Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-09-18
COUNTY CONVENTION.


of Dridport; for States attorney. AL |
len R. Sturtevant of Middlebury; for
sheriff, Olin A. Smith of Addison; for
assistant judges, Henry E. Day of Rip
ton and WILDER E. Hanks of Bristol;
for judge of probate, Charles |. Button
of Mddlebury and Frank w. Tuttle of
Vergennes; for high bailiff, j. Herbert
Howe of Bridport.
John E. Weeks of Middebury, chair !
man of the county committee, called the
convention to order at 1926 O clock and
introduced Rev. A. A. Lancaster, pas
tor of the Congregational church, who
offered prayer,
Robert w. McCuen of Vergennes,
secretary of the county committee.
then read the call On motion the read
ing of the roll was dispensed with and
the list as made up by the county COM
mittee as a committee on credentials
was adopted. This roll showed l21 del
egates entitled to seats and of these 100
cast their votes on one ballot.
On recommendation of the county
committee E. H. Palmer of Monkton
was chosen temporary chairman of the
convention and N. A. Seymour of Mid
debury and Ira L. Stewart of Bristol
were made temporary secretaries. A
little later the temporary organization
was made the permanent organization
of the convention.
On motion Chairman Palmer at once
proceeded to appoint the customary
committees as follows: On resolutions,
R. W. McCuen of Vergennes, P. w.
Waite of Shoreham, B. w. Smith of
Addison, A. D. Wright of Weybrdge
and John H. Beane of Lincoln.
Committee to nominate county COM
mittee, c. R. Brown of Whiting, Ed
ward Higgins of Middlebury, J. o.
Walker of Ferrisburg, John H. BARLEY
of Vergennes and H. V. Sears of
Monkton
The appointment of these committees
was ratified without question by the
vote of the assembled delegates.
Tn report of the committee on reso-
lutions was read by Chairman McCuen
of the committee who had drawn it up.
One plank called for the safeguarding
of our lower school system, with a
proper regard to the interests of our
higher institutions of learning, and the
incoming Legislature was asked to look
into the desirability of establishing
school of agriculture in Addison county
on one of the many splendid sites avail
able. The report of the committee was
adopted with great applause.
The presentation of candidates for
the various Offices came next IN order
and fewer contests were developed than
had been promised during the past three
months or so. First was the senator
ship in the north, or New Haven dis
trict For this position Jud ge Millard
F. Barnes of Addison presented the
name of William Noonan of Panton in a
very taking and effective speech. Mr..
Noonan's name was seconded by dele
gates from Vergennes, Middlebury,
Ferrisburg and other towns, and as no
one was named in opposition Mr. Noon
an was declared the nominee of the
convention on viva-voce vote.
For senator from the south, or Ad-
son, district Romane Hemenway Of
Brdport presented the name of Cyrus
/ H. Smith of that town. No candidate
was nominated against Mr.. Smith.
Delegates from Shoreham, Orwell
Lincoln, Addison, Ripton, Bristol and
Middlebury seconded tho nomination,
and Mr.. Smith was chosen the candidate
of the convention by acclamation
Then developed the first contest of
the Lday, which was over the State s
attorneyship. For this Office Clarence
E Lathrop of Bristol nominated Jasper
G.. Page of that town and John f.
Weeks of Middlebury nominated Allen
R. Sturtevant of Middlebury. There
were numerous seconds for each name
and ballot was ordered, R. L. Hemen-
way of Bridport, Frank D. Eastman of
New Haven, Homer Cobb of Cornwall
and C. J. Spaulding of Panton being
appointed tellers for the day.
The result of the ballot was; Whole
number of votes cast ll9, of which two
were blank and Mr.. Page had 54 to s.
for Mr.. Sturtevant, so that Mr.. Sturte'
want was declared the candidate of the
convention. Mr. Page moved to make
. the nomination unanimous. This was
! done, and Mr.. Page was given hearty
round of applause.
Next came the Office of Sheriff. OliI
A. Smith of Addison has held the Office
, of sheriff for ten years and Fred E
Rowley of New Haven has been dep
uty sheriff for nearly double that length