Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-18
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS NAMES LEROU

The second nomination was made by
Ashley T. Boon who placed before the
caucus the name of Tyler D. Guy
know the man 1 am going to nominate
is a capable man, said Mr.. Boon.
have known him for forty years. He
has had Is years as your registrar of
voters. take great pleasu . ii nomi-
mating Tyler D. Guy.
Albert M Van Wagenen nominated
Fred G. Prothero as the third candidate
for the Office. This office, said Mr.. Van
Wagenen, is one of our most important
offices. The candidates that have al
ready been named and those that, are
going to be named, are some of our
finest men. The man 1 have In mind is
a product of Norwich. He has grown
up among you He has occupied offices
of city trust. We know him as an hon
est man and as capable man. This
man has served on the town committee,
is sealer of weights and measures and
has been chairman of the board, of relief.
l think without doubt that the qualities
of this man stand out before you better
than l can picture them to you. 1t gives
me pleasure to present the name of Fred
G. Prothero
The fourth and last nomination was
made by Ex-Mayor Allyn L. Brown who
named Lewis r. Church. The, man l
present is in the same class as the other
three candidates named, said Mr.. Brown
They are all good republicans. The man
I have in mind was elected a member
of the court of common council in 1902
for a two year term He served on the
board of assessors for six years During
the time he was a member of the boarc
the grand list was increased from some
fifteen millions to some twenty millions
1t appears to me that was a step in the
right direction. He served eight years OF
the republican town committee and has
done good work for the party. Mr.
Brown then named Mr.. Church as his
candidate for athe office of tax collec.
tor.
AS there were no other nominations
the moderator asked the caucus to Sc
7lect an assistant to the clerk and OF
motionSof Mr.. Pr6thero, Joseph C. Worti
was chosen to assist Mr.. Peterson il
| counting the vote, which was from lef
| to right in front of the chair
The voting started at $50, was com
pleted at s.45 and the result: was an
nounced at $50 by the chair. To b,
exact, the result was only partially an
| nounced by the chair for when it becam
known that Mr.. Sen1ple had won TIL
nomination the applause drowned GU
any attempt4.fto give the whole vote
which was as follows: Total number o
votes cast 429; necessary for choice 81
james w Semple 230, Fred G. Proth
ero 100, Tyler D. Guy So, Lewis r
fChurch Al.
AS soon as the applause and shoutin
had died down. Mr.. Guy was on his feet
AS one of the defeated candidates
would move that this caucus go on rec
ord as making the nomination of Nj
Semple unanimous" said Mr.. Guy. Levi
R. Church quickly seconded Mr. Guy
motion L can't third it, said sMl
Prothero, but coincide with Mr.. Guy.
Good for you, Guy" shouted Judg
Barnes above the din as he put tn
question, which resulted in MIR. Semple
nomination being made unanimous
The only nominations that rename
to he made were those of two city shel
ifs and water commissioner. John l
Hall nominated George W. Rouse an
George H. Stanton nominated Charlie
Fl. Raynes for sheriffs and the nomna
: lions were unanimous.
, Hugh Blackledge was nominated il
water commissioner by William S. Mu
ray and this nomination was also unan
nous.
Or motion of Mr., Guy the town con