St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-10
Republican State Convention.

! bl lIlt suite bu\ tlI'i'il at i''li'Ne
Falls. The following fun report we
/ find III the HciIoTS Fats Times:
The Union Republican State C"nven-
ton assembled AT Union Hall. i'll this
/ village. on "Wednesday ut II o'clock.
and were called to order 10y Hon. G.. g..
Benedict. chairman of the State Com
mittcc.
ON motion of DIR. Nichols of North
field. Hon. G.. &. Benedict of Burlimg
ton WAS elected temporary chairman,
and y. y. Swain of Bellows Falls and
ID. VI. Camp of Newport. temporary
secretaries.
Mr.. Benedict briefly and appropriate
~ addressed the convention.
The Secretary of the State Commit
tee. Mr.. kittlidgc IIa>kin> of Brattlc-
horn. then read the list Of delegates who
had passed in their credentials.
On motion of Mr.. Powers of Morris
town. the chair appointed Il committee
of six tn report officers for the pcIlma-
mcnt organization of the convention as
follows: II. II. Powers of Morristown.
II. &. Root of Bennington. j. \. Page
of Montpelier. Francis Gondhue OF Brat
tlrhnro. II. K. >tnughr"m of Ramdolph,
&. W. Br"wncll of Willi>ton.
While the committee were engaged
in dclihcratinm. MI. Dcauc of CaVem-
dish called ont the Hon. \. l.. Miner of
Manchester. who addressed the cumNcIl-
ri"n and was received with much favor.
The committee on permanent organ
ization reported H. follows: President.
the Hon. Frcdcrick Billings of Wood
stock.
Vice Presidents Hon. john Gregory
"t N"rlhiirld. Hon. Il. ID. Harris of Brat
. tlrh"r". Hon. Luther Baker of New port
Secretaries A. y. Swain of Below ;
Falls. ID. VI. Camp of Newport.
. ON assuming the duties of the chair.
the president was received with Il very
hearty applause and addressed he con
/ Ncutiuu III Il strong ana stirring speech
in behalf of republican principles.
On motion of Mr.. Bigrlow of Burlimg-
tom Il committee of seven WAS appoint
ed 10y the chair. on Ir~ulHtion>. ~ fol
I lows: G. II. RigrInv of Burlington.
/ Benjamin II. Steele of lIartlamd. .Jo-
>rph Poland of Montpelier. X. G. Ben
ton of St. Adams. l.. f.. Knapp of Mid
dlchurN. Henry Clark of Rutland. Geo
Nichols of N"rthticld.
Col. X. &. Benton nominated the
/ Hon. John Gregory Smith of st. Al
bans a. delegate at large. which WAS
seconded lay Hon. John r. Dcane of
Cavrndi>h and Judge Steele of Hart
land. and he WAS unanimously elected.
Mr.. Redingtom of -. ,Inhn>hurN nom
mated Hon. Horace Fairbanks of II.
bloomsbury. and he WAS unanimously
elected
Mr.. Gr"ut "t Newport presented the
name of Hon. Benz. II. Steele of Hart
land and Mr.. Eddy of Bellows Falls
presented the name of Hon. Frederick
liolhrook of Brattlrhnro \ ballot he
ing taken resulted III the election of Mr.
steele as follows:
Il. II. steele. 10
Frederick lIolhrook. 80
Scattcaing, >
On motion of Mr.. llaSkinS of Brattlc-
horo the election of Mr. steele WAS
made unanimous.
The Hon. George w. GrandcN of Yer
grnnrS WAS unanimously elected rs
tunrth delegate at large.
Substitutes 4. II. Garfield of Allin-
ton. Col. W g. NcazcN of Rutland. Col.
John Il. Meade of Randolph. and Asa l..
French of ST. JohnShury.
Mr.. Benedict offered the following
resolution.
RcS0Ircd. That this convention do
now divide into three Sub-convcntions
composed of the delegates present from
each of the three congressional districts
AZ heretofore constituted. which sub
conventions shall elect and report to
this convention two delegates and two
altcrnatrS for each of the said districts
and further that the ten delegates to
the national convention. appointed hN
this convention he instructed to east
such votes a> the State may he entitled
Ia III the national convention in il body.
Mr.. Lyman of Bennington opposed
and Mr.. Benedict favored the rrSolu-
ton. Mr.. Pingry of Hartford opposed.
Resolution carried. ayes - NAYS -.
The convention then separated into
district conventions and reported the
following names as delegates to the
Philadelphia convention.
FIRST DlStrlCt.-tieo. \. futile of
Rutland and DR.. George Nichols of
\orthiield. Alternate>. y. +. Sprague
of Brandon. Col. VI. :. Colhurn of Man
chester.
Second District. Hon. James Hutch
InSon. Jr. of Randolph. Hon. VIM. Har-
MS. Jr. of Windham Altelnatcs. Col.
II. K: St"ughton of Randolph. Hon. c.
ii. Chapman of ProctorSville.
Third District. lion. George Will
klns OF stowe, Hon. Lawrence Barnes
OF Burlington. Alternates, John w.
iiartShon of Lunenburg and jed p.
Clark of Milton
Mr.. steele from the Committee ON
Resolutions reported as follows:
HcSolrcd. We cordially approve and
endorse the present National Admins
tratl"n and .commendit as distinguish
Ell among the best of our history for
ability. integrity, economy and fidelity
to principle.
ReSoired. The first preference of the
state Is for the denomination of Grant
and ColtaX, and we wish our delegates
to regard that preference So far as upon
consultation with the delegates from
other States, they shall find that pref
erence consistent with the harmony of
the Republican organization, the vel
fare of the common cause and the suc-
ceSsfIIl and permanent establishment of
Republican principles. To these con
siderations, all others should Weld.
Resotred, We deeply regret the defec-