The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-01
NEW PARTY
CONVENTION.
Clements Forces To Be Mar
shaled June Is
BURLINGTON THE PLACE.
Under Call Issued Today There Are
7a7 Delegates, Based Very Large
ly on the Clement Vote
in 1902.

Rutland. .Illne 1.-THE formal call for
the independent state convention WAS
made public today and calls for The as-
sembling Of the Independent voters Of
the state in Burlington on the 2sth day
of June. which il the same date desig-
mated for the Democratic state conyen,
tion.
This call WAS issued and signed mt
ain all day meeting held here On Wed
nesday. May a0th. There were present
representatives from ten counties out
of The fourteen III Vermont, and piaRs
for the Independent campaign were dis
cnssed i'll full. The apportionment Of
delegates il based In q measure on the
Clement vote Of 1902. with such addi-
tions as are found desirable, hs reason
of the petitions which were received IN
support III the Bennington idca.
III Il expected that the city hall in
Burlington will be secured for the con.
yention and that the gathering viii be
organized and governed in the same
manner as other party conventions. The
sentiment Of all representatives who at
tended the meeting was Of the most
optimistic nature, and many Of them
report strong Clement gains III territory
which had been considered hopeless BY
the managers Of Nj. Clements campaign
hero.
The meeting was formally called to
order in the evening with Edward j.
Hall Of Bennington as chairman. and
$. ). Beatty Of Burlington as secre-
tary.
Tho cali follows:
The Independent voters OF the state
of Vermont are hereby summoned 10
meet in convention at Burlington, VT.
on Thursday, the 22th day Of June,
az 10 o'clock a. M, for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for the offices of
governor, Lieutenant governor. treasurer.
secretary Of state, auditor and attorney
general;
10 elect state committee, formulate
a platform and TO transact any other
business proper when met
Delegates for this convention shall
be elected upon the basis sci forth here.
with, and while all legal voters of the
state who favor an independent move
ment in the election Of our state oil,
GERS are cordially invited % be present,
delegates will be seated in strict accord. .
ance with tile report of the committee
upon credentials. which, for the purposes
OF this call, win consist Of the pro.
visional committee which signs these
articles.
The said committee further recon-
mends that caucuses for the election
of such delegates shall be held in the
various towns Of the state between the
10th and the 23rd Of June and the ere
dentials returned AZ once 70 s. y Beat
.ty burlington, VI, the secretary who
subsuibes himself to this call.
The apportionment OF delegates gives
the larger places in Vermont the fol-
lowing representation: Burlington AZ.
Rutland City 46, Bennington rs. Barre
City 20. st. Albans City 20. Montpelier
II. Bratteboro rs. Colchester ii. st.
Iohnsbury n, Rockingham IL. West
Rutland n, Brandon 10. Rutland coun-
tn leads the state with ia1 delegates.
The Washington county apportionmeiit
i as follows Barre City 90, Barre
Town ), Berlin J. Cabot 2. Calais 2,
Duxbufy I. East Montpelier 2. Fayston
/, Aarshfeld l., AIillIleseN = Montpelier
~, MoretoNn l. Northfeld 5, PlaindcId
i, Roxbury 2. Waitsiicld ., Warren 2,
Waterbury ., Woodbury. q. Worcester
2. Total "a. The caliis signed by the
following: Il. 5. Smith, Addison. Ed
ward J. Hall, pennington s J. Beatty,
Chittendm: $. b. Hutchius, Caledonia;
p II FIaherty, Essex: Il. II. Lombard,
Franklin; Leon Dubuque, Grand Isle;
Alfred Dodge, Iamoillc; H. NJ. Dufm,
Orange; J II, Foster, Orleans; q. \.
Baclsus. Rutland; =. u. Allen. Washing.
ton; 4. " Applin, Windham: Wm. s.
Eaton, Windsor.