The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-16
FOR A REPRESENTATIVE
Fred Perrin in Lead at Finish Post
pOned Caucus VIII Be Held
Friday Evening.

The Prohibition party held their caucus
in the Averill block at 80 o'clock last
evening for the purpose Of nominating
representative to the general assembly aud
fifteen candidates for justices Of the peace
and to elect city committee. Fred r.
Page. chairman Of the city committee,
read the call aud was elected chairman of
the caucus and Wallace Cheever was made
secretary.
The nominating OF a representative was
first taken up. Dr. L. W. Hanson made
motion that they cast an informal ballot to
bring before the caucus different names
that they might be voted for saying that
II there was ever caucus got together
without having slate made up before
hand this case was one. The motion was
carried and on the first ballot the follow
ing names were presented: Fred Perrin
4, DR.. 1. W. Hanson 8, George Bassett 2,
Harry Patterson /, Fred +. Page, ?, Dir.
Q. G. Stickney ], Rev. r. F. Lowe, /, and
some others who had one vote.
After considerable discussion on how
the men whose names had been presented
stood in regard to the Prohibition plat
form, another informal ballot was taken
which gave Mr. Perrin @, Or. Hanson 3.
Mr., Bassett 3 and several names received
one vote. Or. Hanson stated that be
thought that it was not quite clear In the
minds Of those present who they wanted to
vote for Or felt safe in presenting as
candidate for nomination and he would
make motion that the caucus adjourn
till Friday night SO that the men whose
names had been presented could be cues.
toned on how thew stood
Before this motion was seconded S. H.
Barnes moved that committee Of three
be appointed to bring la at the next meet
ing list of candidates for justices Of the
peace and for the city committee, The
motion was carried and the following com
mittee was appointed by the chair: e. @.
Wells, Earl Lewis and r. II. Watkins.
Dr. Hanson advised that this committee
confer with the Democrats and Republi-
cans and see Il an equal distribution OF
the Justices could be made In the three
parties.
Another committee was elected from
the floor to question the men whose names
had been prt sented for representative and
to report at the next meeting. The COM
mittee Is Dr. L. w Hanson, Earl Lewis
and Il g. Wells. The caucus then ad~
journed until Friday night Of this week.
DR.. Il. w. Hanson spoke at some length
at opening Of the caucus on the prospects
OF the party and the work that is before
1t. He believed If there was ever a time
when the Prohibition party ought to vote
its strongest it Is now We have been
told that the Republicans party has stood
for prohibition but you know it does not
now, and 1t has been truthfulIy said that
prohibition at Its worst ID even better than
high license at its best. The 0verseer nf
the poor has said that the expense for the
city poor will be double this year what
they were In any previous year, and have
also been told by men who are engaged In
collecting email bills around the CITY that
there are 200 families In the city where he
could once collect $40 the first time he
called but now be has to go several times
to get Ii all.
This Is not a trivial matter. The men
who are voting for Prohibition are earnest
and steadfast In their belief for the right.
You are not here for the purpose of
beating some party but because you be-
lleve that there is a great principal in
yolved. | know that you would vote pro
hibtion II you had to stand alone. | for
one would rather vote for something be-
Iieved to be right and not get it than to
vote for something | did not believe IN
and get. believe that Is the right prin-
ciple for everybody to follow. have bean
approached by Republican Just recentIv
who said that the members OF the Prohi
bition party came largely frem the Repub-
lican ranks and II you put up candidate
You will split the Republican party ana
only help the Democrats to elect. / toId
that man / can get Just as drunk II I
wish on Republican whiskey as / can on
Democratic whiskey. propose to put up
a candidate OF our own party. And i al
so said to the man that | would rather saa
G. Herbert Pape, high license man--wa
know how be stands--,go to MontpalIcr
this fail as representative than any man 7
have heard mentioned so far this year out.
side Of the Prohibition party.
10 speaking Of the Anti-SaI0on T,eacna
Mr.. Hanson said that there ii nothing
that has hurt the Prohibition party "