Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-24
THE FUSION COUNTY TICKET.
Brief Sketches of the Candidates for the
Principal offices Thereon.

The Bellows Falls Times last week pub
lished the following sketches Of the candi'
dates for the principal offices on the fusion
county ticket:
The fusion candidate for high sheriff is
Daniel II. Cray Of Bellows Falls. lie was
horn in ireland in 1861 and came to Bel
lows Falls with his parents when IA years
old. He attended the local high school for
two wears and then entered the employ OF
the old Fall Mountain Paper company. sHe
was night foreman in the cylinder depart
ment for eight years and is now day fore.
man in the same department, being employed
by the International Paper company th4
successor of the old Fall Mountain company.
In 1890 the town elected democratic rep
resentative and a full justice ticket MI.
Cray's name was on the ticket and he served
as Justice Tor two years. For several years
he served as auditor for both the town and
village In 1892 he was candidate for high
bailiff on the democratic county ticket. In
1901 he was elected bailif of the Bel
lows Falls village corporation and served ior
four years. the last two years being chair-
man of the board. This is probably as long
continuous service as bailiff as has fallen to
the lot of any citizen. He has been dele
gate to all the democratic county conventions
| for several years and is now chairman OF
WAYS taken an active interest in whatever
pertains to the democratic party and has
taken an aggressive part in town and village
matters irrespective of party. Before ne be
came foreman and so was disqualified Tor
membership in union he was president OIL
the papermakers union. Mr.. Cray has for
20 years been a member of Division NO.
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, mas
held all the offices in the local union ana
was president for Cheshire county for four
years He is also charter member OF 81
Charles council, Knights of Columbus.
John Ephraim Gale, fusion candidate for
states attorney, was born in Guilford May
49, 1866, on the farm where he now resides
and which has been the home of his fathers
for nearly 140 years. Left fatherless az the
age of three years, the duties of farm man
agement devolved upon him at an early age.
He was educated in the common schools OF
Guilford supplemented by home study, ana
entered the schools of his native town as
teacher at the age of IS. At the age OF Il
he was elected town superintendent OF
schools, which position he filled for several
years. His townspeople have kept him con
tinuously in office since he attained his ma
iority he now being town clerk, treasurer,
Justice of the peace, trustee, etc. lie mas
always taken deep interest in agricultural
matters and was well known as writer Tor
various agricultural journals previous W
1898, when he began the study of law, regis
tering with Haskins Stoddard, the well
known Brattleboro firm. In 1897 he was ad-
mitted to the Vermont bar, and in 1899 was
admitted to practice in the United States
courts In 1900 he was elected TO represent
Guilford in the legislature, being the first
democrat chosen by that town for 40 years.
In 1902 he was reelected and was regarded
as the minority leader. During this session
he was chairman Of the joint committee on
revision of bills and second on the judiciary
committee. He was member of tha spe
cial committee which drafted the Conland
liquor bill which was the basis of our pres
emit license law. Through his personal ell
forts the obnoxious caucus bill Of 1902 was
defeated on the last night of the session.
Though temperate to the point OF total abb
stnence he has always advocated local OPP
ton as the most effective way Of controlling
the liquor traffic. He is member OF Pro
tective grange, P. of H.. Columbian lodge +.
& A. NJ, Vermont Bar association, Vermont
Dairymen's association, and is secretary OF
the recently formed state branch OF the
National Good Roads association. he was
married in 1901 to Miss Abbie A. Kerr OF
Dummerston, vt.
william A. Brown, one of the fusion can