Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
COUNTY CONVENTION
r. c. Dyer and r. W.;McCuen Nom
mated for Senator'S.

The Addison County Republican con-
vention was called to order in the town
hall in this village at 1045 O'Clock
Tuesday morning by John E. Weeks,
chairman of the committee. The first
business was the reading of the call for
the convention and the temporary
organization was made permanent
Gustavus Walker, of Bridport was
elected chairman and Allen R. Sturte-
want secretary. George Palmer of New
Haven and George Farr of Hancock
were appointed to escort them to the
platform. The following committees
were then appointed: j. G. Page of
Bristol, w. N. Cady of Middlebury, B.
l.. Lawrence of Monkton, S. E. Smith
of Addison, and w. G. Larrabee of
Shoreham, on resolutions. w. R.
Warner of Vergennes. c. F. Rogers of
Middebury, R. F. Hatch of Bristol,
F. R. Delong of Shoreham, and F. M.
Hill of Shoreham, to.nominate county
committee.
The next order of business was the
nominations for county officers. For
senator for the north district w. R.
Warner of Vergennes, placed in nomina-
ton the name of R. w. McCuen of
Vergennes. The nomination was Sec
onded by every town in the county and
declared unanimous. M. A. Thomas of
Salisbury placed in nomination the
name of F. c. Dyer of West Salisbury
for senator from the south district.
The nomination was seconded by all the
towns and was the unanimous choice of
the convention.
For states attorney, Frank w. Tuttle
was nominated. A. w. Dickens, who
had announced himself candidate for
the Office, before the opening of the
convention, withdrew from the race and
the nomination of Mr.. Tuttle for state S
attorney was made unanimous.
For sheriff, Olin A. Smith was placed
in nomination and by a rising vote was
declared the candidate for the Office of
sheriff of Addison county.
For assistant judge of county court
from the north end there were three
candidates: Wilbur E. Hanks of Brs-
! tol, w. H. Dean of Ferrisburg and E.
w. Meader of Monkton. Two ballots
were required to settle this contest
On the first ballot there were 1876 votes
cast, of which w. E. Hanks received
Ga, w. H. Dean "A, and E. w. Meader
28, necessary for choice SO. The second
BALLOT gave Hanks SO, Dean AZ and
Meader 90 Mr.. Hanks receiving the
required number for his nomination it
was made unanimous. For side Judge
from the south district H. E. Day of
Ripton received rising vote which
made him the unanimous choice of the
convention.
For judge of probate, Judge E. A.
Hasseltine of Bristol was nominated to
succeed himself for the New Haven
district. For the southern district
Judge Charles |. Button, who was ap-
pointed to fill the uneXpired term of the
late Judge William H. Bliss, was nomi-
mated without opposition. For high
bai!iff, j. Herbert Howe of Bridport,
being the only candidate, received the
un animous vote of the convention.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented their report which was read by
w. N. Cady and accepted and adopted.
Following this the committee on nom
nations named the following county
Republican committee for the term OF
bury, Charles H. Delong of Shoreham
Robert w. McCuen of Vergennes, E.
H. Palmer of Monkton, and G. H
Thayer of Lincoln.
The convention adjourned at 2:1j
O'Clock.