Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-05
TAFT DELEGATES WON
Received 33I Votes to 227 for
Roosevelt Ticket
erattleboro Men In Republican state
Convention viii Work for Election OF
Col. j. G. Estey as Delegate.

Convention VIII Work for Election Of
Col. J. c. Estey as Delegate.
Taft delegates won in the Bratueboro
Republican caucus held in FestiVal
hall Saturday night, the Taft ticket re-
ceiving 331 votes and the Roosevelt
ticket 227 votes. In total of 55S the
Taft ticket led by 104. Practically every
body felt certain that the Taft ticket would
win but the Roosevelt strength showed
I'D unexpectedly large. 1t Is but rarely that
so much interest is shown In
local caucus was manifested In
this one and several hundred voters were
present promptly at 7.S0 O'Clock, the
hour set for beginning business,
Chairman Ernest j. Waterman OF the
Republican town committee, called the
caucus to order and stated that the
first business was the election OF chalr
man. Linn ID. Taylor was nominated ana
elected. Walter A. Gilbert was elected
clerk and the call for the caucus was
read bv him, which showed the business
of the caucus to be the election OF IL
delegates and IL alternates to attend the
second district convention in Montpelier
April 9, when two delegates and two al
ternates will be elected to attend the
Republican national convention in Chi
Gag June is to nominate candidates Tor
nresident and vice president also to elect
12 delegates and IL alternates to attend
the state convention in Montpelier April
10 to elect four delegates al large and four
alternates to attend the Chicago conven-
ton.
Hermon E. Eddy and Judge E. W.
Gibson arose at the close of the reading
of the warrant and the chairman recog-
nized Mr. Eddy first. Mr.. Eddy placed in
nomination the following ticket for VIII
liam H. Taft for president and for Col
]. Gray Estey of Brattleboro for delegate
at large:
For the state Observation-Disclosures, j.
M. Tyler, H. d. Holton, w. E. Haskell
III. G.. Barber, w. r. Daley, w. H.
Bracket, e. j. Waterman, Henry BOND
(Tyler street,, John b. Manley Harvey
w. Sanders, w. E. Hubbard and j. w.
Cobb; alternates, L. D. Taylor, L. L.
Durham, A. p. Simonds, Carl S. Hopkins,
E. A. Lord, ]. E. Melen, E. l.. Hildreth,
Dana Gilman, Howard Wellman, > A
Daniels, e. F. CoXson and F. r. Perry
For the district convention-delegates
]. Harry Estey, S. e. Lawton, George C.
Ayerill. c. B. Crowell, D. T. Perry, Emil
Erickson, F. w. Gipson, r. c. Bacon,
Harold E. Whitney, W. F. Root, A. f.
Schwenk and c. r. Crosby; alternates,
II. w. Sargent George Brochngton, H.
F. Weatherhead, Sherman Abbott, A. l.
Miller L. W. Hawley, w. l.. Hunt, John
Kali F. p. Hopkinson, o. d. Stowell,
Fred R. Thomas and F. E. Barber.
Judge Gibson then placed in nomina-
ton ticket for Theodore Roosevelt for
president. He stated that the nomina-
lions made by him were printed on two
ballots, one headed state Delegates
and the other headed District Dele
gates" although the names on both were
the same, and that the names of all the
Taft delegates were printed on one bal
lot He asked the committee to rule
as to whether one Roosevelt ballot, ir-
respective of the heading, would answer
for both conventions and the committee
ruled that only one would be necessary.
Judge Gibson's nominations were as fol-
lows:
For delegates, Roy NJ Houghton, ]. G.
Stafford, ]. c. Newton, Elijah Wales,
DIR. Winfred Lane, John Wright, John l.
Barney, Henry c. Streeter, John L.
johnson, Frank H. Howard, DR.. Thomas
Rice and George E. Gilman; for alter
mates, E. w. Gibson, Roswell l.. Frost,
John w. Howe William A. Belden, John
Olson, H. T. Dowley, w. c. Bryant,
Henry ]. Allen, James B. Randoll, Albert
r. Rice, Charles H. Stockwell and w.
d. Newton.
Chairman Taylor announced that the
boxes would be turned at O'clock and
the voting began. In about 10 minutes
Judge Gibson had the chairman rap for
order, and he stated that he had received
letter from Senator Carroll S. Page,
candidate for delegate at large, saying
that while he was for Taft he would bow
to the will of the majority.
The voting continued without inter-
ruption until 9 o'clock and several hun
bred waited to hear the result, an
nounced The counters consumed about
20 minutes in determining the result, anc
as the ballots were of different size i
was seen by those keeping close watcf
that the Taft ticket was in the lead
There being no other business to come
before the caucus, an adjournment fol
lowed the announcement of the vote b!
the chairman.