven-
! tion to order. The secretary of the com
mittee, FRANKIE. Dyer of West Salisbury,
then read the call, after which the read
ing of the roll of delegates was on mo-
tion dispensed with.
On the recommendation of the county
committee, Thomas f. Mack of Yer
gennes was chosen temporary chairman
of the convention and Wilbur l.. lIamil-
ton of BridpOrt was made temporary
secretary. Chairman Mack made fine
little speech, and his mention of the
. III r;,,l,,
pauded to the echo The temporary or
ganization was then made permanent,
and the business of the convention was
done up very expedtiouslv. the time
being only from ll:lj to - 80 o'clock.
Every contest was settled on one ballot.
as there were only two candidates for
each contested ballot and no tie votes.
| There were. however, two extra votes on
the ballots for Judge of probate in each
district, but as they did not change the
certain result no account was taken of
them. Here is the story of the con-
vention:
Wallace y. Hill was put in nomination
as candidates for county senator by
sydney Bushnell of Starksb bOrO, Mr..
Hills own town, and the nomination
went through by acclamation.
For the senatOrship of the south end
/ Vi lIlt COUNTY. lIlt DdllltS VI INO RtHllt-
men were presented They were John
A. James of Weybridge and DR.. f. O.
! Porter of Cornwall. Both men had lots
of friends, and Mr.. James will undOubt-
edly win two years from now. The bal
lot stood:
Whole number. ............................. .......l7l
Necessary to n choice. ce........................ 50
DR.. Porter had. 90
Mr.. James OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
nation. subsequently Carlton Smith of
Weybridge, who had placed Mr.. James's
name before the convention, graciOusly
and very courteously moved to make the
nomination of DR.. Porter unanimous,
which was heartily carried.
Another contest came on the assistant
Judge for the south district. Henry L.
Cults Of Orwell nominated II. ID. Branch
of that town, and Frank \. Bond of
Mlddlebury rut in nomination the pres
cnt occupant of the position. The vote
was:
Whole number. r..........................
Necessary TO n choice. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
Branch had....................... ............lOO
Hubbard had. Il
SO Mr.. Branch was declared the nom-
nee of the convention. Then came an
interval during which there were no bal
lots. Frank a. Bond of Middlebury
presented the name of Col. Thad NJ.
Chapman of Mlddlebury for sheriff
The nomination was seconded from all
the delegations and it was done so en-
thusiastica that Col. Chapman had a
unanimous nomination before he knew it.
Frank l.. Fish of Vergennes, our re-
cent states attorney and present nation
al bank examiner, in a very pretty little
speech presented the name of James b.
Donoway for the Office of states attor-
ney. There were seconds from all over
the county, and then Mr.. DonOway went
in with grand rush. The next two
votes were in favor of more Mddlebury
men. Darwin Rider being nominated
unanimously and by acclamaton for
high baiiif and f. j. Mathews being
put in again for county commissioner.
The two chief fights of the day were
over the nomination of candidates for
Judge of probate in the two districts. In
the north, or New Haven district, Rev.
w. A. Kinze of Bristol named f. A.
Hasseltine of that town, aud Frank l..
Fish of Vergennes nominated his towns .
man, Frank w. Tuttle. The probate
districts had to divide and vote separate
ly, and the result of the ballot was as
follows, with one extra vote:
Whole number of votes. es......,................9
~
FOR Hhsstltlne Observation-Disclosures. .0O
For Tuttle Al
Majority for sseltine................... 8
Then came really the most interesting
and important contest of the dav, with
the exception of that between Dr. Por-
ter and MIR. James for the senatorship.
1t was for the nomination of candidate
for Judge of probate from the south, or
Addison, district of the county. There
were only two candidates, George Ham
mOnd and William Ill. Bliss, the present
incumbent, both of Mddlebury. 1t was
the closest contest of the day, among a
number of very close contests, and the
Bliss ticket won by the narrow margin
of one vote. The ballot in detail was in
this way with one extra vote);
Whole number of votes............... ........Sl
Necessary to choice. Al
Judge Bliss had. AZ
Mr.. Hammond ............................3 .39
Plurality for Mr.. Bliss iss....................
| Charles A. Chairman of FerrisburQh