The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
JOHN II. SENTER NAMED.
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The Democrats selected John II
Senter as their candidate for city Re
preventative after one ballot, in the
caucus held in the City Court rooms
Saturday evening.
The caucus was called to order NJ
7:45 by Burton e. Bailey, who read
the call of the meeting and asked for
nomination of officers. Bailey was
made permanent chairman and John
Flanagan secretary.
The first business of the meeting
was the appointing of committee
to confer with a similar committee
from the Republicans to select the
candidates for Justices of the Peace.
Those selected were B. e. Bailey,
James II. Haley, jeremiah Deadly,
Harry c. Sburtleff, ]. II. Senter, Wal
ter Lanphier, Fred Laird, L. A. New
comb, Andrew Staples, c. B. Wells,
George Wing, NJ. W. Wheelock, Rob-
ert Whelan and Marshall Wood.
The next business was the selection
of candidate for City Representa-
tive. A j. Sibley moved that an in
formal ballot be taken that every man
might be allowed to state his opin-
ion. The chair appointed as tellers
John Regain and A. ]. Sibley. The
result of the ballot showed the whole
number of votes cast 81. Of these
John H. Senter had %, L. B. Brooks
IS and the rest scattering. L. B.
Brooks withdrew his name and nonin
ated John II Senter. The nomination
was seconded by L. NJ. Jerue and Mr.
Senter was unanimously chosen as
the party candidate.
While the meeting was waiting for
the report of the committee sent to
confer with the Republicans, several
took the opportunity to state their
opinions on the prospects of victory
in the coming election.
Mr.. Senter was the first speaker
He said few words concerning his
nomination, declaring that it came
without seeking, that he did not want
it, as he did not have the time and
that he would have preferred that
some othes' man should have been Sc
lected.
A. ]. Sibley was the next speaker.
He asked that the voters use their
judgment to select a man of ability,
the one that would work for the COM
mon people He said he admired the
Republican nominee as business
man and man of ability, but he did
not want to see him the city Repres-
entative. He would have much more
interest for the corporation in maxi
ing the laws than the common man.
The speaker said that he noticed that
seven of the names printed in the
Journal Saturday asking that ballots
be printed for F. NJ. Cory were cor
pWation men and that no man would
vote Against the common man quicker
than the Republican nominee if it
would help the corporation Mr.. SEN
ter if elected would know the
effect that any bill would have
on the State from past ex-
perience and the corporations
would not get other than their just
rights. In closing he said it was the
duty OF every common man in Mont
pelier to vote for the man just NOM
mated.
Mike Slattery sprung a surprise
here in asking if it was any worse be-
ing corporation man than a corpor-
alton lawyer?
Senter replied that although a cor
poration lawyer he did not have one
cent in corporation. Corporations
were good things, but when they got
to where they dictated to the people
it was time to curb them. Some were
beginning to call for less pow
er for the Public Service
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got to where it could do some
work. He said that it was the duty
of the people, Democrats and Repub-
licans, to send men of ability to make
the laws whether that place was
Washington OR Montpelier.
B. E. Bailey spoke on the State
ticket and the man just nominated
Senter made good in 1906 and would
know what to do now, and who knew
what the Republican nominee would
do? His first thought would be cor
porations. Senter was in favor of
the employers liability act while the
party had put up man who
would look out for himself, which he
had shown only few weeks ago
when a man was hurt while at work
for his corporation, and had to bring
suit against the corporation. In clos
ing he asked for help to carry on the
rallies to be held in the near future.
c. A. G. Jackson was called on and
spoke on the corporation influence
that there would be in the next Sen
ate, "a of the members being corpor
alton men, or ones to be depended on
to help them, and that the only hope
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