The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
MoNrrELIrR, o.. l7th, ISIS.


MONTPELIER, Oct. 18th, 1878.
The State committee of the Green
back labor party met in the grand jury
roam, and was called to order by Gen.
Geo. Stannard, the chairman D. +.
Wheeloek, of Milton, was chosen sec
rotary. ..r -,
Among Others the following gentle
men from different parts of the State
were present Col. A. NJ. Dickey, st.
,Johnsbury; S. S. McGinnis, Bolton
j. B. Hustled, Vergennes {. f.
Clough, Waterbury; j, ii. Jones,
Bradford S. Z. kirkpatrick, st. Al
bans: C. b. Cummings, Brookfeld
L. S. Thompson, Stowe; Hon. b, W.
Fuller, Eden ID. Tarb.e, East Gran
Vile; ii. b. Cakes. Stowe VIM. Mel
endy, Cambridge r. r. Waite, Stowe
A. Davis, Duxbury'; g. b. Voodry'
Woodbury. mp. Goodell, Woodbury.
J.. p. Davis, Duxbury; j. NJ. John
son. Mortified; G. Blake, Eden; w
Pelton, Woodstock F. Boyce, Fay
ston l.. v. Turner, DuXbury; A. NJ
Batchelder, Plainfeld 5. A. Town
Cabot; Hon. c. G.. Martin, Ferris
burgh; III. c. Wells, Calais f; Hon, f
Tarble, Swanton; M. Wright, Mont
pelier; j. Z. HOLSTER, Plainlield; G
e. Stranahan, Waterbury; M. o
Heath, johnson o. S. BasfOrd, Hyde
Park; A. f. SpauIding, Mortified
Hon. j. J. Jennie, Enosburgh.
d. Tarble moved that the Stat
committee be increased from five tt
fifteen, so that every County should b
represented.
Amendment by f. Tarble. Tha
the present State committee be in
creased so as to appoint three from eacI
Congressional District.
After some discussion by Mr.. Stran
aban, Rev. O. S. Basford and others
the amendment was carried.
Gen. Stannard read letter from K
A. Skeels, rcsigning his place on tn
State committee, and it was voted t
excuse him.
o. S. Basford moved that the chat
appoint committee of three to pre-
sent the names of three from the I'd
and one from the Sd COMPRESSION;
District, to fill the vacancies on th
State committee.
The chair appointed Messrs. BaS
ford, kirkpatrick and Pelton.
} On motion of D. Tarble, the cha
appointed a committee of three to TAX
l. into consideration the necessity an
propriety of securing printing pres
and establishing a newspaper as til
" organ" of the party, and to take ii
! necessary steps to establish such
paper, and to report to the Stat
committee.
The chair appointed as such con
! mittee Messrs. d. Tarble, Thompson
and StranAhan.
The committee on nominations /,
ported j. w. Currier, j. III. Jone.
Gates Billiard, and NJ. c. Edwards.
The report of the committee was az
cepted and adopted. ....
On motion of +. Tarble, the con
: mittee were instructed to call Count
conventions in such counties as the
Z thought proper, and supply speaker
l for the purpose of more thoroue
-, organization.
l A stirring speech was made by Co
: Dickey, advocating earnest work
every town and school district, fir,
and full discussion of the finance
q question, and the utter ignoring of o
e party ties, claiming that every patri
: should respond to this demand comir
from the people in this hour of the
I great financial distress.
h G. f. Clough ably advocated a mo
thorough organization of the Nation
o party, because it alone could give Il
y country relief and answer the deman,
. Of the people.
y j. L. Wheelock thought the graz
: jury room of Washington Count
: where q great many criminals ha
been so recently indicted, was a
v place for the National party of We
5 !, mont to meet, as they proposed to i
Il dict both of the old parties and t
: them before the people in the hi
court of impeachment in 1880.
Several other stirring and al
IS speeches were made by Rev. o..
e Basford, NJ. o. Heath, Esq, al
a others, which we cannot now fully !
" fer to. ...
y On motion, the secretary was
= structed to send copy of the pr
g ceedings to the LAMoILLE News
II publication.
= After some pleasant and genel
" conversation, and the report of neal
s. 200 clubs already organized in t
y State, the convention adjourned.
j. E. WHEELocK, Sec'y.
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