Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-09-01
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County Politics.


If you will allow me space. / wo lld
IKE TO present some facts in regard
TO the primary nomination law /" and
county politics, more especially the
office of assistant Judge and senator.
According to that law, (Chapter 8.
General Laws of Vermont) on the
second Tuesday of September, bien-
nially, every voter is expected to visit
the polling place in his town, procure
a ballot from the official whose duty
it is to furnish them, and check and
deposit same in the ballot box, desig-
mating the persons selected by him
for the several offices, and a plurality
of votes so cast shall be the nominee
of said person.
Previous to 1915, the voters in a
county, were called together in county
caucus, and had an opportunity to
discuss candidates, and select those
they desired for the several positions.
As the law now stands, any one
who desires office, substantially nomi-
mates himself, and there being no un-
derstandi1tg, or concert of action, the
person who has plurality of the
votes cast is nominated.
The nomination by primary elec-
ton" was well termed, by a prominent
man of Vermont "a noble dream
which has proved an unfortunats
farce" The nomination and electloE
of our present governor is "a good IL
lustration of how that law works.
| note that Wallace D. Miller OF
Troy and Fred L. Parlin of Charles
ton, have filed petitions for judge
from the north end of the county, and
A. G. Chase of Greensboro, F. w.
Tenney of Albany and Amasa p.
Sweet of Lowell from the south end
of the county. In regard to the Office
i of judge, this Office has always been
considered an honorary Office more
than anything else. | asked friend
| of mine once who was candidate for
| the office, what he could want of it
and he answered, so he could have
the title "Hon." precede his name
W. d. Miller and F. w. Tenney, at
the end of this term, will have held
| the office four years, two terms. In
I all fairness to them and other just
the office, why should they have the
office longer? This leaves at the
north part of the county, Fred L. Par
| lin of Charleston, member of the
| house of representative from Charles
ton in 1915, selectman, lister, road
commissioner, state road commission
| er, for his section for seven yearE
He is a good man for the place. AT
the south end of the county this
| leaves A. C. Chase of Greensborc.
born in 1852, member of the house Of
representatives in 1906, selectmans
lister, justice of the peace, constable.
town agent, deputy sheriff, director
of Barton Savings Bank and Trust
Company. Amasa P Sweet of Ii
| ell, born in 1872, member from Lowell
1915, also 1919, town clerk, sehoad
director. Chase is a man of exper-
ience as shown by tie above record
Why not nominate him? Fer senator
from the north end Of the county,
William w. Blodgett of Newport Is
the only man named. Everyone says
he is all right. From the southi part
of the county, NJ. E. Calkins and Ur-
ban w. Brown, both Of Westmore,
and Roscoe M. Cowles of Albany.
Mr.. Cowles was a member of the
house of representatives from Albany
in 1906, is treasurer from the town
of Albany, director in Central Saw
ings Bank and Trust Company of Or
leans, and as an Albany man said to
me today, "we consider him the fore
most man in Albany today" | think
| if we nominate and elect him senator
| from the County of Orleans, he viii
be credit to himself and to the coun-
| ty.
r w Baldwin