Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-30
Democratic County conv.,.,o,

Inc orange county Democratic mae,
convention was called to order in the
Town hall at 11:15 a. M, Saturday Jrl,
20, py II. NJ. Miller, member 81 tbs
county committee. The temnorarv ~
ganlzation, afterward made the nerma
nent organization, was as follows.
chairman, h. 0. Bixby of Chelsea: score
,aries, =. r. Brown OF Vershire and
vance u. Conant of Vershire; vice nres;
gents, Lewis Dickerman of Tunbridoe r
feilows OF Corinth, j. B. Atwood CT Chel
sea.
II was voted that the chair appoint 8
nominating committee, consisting of onf
rom each town represented, and they
were as follows:-Bradford, John Heath
Chelsea, 9. M. Beckwith; Corinth
George Hastings; Newbury, M. G.
Knight; Thetford, W. E. Tucker; Tun.
bridge, Pierce Dickerman; Randolph. p
=. Dodge; Vershire, Byron Titus; Wash.
lngton, c. E. Emery; West FairIee. a,
NJ. Miller.
The chair appointed the following COM
mlttee on resolutions - B. Hale OF
Newbury, E. E. Smith of Post Mills, w.
II. Beckwith of Chelsea, c. c. Coburn OF
West Fairlee, c. Fellows of Corinth.
After short session, the meeting ad-
Journed until p. M, when the commit
Tee on nominations presented their report,
winch was adopted, and placed in NOM
nation the following county ticket
Senator, East side, John B. Bean,
West Fairle; senator, West side, Geo. w.
Scott, Randolph; assistant judges, r. w.
Chamberlain, New bury, D. T. Stanley,
Washington; judges of probate, Bradford
district, S. NJ. Gleason, Thetford; Ran
dolph district, j. F. Bailey, Williams
town; states attorney, c. E. Stanley,
Washington; sheriff, Frank Lamb, Brad
ford; high bailiff, Vance D. Conant, Yer
shire, county committee, elected for two
years, A. A. Olmsted, Newbury; H. o.
Bixby, Chelsea; H. NJ. Miller, West Fair
lee; P. c. Dodge, Randolph; ]. +. Bailey,
Williamstown.
The committee on resolutions reported
endorsing most heartily the Denver plat
form, also the state platform adopted at
Burlington, and pledging the support OF
Orange county Democrats to the candi-
dates nominated in this convention, and
promised the--largest Democratic vote in
the county this fall since Cleveland was
elected.
Hon. James E. Burke of Burlington,
candidate for governor, was introduced
and addressed the convention on the poll
ticsl issues of the day, especially in Yer
mont. He held the close attention of the
audience for over an hour and was hearth
ly applauded by both the Democrats and
Republicans.
Hon. Thomas Fl. Browne of Rutland
was obliged to be in Chicago to meet the
national committee so he could not be
present at the convention as was hoped.
The convention, one of the largest held
for many years, adjourned at 4 80 p. m.
CONVENTION NOTES.
s. Allen Olmsted of Newbury was
missed at the convention. He was una
voidably detained at home by the sick
ness of his children with scarlet fever.
The chairman delayed the calling of the
convention to order in the afternoon fol-
short time, pending the arrival of Mr..
Burke, who drove over the hill from Ram
dolph with P. c. Dodge of that town.
Judge Lewis Dickerman of Tunbridge,
Sc wears of age, was present at the con-
vention and enjoyed every bit of it. He
has been present at every Orange county
Democratic convention since he became
of age, and has missed only three state
conventions in the same time.
Mr. Burke fired the opening gun oil his
campaign at the convention Saturday and
there can be no doubt of how or where he
stands on the issues of the day. His adj
dress was one that appealed to both Dem
ocrats and Republicans, as the applause
and vote of thanks rendered him at the
close and the compliments heard for him
since, testify.
Two new members have been added to
the county committee, one in Randolph
and one in Williamstown.
II was a harmonious convention. The
East side, as usual, had the majority OF
members in attendance.