Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-23
TIE GREENBACkERS' CONNEN.
TION.
Bradley Barlow the Nominee.
A SLIM ATTENDANCE AND
LITTLE ENTHUSIASM.
Really a Franklin County
Affair.

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A committee consisting of Gen S,snnard,
j. Webster, of Franklin: and A. &. Ash
lev. of Milton. was appointed to nominate
District Committee.
The Convention then took a recess until
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,o,oro lo,a ond tod;ops wait tho Con.
ven,;on ,co.semb,,d at II.aOand proceeded
=, o,o, % n. nomination of a candidate for
Co,cr,,,
IN u..,h osNo,,h T,ov had tho mama
os ,,h,u, oil Lnow lave bonor and
resnect-tbat of Hon. Bradley Barlow, Of
81. Albans (Applause). lie was fully
identified with the Greenback principles {:
and We onybt not only IN nominate him, but
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90 10 Work anu eject MIN.
Ssrnnded hy Willard Fuller of Cam
bridge.
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y. L. rI!s5tll, oi burlington, was happJ
Ia bs able To second the nomination Mr..
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Barlow was q man oil tho sOunde-t financial
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views IN Vermont anu one OF the sounuess IN
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low votes in Burlington. lie then read one OF
Mr.. Barlow's letters on the finances, and
oIoaoa ,,;.b .Lo osso,,;o, that tho District
ei"1e' "''i ''' ~
cn,tid have M b,.t.r kcnrcsentltiye in Con-
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lon K. Forest. of Winooski, also second
ed the nomination.
,o,o ,,,z ,lo, tolo, o,d TIM
Hon. Bradley Barlow was unanimously
nominated.
On motion of j. W. Brown tho C,nyen-
tion then adjourned until Ia:45 p. m.
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H.. c,.,;,,a. On posoIr,;ors -snor,sd
~. clIou;na uh,oh werc accented and
adont,d.
RESOLUTIONS.
R.Gn That me paSIn Ry Ie ha
August /, ISIS, meets with our hearty approval.
sxs,sm expIessed by tse iTon Brsdlcv Barlow in
his letter. to the Bon. Benjamin +. Butler and the
Dec q, 1867, also his letter to the washinEion r,
Ta TaphIs 4 uasey r Whseoek ii stevens ana Cen Geo
J. stannard, committee appointed for that pur;
our party. meet with our fullest approval, and that
oS o9ey esr aIg ~ WIN 'ne O'' paris
R,soirsa That whereas We believe that nine-ten tbs
Vermont, without respect to party, heartily enter
axie our ham ~ mdrI with ms in The ereat common
cause that the ends Of good Government and justice
equality with capital and that We pied 20 oui selves
st,oinsd oinue u "0'A '''" uA''' A''
Tho c,,,ou,n D;.,r;., comm;,,so us-o
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and rorma,,u no,;Sr h;m a, HI. nom;na,ion
r 9 M.C;nn;s of Rol,on wa. than
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preenbacks. Whar il them preenbacks
now ?" The financial talent present proved
unequal to this conundrum. and the
speaker continued. coming down with es
pecial severity on the National bank sys-
TEN, railroad moropolies and unequal taxa
rion. lie said that he himself had paid one
Infancy. and he wanted the Government and
every one else to do likewise. Mr.. McGin-
mis- closed with a eulogy OF BeL Butler who
bad always, he said, been friend of down
trodden humanity-which was something Of
q surprise, inasmuch a. for ten years past
whenever MIR. McGinnis has raised his bar
barrie yawp he has accused the friend of
down-trodden humanity of being a spoon
thief and a rascal.
o. s. Basford, of Uydepark, then made a
brief but idiotic speocb.
On motion of j. W. Brown. of Milton,
Mr.. NcGlnnis was thanked for his yery
abo speech.
Tie Convention then adjourned.
AFTER NOTES
hackers were so lacerated by our comments
on the Burlington gathering, on the first OF