The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-20
TEMPEST in
CAUCUSES
Parties Unable to Agree on
Ticket for Justices of
the Peace
NO COMBINATION
ON REPRESENTATIVE
Republicans Name Francis E. Perry
Progressives Choose Edward C.
Crosby-Democrats Nominate Arthur
T. Roberts - Interesting Details.

Crosby-Democrats Nominate Arthur
T. Roberts - Interesting Details
Politics stalkcd the streets last night |
and it was 1920 O'Clock before the three |
political parties had nominated their can !
dldatcs for town representative and jus |
tees OF the peace Committee conferences |
between the Republicans in the Armory |
the Progre>sives in Festival hall and the |
Democrats in Red Mems hall took up
most OF the time, and the really impor-
tant business OF nominating town repre-
sentative candidates was overshadowed
by tempest in Il teapot over the choice
oi II candidates for justices OF the peace.
Committees OF Progressivcs and Demo
erats went back and forth from one eau
Gus to another, and committees OF Repuh-
hcana conferred with them, but did not
4eave then hall.
For town representative the Republicans
nominated Francis +. Perry. the Demo
Gratis Arthur f. Roberts and the Progres-
siycs Edward {. Crosby. The failure OF
the parties to agree ON Justice ticket
resulted in the nomination of two tick
| cts, one by the Republicans on which five
Democrats are named and one by the
| Democrats and Progres>yes on which five
ON t'tt:h tI tue three are titlttl
| The suggestion that Martin Austin run
on a Citizens ticket did not materiaIize,
| as Mr.. Austin decided late yesterday that
| he could not spare the time to 20 to the
| legislature.
| Since the caucuscs there has been talk
| of a coalition. both by Democrats and Re
Ipuhlicans and by Democrats and Progress
siveS. hut time alone will tell whether
such thing will he brought about.
Perry Republican Choice.
The Republican caucus nominated
Francis f. Perry, superintendent of the
Holden X Martin factory. II a candidate
for town representative. About 100 vot-
els were present ut the meeting held in
the ArmoIy. Z. !. Waterman, chairman
OF the Republican town committee, called
the gathering to order. Mr.. Waterman
was elected chairman and Christie B
ICrowcll secretary.
Charles Il. Crosby moved that the chair
appoint committee of five to hear sug-
gcstions. consider the situation generally,
and to make recommendation OF a cam
dldatc tor town representative to the caIt-
Gus Following the adoption OF the mo
ton AIr Crosby, Judge James NJ. Tyler,
DR. II. ID. Holton. Col, y. ID. Taylor and
NV. +. Hubbard were named as the COM
mittce. Mr. Crosby withdrew and \. p.
Smoud- was named in his place. The
i committee was in conference in the otIi-
i GERS room more than half an hour and
heard the views OF a number OF voters
Judge Tyler. in reporting for the commit
tee, announced a unanimous recommended
ton OF Mir. Perry as the Republican can
didate Col E>tcy moved that MIR. Perry
he named as the nominee of the caucus.
land the vote was given for him heartily
and unanimously.
Conference over Justices.
While this committee was in conference
it was announced by the presiding officer
that committees from the Progressive and
Democratic cauctI>eS had arrived and dc
sired "A conference with the Republicans
as to the makeup of a ticket OF 10 gus
ticcs of the peace, which has always been
made up of Democrats and Republicans
Chairman Waterman said that he had
been consulted over the telephone 10y
members of the other parties and that he
had waited all day to hear from the Pro
grcssives officially in regard to their de
sires. but heard nothing from their town
committee until d short time before the
caucus when +, c. Crosby talked Will
him over the telephone.
r. G. Bacon moved that Il committee o
, three be appointed and Mr., Waterman
; named +. T.. Barber, Fred Betterey auc
NJ. {. Houghton to confer with the visit
ors. Mr.. Bettcrey withdrew and Mr.
Bacon was substituted The three com
:, mittees were in conference half an hour
: during which there was some talk of plac
: ing two Progressives on the ticket bu
their committee demanded FIVE, and N
= agreement was reached. The committee
s so reported and it was voted to adhere t.
q the former plan of 10 Republicans ant
five Democrats and this ticket was nomi
!. mated r. c. Bacon, j G. Estey, c. 4
i Bovden, Fl. b. Haus, w. f. Daley. Kit
y tredge Haskins, NJ J. Moran, Harold i
? Whitney A f. Schwenk, f. d. E. Stowe
:, +. T. Waterman, w. A Shumway, Can
. s Hopkins. F. H. Davenport and +. L
) Pier. There being no further busnes
? the caucus adjourned.
d Democratic Sparks Fly.
q The Democratic caucus was late in OF
% ganizing because Harry b. Haus chan
y man of the Democratic town committe,
was 10 minutes late in reaching the hal
The caucus got started at once with Nj
Haus as chairman and John j. EckeIs u
secretary.
1t wasn't long before sparks flew. Da1
: iel Stolte nominated Arthur F. Robert
Il for town representative and the nomin;
tion was seconded by NJ. j. Moran.
to Rolin s. Childs placed ia nominatio
er DIR. Fremont Hamilton, who. he sait
Ii. was vote getter and an honest man