The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-18
MELD0N IS MADE CHAIRMAN
State Convention Was Late in Starting,
the Delegates Being Called to Or
der at 1880, With Large
Number Present.


Congress and to determine Vermont
choice for national committeeman be
tween Thomas H. Browne of Rutland
the present holder OF the position, anC
James Il. Burke of West Rutland. Th'
convention was very late in getting
started, being called to order some min
utes after ii o'clock.
The morning prior to the opening ot
the convention was occupied with meet
ings of the various county delegations
at which the selections for the next stat,
committee were made. The result oi
these county meetings is shown in the
following selections:
Addison-John Donnelly of Vergennes
BenningtonE Il. $. Harris of Benning.
ton.
Caledonia "A. II. Gleason of ST. Johns
bury.
Chittenden--J r. Kelley of Burlington
Essex-,Iohn w. Thurston of Island
Pond.
| Franklin-John j. Thompson of st,
| Adams.
Grand Isle. S. Beardsley of Alburg
Springs.
! Lamoille-Leo Gates OF Morristown.
Orange-H o. Bixby of Chelsea.
Orleans-Oscar c. Miller OF Newport.
Rutland-Dan Carmody of Rutland.
Washington-E. J. Owens of Barre.
Windham---J. 6. UIlery of Brattleboro.
Windsor-John Kelliher of Bethel
Likewise, the supporters of Browne
and Burke had arranged their lists Of
names to be presented as candidates for
delegates to the national convention,
the tickets being as follows:
Burke Delegate Ticket.
For delegates -at large, J. i. Burke of
Burlington, George d. Underhill Of Rut-
land, Rollin S. Childs of Brattleboro and
A. II. Gleason of ST. Johnsbury; for
first district delegates, John I. Gavin
of Bennington and d. j. Furman of
Swanton; for second district delegates,
DIR. II. S. Carver of Marshfeld and Louis
\. Wood of Montpelier.
Browne Delegate Ticket.
For delegates at large, Charles ID. Wat.
son of St. Albans, DR.. W. B. Mayo of
Mortified, Fred c. Martin OF Burling-
ton and v. f. Bullard OF Hardwick;
first district delegates, ID. +. O'Sullivan
of Colchester and Howard Shaw of
stowe; for second district delegates,
placide Adams of Hartford and Fred
Luce of Waterbury.
The delegates marched from the Pa
yilion hotel to the city hall. headed l,y
the Montpelier Military band, there be-
ing one of the largest attendances OF
delegates in years. The convention was
called to order by f. S. Harris at IL 80
o'clock. after which p. NJ Meldon OF
Rutland was announced as temporary
chairman. Chairman Meldon, in accept
ing the Office, spoke for half an hour,
urging party loyalty The committee
H. b. Howe of St Johnsbury, T, w.
Moloney Of Rutland, V. A. Bullard Of
Burlington. C. ID. Watson of St Al !
bans, L. w. Clough of Enosburg Falls. |
H. c. Shurtleif of Montpelier was Sc
lected as secretary and j. NJ. Kelley |
of Morrisvile assistant secretary. T. |
c. Dodge of Randolph moved that the |
organization be made perma-
nent and the motion prevailed. The |
following vice presidents from the coun-
ties were chosen; G. F. O'Kimball of |
Addison county, r. NJ. Fulsom of Ben !
nington, Charles NJ White of Caledonia, |
John r. Kelley of Chittenden, j. NJ |
Harding of Essex C. ID. Parsons Of
Franklin, Albert Fresh of Grand Isle, |
c. $. McAllister of Lamoille, Alex. Coch.
ran of Orange William White of Or I
leans. Dr. j. ID. Hanrahan of Rutland.
Edward German of Washington, Steph-
en- GRAY of Windham and John c. Pol |
lard of Windsor
Before the convention proceeded to
business the roll call of the delegates
was held.
Delegates of 2i Towns Seated.
Everything moved serenely until it
,ame to the roll call. when a minority
If the state committee protested against
The seating of delegates from 2l towns.
'laiming that no caucuses had been held
II those towns. Those who protested
we're A. II. Gleason of Caledonia county
!. Kelley of Windsor county, J. L.
3oyne of Windham county and Dan Car
nody of Rutland county. Two of the
2l towns were Calais and
Worcester in Washington county. In
he case of Belvidere, the town clerk
lad been written to, as in the other
towns, and the clerk had writ
en- back that no Democratic caucus had
'een held in Belvidere in dozen years. I
'elvidere has been represented in the
quite frequently.
Then there ensued lively debate on
he seating OF the delegates from the g
| towns, and the chair read from their
which gave the state com
nittee the authority to decide, Mean
rhile many motions to adjourn were a
ladc; but Chairman Meldon announced !
hat he should overrule any motion to
djourn until this matter was settled. a
Chairman Meldon declared that the d
minority report of the state committee
Duld not be accepted by the convention; S
nd G. Herbert Pape of Barre appealed +
rom the decision of the chair In the
iva yoee vote on the question of sus- t
aiming the chair, there was great d
leket on either side; but the chair
ian ruled that he had been sustained. I
inally, the delegates from the 2l towns Q
ere seated in the convention; and at
40 this afternoon, the convention end S
| its forenoon's work.