Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-08-11

SO badly washed that the road gang had
to 90 right to rebuilding them in places.
Many small bridges and sluiceways were
torn out all about town. Much damage
was done to crops.
Democratic County Convention.
The Orange county democratic mass
convention was called to order in the
Town hall a IL 20 a. m. Saturday, Aug.
8, BY II. o. Bixby, member Of the County
committee. The temporary organization,
afterward made the permanent organiza-
tion, was as follows:-Cbairman, P. G..
Dodge OF Randolph; secretaries, L. j..
Bailey OF Williamstown and G. d. Pal
mer Of Washington; vice presidents, Lew
is Dickerman OF Tunbridge, DR.. q. W.
Scott OF Randolph and J.. +. Dickerman
Of Topsham.
Mr.. Dodge gave a short and interesting
talk on the brilliant prospects for Dem
ocracy in the state this fall with such a
popular n efficient leader as Charles d.
Watson. 1t wa. voted that the commit
tee on resolutions should consist Of three
members to be appointed by the chair
man. They were N. G. Knight Of New
bury, J. Palmer Dickerman Of Iopsham
and G.. W. Scott Of Randolph.
II was voted 10 elect a nominating ON
mittee to consist OF II from each town
represented, and they were elected as fol-
lows ~Brookheld, f. L. Kibbee; Chel-
sea, c. NJ. Beckwith; Corinth, Corydon
Fellows; Newbury, NJ. G. KING BIT Ran
dolph, H. p. Sanford; Topsham. +. c.
n..rn. Mr.aA-gEA1 Inrh hfrITaMwraT4 o
Vershire, Vance d.. Conant Washington,
". A. Pepper; Wlliamstown, J +. Bal
ley.
The convention adjourned until 2 p. m.
for dinner and to give the committees
opportunity to work. At 2:10 the com
mittee on nominations presented their re-
port. which was unanimously adopted,
and placed in nomination the following
county ticket:-Senator, east side, j. Pal
mer Dickerman; senator, west side, Will
lis w. Morton, Randolph; assistant
judges, Corydon Fellows, Corinth, Dam
iel I. Stanley, Washington; Judge OF pro-
bate, Bradford district, Harris NJ. Miller,
West Fairlee Randolph district, Herbert
o. BixDy, Chelsea; states attorney, Hen
ry H. Ormshy, Bradford; sheriff, Frank
Lamb, Bradford; high bailin, Charles f.
Stanley, Washington.
The county committee elected for the
next two years were II. o. Bixby, Chelsea,
chairman r. c. Dodge, Randolph, H.. NJ.
Miller, West Fairlee, j.. +. Bailey, Will
Jamestown. 4. 7. Patterson, New bury, +.
c. Poole, Topsham, Byron Titus, Yer
shire, William Tucker, Thetford, +. 7.
/ hanson, Brookield.
The COMMITTEES on resolutions reported
as follows;-
We. the Democrats Of Orange county,
in mass convention assembled, reatirm
our devotion to the principles Of Demoo-
racy and point with pride to the good
character and great ability Of the candi-
dates nominated at the recent DemQrcaitc
state convention and congratulate our
party aud all independent voters upon
the fact that their nomination came from
the spontaneous wishes oithe best men Of
oar party uninhuenced by %pecuniary or
other sordid motives. We pledge our
selves to the faithful support OF the candi-
dates so nominated and OF the candidates
for county office this day nominated and,
be it further
Resolved, That the Democratic party
OF Orange county, believing in the old
fashioned idea that the office should seek
the man rather than the man the Office,
the biennial bargain and sale
Of nominations to high office in our
state, and invite our Republican friends
to join in this rebuke by voting with Us
in the coming election for chief execu-
tive against whom no sufpicion OF such
~dishonorable practice is attached.
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