Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-06
THE CAUCUSES.
Mccullough Has 229 Delegates,
Proctor 1873, Clement SO.
The Rutland Herald Claims that Nc
cuIough Has Lost his Majority and
Cannot Regain 1t.

Ten towns in Windham county have
held their caucuses since the last is
sue of The Phoenix, and the delegates
are divided among the three candi
| dates. Rockingham, Windham, Lon.
| donderry and Somerset elected dele.
gates Saturday night, Clement carry.
ing Rockingham and Londonderry
with 10 delegates, and Mccullough the
other two towns, with three delegates
In Rockingham the Proctor and Nc.
Cullough men became convinced that
neither could carry the caucus, so il
was decided that both factions should
present a ticket bearing the same
names but in a different order. The
Clement ticket won, by the following
vote: Clement 444; Mccullough 2O4;
Proctor 122. The delegates elected
were Cushing Adams. NJ. r. Lawrence,
George NJ. Cory. E. e. Keefe, c. T.
Grout, d. p. Higgins and c. II. Glib
son.
At Londonderry the vote stood
Clement SS; Mccullough so: Proctor
81. The delegates elected were A. B..
Waite. c. NJ. Eames and l.. H. Gale.
In Windham the majority rule was
adopted and the delegates were voted
for separately. There was no Clement
ticket. On the first ballot l.. B. Chap
man. for Mccullough. was elected. re-
ceiving 80 votes to II for ID. II. Edison.
a Proctor man. A. H. Mack and H.
l.. Gould. both for Mccullough. and F.
O. Smith. for Proctor. were voted for
on the second ballot. Mr.. Gould then
withdrew and on the third ballot Mr.
Mack was elected
On Monday evening Mccullough
carried both Guilford and Brookline
In Guiiford the delegates were voted
for separately. l.. J. Huntley was
elected on the first ballot. the vote be-
ing: Mccullough 29 for Clement 27:
for Proctor 20. On the second ballot
c. E. Alexander was elected. the vote
being; Mccullough 81: for Clement
30; for Proctor T. In Brookline f.
p. Osgood was elected, receiving 27
votes to two each for Millard Barnes
and Warren DeMott. both Clement
men.
On Tuesday Wardsboro elected two
Proctor delegates and Halifax two Nc
Cullough delegates. The Wardsboro
delegates are f. NJ. Fits and w. w.
Kidder. the vote standing: For Proctor
60; for Mccullough 80; for Clement
27. The delegates in Halifax were
voted for separately and Eli S. Cook
and F. B. Stone were elected The
vote on the first ballot stood For Nc
Cullough 80; for Clement 25; for Proc
tor 4; second ballot, for Mccullough
SO; for Clement %; for Proctor l.
The only caucus Wednesday was in
Jamaica, when two Proctor delegates
were elected. They are ]. A. Muzzy
and j. G.. White
Two Proctor delegates were elected
in Vernon last night. The Clement
men were confident that they would
carry the town. The majority rule
was adopted, and four ballots were
necessary to decide the contest. On
the last ballot 80 votes were cast,
necessary for choice so. Eugene Ak
ley and A. A. Dunkley received 81.
Only half a dozen Mccullough votes
were cast.
Thus far Is towns in this county
have held caucuses, electing Al dele
gates. as follows: For Clement 81:
for Mccullough Il; for Proctor 9.
The remaining eight towns will elect
20 delegates tomorrow as follows:
Athens |; Dover 2; Grafton 3; Put
ney 3; Townshend 3; Westminster 8;
Whitingham 2; Wilmington 3.