Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-07-07

To-day gentlemen Of the Convention, We are
met by direction 81 the people t. satisfy like de
nand iur men n the Offices OF this county.
In the name OF humanity. let Us give timely heed
u III demand, ana present such names Tor the
votes COY the people that they can ratfy them Al the
pol4s win Their votes, and al the same t.mo keep
their consc!euces clear.
Thanking you. gentlemen for the honor you have
done me "a calling ne to preside temporarily, over
your deNoefations await your pleasure.
Mr.. c. W. Writer'S. of Milton. nominated
4 B. Ashley, OF that village. a temporary
secretary, and on motion OF II. n. Newell.
OF Shelburn, James B. Scully. Of tins city,
was chosen assistant secretary.
Gen. j. l.. Bars;ow. of tins city. moved
that committee OF five on credentials be
appointed ami that the names be handed IN
by the secretaries OF the various towns The
motion WAS carried and the chair -uhse-
quentN announced as the
COMMITTEE oS CREDENTIALS.
". G. Shaw, of Burlington.
Josiah futile, of Essex
Frank W Church. Of nderhi
II. e.. Boardman, of Milton
George Beach, OF WesifJrd.
Hon. F. c. Kennedy. of tins city. moved
thar the Convention adjourn until O'Clock
p. m 10 order 10 give the committee on
credentials an opportunity 10 prepare their
report.
Hon a L. Iialbert. Of Essex. suggested
that the committee on resolutions be ap-
pointed before adjournment
Henry y. Newell, Of Shelburn. doubted
whether the temporary Chairman had
power 10 appoint such q committee
Mr. kennedy : motion was then put and
carried, and the Convention adjourned until
= O'Clock p. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Shortly after O'Clock the convention was
called 10 order by the chairman.
Mr.. Warren Gibbs moved that while the
Convention await the report of the COM
mittee On credentials. the Hon George Ii.
Bigelow, one of the delegates at large to
Cincinnati. be invited to address the Con
yention. Carried. and Mr.. Bigelow spoke
a. follows
MR. BlCELow's SPEECH.
d. President and G.ntIsust II had expected
that my maiden report O., tue proceedings III the
Cincinnati. Convention would be made not at this
tine hut tins evening, and am not prepared 20
make such speech as this convention would ex-
ptct. But vii say a lew words rst allow me
10 express ny thanks .or the kind Office done 90 me
by send u me as delegate 20 So momentouS
convention. IL wasa convention trauSht " IN great
results. Since $50 no national convention OF equal
Importance bias assembled. This Is not a tine FOR
the sneers anu applause Of men. We are now en-
terin- ga tie most important campaign the eoun-
try has seen. A. the case in l7lu the Vermont
delegation went into the convention. ware that the
majority ui the people Of Vermont favored a candi-
date other than the one who was nom mated. As IN
! l-eu. majority o. the Republicans % ermout
favored Nj Seward. su beyond question a majority
/ u thcm in this canvass favored that able son o.
] New England, James Il. Blame. pplause. But
the Nerm3ut delegates felt that u was nece sary 10
! make nomination which would unite the party.
/ which would bring back the Greeley men Of ls7-
/ would he acceptable 10 independent Republicans
] D.
! them On the defensive. The convention nom mated
two clean men, and Whatever their past preferences
! AcIns O. Vermont VIII enthusiastically rat
! ~ the nomination made At Cine matt. Inc
I Vermont delegation Wss not IN the pocket o.
Luke +. Poland oi any other man.
/ There were strong men ia the Convention, with
/ strong candidates. There was Mr.. Blaine, who was
presented by the eloquent orator, who has been
/ called a cross fetween Wendell Phillips and Web
ster - -ersol OF Illinois, State which stood by
Mr. blame. IL possible, more strongly than even
Aa ne. There was h. H. Bristow Applause who
carried ~ many the idea % reform. mere was the
grand War governor Of Indiana, Oliver F. Morton.
There wac the brilliant statesman Roscoe Conk4lnE.
There was Cen John F. Hartranfioi Penusy lvauia,
and rutherford T. Hayes. Of Ohio, whose calling
has been 10 beat Democrats. But most 90 the favor
l re sons had g. he sacr feed. The Vermont dele
/ gates assembled and compared views. Fred Wood
! bridge, " -n MS usual seduciFeness OF speech
/ urged Blaine. Col. Noazey argued against Blame
/ and for BrIstow NJ. 5. C0lburn. though he liked
Blaine, felt that he must 20 Tor the best man.
D
The DELEGATION stood for Brlstow and Tor Blaine.
! But Mr.. French, seeing that Blame could not he
nominated changed and voted for Hayes Yer
mont was To- prominent position ~ TIE NQuFen-
lion on the firth ballot the chairman o. the Mlchl-
-4u dele.atiou.a Nermonter born in HneshurEh an
uouncci that n Oh gan would cast her vote solid
.or Hayes. The elect was magical and two more
/ ballots brought about the grand result. When
nominations iOr ice President were in order. Judge
Poland promptly presented The name o. VI liam A.
