Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-21

first" MIR. Brodie challenged Mr.. Clamp to
deny the statement but received no an
swcr. Mr.. Brodie explained later that Mr.
Vinccnt's remark applied to his refusal to
say whether he would support either Me-
Cullough or Clement.
Mr. Burke claimed to be the original
Grinnell man, saying that Dr. Grinnell had
left the matter in his hands. He said. "Mr.
Enright has made statements here that are
not true ! know them to be false. 1t is an
insult to ask any man who Is a. candidate
for office to sign paper committing him
self one way or the other. His word
should be as good as his bond. DR.. Vim
cent has given his word"
Hugh Daley moved that DR.. Vincents
name be placed upon the table and that
DR.. Grinnell be nominated by reclamation
but the chair said that the motion could
not he entertained as a nomination could
not be disposed of in that way.
Disorder had been feature of the eau
Gus from the first but at this point It
reached Il point far beyond the control of
the chair. Finally above the din z. c.
Dodges voice was heard asking that the
House be divided and n vote taken In
that way. This caused an increased up
roar but finally the crowd was quoted and
the chair announced that he would not as
sumo the responsibility of a count where
there was so much feeling. He appointed
as tellers j. A. Brown, J. j. Enright and j..
B. Henderson.
After the tellers were appointed there
were loud demands for a ballot and those
in favor of the division We'd with those in
favor Of a ballot in seeing who could make
the loudest noise During lull j. w. Nc
Gcary said, ANY man who Is afraid to
stand up and he counted is not a demo
craft After that tho crowd became wild
again but during the confusion the chair
ruled in favor of tho ballot, whercunon Al
lerman j. W. Courtney moved that an adj
journment he taken but the motion was
killed a ballot box was then provided and
the votes counted by the tellcrs There
were 15S votes cast making ~ necessary for
choice. OF that number Or Grnncl rec
civcd 100 and Or. Vincent IS. When tho re-
suit was made known another uproar
greater than anything that had occurred
during the evening took place and the chair
tried in vain to secure order J. A. Brown
shouted that he would move to make thu
nomination unanimous if the vote had been
a fair test but that there were not over IN
democrats in the hall and that 16S votes
had been cast. After n while the confus-
ion was replaced by comparative quiet and
the nominations for justices of the peace
were announced as follows.
j. j. Enright. Claude Grafton. j. r. VII
son. T. G. Dodge. +. NJ. Sutton. r. J.
Daley, Oliver De Naronnes j. w. Madigan.
Peter Lander. j. T. learns d. f. Remand.
F. G Webster +. r. Davis. A. V. Spald-
Ing, f.. NJ. Horton. Carolus Noyes.
Or Grinnel was seen last night by a
Dr. Grinnll was seen Sunday night by a
Free Press representative and asked if he
would accept the nomination Of the call
Gus. He replied that he had received no
official notification Of his nomination and
knew nothing about it except what he had
heard on the street. He would make no
answer until he learned more definitely.
from official sources. He was asked II he