Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-17
MEAD IN THE LEAD
Claims to Have 366 Delegates
Pledged to His Support
However. Feel Sure There viii Be No
NomIna tlon on First Ballot.

Fleetwood and 9atchelder Supporters,
However. Feel Sure There viii Be No
Nomination on First Ballot.
Returns from the caucuses held Tues
day to elect delegates to the Republican
state convention to be held in Montpelier
June 80 to nominate governor and other
state officers show that Lieut.. Gov John
A. Mead of Rutland is the leading can
ddate but they do not indicate that he
is assured of the nomination. The fig
ures given out from DR.. Mead's headquar-
tiers Wednesday claimed that the doctor
had $40 delegates, Fleetwood 16S, Batch
elder Sc, Hapgood 3, with 12S unknown.
Yesterday a statement was sent out from
Rutland to the effect that Mead could
count on the support of 366 delegates, or
more than enough for nomination. This
claim is denied strongly by the supporters
OF Fleetwood and Batchelder. The con-
vention is entitled to SOS delegates, with
$50 necessary for a choice. The town Of
Ryegate failed to elect delegates. so that
there will be only sos votes in the conven-
ton I'm case Of full representation, with
34S necessary for choice. Fleetwood car
ried his own county solidly. Nearly one
half Of the delegates in Rutland county
are unpledged, but the Mead supporters
claim 6S out of 81 votes there. Batch
and possibly other towns in, his own
county.~ Hapgood carried nothing except
his home town Of Peru and the adjoining
town of Landgrove. Mead carried Bur
llngton. Rutland, St Adams, Barre and
Vergennes Mr.. Fleetwood claims 200
pledged delegates and says he will have
about 800 votes on the first ballot.
Montpelier elected an independent anti
Mead delega ton headed by Joseph A. De-
Boer Enosburg, the home of Olin Mer-
rill, who surnorted Fleetwood, gave Mead
a majority of 70
The burlington Free Press yesterday,
after corducting an Independent canva IS
of delegates. said that Mead has 2S2,
Fleetwood 210, Batchelder 80. Gates 6 and
Hapgood g. Continuing, the Free Press
said: at is known that BatcheldeF has a
number of the missing delegates in Wind
sor county, but II is impossible to give
them correctly this morning The same
thing is true of a number OF additional
Fleetwood delegates in Caledonia, Orange.
Washington and Windsor counties, and
Mead also has more delegates in the
counties named, but the majority OF towns
missing are in anti-Mead territory"
Among the delegates elected in Wind
ham county were the following:
Brattleboro-E. l. Hlldreth. Harvey
Sanders, Ernest w Gibson, John B. Man
ley, Robert c. Bacon. David Perry, f. A
Herbert G.. Barber, Clarke c. Fits, S. A
| Daniels.
BrookIine-J. C. Martin.
Dover-C. F.. Mann, Ed Grout.
| Characterization Park, W. E. L
Walker.
Haiifax-Frank B. stone. John c. VIM
Guilford-G. p Miller, Merton Thomas
Dummerston-W. F. Nichols, Adm F
Miller
Jamaica-G. H. Hollenbeck. Carol
Robinson.
I,ondonderry-G. C. Smith. DIR. ]. f
Calvin, W. A Shattuck.
Marlboro-E. p. Adams, H. II, Shaw.
Newfane-F. A. Dewitt, r. W. Rand
Putney-Dr George s. Foster, C. W
Adams.
Rockingham-F. C. Pierce, G. R. Wales
w. c. Smith, A. T. Pierce, N. l. Divol
]. C. Dav. w. c. Belknap, C. A. Morse.
Somerset-Fred Johnson.
Stratton-E. A. Eddy.
Townshend-J. IT. Ware, F. L. Lowe
vernon-Rodney Doolittle. H, A. sta
ten.
Wardsboro-
Westminster-w. c. McGinnis, sidne
Gage, Jerome Holden.
Whitingham-M. A. Butterheld, T.
Goodel.
Wilmington-O. F. Butterfield, Fran
Titus, Vernon Adams.
The returns from Athens, Windham an
Wardsboro have not been received. Neai
" all Of the Windham county delegate
are unpledged. Three delegates fro
westminster were instructed for Flee
wood. Fleetwood will have also the SUI
, port Of half the delegates from Rocking
| ham. The indications are that Mead W
secure 70 to IA votes in this county az
Batchelder about 40.