Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-13
BELLOWS FALL NEWS
UNION LABOR CANDIDATE NoMl-
MATED.
Charles E. McEvoy Had III Votes to 1903
For Charles S. Moore-Latter viii File
Nomination Papers.

Charles E. McEVoy Had III Votes to 1903
For Charles S. Moore-Latter viii File
Nomination Papers.
Much interest centred in the caucus
held Saturday evening at Banquet hall
to nominate candidates for officers to be
voted for at the coming meeting of the
village corporation. In the history of the
corporation there has never been so large
an attendance at a caucus, necessitating
adjournment early in the evening to the
opera house. The principal interest was
in the fact advertised that the labor
unions had candidates they were to sup
port, and the question as to how strong
these organizations were locally. 1t is
probable the labor question lines were
not clearly defined until the vote upon
superintendent of streets and sewers came
up, in which the unionists were success
full in nominating their candidate.
Owing to many questions of past con-
duct of different offices the details of the
different ballots is of interest and may
be analysed by the voters according to
their different views.
Last years board of bailiffs We're d. II.
Cray, Edward Barry and A, L, Field.
For first bailiff the ballot for the chair
man resulted in 204 votes for DIR. o. NJ
George and "a for Mr.. Cray. For second
bailiff 21S We're cast for ]. j. O'Con-
nor TO AZ IOr MT. Barry Willle A. Il.
Field was nominated by reclamation with
out opposition For other offices the old
incumbents were nominated as follows c..
E. Capron, treasurer; j. II. Gately, j..
Greenough, ir., and VIM. Carter fire
wardens; H. w. Keene, f. n. Young and
p. H. Lawlor, water commissioners, Mr..
Lawlor taking the place of Arthur
Coolidge, who resigned on account of i'll
health. ]. w. Buemond was renominated
as collector and u. Fl. Allbee, ]. e. Byrnes
and II. d. Ryder as auditors.
The contest of the evening, for street
commissioner was interesting and there
were three ballots. Chas S. Moore, Chas.
E. McEvoy, T. ]. brisbane, Neil Nc
Donald and Thos Walsh We're placed
in nomination by the caucus. Mr.. Moore
has held the office several terms and made
a good official. Mr.. McEvoy is a young
man recently employed by the Inter
national Paper company as a finisher and
prominent in labor union matters. He
came from Fitchburg about four years
ago, where he had been employed in a
paper mill, and for a short time was con-
nected with a coal business. His eX-
perience has not been such as to give
qualifications for street making, or hand
ling men, as far as can be learned. The
other candidates were not seriously con-
sidered, the contest being between Moore
and McEVoy. The first ballot stood 81
for McEvoy, 81 for Moore and the rest
scattering, total 274. The second stood
14S McEvoy, ia Moore, and Walsh A, the
other two having drawn out, while the
third, after Walsh had withdrawn, de-
cided the matter in favor of McEvoy
III to 10S, and he was declared the
nominee of the caucus. Mr.. Moore was
urged by his friends to file nomination
papers, which he did, and the voters viii
have an opportunity to show their pre-
ference between the two men at the polls
Jan. 20.
Fred II. Babbitt was nominated mod
orator of the village and acted as chair
man of the caucus. F. A. Bolles wal
renominated clerk