The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-26


an hour and the crowd waited pa
tiently for the results which was as
follows:
Whole number of votes cast, $50
Necessary for choice, 4S1
+. M. Cory, 439
Lester H. Greene, 1919
M. w. Wheelock, ia
Fred M. Laird, 143
A. j. Sibley,
The second ballot resulted as follows
Whole number of votes cast, S6S
| Necessary for choice, 435
F. Nj. CORY, 1853
Lester H. Greene, III
NJ. W. Wheelock, 81
A. J. Sibley "a
F. NJ Laird, 81
After the announcement Of the bal
lot Mr.. Cory was called on for
speech, and briefly outlined his policy.
He thanked the voters most heartily
| for their support and said he was es-
pecially grateful to tho workingmen
| of the city who had made his nomina
| ton possible He stated that if elect
ed next Tuesday he would take the
office entirely unpledged to men or
measures, and that no man holding an
office under the city government need
be afraid of losing his place so long as
his work was done as it should be.
In closing the candidate said that
whenever the working men of Mont
pelier wanted friend they would al
ways find one in Frank Cory. Mr..
! Cory was given genuine ovation
that continued for several minutes and
/ spent the remainder of the evening in
receiving personal congratulations
| from his many friends.
i at the close of Mr.. Corry's remarks
w. A. Lord moved to make the nomi-
nation "a unanimous one. This was
seconded by j. A. DeBoer and L. r.
| Gordon and it was carried with a
| hearty cheer.
! There was a deep interest taken in
| the contest over city sheriff, and the
defeat of Charles Def Bancroft. who
| has been identified with that and cor
responding offices in Montpelier for a
! generation was great surprise to
many. Mr.. Bancroft was placed in
nomination by f. p. Carleton and
John Docherty by f. B. Thomas. The
ballot resulted as follows whole num-
Der of votes cast $685. of these Docher-
ty had 1924, Bancroft 30l and Mr..
Docherty was declared the nominee.
/ Mr.. Carleton then moved to make the
nomination unanimous and it was
done.
In calling for nominations for con-
stables Chairman Senter explained
that the prevalent idea concerning the
first and second constable Was errone-
Gus, that both offices were equal IN
rank and that the two officials duties
and privileges were identical. For
constable, NJ. E. Smile presented the
I'll. L ND
nominated Frank II. Tracy and
Michael Canning nominated Thomas
j. Keegan. A total vote of 442 was
cast; necessary for choice, 222. OF
these F. II. Tracy had pol, j. L.
futile 1926, 7. j. Keegan 46. For the
other constable Mr., futile was nomi-
mated by reclamation,
! For the city grand juror, A. W. Fer
rim presented the name Of Clifton Nj.
Heaton and Fred A. Rowland named
w. N. Theriault The ballot resulted
in victory for the latter by vote of
25S to 1856.
During the wait for the result of
the first ballot those offices where
there was no contest were taken up
and disposed Of
For city clerk, George 0. Stratton
nominated 7. X. Merrill and an en-
| thusiastic aye vote greeted the noml-
nation. Mr.. Merrill was nominated
for treasurer by S. II. o. Bosworth
and Mr.. Stratton with the same result.
For lister to succeed @. Def. Ban
croft whose term expires on March l,
Hon. Joseph G.. Brown nominated Mr..
Bancroft as his own successor and it
was made unanimous.
For listers the following were
chosen M. e. Smile, A. G. Eaton
and l.. II. Bixby. This is the old
board with the exception of Mr.. Eaton,
who succeeds A. w. Ferrin. The lat
ter was placed in nomination but
asked the privilege of withdrawing
from the office
For commissioner of Green Mount
cemetery to succeed James w. Brock,
A. w. Ferrin nominated A. ID. Far
we'll, saying that before leaving for
California Mr.. Brock had requested
that he be relieved from the office.
Mr.. Farwell was unanimously chosen.
For park commissioners John j. Bur
gen was nominated to succeed him
self
The last business of the caucus was
the election of city committee as
follows: Col. o. ID. Clark, George o.
Stratton and Fred Blanchard. Al
12 35 a. M, the caucus was adjourned.
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