Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-02
Drrino the delivery of his speech and

During the delivery OF his speech ana
afterwards, a number of liberals,
Democrats and spectators came in, SO
that by actual count thirty tfpe were
present in all, but not all at the same
time.
1t may be proper to say. that that part
of the speech asserting that ''they (the
mass convention) will receive the honors
and plaudits of the people of the State,
(Which by the way does not appear IN
the revision) was received with raptur-
Gus, tumultuous, enthusiastic and long
continued applause.
After consultation between two OF
the Rutland members, the organization
was completed by the choice of George
w. Ballou of Castleton, Secretary.
John Strong suggested that County
Executive committee be appointed. "a
prominent member of the convention
privately suggested that they were to
nurse it and try to keep the thing alive.)
Newman Weeks then moved that
County Committee, consisting of three
members, be appointed to call future
conventions Carried unanimously, four
voting in the affirmative, and the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed:
lockwood Barrett, Rutland.
c.. L. Case, Brandon.
II. L. Clark, Castleton.
lockwood Barrett suggested that the
next thing was the appointment of dele
gates.
n. P. Simons thought the best way
would be to see who would go.
Newman Weeks thought it better to
have some authorized delegates, and
then let all others go.
Maj. John A. Salisbury wanted ere
dentials.
n. P. SimOns moved that the persons
present from different towns, assemble
in town caucusses and select delegates.
Carried.
The gentlemen present from Rutland
assembled in caucus in one corner, and
those from other towns holding their
caucus" in one, two or three chairs, as
the case might be. AS the result, and
by the subsequent addition of such
names as could be thought of, the fol-
lowing were appointed
DELEGATES TO CINCINNATI:
Charles Clement, Maj. J. A. Salisbury,
S. NJ. Dorr, Charles Sheldon, G. r.
Mansfield, John Landon, lockwood
Barrett, Newman Weeks, Evelyn Pier
point, Rutland.
A. D. Smith, Horace Kingsley, c. c.
Pierce, Clarendon.
w. 0. Harrison, Chittenden.
Hiram Roberts, c. L. Case, S. B.
June, Brandon.
G. w. Ballou, H. L. Clark, II. o.
Brown, Castleton.
Allen Barney, Shrewsbury.
c. L. Penfeld, Jonathan Warner,
Pittsford.
John D. Goodwin, Fairhaven.
After the appointment of delegates,
there was a pause, the thought undoubt-
eddy suggesting itself to members of
the convention, as 1t certainly did to the
spectators, how much more appropriate
it would be for the delegates to appoint
a convention than for the convention TO
appoint delegates.
For fear there were not delegates suf-
ficient appointed to represent the ''mass-
es in convention assembled" \. P. ST.
mons moved that the President of the
convention issue credentials signed fin
blank, " to the chairman of the Rutland
delegation, and if they should happen
to meet any Vermonters in the streets
of Cincinnati who wanted to attend
the convention, then that said chairman
make him a delegate and supply him
with credentials. Which motion. being
seconded, was unanimously adopted.
Evelyn Pierpoint said that he met in the
streets, Hon. J. B. Hollister of Man
chester, and as he thought he was
Cincinnati man, he moved that he (Hol-
lister be appointed a delegate. Car
ricd
On motion of lockwood Barrett, it
was voted that the delegates appointed
be delegates from the convention and
not from their respective towns.
On motion of Newman Weeks. the
Mass convention was dissolved. until
called together by the county commit
tee.