Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-17
UNPLEDGED DELEGATES
Mead Ticket in BrattIeboro Beaten
Five to One
Interest in Caucus Unexpectedly Small
District Delegation Elected Through
courtesy-New Town Committee.


courtesy-New Town Committee.
Independent delegates to the Republican
state convention we're elected By a five
to-one vote over the ticket pledged to
support Or. John A. Mead for govern
or in the caucus Tuesday. The Mead
ticket was supposed to have considerable
strength in town, but 66 votes were all
the Rutland man could muster, while 327
votes were cast for the Independent tick
ct. Several more votes were cast for the
Independent ticket, but as the names
were scratched, and these ballots
were counted as scattering The scatter
ing votes numbered 10, making a total
OF 40S. Considering the interest which
had been manifested in the few days pre-
vious to the caucus the vote was unex-
pectedly light. Col Kittredge Haskins
headed the Mead ticket and was the
leader Of the Mead campaign. Some com
ment was aroused by the public an
nouncement Of Judge Fred B. Pier and
Carl 5. Hopkins. whose names appeared
on the Mead ticket. that their names had
been placed there without their knowledge
or consent. When the ticket was made
up the names Of oscar T. Ware and J. C
Stafford were INCLUDED, but when they
learned OF It both men declined to have
their names appear on the ticket
Inc caucus was called to order at
o.ciock by c. o. Robbins OF the Republican
town committee. Herbert c. Barber wa
elected as presiding officer and f. ]. Wat
erman was elected clerk. The ballot was
opened formally and the voting began
The votes came in very slowly through
the afternoon. but it was expected that
there would be crowd in the early even
ing At O'Clock nothing like a crowd had
appeared and the leaders Of both sides
began to realize that the expected con-
test was not coming. There was no
q a n % u, .Es,.
closlng the polls at $40 o'clock hardly so
names being checked in the last hour ana
half. While the votes were being
counted the election Of Republican town
committee was taken up on motion Of E
W. Gibson. and on nomination OF Robert
!. Bacon r. J. Waterman. II. L. Piper
and Harold f. Whitney were elected a
town committee for two years Onlv
about score OF men were in the hail
when the result OF the balloting was an
nounced
Although there was little interest IN
the governorship contest there was de-
cidedly less interest in the election Of del
ega'es TO the second district convention
lot the nomination OF a congressman TO
succeed Frank Plumley OF NorthaeId
only one district convention ticket was In
the held. About three minutes before
time for closing the polls one OF the voters
suggested to some Of his friends that as
o. il'"NteE OF courtesy Few ballots ought
to be cast. and a few men rushed up ana
carried out the suggestion The three
tickets were as follows:
independent ticket-Delegat E L Hu-
dreth. Harvey Sanders. Ernest W. Gibson
John r. Manley. Robert Q Bacon. David
Perry +. 4. Lord, Edward c. Frost. o. D
StoWeH Herbert G. Barber, Clarke G
Fltts and s. a. Daniels: alternates. John
l. Roess' Frank II. Howard. Frank E
Barber. Lyman F. Holden, ]. C. STAFFORD
Roswell l. Frost, John Kali. John Du-
gan. Charles A. Smith. L. D. Harris ana
\. e. Merrill
Mead ticket-Delegates. Kittredge Has
kins, Fred B. Pier. William r Daley. S.
A: Richmond, Carl s Hopkins, Fred F.
Gleason. Wilfred F. Root. John L, John
son, William A. Belden. Harry r. Davis.
r. p Hopkinson and George Brocking
ton; alternates. II. II Burnett. ]. c. New
ton c. L. Wyman. George Cain, Job Long
Jr, Samuel L Hunt, Carl Fl. Anderson
T. II. slater. Bert o. Ware, G. E sturges.
George Wilson and c. W. Sargent
District ticket-Delegates Major q
Houghton, Carl s. Hopkins. Harold F
whitney. Howard c. Rice. Ernest ]. Wat
erman, Warren L Walker. Walter Roh-
pms r. NJ Adds, Henry r Brown. Harry
Gray Herbert Harris and IT w. Sargent.
alternates. ". j Pentland. r.. Horton n
walker Charles 4. McRae. F w. Gin
SON Frank L. Hunt. Arthur f. Cook VIII
nam T. Haigh, George Fl. Harris William
=. Devine, William II Haywood. John /.
stewart and John J. Clune.