Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-07-12
The Press Oatbe State Nominations.

from ,is Aor,pe .er G rresr ro-dent cl Tie Boston
Journal
This ulsi-ntiy AMI painful contest, as between
+ Gov. Stewart ami Llr. B.l.iugs, has basa tie
strauces, thing In The Eiztory &c Republican
politics IN This S.ste To sag Jle ,ess., il is ere
u the results of the I'D slgisel beraisl feature
iEsueUratsi into cur Co1fitu.iou two years
sgl. list the Oh sys,e1l-ss o. / as ;hs ATE
If aunus. elections b5sa IL force. q; never would
hSve happened [, usy, therefore. te taken Sc
sort OF ars, fruits C ;as5 unfortunate iruovr-
ti0l. Is hst the fu-ths. fruits mss be- E.l
douo.lsIs Re I.scicsel before tie c-rpri-n j.
5uIel
Il wSs the earnest wish Of many of the true
snI prominent men Of ite party ;b3t ilr.
Billings should withdraw from The czuvzs-
Even after the assembling Of the delegates 90
the Convention. ealesvors we're mlie with tlas
end 10 view. Hal their colus5ls prevailed, Mr..
SsEsr; would have been nominated 10y scciam.-
tilu, sal Mr. Billings would have tuit for
himrelf an easy way TO the e5vern0rthip IN l.74
lie Is popular where he Is known. aai Iessryei-
j e.. lie attracts meH to himself naturally,
sni holds them strongly. There is no uaa in
Vermont sbom tgr-1th5 Ct the Convention
would Ike better > see iu ;he Goverror's caair
than hin, a. lie proper tine; ani scores Of
those v-o voted Scsi1st him on wednesday
teep.. lsmsat tac f.st tasr that sine ray nov
never g me- Hu happy TO believe, ho#eye-,
thst tlis result, with a' Tie other unu lesssu.
things which have cone 20 the surfsce during
the csnvass, is attributable more TO the IND gcsc-
ticra Of the frieuis OF she two leading cauiistes
than to the two gentlemen Themselves.
HoS. -UL,Us CJNvEEsr,
Tie msn wao 80 Unexpectedly came of first best /
in the Convention, raj who is nov Che standard .
bearer Of the Republican psrty Vermont, is .
native If STAFFORD, Connecticut, where he was
horn il December, l515. Coming TO Vermont .
while in youth, be Iesi l-S with the Hon VIII l
liam &ui-lnz OF Randolph Aite- beng admitted .
to the tar, be removed 70 Bethel. shere lie re-
sided mSuy years saj subsequently, moved 20
Wooistock, snd still resides there lie mas been
good deal in ruoio iiie lie represented Bethel
in the c,ste Leg,isiu7e Ia 1893, and y Wcoisiock
n ~, Is and -, sud sg4.n IN % sni '6o.
In So, 81, 80 snd '5J. he was one Of tae Sen
aiors from Windsor county. In 1850 he wss
nominated and elected Lieut. Governor on the
ticket with Judge Nilisms, aud reelected in
ls5l. In ~ and '45. he wxs cbosen States
Attorney for the county Ct Windsor
It vii te seen that Sir. Converse is in the 18th
year Of his age. lie ;s, however. il hae bea.,h +
and feels lightly the touch Of the years Ehicn he
hiss ssen.
Mr. Taft, the uoLince for Lieut. Governor, is
lees tnhn forty years q sge lie ia by profession
lawyer, and resiies st Burlington lie has
served Bic county two terms IN the St-te Senate.
and two years oJste Attorney. He will, Of
course, be elected Lieut.. Governor, an1 will do
the duties Of hit ace shly and gracefully ard
st | wrote you IA April lsst, Woul4 rot uske
bad Governor should the psrtiali,y Of his friends
cali him TO the position siicF his tcr1 as Lieut.
Governor expire
Hon. John 4 Page. the csadids;e for Treat
ureT. is soa # eK-Goveraor Page Of NeS
Hampshire, and resiles at this place. lie has
AlreAiy held The ofice Of Treasurer for FIVE
years, and : Al admirable oficer DENISG.
F-cla the Wooastock Standard
II there is such . thing as conqu5Iiug defe,t
uott Essurejly Mr Buncs has the credit Of
doing it on this occ.sion. Accepting ;be result
With exceeding grace he briefly appealed to the
di.cording elements to close up SAD push on the
column for victory il this crisis Of cur na-
tonal aiisirs thst shall Re wo-thy OF our State
The nobleness Of his sentiments, the heArtinsss
with which they were uttered, the elegance ani
force o. every word ami geg,gre, carried the
convention in whirlWind Of applause. Old
men and young men, foes as wall a. friends.
sprsHg by common impulte 10 the top o. the
benches. and With shouting snd waving Of hands
and hsndkerchiefs and hsts, sLdeavored to give
vent 10 their feelings, while tae stsye upr0se
James VI. Slsie Of Middlebury, our bitterest
opponent, AMI extending his hand to NJ Bill
hngs, wh1 responded WI,a AL the heArtiness Of
his nature, they thea aud there blriei the past
out Of sight, and Hr Slaie sank into his chair
completely overcome BY his feelings, So were
msv others in the convention II wsa q scene
never to be forgotten, and Mr. Billings left the
convention and Montpelier really the victor Of
the day. We seem 20 hear still ringiugi in our
ears the declaration Of the President O. The Con-
vention, made in tien;orisn toner. There is
more hoE1r in beng able to make such speech
than in receiving the nomination 70 the govern
orship Of sly Sts.e"
From the Tatehman and Journal.
Mr. S.ewsrt and his friends felt Justly -
grie7ed at the courIe pursued by some BY the
over-ardens and zeslCUs Of Mr. Billings sup
por;ers. sad stoully objected to the Yers0nct
manner in which they had carried on their CAD
ysts. Many Of Mr.. SteWsrt's friends felt that
no valid excuse could be given for the charges
Of professional malpractice which hst been 50
glibly preferred against him, and C; which
whole life Of honorable and spotless integrity
should have been a complete retutaiien-
The action Of Mr.. Stewsrt's friends in with
drawing kim froc the contest, aui sskiug his
supporters 10 sustsin Mr.. Converse, is explics-
ble, and perhaps defensibie, upon this ground.
and no other, ard this gave the nomination to
Mr. Converse.
We feel constrained to say, however, that the
honorable and patriotic course pursued by Ar.
Billings, in his speech to the Convention sfter
the nomination. did much to sllay this feeling.
and convinced many, even Of the most scepticEl,
that bis fault did not originate in his head or in
his heart, but was the WORK o. unwise and IN
safe partizans. The speech was admirable in
conception and magnificent in the delivery. and
made for s' Fred Billings friends Of almost the
entire convention