The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-30
great silent man of the country met Gen.

On motion Of Hon. Henry Lane, nomi-
rated, Col. Jonathan NJ. Hoyt, of New
Haven, as rc.ary of the convention, who
was elected.
On motion Of Hon. Luke p. Poland of
st. Johnsbury, Col. II. G. Tenant was
elected as assistant secretary of the con-
venton.
Gen. George w. Grandey moved that
the temporary organization be made the
permanent organization of the convention,
which was adopted.
On motion, the following named gentle
men were admitted without credentials
NJ. II. Kimbal of Westminster, II. /.
Spoor of Ripton, L. ID. McQuivey of Rip |
ton, Franklin Hooker of Cornwall, Mr.. |
Spragus of Weston, j. p. Ladd of AL |
burgh, E. Isham of st. George, and N. w.
Parch of Hinesburgh.
Hon. N. T. Sprague, jr., moved that one
ce-presdent be elected from each con-
gressional district. l
Hon. Philip X. Gleed moved to amend
by the appointment of one from each
county.
Mr.. Sprague said in order to accommodate
the many he accepted the amendment and
the resolution was adopted whereupon on
the nomination from the various counties
the following named gentlemen were
elected
vICE-PREsIDKNTs
Addison county,. -. Eluridge of Mid
| dlebury.
Bennington county,. X. Batcheder of
Arlington.
Caledonia county--S. S. Thompson of
Lyndon.
Essex county-S. S. Gould of Concord.
Chittenden county-T. ID. Chapman of
| Charlotte.
Franklin county-W II. Blake of Frank
| lin.
Grand Isle county,. p. Ladd of AL
burgh.
Lamoille county-E.D Mudgett of Cam
bridge.
Orange county-Jas. Hutchinson, jr., of
Randolph.
Orleans county-Amasa Pelsue of Low
ell.
Rutland county-C. s. Rumsey of Hub
bardton.
Washington county-Perley p. Pitkin of
Montpelier.
Windham county-B. ID. Harris OF Brat
tleboro.
Windsor county-Wiliam Stickney of
Bethel.
A delegate nominated for ce-president
the solitary individual present from Grand
Isle co. No delegate being reported, Hon.
George A. Ballard moved It Hon. Jedd p.
Laid, Chairman of the liberal republican
state committee he admitted as a delegate
to the convention and elected as the vice
president from Grand Isle county. After
question from Mr. IIolbrook of Milton,
"If Mr.. Laid desired to be admitted as
delegate" Mr.. Ladd was elected.
Gen. Grandey said rise to move the
appointment of committee of seven to
present resolutions to the convention and
requested the omission of bis name from
the committees which was adopted. =.
The chair announced the following
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Edward S. Dana of Cornwall, A. N.
Swain of Bellows Falls, S. B. Pettingil of
Rutland, s. +. Pingree of Hartford,
Franklin Fairbanks of ST. Johnsbury,
Lovcland Munson of Manchester, Park
Davis of ST. Albans.
The chairman of the state committee
gave notice that only delegates would be
admitted to the floor of the convention at
the afternoon session. The gallery would
be reserved for spectators.
w. L. French of Woodstock moved that
the delegates from the several districts as
semble in district conventions and present
their nominations to this convention at the
afternoon session, which was adopted.
The chairman of the state committe said
that letters had been sent to the Vermont
senators, inviting their presence at this
convention, but the pressure of official du-
ties compelled them to remain at Washing
ton. A letter had been received from Sem
ator Morrill,, however, which the speaker
would like to have read
The secretary then read the letter, as
follows:
LETTER FROM SENATOR MORRILL,.
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., March 20, 1876.
Hon. George Nichols, NortAfeM
DEAR SIR-Your favor OF the 18th inst.
has b en- received, assuring mo of the
pleasure it would give the republicans of
Vermont to meet me at the convention to
be held at Burlington on the Goth inst. land,
while gratefully acknowledging your cour-
teous invitation, l feel confident that my
duties to the state, have the honor in
part to represent, will he better discharged
hara iy1t In tlxr al, e
Burlington.
have also full faith that the convention
of Vermont republicans, which is to as
sembe on the Goth of March for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to the national
convention to be held at Cincinnati, will
perform that important duty with fidelity,
and that the delegates will be such as can
not fail to confer honor upon the state
both by their sterling character as men and
wisdom as republicans.
10 me 1t appears to be evident that the
election of republican president in our CEN
tennial year is quite possible, and possible
only because he will deserve to be elected.
Our candidate must be the embodiment OF
the union sentiment Of the country-neithei
ready to apologize for the preservation of
the union nor for the emancipation of
race-and true, not only to all the funda-
mental principles which have ever given
vitality to the republican party, preserved
the national credit, protected the great in
dustrial interests of the country and opened
the way for return to specie payments,
but our candidate must also furnish in his
own behalf name and character, as man
of affairs with robust convictions of duty,
that shall be sufficient guaranty to
secure ability, purity and strict economy IN
all branches OF the executive departments.
The coming national contest is likely to
be conducted with earnestness, perhaps by
a resort to all the vituperative eloquence
and extravagant abuse which extreme par
tisanship is apt to esteem as among its
most potent weapons of political warfare,
but this system of tactics has signally failed
when it might have been expected to have
been the most effective, and we may well