The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-03
To be Presented to Citizens
Caucus for Nomination.
COMPLETE CITY TICKET.
Committee Appointed to Select the Can
didates at Last Evenings Mass
Meeting Called by the Central
Labor Union

At mass meeting Of workingmen In
Carpenters hall last evening, called by
the Central Labor Union, it was voted
TO select candidates for all city Offices
and present them for nomination at tha
citizens caucus to be held about the
middle Of this month. Ia furtherance
Of this purpose committee of five was
named TO select three names for mayor,
and for the other city Offices to be filed,
and TO present them at o meeting Of
workingnen to be called by the commit
tee, this meeting to select the names to
60 before the citizens caucus
The meeting was called 10 order by
q. Il. Gregoira. James Cruiclshank WAS
made chairman and A. B. Lane seere
tary. /. Z. Robbins offered motion
to the effect that The workingmen 60
irto the city caucus with candidates to
be voted for by union men at that eau
Gus, and that the chair appoint com
mittee of five to bring in three names
for mayor for the meeting to select
one ais its candidate.
James Mct5onachie opposed any such
division In city politics AZ was proposed.
He believed public sentiment ruled in
the selection OF candidates in Barre, and
that party politics in municipal affairs
was bad.
j. r. Tierney said he agreed with
the last speaker, and that there were
so few present was an indication there
was no great interest in the movement
John f.. Sadlier disagreed with the
two pervious speakers. It's the right
Of American citizens to gather whero
they win and express their convictions,
be declared He thought the motion
should be amended so that the proposed
committee report at later meeting.
He said the movement was no reaec-
tion on the present city government, and
that while lie worked against the cleo
tion Of Mayor Barclay in the two cam
paigns he thought he had made an ideal
mayor. Mr.. Sadlier expressed the opin-
ion that union labor was unalterahly
opposed to Fletcher Proctor as q candi-
date for governor.
Albert Halvosa moved that Mr.. Rob
bins motion be amended so that the
committee report at future meeting.
The amendment was voted and the mo-
tion carried as amended
Chairman CTitickshank appointed as
the committee Of I'VE l. Il Robbins, J..
r. Sadlier, G. L. Gregoire, George Riddle
and W. e. Folsom.
The matter of ward nominations was
discussed and il was finally voted that
everyone present constitute himself a
committee OF one to further the interests
OF the laboring man in the ward eau
cuses
J. r. Tierney called attention that
one Office, more important than almost
any other, that of assessor, was to be
filed this year, and after some discus
sion 1t was voted that the committee
appointed bring in names for all city
Offices to be filed, when it reports.
George Weeks declared that the action
Of the meeting was not political move,
but move to get an expression OF opip-
ion Of the worltingnen of the city. w.
II. Jones thought if this wasn't politics
he didn't know what politics was. Mr..
McConachie objected to the claim that
the meeting wasn't party move. Chair
man Cruickshanl didn't consider the un-
ion men were entering party politics.
George Booth declared that if the meet
ing hadn't formed political machine he
mover saw one. MFR. eruicllshank thought
the Iaboring mea Of Barre would answer
for that II the workingman IS TO stand
UP for his own rights, it Is time to be-
gin. Mr.. Booth further said he agreed
with the speaker and was in sympathy
with the meeting. Mr. Halvosa asserted
that there could be no two parties IN
one caucus, and as the workingmen were
going into the city caucus, they could
not be accusea Of forming party Re-
marks were also made BY 2 Fl Sadlier
and Alex Ironsides, when the meeting
adjourned, subject TO a call from the
committee appointed by the meeting.