The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-17
NAME
OF STAFFORD
For Judge in the Second
United States Judicial
Circuit
TO SUCCEED
WALTER C. MOVES
Other News Notes from Our
Washington Core
spondent

Washington, d. c.. July l7.-Wash-
ington friends of Associate Justice Wen
dell p. Stafford OF the supreme court OF
the District of Columbia are urging him
for appointment as circuit Judge OF the
United States, to fill the vacancy in the
second judicial circuit, made vacant by
the resignation of Walter 9. Noyes OF
New London, Connecticut. This circuit
takes in the districts of Vermont, Con-
nectcut northern New York, eastern
New York and western New York, and
is one Of the largest in the northeastern
part Of the United States.
Justice Stafford is q native OF YER
mont, born at Barre May |, 1861, the
son of Frank Stafford and Sarah Noyes
Stafford He graduated from Barre aead-
edy and later from the st. Johnsbury
academy He practiced law at st. Johns
bury for several years and was presl-
dent OF the Vermont Bar association IN
1898 and 1899. He was a member OF
the Vermont House OF Representatives
in 1892, and reported the decisions OF
the supreme court from 1876 10 1901,
when he was made judge of this same
court, in which capacity he served until
1904.
Since coming to Washington, June Q,
1904. Justice Stafford has taken an ac-
tive part in all civic affairs OF the dis
trict and has many trends, both on the
bench and in literary circles. In 1905
he was made professor OF equity lurls-
prudence at George Washington univer-
sity, a position he still retains, Recent
ly when Justice Stafford was presiding
over criminal court No. /, a young man
by the name of Stewart drew re-
volver from his pocket and commenced
shooting in his direction, but fortunately
no harm was done.
On July II President Wilson sent to
the Senate the name OF George r. Aud
of Burlington, Vermont, paymaster, y.
S. n, ranking as a lieutenant, to be
promoted to the rank of lieutenant COM
mander, lbs commission to date July ~
1913. Paymaster Aud is the son of
Joseph Aud. editor of the Burlington
News, and is a graduate of the Uniyer-
sity of Vermont in the class OF 1902.
Now that the sultry, hot weather has
| settled upon Washington, many YER
monters now residing in the District Of
Columbia are going home for the sum
mer months. The family of Hon. Charles
H. Robb, associate justice of the court
of appeals of the District Of Columbia,
have left for Bellows Falls and the
White mountains. Justice Wendell Z.
Stafford of the supreme court OF the
district and his family are in st. Johns
bury. Hon. Orion ". Barber, associate
Judge of the United States court of GUS
toms appeals, with Mrs. Barber, is in
North Bennington, and Mrs. Cornelius G.
Billings, whose husband is assistant
commissioner of patents, is in Brattle-
boro.
With the return Of President Wilson to
Washington after his short vacation
spent at Cornish. n. H., the newspaper
reporters who accompanied him have
been giving the people of Washington
the benefit of their Impression" of
Vermont and New Hampshire The
Washington Herald reporter became very
much interested in the town of Balti-
more, Vermont, the smallest chartered
town in the country. He termed it the
office seekers paradise" for he claimed
that there are only twelve voters when
the whole population is in town and that
these are not enough TO fill all the Of
fees, so that each voter usually holds
at least three offices, and in times of
stress it has been necessary to send com
mittees' down into the valleys to bring
in few outsiders to hold down some OF
the places prescribed by law. The re-
porter goes on to say, however, that just
now the town is undergoing wonderful
experience, for Victor Bemis, feeling that
public life was too great strain upon
him resigned his three or four offices
recently, and now, for the first time, in 4
its history, Baltimore has a complete
set of city officials and one private eitl-
zen As an example of the towns will
ingness to hold out the hand of cordial
welcome to strangers the case OF Lloyd
Josslyn is cited. 1t seems that Mr.. Joss
lyn came to Baltimore from London
derry about six years ago and in that
short space of time he has been made
chief of police, first and second select
man. and one of the school directors,
so that the newspaper reporters thought
that if they were going TO remain IN
Vermont any great length of time they
would move from Windsor to Baltimore
and find out what the residents would
do for them.
p. A. Merriam, a native of Middle
bury Vermont has just entered upon
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