The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
THE DAILY RECORD.

another place promised but not de-
livered " The contest was an excit-
ing one and the result close There
were ii votes cast. OF these McCul-
Tough had 80 and Proctor 56.
One of the shortest and most enthu-
siastic Republican caucuses held in
Addison county was that at Cornwall
1t was in session just twelve minutes
and was unanimous for Gen ]. G..
Mccullough
Panton elected one Mccullough and
one Clement delegate. On the first
ballot each candidate had forty seven
votes. Castleton will send four Glenn
ent delegates and Wardsboro two for
Proctor. The full list of all caucuses
held to date with the total result will
be found in another column.
At the East Montpelier caucus, held
Tuesday afternoon it was voted to
elect the delegates by a majority vote.
Three ballots were necessary when
two Clement delegates were elected
by majority of two. The vote in
the first ballot was for Clement "a,
Proctor 30, Mccullough "a The fight
on the last two ballots was between
Mccullough and Clement.
Wednesday afternoon and evening
proved to be another McCullou gh
day in the election of delegates to
the Republican State convention.
Vergennes had been claimed by both
Proctor and Clement. The caucus
was one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic ever held there. a check
list was used and everything was con-
Quoted in an orderly way. When the
vote was counted it was found that 30
good and true men had focked to the
Proctor column. Clement mass con-
vention numbered Al voters, while
among those that might be called
scattering" there were pa McCul-
Tough voters
Marshfeld elected three McCul-
Tough delegates by practically unani-
nous vote Wolcott, Morgan and
Halifax have also swung into the Nc
Cullough column.
No Proctor delegates were elected
on Wednesday although some are add
ed in the column of delegates publish
ed elsewhere. These were not pre-
viously credited Fair Haven and
Chittenden elected Clement delegates
on Wednesday,
The town of Rutland with three
delegates is claimed for both Clement
and Proctor 1t is said for Clement
that the caucus in May chose Clement
delegates and it is said for Proctor
that the May caucus adjourned to
June 4, without electing delegates.
The Proctor men sat down to the sec
ond table by themselves June 4, and
claim to have lawfully chosen three
Proctor delegates. The Clement men
did not appear June and insist that
the May caucus gave them the delega-
ion 70 hot he,
delegations will be settled at the State
convention In our table of delegates
the town, of Rutland is not included,
in view of the contest
The Barre caucus on Thursday even
ing was the largest ever held in the
Granite city. F. G.. Rowland was
elected chairman, and Judge A. G..
Fay secretary. Nearly an hour was
consumed in adopting resolutions to
govern the caucus, appo hitting addi-
tional members of the city commit
tees, tellers and a challenging com
mittee. 1t was nearly nine O'Clock
when the balloting commenced and
by vote of the caucus the box was
kept open an hour and half.
The result of the ballot showed that
$50 votes had been cast. OF these the
Clement ticket had 459 Mccullough
1870 and Proctor l0l. The delegates
elected are Jas. S. Mackay, S. d.
Allen, G. S. Currier, j. P. Mari, T.
W. Russell, Eli Holden, E. F. Smith.
S. HOLSTER Jackson.
Berkshire broke away from the Proc
tor column and elected four McCul-
Tough delegates by a vote of 205
against 107 for Proctor The two
Fayston delegates for Mccullough
were unanimously elected to 10th the
State and district conventions.
Proctor carried Swanton, Vernon,
Jamaica and Mount Holly, and Wal
than elected Clement delegate.
Although only twelve caucuses were
held on Friday evening seventy-two
| delegates were elected and the results
| in the large towns and cities mate
rally changes the total standing to
date The friends of Gen McOul.
Tough have every reason to be graft
fled for the result in St. Johnsbury and
St. Albans
In Burlington Clement delegates to
| the State convention were elected at
the most largely attended caucus il
the history of that city. His major
ity over Mccullough and Proctor was
III and he had 229 more votes thar
Mccullough He carried every ward
in the city, except ward one, which
gave Mccullough a majority of 61.
The total vote of the caucus wa:
2l39. OF those Clement received 1928
Mccullough $50, and Proctor 112,
st. Adams, another of those places
which had been promised to Proc
tor by it's erstwhile political leader,
and the seat of the loudest cry TO
"The Vermont Idea, if a certain or
gan is correct, elected a Mccullough
delegation by safe majority. Thu
caucus was a large one, the check lis
was used and everything passed of
in an orderly way, The result of thu
ballots cast was
Whole number of votes cast 1853
For Mccullough 500, Proctor 2S6
Clement PAT.