The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-18
FIVE TICKETS FOR
COMING MARCH
ELECTIONS
Pr0gressives Held Caucus Mon
day Evening
N 0 INMATE FULL TICKET
Socialists Complete Nomination and
Peoples Party Ticket Is
Filed.

The progressives held a caucus for
the nomination of officers to be voted
for at the coming March election in
Apollo hall Monday evening with an
attendance of between 40 and so.
w. Nichols read the call for the eau
Gus and the organization was COM
pleted by the election Of Peter Long
tin as chairman and Marden R. Mic
hols as clerk.
Upon motion made by Rev. Geo.
S. Mills the chair was instructed to
appoint nominating committee and
he named the following: w. H. Mic
hols, E. E. Hart, c.. S. Estes, Hiram
L. Hall, II. B. Barden, Roy C. Den
ley and H. F. Ferguson.
The committee report, which was
adopted as whole, was as follows:
Moderator, Edward H. Holden; town
clerk, E. A. Booth; selectman, Frank
Cromack; treasurer, Charles H.
Dewey; overseer of the poor, E. z.
Bottum; first constable, Frederick
Godfrey; second constable, Robert E.
Smith; collector of taxes, c. s. Es-
ties; lister for three years, w. ].
Hicks; lister for one year in case
the town meeting votes to elect, C.
T. Burt; auditors, w. L. Gokay, C.
S. Estes, Harrie c. White; trustee of
public money, George F.. Graves;
trustee Of cemetery fund, Charles H.
Dewey; town law agent, Robert E.
Healy; tree warden, E. S. Buss; town
grand jurors, NJ. r. Nichols, ]. Oliver
Burt, Edward Knapp, Johnathan B.
Morse.
Following the adoption Of the re-
port William II. Nichols addressed
the caucus to announce the proposed
banquet to be held at the Putnam
house on the evening of the anniver-
sary of Washington's birth. He
stated that at this time the county
progressives would perfect their or
ganization and that speakers OF state
and national regulations would be
present. The chair appointed as a
! special committee on arrangements
for the banquet Marden R. Nichols,
! Roy c. Denley and +. Z. Hart.
The caucus was then addressed by
Myron S. Clark and Rev. George S.
Mills. Both referred to the progress
that has already been made by the
new party and the good it has accom-
/ plished in promoting the cause of
! good politics. Mr. Mills reference to
Theodore Roosevelt as the president
ial nominee in 1916 was enthusiast
cally applauded.
The Bennington socialist local
held its annual caucus for the nomi-
nation of town officers at its head
quarters on South street but its tic
ket was not completed until Monday
evening at a meeting of the commit
tee. The nominations are as fol-
lows; Moderator, John Spargo; Sc
lectman, M. p. Armstrong; first con-
stable, James Garfield; collector,
James Garfield; lister. Lyman Arm
strong; tree warden, Trenor Brown
road commissioner, Joseph Kittel
school director Mary Sanford
A peoples party ticket has been
Med with the town clerk with the
!. following nominations: Moderator
Ernest Barber; town clerk, f. A.
Booth; selectman, Frank Cromack;
treasurer, Charles II. Dewey; over
seer OF the poor, George r. Mathers f;
first constable. Martin W. Madigan
second constable, James II. Kelly:
collector of taxes. John c. Houran
auditors, Charles II. Patchin, II. d.
Fillmore, +. ID. yelling; trustee OF
public money. George F. Graves;
town grand juror. J. Oliver Burt /:
trustee of cemetery fund, Charles II
Dewey; town law agent, c. II. Ma.
son; tree warden, Charles H. Long
TN; road commissioner in district
No. l, George Harmon; in district
No. ?. John Watson.