Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-06-05
The State Convention.

We print elsewhere. copied from the Bur-
lington Free Press, full report of the Re-
publican State Convention held here last
Thursday. No convention ever held in the
State was attended by better body of men.
and we never the State generally
represented. The delegate system has
proved Its excellence at the very outset.
Even its opponents are compelled to give 1t
hearty praise Mr. Walton says of 1T in his
Daily:
But now. in spite of preference for the
Mass Convention, We must honor the first
DELEGATE Convention. 1t was full IN num-
hers, especially from the larger towns, and
MANY of the smaller were represented ; and
an assembly of nobler men we never saw
Its proceedings were orderly and harmonious,
and the results were precisely what they
would have been i'll mass convention. The
first delegate convention was success.
The results at which the convention arrived
speak for themselves. The nominations were
expected vet we think few nominations
heretofore made were less the result of prevI-
Gus caucusing. or the work of any - Ring"
We have noticed limitations from several
papers, in and out Of the State, that = every
thing was fixed : beforehand, and the con-
vention would only meet to ratify nomIna
tions already made by cliques of politicians,
but we are satisfied that the people of Yer
mont never gave freer expression of Opin-
ion in a convention. than was given through
their delegates last Thursday in nominating
John 3. Page, Stephen Thomas and John A
Page There had been some opposition to
Mr.. John b Page, not at all personal but
only reasonable objection to putting in i'm
portant executive Office men largely interest
cd and actively engaged in the management
of railroads in this State and if MIR. Page
had been less popular man. or had not
shown in his past official conduct. that his
connection with railroads kept entirely
separate from his official duties officer of
the State government, this dislike of putting
railroad officials into State Offices would have
defeated him as Il candidate before the con-
vention As it was, the action of the conven-
ton is all the more to Mr.. Pages honor,
he was put at the head of the ticket, not be
cause Of his position az an officer in an I'M
portant railroad, but in spite of it for he
lost undoubtedly two votes by reason of that
where ne gained one And we not sorry
to see the votes given by delegates for Mr..
Gardner and others, because they show that
the jealousy of the political influence of rail
road interests In this State is strong as t.
make protest on that account alone, against
the nomination of gentleman against whom
no criticism could be brought except that
he was an influential manager of large
railroad interest in the State. Vermont is
in no immediate danger of being in the polit
zeal control of railroads, judging from the
convention las Thursday.
We have already expressed our opinion of
the gentlemen put in nomination, and need
not repeat it here. They are able. sound and
honest. and fair representatives of the - wis
dom and virtue = of the State. Under their
administration the interests and honor Of the
commonwealth Will be in safe keeping. The
ticket has the merit. we believe. of being
equal, in executive ability, political sagacity
and prudence. and financial experience, fore
sight and integrity. to any ever presented to
the people of the State, and merits a MAORI
ty large enough to strike the keynote for
the presidential campaign of next year.