The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-02

nomination of Senators being in order
9. ). Williams of Barre proposed
Nelson d. Phelps of that city for one
OF the three candidates. The nomin-
alton was numerously seconded and
M. Phelps was unanimously chosen a
candidate. O. H. Dana of Woodbury.
proposed r. f brennan of that town
for second Senator and he was chosen
without opposition.
j. b. Thompson of Fayston placed
A. ID. Bragg of that town in nomina.
ton for third and Mr. Bragg was
unanimously nominated Hon. E. w.
Huntley of DuXbury was named by
b. X. Demeritt for reelection as as.
sistant judge, and being literally Sec
onded Mr. Huntley was unanimously
nominated.
For the second assistant judge, @.
@. Putnam of Milddlesex nominated
L. Ransom Wells of that town. W.
E. Bliss of Calais placed Orlando H,
Leonard of that town in nomination.
j. M. Fisher of Cabot protested
against having all the judges from the
same part of the county and urged
the return to the custom of selecting
one judge from each side of the coun-
ty. he seconded the nomination of
Mr. Leonard. A ballot was taken
and resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, IA;
Leonard, n; Wells, 81 and Mr..
Leonard was nominated
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the platform adopted by the
State convention. They endorsed the
curse of Senator W. p Dillingham;
in Congress and instructed the county
Senators to vote and work for his re-
election in the next Legislature The
Senators were also requested to sup
port the referendum
Hon. Hiram Carleton of this city
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for Judge
of probate.
Chairman Woodward left the chair
to nominate Fred B. Thomas of this
city for the Office of States attorney,
After being seconded generally, the
nomination was unanimously made
Then came the three cornered fight
for the Office of sheriff Eli Holden
of Barre nominated Wilbur F. Shepard
of that city; w G. Nye nominated
A @. Templeton of East Montpelier
| l.. O. Moody nominated Charles G.
Graves of Waterbury for reelection,
and his nomination. was so largely sec
onded it amounted practically to an
informal vote. Shepard was seconded
by Montpelier and Barre town, Tenn
pleton by the Calais delegation. The
ballot resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast 145
necessary for choice, 49, Graves,
So Shepard, "a Templeton, 26. And
Mr.. Graves was declared nominated.
j. A. Observation-Disclosures nominat-
ed John Wilson of Worcester for high
hailif h1t M INi1con lool;nol
ing that if the Worcester delegation
wanted anything it could ask for it.
self. B. B. Martin of Marshfeld,
the present incumbent, was unani-
mouusly re-nominated, He said that
during the two years he had held the
| office he had learned to make good
moose and all he regretted was that
his duty did not apply to all of the
county officers as well as the sheriff,
as he could hang the whole business.
For county commissioner Daniel
Worcester of Roxbury, the present in
cumbent, was nominated by George
B. Hall of Roxbury.
Hon. William Chaplin of Middlesex, an
alternate in the delegation, seconded the
the nomination of Judge Edgerton. Mr..
Chaplin scored Commissioner Worcester.
In reply to Mr.. Halls question, "Where
Art Thou, Oaniel?" he answered he
hoped Daniel was in the lions den.
Middlesex had been devastated by flood
and its roads swept away, but the internal
liquor agency there was still in full blast.
The damage by food could be repaired
but the loss to humanity by this agency
could not be recovered. Mr. Worcester
was as fit man for the office of county
commissioner as the old-fash oned hell
was for cold storage. Mr.. Chapin's re-
marks brought down the house.
s. b. Blodgett of Cabot also criti-
cised Mr.. Worcester and seconded the
nomination of Judge Edgerton. Mr.. Blodg-
EFT said the agencies were not properly
restricted. Young men from his town
come to Montpelier and get filled up,
bringing bottles of liquor rom the agency
Mr.. Worcester sat in the rear of the
hall placidly smoking his pipe during his
calling down."
The Barre and Montpelier delegations
seconded Mr., Worcesttr's nomination.
The result of the ballot for county
commissioners follows
Whole number of votes cast, 146
Edgerton, IS
Worcester, 81
| And Mr.. Edgerton received the nomina-
ion.
The county committees elected were the
following Fred Perrin, Plainheld J. H.
Winch, Mortified; F. M, Cory, Mont
pelier; Ralph w. Putnam, Middlesex;
{. H. Haines, Waterbury; c. F. Camp,
Barre; Fred l. Hathaway, Moretown.
This closed the business of the conven-
ton, and it adjourned after being in ses-
ion only an hour and a half.