The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
"UNTERRIFIED, OF THIS COUNTY
FAVOR RETENTION OF
LOCAL OPTION LAW.

strong 11cket Nominated at Satur.
days Convention in This Cfty-D.
IT. Donnelly Was Chairman and He
Filled Position to Perfection.
The convention of Democrats of
( Washington county vas held Saturday
in the G. A. r. Hall, much enthusiasm
| being manifested Inc resolutions
| adopted, while short, were to the
point. The convention went on re-
cord as favoring the retention of the
present system of local option liquor
law but with the appointment of the
| license commissioners given to the
towns instead of the side judges.
The convention was called to or
der by d. r. Donnelly of this city,
who was made temporary chairman
with J. F. Higgins of Barre as tenn
porary secetary. These were made
the permanent officers of the con-
vention, on motion of j. II. Senter
! Mr.. Senter further moved that three
vice presidents be appointed and the
motion was carried. a. J. Sibley,
! H. w. ID. Mayo anu
were chosen the vice presidents of
! the convention. A motion was made
! for the appointment by the chair of
a county committee of ~ and the fol-
! lowing were appointed on the COM
mittee: G. II. Pape of Barre, chair
man and l.. B. Brooks of his city sec
rotary; William Cannon of Mortified
1 ID NJ
bert Worcester; w. G. Eastman, Cal
ais; G. l.. Pray, East Montpelier, G.
! X Perrin, Berlin; G. w. Buckley,
| Moretown; G. B.. Robinson, Water
bury; E. j. Hill, Middlesex; d. C.
Geer, Warren.
A committee on resolutions was
named made up as follows: ]. II.
Senter of this city, G. n. Tilden of
Barre and DR.. W. b. Mayo of North
/ field. They reported the following re-
solution, which was adopted by the
members of the convention:
I'VE, the Democrats of Washington
county, in convention assembled, re-
affirm our devotion to the principles
of Democrats and point with pride to
the good character and great ability
of the candidates nominated at the
recent Democratic State convention,
| and congratulate our party and all
! Independent voters upon the fact that
| their nomination came from the spon-
taneous wishes of the best men of
our party uninfluenced by pecuniary
| or other sordid motives. We pledge
ourselves to the faithful support of
the candidates so nominated and of
the candidates for county offices this
day nominated; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Demo-
cratic party of Washington county
are in favor of retaining our present
local option liquor law, and that it's
| results have justified its enactment
and continually justify its retention
upon the statutes of this State.
But we believe it should be amend
! ed so as to give the appointment of
! license commissioners to the various
towns and cities, instead of 10 the
!. judges of the County Court We are
{ opposed to any and every attempt to
secure a referendum having for its
object the further agitation of the
prohibitory liquor law.
The convention was then addressed
| by G. II. Pape OF Barre. He praised
J the work of the committee on resolu-
tons and spoke Of the encouraging
outlook for the party throughout the
county and State. Adjournment was
then taken for dinner and the conven-
ton re-assembled at 1870.
! The committee on nominations re-
ported the following list of nominees
which were made the choice of the
conventions:
I For county Senators: 4. l.. Hewitt
of Berlin, George n. Tilden of Barre
! and DR.. H. S. Currier of Marshfield.
Side judges: f. P. Mcknight of
East Montpelier and H. p Robinson
of Waterbury.
States Attorney, C. H. Center of
Montpelier.
Judge of Probate: Frank ]. Mar
tin of Barre; High Sheriff, Frank P.
Tewksbury of Worcester; high bail
if, NJ p. Price of MiddleseX.
County committee: James F. Hig-
gins of Barre, George r. Andrews of
Mortified, George w. Buckley of
Moretown, ID. T. Donnelly of Montpe-
lier and George l.. Pray of East Mont
pelier.
]. II. Senter and A. J. Sibley spoke
of the State ticket and the prospects
over the State, after which the con-
vention adjourned.