Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01
COUNTY DEMOCRATS MEET
CONVENTION IN NEwFANE TUESDAY


Nomination for County officers Made Without
Opposition M. R. Lawrence Of Rockingham
and G. H. Davenport Nominated for sena-
| tors-Democratic State Platform Endorsed
and a Straight High License Local Option
Law Approved
The Democrats of Windham county
met in convention at Newfane Tuesday
to make nominations for county offices,
about 30 delegates being in attend
ance. Like the preceding Republican
convention the gathering was entirely
harmonious and utterly devoid of any
thing in the way of excitement. The
platform adopted at the recent state
convention was endorsed and the stamp
of approval was placed on high IL
cense local option law without any ref
erendum attachment.
| The convention was called to order
at IL 10 a. IN. by John Calvin who was
nominated and elected chairman. Ar
| thur G.. Spencer of Brattleboro was
chosen secretary. The county commit
tee was then chosen committee on
credentials and it recommended that
all Democrats present be admitted to
the convention as delegates. Chairman
Calvin then appointed the following a
committee of resolutions j. Z. Byrne
of Rockingham, E. H. Porter of Will
mington, D. W. Shea of Brattleboro,
John E. Gale of Guilford, and f. E.
Ryder of Dover. 1t was then moved
that nominations for county officers be
made from the floor and the motion
was carried. Vice presidents for the
convention were then chosen as fol-
lows f. Fl. Davenport, Brattleboro;
B. f. Sleeper, Westminster F. j. Hall,
Rockingham
The question of choosing county
committee next came up for discussion
and it was decided to leave the selec-
tion to a committee appointed from
the delegates The delegates chosen
were Eli Fl. Porter, Wilmington: John
E. Brosnahan, Rockingham +. L. Will
liams, Guilford; E. R. Cook, Dover;
B. F. Sleeper, Westminster: Z. W.
Robbins, Athens H. G. Porter, Whit
ingham; George H. Burns, Brattle
boro. They chose the following county
committee: John Calvin, Brattleboro;
HI. 0. Wellman, Wilmington; d. H.
Cray. Rockingham George ". Frank
lin, Guilford: B. F. Sleeper, Westmin-
ster F. f. Ryther, Dover: W. S. AL
len, Nottingham.
The committee on resolutions then
reported as follows:
We, the Democrats of Windham coun-
ty in convention assembled, reatfirm
our devotion to the principles of De-
mocracy as advocated by the founders
of this republic, and cordially endorse
the platform adopted by the Vermont
Democrats at Burlington, July "a.
We condemn the action of the solid
Republican Senate of 1900 in refusing
to pass the corporation tax bill, the
weekly payment bill. the valued policy
bill and the free pass bill, all of which
passed the Vermont House of Repre-
sentatives and should have become
laws.
We believe that after 80 years of so
called prohibition the voters of Yer
mont are competent to decide the ques-
tion of local option or high license
without further delay and we approve
of the enactment of a local option high
license law without any referendum at
tachment.
We pledge our hearty support to the
state ticket and to the
ticket here this day nominated, and
invite all good citizeds to CO.
operate with us in this election.
The next business before the conven-
tion was the nomination of candidates
for county offices. The name of NJ r.
Lawrence of Rockingham who was NOM
mated by the Republicans as senator
from the north end of the county, was
placed in nomination by the Rocking
nam delegation and chosen unanimous
~ For south end senator E. II. Dav-
,nport of Brattleboro nominated A. W.
IL S,f 1aI
If Wilmington nominated L. W. Boyd
If that town A ballot was called for
ind the result was tie, each candi-
late receiving Ii votes. Before a sec
md ballot was taken j. Byrne in be-
lalf of the Bellows Falls delegation
dominated Charles H. Davenport for
he office and his nomination was made
unanimous upon the withdrawal of the
,ther two candidates.
The remaining nominations were
made without opposition as follows:
Assistant County Court Judges, y
Charles Simmons of Saxton's River
md Warren r. Boyd of Wilmington.
Stats Attorney, Arthur G. Spencer
# Brattleboro.
High Sheriff, Frank L. Wellman of
iuilford.
Judge of Probate, Marlboro district)
Tohn f., Gale of Guilford.
Judge of Probate, Westminster dis
rict) John J. O'Connor of Rocking
lam.
. High Bailiff, Wallace S. Allen of
Vhitingham.
County Commissioner, F. J. Hall Of
Adjournment was taken at 2:30.