The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-23

oae o, unusual Importance e Tie PEG
pc 81 this County The greatest IN.
terosi viii be taken 10 The choice q Sen
aiors We trust that FEsNEiAs II oayis.
Il Manchester. aud T.enssg snLr1 d
Bennington. Nil be she successful can
5idatos for that oAies far We believe
TIA, TIE L.st interests 81 our County
would Ia sabserYei hy their election.
In asking the Republicans q Ben
uiugion County 70 cast ibeT votes
against To- gentleman uLo Was declar
"a 70 have received tie nomination q.
thc Republican convention. so are
aware that satisfactory reasons mus, BE
given ior adopting the course which we
advise 1t il true that one who las re-
eeiyed the form % anomination il con
yeution should not be opposed by the
body Of the party unless there aro good
and substantial reasons FOR overriding
tie action u tie Convention But ii
must be remembered that the only cb-
Jet Of convention is 10 obtain the
real choice q tie party, aud that the
Voice 81 delegation is 81 little conse-
quence unless it speaks the wish II
those whom they claim TO represent
II, from any cause, convention has
undoubtedly failed to reflect the views
q It's party, it has failed 10 accomplish
the only purpose for which il was called
together, aud It's action should not be
considered binding. To DO otherwise
would be to set the convention above
the people. and leave party poYerless
ia the hands of few delegates To
make Nomination absolutely equlya-
lent 10 on election, would be to take the
control ola party from the honest mass
es and throw il into the hands Of the
few who know how to manipulate eau
euses and pack conventions. In nine
cases out OF ten our delegate convention
may substantially serve the purposes
for which il was intended; in the tenth
case it may utterly fail 70 do so, and
produce a result which is an insult to
the party IL purports to represent. For
that reason, while il would be improper
and dangerous for party to consider
It's nominations of little account, it
would be quite as improper and dan
gerous TO consider q nomination abso-
lutely conclusive upon the action Of the
party,
In the Republican Convention at Ar
i lington, the Hon. A. b. Gardner, OF
Bennington, received the one majority
necessary to his nomination. The Ben
nington delegation was nearly three
times as large as that Of any other town,
and constituted about one-fourth the
strength Of the convention Large as
that delegati'n was,i barely secured the
nomination Of Mr. Gardner; without it
he could not have made q respectable
show Of strength in the convention.
The manner in which Mr. Gardner
obtained his nomination was simply
this: A caucus composed largely OF
those who have not voted the Republi-
can senatorial ticket for years and con-
tanning some who have always voted the
Democratic ticket throughout, elected a
delegation to represent Bennington in
the Republican Convention. They sent
TO Arlington delegation composed al
most entirely Of men who have refused
TO be bound by the Republican nomi-
nations aud have given their votes and
best efforts 10 an opposition ticket.
That delegation east its vote solid for
Mr. Gardner gentleman who calls
himself Repuh lean, bat one who for
some years past has ran more frequent
Ily on an opposition ticket than be
has on his owp. The gentlemen who
controlled the caucus 1t Bennington
most Of tie delegates who attended the
convention, aud the gentleman they
there nominated, have had considerable
experience 10 boiling regular nomina
tons, aud they cannot complain II the
Republican party refuses TO be bound by
their action They went into c0nyen'
ton At Arlington expecting to vote foI
Mr Gardner as failure Democratic
nominee il the Republican Convention
rejected him, and intending to vote
against Mr. Orvis at the polls il he re-
ceiyed the nomination Of the conyen-
ton. Their plan was this To secure
the nomination Of Mr. Gardner 10 con
ventiou aud then carry his election by
reminding the people Of the north shire
that he was the regular Republican
nominee, 70 permit the nomination q
Mr 0rys 10 Convention and then Sc
cure his defeat Il the polls by casting
their vote for an opposition candidate
( They proposed 10 defeat ofvis by bolt
ing themselves. and elect Gardner By
holding tbe res, u the party to The
: nomination. I, remains 70 b. seet
] whether the Republiean party Of Ben
niugtou County vii allow it, action t
be controlled by such doubtful Repab