Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22
The Proceedings in Detail

The convention WAS called to order
by Amory Dawson of Craftsbury,
chairman Of the district committee,
about 2.l0 o clock Out of a total of
37S delegates there were present S72
including six admitted TO the conven-
tion on special motion The Essex, Or
leans, Windsor and Washington eoun.
ty delegations occupied one side of the
hall while those from Caledonia, Or
ange and Windham were seated on the
other. After prayer by Rev. w. b.
Dukeshire of Montpelier, the call was
read by John F. Mead of Randolph,
secretary of the district committee. On
motion of Harry Blodgett of st.
Johnsbury the reading of the roll was
dispensed with and the list as made up
by the district committee adopted.
Some time was taken up in adding to
the list the names of Alfred Holden
and Henry Wooley of Grafton and W.
p. Russell and c. C. Walter of Kirby,
whose credentials were imperfect, and
those of h. T. brennan and James f.
Tebbitts of Woodbury. who were
elected at a caucus held June u in
stead of on the date specified in the
call.
After dispensing with these techni-
calities Colonel f. G. Butterfeld of
Derby was named as temporary chair
man and w. E. Hubbard of Brattleboro
and Harvey Burbank of Danville as
temporary secretaries. This organiza-
tion was made permanent on motion OF
George A. Weston of Bellows Falls.
Mr.. Butterfeld made a short speech in
acknowledgment of the honor, closing
with a tribute to Roosevelt which
brought out hearty applause. }. +.
Lewis of Troy moved that a committee
on resolutions be appointed by naming
member from each county and the
chair named the following: j. F. Lewis
of Troy, R. w. Simonds of st. Johns
bury, V. |. Spear of Braintree, A. E.
Watson of Hartford, George A. Weston
of Bellows Falls, O. D. Clark of Mont
pelier and J. II. Walbridge of Concord.
The chairman announced the next
business as "the selection, if possible,
of candidate for congressman from
the second district of Vermont. - In
very few words but with much fervor
James l.. Martin of Brattleboro pre-
sented the name Of Kittredge Haskins.
The nomination called forth prolonged
applause. In behalf of the Caledonia
county delegation r. w. Simonds of
st. Johnsbury fastened to second Mr..
Martin 5 motion, as did also George B.
Young in behalf of the Orleans county
delegation.
The name of John W. Gordon of
Barre was then placed in nomination
by S. Hollister Jackson of that city,
who spoke at some length on the quail
fcations of his candidate. Mr.. Cor
don's nomination was seconded by j.
L. Spaulding of Warren, R. F. Dren-
nan of Woodbury. and Milton G. Morse
of Hardwick.
Sherman F. Evarts of Windsor ha-
at some length before second
ing Mr.. Haskins's name in behalf of
Windsor county, while "Zeke' Skin
ner of Plainfield furnished the fun of
the afternoon with a speech in which
he alluded to Mr.. Gordon's Memorial
Day address at Plainfeld as ga leetle
mite too long, The last man to sec
ond Mr.. Haskins S nomination was
Judge George T. Eastman of Walden,
who did so Sin behalf of Governor
Bell and his supporters. This was
the only time the governor S name was
and Judge Eastman S ac-
tion was given generous applause.
Next came the balloting, with j. L.
Martin of Brattleboro, S. Hollister
Jackson of Barre and R. w. Simonds
of st. Johnsbury acting as tellers. The
result was as follows:
Total vote ................... 357