St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-08-14
TIE ROLTER'S CONVENTION.

TIE BOLTER'S CONVENTION.
On the withdrawal of the party from
the convention. they repaired at once t"
Il ncighboring building, and organized
by the choice of Hugh Henry chairman.
\ ballot WAS then. taken, resulting as
follows:
ID. &. DcniSon had 20
j. Il. Meade Is
And Mr.. Denison was declared nomi-
mated, and on motion, it WAS made
unanimous.
COMMENTS. We have given above II
brief and concise account of the District
Convention as il occurred. Neither ut
the organizatlon, nor ut amy time during
its session, WAS there Il contested point
or the claim made that there WAS the
least unfairncss. The only trouble was
Judge Poland received II majority of all
the votes east, notwithstanding they had
trumped up three candidates against
him. There was nothing brought up
against either his official acts or private
character, ii we except what WAS limited
ut 10y Hugh Henry about avarice. tyrln-
ny and dcSpotiSm. Ii is sufficient an
to his TRADE to SAY that he was an ar
hrnt supporter OF Judge Poland tw"
Years ago. and until the Judge recon
mcnded Il certain post office appoint
mcnt at Chester, which happened to he
obnoxious to Hugh. But this WAS done
10y the Judge in answer to 4 lengthy
petition which expressed the will of the
people, hut did not happen to accord
with the wishes of Henry.
As regards the bolt. we understand
that the boilers declared before they
went into convention that if Judge Po-
land WAS nominated they should bolt.
This, at least, is Il very unusual pro
crcding. To 90 into II convention with
the aN"wcd purpose of boiling if they
were fairly beaten on ballot. is some
thing that will not commend them. we
are quit" sure, to i;Iir-mindcd men. To
the credit of nearly half of the oppoSi-
ton To Judge Poland in the convention
he it said, that they cmphatically dep
Iccltcd such movement. Their views
were stated in the remarks of Mr.. Hen
~ Stafford. who moved to make the
nomination unanimous. He said he
came I" tn" convention IN earnest OPP
pnncut al Judge Poland. He and his
partS were fairly out-votcd. and he ;c-
crptcd ne result. and should now sup
port Judge Poland with good will.
Ii will he noticed 10y comparing the
two ballots. that of the sixty six votes
opposed to Judge Poland. thirty eight
bottled aud twenty eight accepted the
result.
What viii come of this bolt j. u
question which we presume mank are
asking themselves or others. Perhaps |
it is useless to predict before Mr.. Dcni- |
son is beard from. az he iS-thc party /
most Interested III this matter: but on
I he Suppo>lion that he has common
>rn>U. We Tiu,,N must VIII I,iuIU that |
the child is siill-h"rn. If he does NOT
such things, the people will
he very apt To rrpudiatr him.
And now the "Iun.rrS, ~ predicted. |
they were hadl sold. Their candidate
received hut tWculN five of the lis .
votes III convention. and after the dis |
affected ones bottled. they were still out
voted. Some of them now see. where
they have placed themselves: and their
reminded u little knot of them
" ho come out of the hnltin" cou>cn-
ti"n ot the condition of the man who
went To hear Whitfield preach. and who.
after rolling about in the dirt. hciu"
ul'hcI the Influence of the powerful on
ai"s as h" supposed. was told il was not |
hut another preacher alto
grthcr. ''Thrn have ,iIti,d myself
for nothing said he. and quietly re-
tired. SnrclN the Meade men gained
nothing 10y the bolt Hut To he con
>istcnt they should have bottled again.
rs DCni>or'S majority WAS only two.
" lille Pniaud'~ was sixteen over all