Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-21
NOMINATIONS MADE
FOR CITY ELECTION
Women Take Part in Sixth Ward
Republican Caucus, Where
Warm Contest Is Staged-Two
Candidates File Papers as In.
dependents.

The last Of the caucuses for the March
election were held Monday evening, the
time for filing nominations expiring at mid
night. Four caucuses were held, leav-
ing the democrats Of the first ward. the
only organization which did not file a
ticket. From the present outlook, cleo
ton day, which promised to go by with
out much excitement, will contain at least
two warm fights. They will be aldermanic
contests. where Roy j. Yandow in the
sixth and George J. Grafton in the Sec
ond filed Independent papers, after being
defeated in the republican caucuses, and
were then endorsed by the democrats. A
feature of the caucuses Monday evening
was the voting of five women in the sixth
ward republican caucus. Another would
have voted but she reached the caucus after
the ballot box had been closed. There was
some question as to whether the vote of
the women voters was legal and an opin-
ion was called for from the city attorney.
City Attorney Peck ascertained that the
names Of all the women were on the check
list as they were taxpayers and there was
no question regarding the legality Of the
vote, which was not contested after that.
FIFTH WARD DEMOCRATS.
The democrats of the fifth ward held
caucus which lasted only a few minutes
and which was perfectly harmonious. J.
p. Ladd, the republican nominee for aid
erman, was endorsed. George w. Nc
Carly read the call for the caucus and he
was elected chairman. Charles A. Niles
was elected secretary. After the endorse
ment of Mr.. Ladd, Eugene w. Cooney
was nominated for ward clerk. For In
spectors Of election ]. H. Dolan, T. F. Con-
lon and Harry Wheelock were nominated.
The ward committee will consist Of G. w.
McCarty, w. d. McCabe and Robert Den
ming.
SIXTH WARD REPUBLICANS.
The sixth ward republican caucus was
the busiest place during the evening and
hard fight seemed in prospect between
]. L. Hail. the present incumbent and
Roy ]. Yandow. Fred Caisse nominated
Mr.. Yandow and II. II. Hagar nominated
Mr.. Hall. 1t was then voted that the check
list be used and the ballot box remain
open for half an hour. James e. Tracy,
G. w. Grandy and Fred Caisse were ap-
pointned tellers. There was large crowd
in the hall and during the half hour the
box was open the friends Of both candi-
dates were busy telephoning supporters to
aid them. AS a result there was steady
stream Of newcomers and some arrived too
late to vote. One of these was Mrs. Max
l.. Powell. Five other women. Mrs. H. H.
Hagar, Mrs. j. Horton Lockwood, Mrs.
Smith Wright, Mrs. George A. Churchill
and Mrs. H. s. Howard. voted. The result
of the vote was: Hall 81 and Yandow Sc.
A committee had been sent out to bring
in nominations for the other officers and
the following were selected: Ward clerk.
Levi P. Smith; inspectors of election, z. H.
s1,oc yr nd nv
Grandy; ward committee, A. A. Tiffany,
John Gendron and Joseph Anger.
The chairman of the meeting was Ed
ward j. Walker and the secretary Levi
p. Smith.
SIXTH WARD DEMOCRATS.
NJ. c. Powers was elected chairman Of
the sixth ward democratic caucus. with
DR.. d. ]. Nolan secretary. On learning
that Mr.. Yandow had filed papers as an
independent candidate it was unani-
mously voted to endorse him. William
Fl. Brown was nominated for ward clerk,
and for inspectors of election. John w.
Coffey. Jr.. J. H. Carlin and NJ. C. Powers
were nominated. A ward committee Of
NJ. c. Powers, Frank McCarty and Moses
PariZo was elected, as we'll as can
vassng committee consisting Of William
L'Esperance, John ]. Malloy and Moses
Parizo.
SECOND WARD DEMOCRATS.
In the second ward democratic caucus,
which was held in the Star Hose school,
house, George ]. Grafton was nominated
for alderman and Joseph Fisher was NOM
mated for school commissioner. George
T.. Maynard read the call for the meet
ing and he was elected chairman. j. J.
Finnegan was elected secretary. ]. p.
Madigan presented Mr.. Gratton's name.
J. ]. Finnegan was nominated for ward
clerk and Heman Crooker Napoleon
Laury and F. l.. Murray were nominated
for inspectors Of election. The ward COM
mittee will consist of George E. Maynard,
Max Alpert and j. j. Finnegan.