Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11
FULL OF PEACE
AND HARMONY.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION HELD
AT NEWFANE TUESDAY.

Everything Arranged Before the Delegate
Assembled and Nothing to Mar the Pre-
gram as Laid Out by the Party Leaders-(
D. Spencer OF Wilmington and M r. Law
renee Of Bellows Falls Chosen as Senatorial
Candidates.. B. Pier of Rawsonville Nom
mated for Side Judge Instead of Daniel Kel
logg-Anthony F. schwenk Unanimousl.
Nominated States Attorney State Plat
form Endorsed.
Fully in keeping with the deport
ment of the staid old town of New
fame was the Republican county con
vention which was held there Tuesday
The proceedings were as featureless as
/ the white paint which covers the cour'
house in which they took place. Ir
spite of the prediction that 'manN
squabbles were likely to happen" the
convention was as harmonious anC
peaceful as a Quaker prayer meeting,
! the few differences which arose being
settled amicably without loss of TEN
per or waste of oratory. a surprise
was in store for the Brattleboro dele
gates when they reached Newfane and
learned that Charles f. Thompson had
been in town that morning with his
pockets full of ballots and announced
himself as candidate for senator on a
straight prohibition platform aad OPP
posed to the moving OF the county
buildings. To the knowing ones, how
ever, Mr.. Thompson's entrance caused
little or no alarm, although the num-
Der of votes he received showed in
some measure the opposition which
exists toward any movement to change
the shire 1t was understood before
the convention assembled that Colonel
II. f. Taylor would not enter the lists
against C. p. Spencer. Many of the
delegates. especially those from Dunn
merston and Putney, pleaded up to the
last minute that Colonel TAYLOR run
but politics triumphed and his name
was withheld in order to keep peace
with Deertield valley. To even mat
terS the entire Brattleboro delegation
supported NJ. K. Lawrence, the local
option candidate from the north end.
The convention was called to order
shortly before noon by John H. Merri-
field, chairman of the county commit
tee. followed by a prayer by Rev. K.
f. Danforth of Newfane. The call was
then read by Linn d. Taylor, secretary
of the county committee. c. c. Fits
moved that the reading of the dele
gates be suspended and it was so vot-
ed Colonel George W Hooker was
made temporary chairman and W. c.
Belknap of Bellows Falls temporary
secretary. j. l.. Martin of Brattleboro
then moved to make the temporary or
gauiZation permanent and his motion
was unanimously passed. Charles K.
Crosby of Brattleboro and Frank G..
Flynt of Bellows Falls were elected
vice presidents of the convention.
The committee on resolutions as'ap-
pointed by the chair consisted of J. L.
Martin, Brattleboro, d. p. Higgins,
and j. Fl. Merriteld,
Newfane. and it presented the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved THAT we heartily
approve of the senatorial con
duct of Hon. William p. Dill
lingham and that we are proud
of the high reputation he has
sustained as United States
senator with his associates in
the senate and with the Amer
lean people.
Resolved-That the senators
nominated by this convention,
if elected, are hereby request
ed and instructed to use their
influence and efforts for his re-
election and to vote for him.
With the nominations of county SEN
ltors in order c. NJ Russell of Will |
nington arose and in behalf of the
Wilmington and Deerfield valley dele
cations presented the name of c. d. !
Spencer. Mr.. Russell said that Mr.. |
Spencer was not candidate of his.
,hoice but that the office was literally |
seeking the man. He said that the |
own of Wilmington had been repre-
ented in the upper house only once
Turing the last }2 years and that at
his time Wilmington felt that as fair
minded man as Mr.. Spencer ought to
eceive the nomination. O. I. Ware
# Brattleboro seconded Mr.. Spencer's
saying that in doing so he
elt that the right man for the place
vas being named. l.. W. Bush of
}rookline offered the name of c. +.
Thompson as man who had been
redit to his town and state. Mr.. Rus
ell. Mr.. Bush and Mr.. Ware were ap-
,ointed tellers and the vote taken. The
esult was:
Total. ....-......... 30