The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-21
Rutland County Democratic Con
yCntiOn.

Rutland County Democratic Con
vcntiOn.
The Rutland county democratic conven
ton assembled in the Town Hall, Rutland
Thursday afternoon, August 20, quite a
number being in attendance. 1t was called
TO order at . o'clock by N. S. Stcarns
chairman of the county committee, who
nominated Robert r.. Drake of Pittsford as
president, who was elected
John O. Ryan of Rutland was elected
secretary.
J. d. IIanrahan, d. i. Dawley and
Richard Welsh were elected vice-presi-
dents.
John Cain arose to get at the views of
the convention as to the proper manner in
which TO make the nominations. The re-
publcans in all their conventions, lie said
hold delegate conventions apportioned ac-
cording to their vote, while this is a mass
| convention.
n S. Stearns moved that a committee
on nominations be appointed, to consist of
one member from each town IN the county
represented in the convention.
V. G. Meyerhoifer, moved to amend the
resolution, by appointing two persons
from each town.
Mr.. Stearns said that he would accept
the amendment us far rs it went, but
would suggest that the committee consist
of one from each town and one additional
for each one hundred votes or fractional
part thereof cast ut the last stat. election.
After some considerable discussion upon |
the resolution ana amendments, which was
participated in by John Cain, V. c. Meyer
hotter and Jesse J.. Billings, IN which Mr..
Cain expressed the idea that something
ought To be done to represent the party
vote, and that Rutland should be repre-
scented in the committee according to her
vote, which was about one half of the
democratic vote in the county y vote
was taken upon the resolutions and
amendments, and they were lost.
N. S. Stearns moved that a nominating
committee be appointed. TO consist of one
delegate from each town represented and
one for every one hundred votes or irac-
tonal part thereof cast at the last state
election The motion was carried, and
the following persons were appointed as
such by the representatives from the differ
ent towns:
Brandon Freeman -. Hunt, +. f.
Dana Richard Welsh.
Castleton-E. w. Litldell. j. II. Wis
well.
Fairhaven- Thompson, Dennis Nc
Namara.
Iubbardton-Edgar +. Ganson.
Merdon-Rcul ell Ranger, William Buck
ley.
Mount Holly-M. D. Harrington, L. W.
Streeter.
Pittsford-L. Hendee, L. d. Adams
Rutland-N. F. Page, Gershom Cheney,
A. G. f. Drew, j. J. r. Randall. II. Il.
Dyer, V. C. Meyerhotfer, Jesse l.. Billings.
Sherburne--C. w. Adams.
Shrewsbury-C. G. Holden.
Sudbury. X. Foster
On motion, the following were appointed
a committee on resolutions
John Cain, Rutland.
L. L. Dana, Brandon.
j. M. Ketcham, Sudbury.
While the nominating committee were
out, ID. L. Dawley addressed the conven-
ton at considerable length, commencing
by saying that it was not necessary for him
to follow the example of Senator Edmunds,
who was obliged to come from Washing
ton to make a speech, which, when he
read it, he was ashamed to think that
man of Mr.. Edmunds' ability could so
lower himself to make. But it was neces-
sary to uphold the oiliceholders, of which
there were too many, their main business be.
ing to keep the present party in power. Mr.
Dawley then referred to the prohibitory
liquor law, speaking strongly against it,
and gave several reasons why il should be
repealed, among them being,
LIST. 1t keeps men in Office and pays them
with the money taken from the pockets of
the laborlng men.
2d. 1t floods the country with poor
liquor.
3D. 1t fills the pockets of the office
holder
A man is elected to the Office of justice
of the peace that is not capable for the po-
sition, and who is dishonest, and his pocket
is soon filled. If a person is thrown from
a carriage and is injured, if he is taken to
a hotel or house of friend and a tea
spoonful of liquor is put to his lips, or his
head is bathed, the party giving it is liable
to the same penalty as if he sold 1t by the
gallon. Such a lazy is not entitled to re-
spect.
Read history and see if among empires
that have been Overthrown and Kingdoms
that have been ruined you can find any
such examples of tyranny as is exercised
in this land of liberty. The republican
party claim that they saved the union.
w hero xvnul1 thpv hava bppn rithppt tho
aid of the democrats? We will allow that |
they have freed 100000 slaves, but
they have tried to impoversh 40, 100000 of |
people, and if a case of cmbezzlement is |
discovered, a committee (Beecher-like) is |
appointed to whitewash over the office
holder. The taxation of labor instead of |
capital was wrong, the idea being to en-
slave the aborng man, and it behooyes us
to stand to our position and oppose fanati-
cism and republicanism, both of which |
will fall as the people rise in their might
and strength.
John cain being called upon said, that
there was always something to say, but
what they as democrats wanted to do was
to keep up their own organization. This
they had done in New Hampshire, and this
last election had carried the state, so that
it would stay carried Connecticut was
also theirs, and that things looked favor
able in Massachusetts, The republicans
have only kept one member of Congress in
North Carolina, and he was so black that a
piece of SCOT would make white mark up
on him. The great thing in the republi-
can party at present is the struggle for the
spoils for office. Every lawyer that has
come into Rutland for the past twenty
years as democrat has after being here
while joined oyer to the republican party
and thousands of others have gone, be-
cause amongus are are no loaves and fishes
They gerrymanded in this state to cut up
our congressional districts 30 that we
should lose our member of Congress and
they succeeded. There was never
a time in the history of the govern
i ment when Numbering was SO generally