The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-20

town caucuses Of Saturday night, was
for sending uninstructed delegates TO the
national convention in Chicago, although
few towns commissioned their local
delegations to work for either d Hughes
oE TAFT delegation from Vermont.
Many towns took no action as to in-
structions, indicating that their desire
was for an uninstructcd state vote in
The big fight to come nj Chicago
The Republicans Of Barre City to the
number Of 43 met in the city court room
Saturday evening and elected delegates
to the state and district conventions,
which are to choose delegates to the
national Republican convention in Chi
cago in June. The caucus was called to
order by f. G. Rowland, chairman Of
the city committee and A. A. Sargent
was elected secretary, Two committees,
consisting Of N. j. Roberts, J. p. Marr
and III. W Scott on one and L L. Robins,
Alex. Gordon and e. J. Sowden on the
other, were appointed by the chair to
bring in list Of delegates and alter
mates to be voted on They made the
following selections, which were lnani-
mousIy elected delegates and alternates.
State convention delegates: John wv
Gordon, Donald w Smith, Frank f. Cave,
VIM. Wishart, Alex Gordon, s. II. Jack
William Wishart, Alexander Gordon, Q.
n. Hollister, S. Hollister Jack
mates, James Mackay, WI H. Eager, f. J.
Martin, r Fl. Burke G. H. White, D. a.
Perry, WI. Fl. Duthie, w. III Messer,
George Robins
Delegates To district convention: II.
g. Rowland, II. Il. Bush, r. $. Currier,
W. Il. STOW, w ID Kidder, 7. III. Cave,
jr.; b. w. Hooker, J. w, Carver and
3. H. Wells; alternates, L. H Thurston,
Ii. Al Bugbee, 1T. f. Beck a. a. Smith,
N. j. Roberts W III Messer. ID L. Scott,
E O Kent, Charles Gauthier. There
were MO Instructions
The Barre Town Republican caucus
was held at the school house hall in East
Barre Saturday evening. A, c. Dickey
was elected chairman and n c. Bancroft
secretary. The delegates elected to the
state convention are as follows: II. A.
McAllster, James lawson and Alfred
Hyland, they being empowered To choose
their alternates The district eonven-
tion delegates are: O. M. Winch, B. II
Davis and NJ. Il. Avery, with power to
choose their alternates No instructions
we're issued to the delegates.
Springfield, April 20.,-At the Repub.
lean caucus held at the town hall Sat
urdav, eight delegates were elected To
attend the state convention and eight |
delegates TO the district convention. The
delegates were unanimously instructed |
to use all honorable means to elect Taft
delegates to the national convention.
Cabot, April 20 IL, W. Burbank was
moderator of the Republican caucus Sat
rrday and NJ. d, Wells secretary. Dele.
gates To the district convention were
elected as follows: 4. RI. Osgood, Il. d. |
Waldo and 4. w. Burbank, with p A. |
Pike. M. d. Wells and O. p Boyles as
alternates; state delegates, T. w Bur
bank, M. d. Wells and E. D. Waldo, with |
Il. II. Osgood, @ r. Boyles and w B.
Lance as alternates.
Chelsea, April 10 -At The Republican
caucus held Saturday afternoon an or
ganization was effected by the election /
OF John NJ Comstock. chairman, and W.
II Sprague, secretary; and the following |
delegates were elected to attend both the |
district convention at Montpelier and the /
state convention at Burlington: Stanley (
g, Wilson, w. H. Sprague and Erdix N. |
Bacon. The delegates were empowered |
to choose their own atcrnates.
Windsor, April 20--Four Hughes del
ecates were elected to the Republican |
state convention from this town Sat
urday afternoon. The delegates are Rep |
lesentative Maxwell Eyarts ". s.
Lowell @. O. Gridlev and G IT Davis, |
The opposition. or Taft ticket, wss
headed by Sherman Fyarts, a brother Of
tlie representative. also f. w. Flint, H. |
p. McCleary and George 7. Hazen upon |
it, the vote being "A to 30.
White River junction, April 20.--A /
caucus 70 select delegates to the second !
district convention and to the state
convention was held Saturday afternoon |
+. J.. Hunt. Scott Tinkham. f p.
Campbell, r. ] Trainor, J. T. Bacon and
pease as state delegates. 1t was voted /
delegates and the same with the sub
-titution Of 4. T. Watson for Horace c.
Icraoe G. Pease were chosen district
10 be the sense Of the caucus that Yer
mont should send an unpledged deleg0
tion 70 the Chicego convention.
bennington, April 2o.-Tbe following
delegates to the Republican district and
state conventions were elected at 3 eau
c1s held Saturday evening District. E.
J. Abbott. II Z. Stillson, ". f. Put
nan. Fred Ferguson, H. F. SnafTori,
John Walsh, Edmund Lafranchise. n.
=. Berry, John Far, VI J. Hicks. state.