The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-27
Took 5 IL Hours and 8 Bal
lots to Get a Candidate
MONTPELIER NOMINEES
r. r. Dawley Won Out in Sixth Ward
Alderman Bergen Defeated--S. W.
Corse and Tim Callahan Other
Aldermanic Nominees.

Montpelier's ward caucuses. held last
evening, were comparative love feasts
until the Bloody Sixth was reached,
and there history repeated itself in a
struggle which continued FIVE hours and
a half and necessitated eight ballots be-
fore Alderman /, II. Dawley was re-
nominated, over field Of six oandi
dates, two Of whom bad been injected
into the field during the earlier part Of
the contest when it was seen that there
was to be deadlock. jeremiah Deady
and a. w. Prescott were his most bit
ter opponents this year, as they were
two years ago, when it was after mid
night before the choice was made.
The widespread interest was shown
by the total vote of ia ont Of pos
sible 220, on the first ballot. The four
candidates at the start of the fight were
Dawley, Prescott, Deadly and J. B. Dou-
cette, and during the first few ballots
Prescott, who has continued quiet cam
paign for year, was slightly in the
lead. The first ballot stood Prescott
81, Dawley so, Doucette Al,
Deadly 80. There was a big crowd Of
spectators to witness the struggle, and
they hung on well. But as the hands
of the clock began to point TO the fig
ures after midnight they dwindled down,
as did the candidates. After the fifth
il was seen that there could be no choice
with the candidates already up and
James j. Ford and G. G. Roberts were
thrust into the arena. Ford was the
only survivor of the two when the
eighth and deciding ballot was taken.
He had nine votes, while Dawley had
81 to Az for Prescott. Dawley had Just
two more votes than were necessary to
win.
In ward four Edward Sweeney Of the
granite firm of Sweeney Bros. was de-
feated for the nomination Of alderman
by s. w. Corse, the well known photog-
rapher, who got 9s out Of total vote
Of 1863. Only one ballot was neces-
sary.
A great amount Of interest centered,
too, in the ward FIVE contest, where Al
dernan ]. j. Bergen was candidate for
denomination. lie was defeated on the
lrst ballot By I. ]. Callahan. OF the
firm Of G. p. Gill & Co. Out Of the total
of 126 votes cast, Callahan got II.
All these caueuses were held on the
main floor of the armory building AT
the same time quiet little times were
being held in ante rooms, where school
commissioners were to be nominated in
wards one, two and three In each
case the present encumbent was renon-
mated, and in ward one it took six
voters Just twenty seconds to do the
business. II. G. Gleason was the nomi-
nee. In ward three there were few more
voters present, and little more time was
taken to nominate Or. p. +. Templeton
There were more ward two men present,
however, but there was an equal unanim-
ity OF sentiment, for II. j. NJ Jones, of
the firm of Jones Bros, was the only
man mentioned. There were about
hundred present.
The big event Of the preliminarics in
Montpelier comes tonight, when can
didate for mayer viii be nominated. It
is thought very likely that James $.
Haley, who retires as alderman in ward
four this year, win be presented to the
caucus in opposition to Mayor Frank
NJ Cory, who is up for the fourth
time. Neither one processes to be work
ing for the nomination, but each rests
in the hands" Of his friends. G. A. Gale,
who was mentioned some time ago, has
withdrawn from the race. The pros
poets seem favorable to Mayor Cory.