Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-23
GOV. Minis SPEECH.

GOV. MI III > SfELti-
VIII refer to the two conventions which
have recently been held. To begin with the
one TO whicl, hal the honor TO be n delegate,
perhaps it is not out of place, even at this
late dav. 10 make report 10 You oi What
iranspire'l there.
For six long days the convention was
racked AMI torn in such manner as would
have di,i,.tcEritod any party established IN Il
less firm foundation than the Rcpubllcan
raftv ", through nil this turmoil the one
rlorlols ida which called those men To-
,rcthcr was never lost sight of, and when the
convention closed all were animated by a
spirit OF harmony and peace. and with fixed
discrimination 10 carry the banners TO VIC
tory Appiausc,
The delegates from this State went TO Chi
clca though not ins,ructed-wth the hope
and expectation Of promoting and securing
tl,. nomination OF senator Edmunds. The
noei,inn occupied by the Vermont delegation
was on, nr marked power and influence. not
from lis ..rsaatl Int from lis position
with ref, r,.acc II the other candidates. Upon
The eve nir,c Of our arrival we were called
uli5n hv representative of the two great lac
non, before the convention, Grant ana
Blaine Bon! sought the intervention OF the
Vermont delegates. first to secure harmonl-
ous result in The issues primarily to come
l.rIor.. lie. convention, and secondly to hold
q rosilinu WHICH in the end. in the breaking
~ OF either faction would give the oppor-
,unily 10 liz oAc or the Other Ia unite upon
the candidate they knew WAS The choice ol
Vermont. whose name would be presented at
,hcpropcrtimc Hence in the important qucs-
lions arising especially that of the unit rule
the Intervention of the Vermont delegation
was 5 III IN t. hold for the time the balance oi
,owcr. II WAS a responsible position and at
times v,rv trying one. Night and day al
most Wiihoai cessation the turmoil continued,
and At Times il seemed as If the whole con
vcntion would b. broken up entirely. y
large portion Of The National Committee
yerc aiiaid on wednesday that the stalwart
gianlS- Couhlin%. Cameron and Logan
Iyould occasion Il split. The first ques-
ton. arising. that OF organization, resled WIN
The National Committee. They had the pow
or Of calling the convention to order, of NOM
mating the preliminary chairman. Upon
tli;,, al, s,ion depended the course of the fu-
lurc organization and all the questions con-
lrrfel with it, One morning about
tire. o'clocl, the majority "f the
Ncu York tclr.;,iion, represented by Conk-
linz. came tu the Vermont delegation
and carr,- ;y solicited us II take the matter
into oar hands and relieve the committee.
Of course that was Gu, Of the question. They
,ycr,. 500 ,lrenrraic in thrig determination To
nhiliu c,atrtl 81 the organization that
threats wcr,. uttered that unless they cn'iid
carry their point and nominate their clnoi-
date for temporary chairman, they would
scccIc from the convention and leave the
committee withou, an "iiicer-ior they held
all the Offices in it,
At that iuncliirc If affairs a conference
Was held occupying the remainder OF the
night and well into the next day finally a
ur,n,s;li,n was made to refer the matter to
= cam:niiicr of five gentlemen Who should
have absolute power L. decide the question
for thu convention the next div. IL fell to
my lo, 10 hr one of that committee. After
much labor We Succeeded in agreeing upon Il
chairman who at ihlt time had held himself
aObf, and occupied Il position entirely I'M
obnoxious and inoiicnsivc towards The resi-.
and il WAS finally conceded all round that he
should bc the chairman Of the temporary or
aanizaii3n of the convention. That was
senator lloar of Massachusetts, In that way
We uiyiaicd the first difficulty.
On Saturday evening we commenced tic
session for the nomination Of candidates and
names wcrt presented with all the cloqncnrc
the Speakers were master "f-so'nc oil their
nominations consisting Of the finest speci-
mans OF oralorv ever listened to in my life.
Grant. Blaine, Edmunds. Sherman, Wash
barn. and Window were put in nomlnalion,
and The convention adjourned until Monday,
when the hailn.ing began which laStcd all
day without cifrciiE any result. That a.-
ternu,n y n.cciiug was heidi Of the delegates
r,.prr-,ntiue Wiai was known as the minor
ttlt.l..fss fact inn of The convention " q