Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-03
LEGISLATURE ORGANIZES.
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vote of IL to II for G.. T. Walter of st.
Johnsbury and one for Max L. Powell
of Burlington. After adopting the rules
of the last senate and appointing the
usual committees the senate adjourned to
4 80 p. m.
The afternoon session of the senate
Wednesday was dull and uninterestng
with nothing of Importance being done.
A resolution was introduced by Senator
Backus of Rutland setting forth the
generally understood facts that there
had been no election of governor by the
people and claiming that there had been
gross mistakes made in many towns
by the returning boards and instructing
the Joint committee to count the votes
for state officers; to send for the votes
and duly sort and count the same. 1t
was promptly tabled as no one claimed
that errors had been made sufficient to
change the result. A similar resolution
was introduced in the House by DR..
Peck of Brandon and it was laid on the
table without a dissenting vote. The
Clement men had lost heart and hope
and made no fight except before thejoint
committee to count and sort the votes.
Here they appeared by a paid attorney
and entered protest, but it was ignored
and the work was proceeded with and
the result duly ascertained as provided
by law and as it has been done for over
thirty years.
a little ripple was caused in the House
about four o'clock, when it was waiting
for the hour for the joint assembly to
hear the report of the Joint canvassing
committee. when a badly ratified Clement
man sent up to the clerks desk a minor
ity report that could only come before
the Joint assembly. He promptly sub
sided when he saw he had put his foot
in it, and the Clement men gave up in
despair.
At 4:l5 the Senate and House met in
Joint assembly to hear the report of the
Joint canvassing committee, which re-
ported the fact already known, that
there had been no election by the people
of governor and Acknowledgements. 1t
being made to appear that John l.. Ba-
con of Hartford, having received a major
part of all the votes cast for state treas
urer, was declared duly elected for the
ensuing two years, the voting being as
follows:
For treasurer. ga, $50
Necessary ID
John L. Bacon had. ..............54,36 1863
Don G. Pollard had. ............... 1896
Eugene NJ Campbell had. ......... 2,0s5
Majority for John L. Bacon. ,9lS
1t also appearing that Frederick G..
Fleetwood of Morristown, having re-
ceived a major part of all the votes cast
for secretary of state, he was declared
duly elected. The vote was as follows !:
For secretary of state ..................6 IS 1897
Necessary for II choice. ................ .32 500
Frederick q. Fleetwood had .... .5i,l23
James NJ. Burke had .............. $500
Clarence b, Wilson had.......... 2,012
scattering ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Majority for Frederick G. Fleetwood AZ $40
1t further appeared that Horace f.
Graham of Craftsbury, had received the
major part of all the votes cast for state
auditor, and he was declared duly elect
ed for the term of two years. The vote
was as follows:
For auditor OF accounts. AZ
Necessary for n choice Observation-Disclosures 224
Horace F. Graham had .......... $1,000
James 4. Byrne had............... S,40l
Edmund ii. Field had ............. 2.040
Majority for Horace q. Graham. ......... AZ, 565
The Joint assembly then proceeded
4 ,,,;t IL i
to proceed to ballot for governor. The
result was the election of Gen. j. G..
Mccullough of North Bennington by 60
majority, the vote being as follows:
Nhole NUMBER. Observation-Disclosures. 2GS
Necessary FOR choice. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 135
J. g. Mccullough. Observation-Disclosures. 1854
L. w. Clement. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
+. w. McGettrlck. ................... 45
Hon. Zed S. Stanton of RoXbury was
then elected lleutenant-governo by the
Joint assembly by a majority of 100.
The vote was as follows:
Whole number of votes.
Necessary for choice. ..,.................l27
Led ,. stanton. ,.....................lS
Elisha May OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
Frank W. Agan...... ................ 80
The Joint assembly then dissolved and
the days work-and a mighty good
days work it was, too-was ended. The
wisdom of holding caucus of straight
out republicans and securing harmonious
action was fully demonstrated. The
program as outlined by the leaders was
fully carried out without a hitch or the
slightest friction and the boilers were
simply overwhelmed, defeated and
crushed out.
Thursday was devoted to routine
work in both houses. The oath of
office was administered to the governor,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and the other state
officers and all were carefully indicted
and introduced to their new offices ex-
cept Treasurer Bacon. John is fixture.
May his shadow never grow less. The
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