Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-06-05
Republicans of Chittenden County
in Convention.
Reeves Beats Brownell for Sheriff-No
Other observation-disclosures Favor
ing Senator Dillingham; and An
tagonistic to Cattle Com
mission.

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| sell of Hinesburgh.
| Assistant judges-J. Fl. Allen of Hines
| burgh and John Fl. Lyon of Colchester.
Judge of probate-M. A. Bingham Of
| Burlington.
States attorney-E. c. Mower Of Burling-
ton.
Sherif-Thomas Reeves Of Burlington.
| High bailff-R. A. Norton of Huntington.
| County commissioner-W. u. Hall Of
| Richmond.
County committee-P. r. Miles of Hines
| burgh. A. h. Stevens of Richmond, j. l..
| Southwick of Burlington, w. Scott Nay
| of Jericho and A. l.. Bingham of Willis
| ton.
| The Chittenden county republican CON
| vention for the nomination of county Of
| icers was held Saturday at the city nail.
| Each town in the county was represented
by a full delegation. The affair was mar
monious throughout, with the exception or
| the contest for the Office of sheriff, In
which there was a hot fight between Thomas
| Reeves. the present incumbent, and Il. +.
| Browncll, chief of police of Burlington, and
j. II. Allen Of Essex Junction For the
other Offices there was no contest. the
nominations being made unanimously BY
| aCclamation.
| The convention was called to order short
| ~ after II 80 by Perry r. Miles. chair
| man of the county committee. EA.-Gov. L.
| A. Woodbury. was appointed temporary
| 4. ".
| secretary. The call was read by the sec
rotary, after which the roll of delegates
made VI by the county committee was
| adopted by the convention e. Il. Taft of
| Burlington then moved that the temporary
organization be made permanent and the
motion was carried.
Mayor D. {. Hawley offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved. That inasmuch as one OF the
duties Of the State senators nominated this
day if elected, will be tn. choice of d
l-ntcc States senator for the seat now
worthily filled by the Hon William y.
Dilingham, We the representatives OF the
republicans of Chittenden county in con-
vcnticn assembled, deem it fitting that we
express our appreciation of the high quail
ifcatiOns for that important office he has
SC conSpicuously shown and of the ma rked
credit his service has reflected upon Yer
mont We believe the interests of the peo-
pie Of this State will be promoted and con-
served by his retention in the United
States Senate and we hereby most heartily
and earnestly endorse his candidacy for re-
election to that position.
The resolution was seconded and urani-
mousy adopted
Bovine tuberculosis was prominent
uestion OF the convention and aroused con-
siderable discussion. Apparently every de e.
gate was in favor of a change in the pres
ent law on that subject and two sets of
esolutions were offered, which were unaui-
|mously adopted. w. w. Iiigbee of Char
lottee spoke upon the subject at some
length and offered the following Iesolu-
ltions, which were adopted:
| Whereas, The republicans of Chittenden
county, now In convention assembled,
deem the eXistig statutes of Vermont pro-
lViding for the testing, quarantining and
killing of cows, not only unjust but I'M
constitutional and highly detrimental to
xln fgV a ,irxr Of
therefore be it
Resolved, That the nominees for the Sell
ate this day selected for this county are
thereby instructed to exert their influence
and best endeavor for the repeal OF said
statutory provisions.
| li.Cduse the unlimited and extraordinary
powers conferred upon an appontiNe board
are incompatible with and dangerous to
the rights of private property.
| Because the cattle owner has no voice
as to the alleged diseased condition of his
herd.
Because the appontive board can of its
own motion upon its own judgment quar-
antine the cattle of the dairymen, depriv-
ling him of the proper use of his property.
| Because il has not yet been shown that
this board has established or undertaken
to establish that sickness or death has
been traced to the products of these al
legged diseased cattle.
| Because, as the statutes now are. the
| mere suspicion on the part of the board Of
| agriculture that the cows have tuberCu-
| losis gives them absolute power of quar-
| antining and killing.
Because, the cattle owner has no appeal
| no day in court.
| because. the methods recently employed
| in Chlttenden county in regard to the
| testing and killing of cattle are destructive
| to our dairy interests (will tend to drive
our young men who are trying to pay for
their farms into bankruptcy will cause
| abandoned farms to be written upon the
| lintels of our dwellings,
Resolved, That while We are not opposed
to laws in the interest of public health
We demand that they shall be drawn in
| conformity to the constitution and in full
recognition of the constitutional rights in
respect to private property.
| Resolved, That we unite in the co-opera-
| ton Of the town reprcse natives of Chit
| tenden county in this behalf
| f. q. Nichols then offered a resolution
lrelating to the stand of the candidates for
the Senate. Judge Eli 7. Holhrook of Mil
ton moved that the resolution be laid upon
the table saying that each candidate had
already announced himself upon the sub
ject and that all were known to be in fa-
vor of a change in the present law. His
motion was lost and the resolution offered
by Mr. Nichols was unanimously adopted.
1t was as follows:
nomination before this convention for the
position of county senator shall before the
vote be taken upon such nomination, pub
licly before this body, define their position
upon the subject regarding bovine tuber-
culosis and declare what action they would
take regarding legislation to abolish the
existing board of cattle commissioners and
the present law in force respecting such
disease.
The nomination of senators was then in
|order and Mayor ID. c, Hawley nominated
Hon. G. w. Brownell as the candidate
from Burlington. He said the convention
was metto perform an important duty and
that thes1ames presented should be those
Of men tvho would faithfully represent
their cohAtituents at Montpelier. lie said
he wished to present the name of a stall
wart republican, II man who had a varied
land extensive experience in State affairs
land man who II elected would bring to
the office ability, integrity and capacity
las great as any other man could be named
In closing he said: 1T Is my pleasure tC
present the name Of the Hon. c. w. Brow
nell as a candidate for senator from Bur-
Ilington."
The chairman asked Mr.. Brownell to
state to the convention his position upon
the tuberculosis question. He assured tile
delegates that he would leave no stone UNI
turned to secure justice for the farmers
and that he would do what he could to
carry out the resolutions on tuberculosis
that had been adopted by the convention.
Mr. Prownell's nomination was made by
q unanimous vote.
Judge Holbrook nominated c. s. Ashley
lof Milton az senator from the north side