The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-07-21


G.. II Dana OF Woodbury..
George 0. Stratton of Montpelier.
Simon Swerdfeger of Marshfield.
1. w. Gray of Calais.
G. w. Chandler of Berlin.
G. c Granfield of Fayston.
F. Fl. Sawyer of Moretown.
R. S. Currier of Barre.
E. H. Jones of Waitsfield
G. P. Hall of Roxbury.
e. H. Bartlett of Plainfield.
c. NJ Laird of Worcester.
The following resolution was adj
opted by the convention:
Resolved, that the Republicans of the
County Of Washington in convention
assembled here endorse the princi-
pies of the party and the State plat
form, commend the wise administra-
ton of w. H. Taft and pledge our
hearty support.
L. A. Nuts Speech.
Mr.. Chairman This is the fourth
consecutive convention of the Repub-
|licans of Washington county in which
I have been privileged to nominate
1.-THE same man for sheriff l remem-
Der six years ago l expressed the
Iopinion that should he be nominated
and elected he would make good, that
he would give the county efficient
service and that h. would apply to
the administration of public affairs
the same rules of efficiency that have
always marked his successful private
AFFAIRS.
Since that time the prison labor
law has been enacted. This is no time
for invidious comparison and l make
none when I say that Washington
county has the best Sheriff in the
State The books of the State audi
tor for the past three years show that
Washington county has not only turn
led into the State treasury from prison
labor more money tnan has any other
county in the State, but more than
lall the other thirteen counties COM
Ibined.
And in all this the individuals COM
mitted to Sheriff Tracys care haze
been treated not as criminals to be
punished, but as men and women to
be helped and made better The hu-
name policy adopted by our sheriff
has attracted the attention Of the en-
tire State and has time and again
been publicly commended by its calef
executive.
Gentlemen, in the hands OF the pres
ent encumbent the office of sheriff is
inot a soft job with a good salary at,
Itachment, but is place where the
best talents of heart and brain are
employed in the successful admins
ltration of its complex affairs. | nom
mate Frank H. Tracy of Montpelier
to succeed himself.
The Successful Nominees
Horace w, Lyford, one of the trio
of Senators who will represent WASH
lngton county in the highest chamber
of the next Legislature of Vermont, IS
a native of Montpelier, locating IN
Warren in 1861, He was born in 1895
and is well known insurance agent
and hotel keeper. He has been sew
eral times a selectman, sheriff Of the
county from 1872 to 1872, assistant
iudoa ne NorpAxr Oo,,-t Zoo, I DOR 4.
1892, a longtime justice Of the peace
and man of thorough business ana
Iexecutye ability Mr.. Lyford served
in the lower House last session.
Harry Daniels.
Harry Daniels, second of the trio
lof Senatorial nominees, is an East
Montpelier man, native Of Woodbury.
where >he was born in 1869 and a
wholesale lumber dealer and business
man. He has held the Office Of over
seer OF tae poor in recent years, is a
director of the Orange County Tele-
phone Company school director and
is interested largely in the activities
and interests Of the town. He has al
extensive acquaintance Throughout
the State, having represented his town
in the Legislature of 1908.
j. w. Gordon.
John W. Gordon, the third of the
trio Of Senatorial nominees, is resi-
dent of Barre and native of vershire,
born in 1857. He is graduate Of
Dartmouth, interested in school tea
ching and the granite business in
early years and in 1888 turned his at
tention to law, pursuing his studies
with his brother. T. r. Gordon Of
Montpelier. He was admitted to the
bar in 1890 and has since practiced