Wheeler. and the friends o. Mr.. Wheeler attribute
the enthusiasm with which he Was nominated
10 the earuestness with Vermont preSentedAim
Mir. b yellow proceeded 10 allude TO the record
AID character Of GOV HAYES IN terms OF hi n praise,
and 10 speak OF Tilden as a snrewd politician
with a doubtful record and not thing 20 recon-
mend him The issue, he said, was united South
against the North, ana with thanks for the atten-
ton o. his audience he closed.
Mr.. Bigelow' : remarks were uttered with
much earncStness and were heartily APP
plauded
The Convention then listened to the
REPORT OF TIE COMMITTEE on CREDENTIALS.
The committee on credentials, through
the chairman, Hon. W. G.. Shaw reported
that the following delegates were entitled
to seats as members Of the Convention
Bolton Daniel Shaw. R. J. Morse. S. n. Pease.
Hollis Tomlinson, Henry Church.
BurlngtOn-O. J. Walker, b. ". Carpenter, I'd
ward wells. b. 5. Nichols. William Henderson,
Solomon Walker, Alphonse Gravel. Heman W. Al
len, r W Peck, !. ". Russell, a F. Conant, A. p
Lowell. u. G. Barber, A S. Drew, c F. SpauIdiDg.
E.ihu 3. TAFT, ". u. Shaw, J. l.. Barstow, A. W.
Warren Gibbs. E. ?, shaw, R. b stearns, L; L
Lawrence. f. A. HoltJn, c. RlNasb, Henry X. Con
ger { p en- tn, &. Ii. Bigelow' J. d. Seully, r. G
Chsrlotte-A b. Byingtou. A. ". Sherman. ".
J Bradley. Lewis Nelson, II. ". Roo carlisle
Lewis J. b. RiIilams. r. h. Lyon.
Colchester-N. v Reynolds, Elisha Allen, l.. X.
n, ke NJ L. Baldwin. }. {. platt, {. F. stUrrs, b u.
Hne. l. F. Burdick J. S. Plat, r s. Brownel. =.
H. Baker, W. L. Greenleai, 5. L. Reg nolds. W. D.
tsseX-A p. Halbert, NJ A. Bingham, Josiah
Tutte, { W Warner. Amos hobart J. IA. llrury
H. j Buel. l. n. Williams.
ii nesbur sh-Andrew Curry, G. q. Peck, II. A.
Beecher r. Mack +. W. darkness, +. Sanctuary,
H. Miles, James Miner Horace Mead Il. D..
Leonard. IN,
ham Brewster, Jesse P. Chapman, K. Z; Gorton,
John r. spTasue. George L. Niilams- 4. W. Brew
Jcrieao-c S Palmer, NJ. V. willard, G. IL.
Brown. Martin Packard L. +. Williams.E II. Lane,
Iesse 6l0yd, A. r. Burdick, r 5, Nhicomb.
Nuton-h. Il. HonrdmAn, d. F. Quinn, r Key
roids C. W Writers. Charles Ussood, NJ. Il. Doyon,
! +. wheelock, Edward Flynn, IL. IL. Rankin, A.
! n Ashley. Horace Robinson. J. p Clark.
! Rirhm0nd-f. Il Gleason, Tyler Towers. {. r
Greene. H. y Deavitt, X. L. Town, Milton Stevens,
Albert Town, e. II. tlagg, II. L. sayles, l. W.
sayles. -. p.+.a-sor Z
RoWlev,A A. u. Tagert, J. V. D Mack, J. L. White,
n south BuIiington-sidney Hard, L. s. Drew, A.
Comstock &. Ii. steele -
~ Geor-e-Norman Isham, Hiram IL Tilley.
! Tnderhill-F W. Church, Il. e. Dunton' Ii. a.
| Rogers {. W Reynolds Cyrn, ffior, :, rogers
] xestf,fd-A NJ Drake, William Allen. A. Rob
inson- Jobn Allen George Beach, l. Z. Nichols, 5.
Il viiiiston-k. C. Welch, Norman Z. Miller L.
/ II Tsir1tt H. 4. Clark, George Landon, Jesse ii.
! Bnshnell L. A. Bishop, Dan johnson
The nISEsBURGH DELEGATION.
The only contested delegation was that
from uint sburgh. one set OF delegates hay-
| inc been chosen at a meeting held d une 20d
| and the other June Goth. The committee
were unanimous in the opinion that An
drew Curry was legally elected delegate
al the first meeting, and majority oil the
| committee decided that the delegates as
| aboye giyen constituted the legal delega-
| ton. ~ M .l
On motion of Mr.. E. W. Peck. the tenn
rora,v organization was made permanent.
On motion of L. +. Wilbur, OF Jericho, a
committee on resolutions was appointed
Consisting of Messrs. l.. +. Wilbur, A; L.
Welcb. Of Williston. Ii. n. Newell. OF Shell
hurn. f. G. Gleason, of Richmond, and W.
l.. Burnap, of Burlington.
THE SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS.
Gan l.. Barstow said that. at the re-
ne, a, the chairman of the burlington
1 L.. Lao