Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-08

the provision by our next legislature for
State police for this purpose
Is. RESOLVED, That we do not think it ex-
pedient at the present time to organize an
independent political temperance party IN
Vermont, for immediate and unconditional
separate action, but that.we deem some sort
of organization of our political forces expedi-
ent. Therefore we recommend
l. That State Committee be appointed
by this Convention, consisting of three from
each county, and that any vacancy existing
or occurring in such committee before an
other general convention may be filled by the
remainder of such committee.
2. That it shall be the duty of such com
mittee to watch all such nominations made
at regular political State and County Con-
ventions, and whenever, in the judgment OF
such State Committee, no ticket has been
nominated by any of such political State
Conventions as can be consclentl ously sup
ported by true temperance men, 1t shall be
their duty to prepare and publish such
State ticket as they can recommend, contain
ing the names Of no men but such as are
known to be true friends of the temperance
cause.
3. That the members of such State Com
mittee residing in each of the several coun-
ties, shall be County Committee for such
county, and when they shall fail to find
county ticket proposed by regular political
County Conventions which, in their Judg-
ment, can be conscientiously and fully APP
proved by temperance men, 1t shall be their
duty to call a special County Convention Tor
the purpose of presenting an independent
temperance county ticket
4. That it shall be the duty Of such
county committee to appoint true temper
ance man in each town in their respective
with whom
they may hold correspondence, and to whom
they may entrust snch state or county tick
cts as may be prepared or approved, Tor
distribution among the voters OF his town.
The following committees were then ap-
pointed
Addison County.-W illiam Powers, Jno.
L. Barker, Cyrus W Wicker.
Bennington County E. Brownell, ,.
5 Scott, A. W. Adams
Caledonia County Franklin Fairbanks,
d. NJ. Granger, L. B. Rohy.
Franklin County.-R. ). Sturtevant, W .
A Cooper, Alanson Field.
Grand Isle COunty.-Rev. 0. q. Wheeler,
R. X. Clarke.
LamoilIe County.-Dea. Il. 5. Savage, d.
J Stafford, Rev. Edwin Wbeelock.
Orange COunty.-Col j B. Mead, Steven
| Reyes, Ezra Walker.
Orleans County,. b. Tenney, Joseph
Bates, ID, o. IL. Austin.
Rutland County.-Dr. Woodhouse, W.
W. Atwater. w a. Williams.
Washington County Carpenter,
Joel Foster ,-Jr., o. l. Hoyt.
Windham County.-O. +. Butterfeld, Q.
/ b. Douglass, Homer GOodhue.
Windsor COunty.-HOsea V. French joe
/ Ellis, Geo. W. F0ggett.
I On motion it was ordered that deficiencies
/ in these county committees may be filed by
I the general committee.
The 4th, 9th and 18th resolutions elected
considerable discussion, in which Rev. Mr.
Atwater, Rev l. II. Stone, Dr. Jewett, Rev
Mr. Gushing, Rev. Mr.. Edgerton and other,
participated
/ A resolution Of thanks TO the city of Bur
lington, for their hospitality, and to Hon.
George w Grandey for his services as pre-
siding officer Of the Convention, and 10 tn,
superintendents of railroads for return tick
cts, was adopted.
/ DR.. Jewett delivered an address in the
evening, spicy, interesting and profitable,
and the Free Press from whose report this
abstract has been made, adds " Much o.
the interest and success Of the convention
was due to his lively speeches, fund Of
anecdote, and general good sense and good
feeling"