Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-30
The State Ticket.

A careful consideration of the whole mat
ter, both on the ground at Montpelier and
at home, leads US 10 the belief that the gen.
eral public sentiment will settle down TO
the conviction that the Republican State
Convention, this week, did the best thing
possible under the circumstances. A more
chaotic mass of delegates or a more mixed
state of things generally than existed in
the convention when 1t assembled on Tues
day morning, was probably never seen in
this State. But in the midst Of all this con-
fusion there was strong under-current Of
earnest determination to take such aclion
as should be best and most creditable alike
for the State and for the Republican party,
and the result was the nomination of Hon.
HORACE FAIRBANKS. When so strong a
local feeling exists as was developed in this
town aud county, it is inevitable that such
a consumption should be attended with
more or less of disappointment; but, while
1t is undeniable that both of our local can
.didates possessed many points of excel
lence, it is also true that neither of them
sec ured that degree of unanimity at home
nor the necessary amount of support in the
therefore believe that their friends will
cheerfully and heartily acquiesce in the
result of Tuesdays work, and give cor
dial support to the ticket.
. HORACE FAIRBANKS, the Republican
nominee for Governor, is the eldest son of
Erastus Fairbanks, who was elected Gov
ernor in 1854, and again in 1861. His age
is a little upward of so years. He is a gen.
tleman of modest demeanor, possessing
large executive ability, and having taken
no active part in politics, he has been chief
ly known from his connection with one of
the chief industries of the country, the
Fairbanks Scale Works, of which concern
he is now the senior member. He is man
of studious habits, with decided taste for
books and art, and he has surrounded him
self In his home with those things which
pertain TO culture and a true refinement.
His charities have been large, while his
whole life has been identified with the
support of education and religion. The
most marked instance of his liberality was
the gin to his town of the st. Johnsbury
Athen@um, splendid building, contain
Ing well selected library of 5000 volumes
and an art gallery. in which are some OF
the best paintings in the country, both IL
brary and art gallery being quite free. to
the public. The educating and refining
influence of this splendid gift upon the
community cannot be overestimated. Mr..
Fairbanks is one of tie trustees Of the Yer
mont University, and ON the day of his
nomination was in Burlington in attend
ance upon the commencement exercises
and performing the duties connected with
his office. Mr.. Fairbanks is also president
ofthe Vermont division of the Portland &
Ogdensburg Railroad, to the interests of
which he has devoted himself largely for
the past Ave years.
One OF the most gratifying features of Mr..
Fairbanks's nomination Is the fact that ii
comes to him entirely unsought and unso-
llclted. Until the morning of the conven-
ton 1t was not even known that he would
accept the nomination il rendered him.
One Of the delegates at large 10 the Clncin-
natl convention, from the centre of the
State, remarked to us that he never saw Two
bodies of delegates so nearly in the same
situation and so entirely broken and divid-
ed among themselves as were the Republic
can National Convention and our own State
Convention, and which yet reached results
30 emIuenily satisfactory. In both cases