The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-29
For States Attorney Of Orange
County Saturday
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
James R. Nolan Of Topsham and George
w. Flagg Of Braintre Named
for Senator--Frank Plumley
was Well Received.

Chelsea, June 20.-The Orange county
Republican convention met in the town
hall Saturday at ii O'Clock and was
called to order by David 5. Conant Of
Bradford, chairman OF the Republican
county committee, and the call was read
by II. x. Darling, secretary Of the com
mittee. The temporary organization,
consisting of v. /. Spear of Randolph,
chairman, Hon. james Il. McLam OF
Topsham and G. u. Lathrop OF vii.
Jamestown, vice presidents, John NJ
Knight Of Corinth and Ebert /, Chaplin
of Braintree, secretaries, as made up BY
the county committee, was made the
permanent organization Of the conven.
ton. A committee on resolutions was
appointed by the chair, after which the
convention adjourned for dinner.
Promptly at two o'clock, the conven.
tion was called TO order and proceeded
at once to business. James r. McLam
OF Topsham and William M. Hatch OF
StrafEord were placed in nomination for
senator from the East side and Mr..
McLam received the nomination by
vote of 5s to % for Mr.. Hatch. George
w. Flagg OF Braintree and Lewis NJ.
Seaver Of W1iliamstown were placed in
nomination for senator from the West
side and Mr.. Flagg received the nomina
tion By a vote OF 90 to 81 for Air. Seayer.
For assistant Judge from the East side,
Horace White was nominated by accla-
nation. For assistant Judge from the
West side the names of Dana H. Morse
of Randolph and Almon b. Bicknell OF
Tunbridge were presented before the con-
rention and MIR. Morse was nominated
By vote Of SO to n for Mr.. Bieknell.
The names Of Frank y. Williams Of
bradford and Stanley G. Wilson were
presented before the convention for the
office Of states attorney, and Mr.. Will
son was nominated By a vote Of 65 as
against Ia for MIR. Williams. Harmon
II. Baldwin of Newbury was nominated
for the office of sheriff BY acclamation,
as was Stephen B. Darling of Verahire
for high bailitf; for Judge Of probate
for the Bradford district, John b. Peck.
EFT OF Bradford was the nominee of the
to succeed Samuel NJ. Glea
son of Thetford, who has held the Office
for the past twenty-five years. For
the Randolph probate district George L,
Stow of Chelsea was nominated to sue
ceed himself.
Horace White Of Topsham, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, made
the report Of the committee, presenting
heartily endorsing the Roose-
welt administration, the platform adopt.
cd at the Republican national convention,
the administration OF Gov. Fletcher d.
Proctor, and urging every Republican
voter to 60 to the polls at the September
and November elections, to the end that
Vermont might set the pace in the ma
tional election that would insure Rcpuh.
lican victory and the continuation Of
the prosperity unprecedented in the an
mails OF history, The report was re-
ceived with applause and unanimously
adopted.
The following gentlemen were elected
county committee for the ensuing two
years. d. s. C0nant Of Bradford, G. w.
Flagg of Braintree, q, w. Clark Of
BrookteId, H. X Darling of Chelsea,
A. G. Jackrnan OF Corinth, A. P. Ban.
croft of Fairlee, II. S, Jenne OF Newbny,
J. L. Emerson OF Orange, Dana II. Morse
Of Randolph J. s. Morrill, Of Straiford,
II. r. Wilcox of Thetford, M. " Hood Of
Topsham, A. B. Bicknell of Tunbridge,
b. +. Fuller OF Vershire, A. II, Whitcomb
of Washington, William Paul Of West
Fairlee and Lewis NJ, Seaver Of VIII.
Jamestown.
At this point the chair announced that
Hon. Frank Plumiey would address the
which was a happy surprise
to nearly everyone in the hall, as his
coming was unexpected and his entrance
into the hall was known but to a very
few. He was received with an enthusi-
astic and deafening applause and cheers
which must have been assuring to him
that Orange county's support for him
was a., NakHestt anu hdu the stt1 liS
qualities. Mr.. Plumley spoke briefly
upon the issues Of the day and impress
I'd his audience more than ever with the
fact that his powers of reasoning, his
Of thought. his easy but
foreeful and convincing manner of deliv-
cry, place him among the front rank
of statesman. At the conclusion of Mr..
remarks and the applause Civ |
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