Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-27
OPENING THE CAMPAIGN

evening TO ratify the Republican nominalions
and organize campaign club was quite aros
ly attended, the town hall being nearly fla
by an audience in which il was pleasan, ~
notice fair representation OF Young Amoyics
and young representation OF Fair Amsrics,
Col Geo. w. Hooker chairman of the coo,
mittee appointed at the recent caucus CALI
the meeting to order aud made five. minn,a
speech, in which, after expressing his prats
cation at the presence Of 30 many bows ana
ladies, he said that, although he would bavo
been glad bad Edmunds been chosen As tbs
party's standard bearer, he reioiced that an
other honored son Of New England had been
selected. He spoke in high praise of Baine's
foreign policy, his intense "Americanism .
his high tariff principles, his regard for M
rights of the laboring classes, etc. and as
sured his hearers that Democratic triumnb
meant free trade, and a reduction of the raw
enues meant the cutting of Of pensions to ola
soldiers. Col. Hooker then submitted form
of organization for
The Blaine and Logan CampaIen CInh
Of BrRttlebOrO.
PREAMBLE AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
We, the undersigned, feeling a Just pride in IN,
record Of the National Republican party dnring
the past twentytour years, aud believing that THEM
tcrests Of our common country will be better snb
served by the continuance Of that party in poWsr.
and believing that the future prosperity Of this pr.t
nation demands the election Of James @. Blalheu
President and John A. Logan as Nice-P sideut Of
the United States, do hereby form ourselves into an
association TO be called THE Blaine and Logan Gam
paign Club OF Brattleboro"-the object Of which As.
ISOLATION SHAH be to disseminate among our voting
population and the people generally, the true az.
trnes and principles Of the Republican party, andb
arouse them 10 a sense Of the necessity during tba
present campaign for united and powerful action IN
behalf Of our gallant standard bearers whose eIee
ton to the high Office to which they have been nom
IL hpf aorfga "A I,.,e H.
most dangerous conglomeration OF political eemtpt
that ever sought the confidence and support Of ne
object We have 10 view, do hereby adopt for our To-
ture government, the following articles Of assoca.
ton, viz:
l. This society shall have president, thirteen ycs
presidents, three secretaries, treasurer an e1ecu.
tive committee Of 1--WE, aud canvassing committee
consisting Of not less than thirty legal voters.
?. The president shall preside at all meetings Of
the club aud In his absence the senior vice president
present shall preside at such meetings.
3. The secretaries shall keen a record Of the mo
ceedings Of each meeting, and attend to such core
spondence as may be required Of them by the other
officers OF the club.
4. The treasurer shall receive all moneys and dis
burse the same under the direction Of the executive
committee, subject TO approval Of the club by vote
for that purpose.
5. The executive committee shall provide Mace,
Tor holding meetings, raise all necessary funds en-.
gage speakers, and distribute such campaign docu.
ments as to them shall seem best aud to have The
general management Of the affairs OF the club and all
matters appertaining thereto.
g, The cauvassing committee shall circulate
throughout the town these articles Of association for
signature, assist the executive committee in raising
the necessary funds for prosecuting the canvass VIC
orousy, and on election days to attend 10 the supply
ing Of votes and the ralying OF the Republican yc,.
ers Of this town to the polls.
All funds shall be raised by voluntary subscrip-
TON each member contributing thereto his means
ana conscience shall dictate.
8. Meetings Of the club shall be holden at such
time aud place as the executive committee shall d.
rect, or the club shall by vote previously order.
.. Any person may become a member Of this elub
by subscribing his name to these articles Of associl
tion.
The above plan of organization was &C.
cepted and adopted The following list Of
officers we're then elected in body as report
ed by the committee
President, j. J. Estey; vice presidents, Joseph Drs
per, A. V. Cox, Dennis L. Tasker j. n Balestier D.
5. Pratt, Chas. Il. Powers, Oscar r. Ware, John p
Goodenongh, ]. $. Cutting, Roswell II. Newton sam
nel Bradley, David Perry. Chas. Harris; secretaries
H. b. Chamberlain Geo. NJ. Highly, Carlos K Jones;
treasurer. Ed c. Crosby; executive committee H. D.
Geo. W. Hooker.
Col. Estey then took the chair, expressing
in few words his gratitude for the honor
thus conferred upon him. He had under
stood that it was currently reported of him
previous to the Chicago convention that ii
would be unsafe to send him as an EdmundJ
delegate because OF his prediction for Blaine.
This, he said, was not quite true. He would
have been glad had Edmunds been nominal.
ed for President, but he had long been an ar.
dent admirer of Blaine and reioicsd that be
was to lead the party in the present cam.
palgn. Blaine needed no eulogium his rec.
ord spoke for itself, and there was nothing
In 1t that the speaker was ashamed of. Bot
this Is not so much Blaine aud Logan club
as 1t Is Republican club the candidates
we're OF less account than the parties back of
-.
shortcomings, will have tie strongest men in
the party at his back The fact that Garfield
conhded in Blaine and chose him for his
chief adviser was alGo q strong point in his
favor and the speaker believed that he
would DO triumphantly elected in November.
L. a. Willis then sang spirited campaign
song, entitled Victory Again" to the tune
OF Marching Through Georgia, and being
called back responded with The Red, White
and Blue
Hon. b. d. Harris was then called upOn
and gav1 his impressions of the Chicago con
vention. That convention, he said. was moi
in any proper sonse n deliberative assembly.
In so vast M assemhlaga, oompO,sd not only
OF large body of delegates bat of great
eoncourse of interested spectators whose
noisy demonstrations purposely served TO
make confusion worse COMPOUNDED dehbeIa-
"SA ptAnPly lupOhblDl6. NOLnlhhuub
conventions, to be in reality as in theory de-
Lucrative bodies, should be held in smaller
buildings and all "shouters" rigidly excluded.
The Chicago convention was o Blaine con-
venton there was no installing that fact;
there was no other nomination possible The
charge which had been made that certain del
egates, more particularly the coored ones
from the South, were bought, he believed 10
be wholly false nobody present acquitted
themselves with greater dignity or credit than
did the colored delegates. That the choice
OF candidates was a disappointment 10 large
numbers of Republicans in New England aud
New York there was no use in ignoring; but
the speaker believed that the tide was already
turning. Maiorities rule, and the necessity
OF mutual concessions is unavoidable After
all, parties are more than men it is the par
tty which shapes the policy. Any Republican
Is preferable to any Democrat Moreover
power begets conservatism and, whatever
faults Blaine may have manifested in the past,
once having reached the summit of his ambi-
ton, he will conduct the country in safe
~. The speaker could see no other way for
Republicans to do but to stand by their par
ty.
The Battle Cry of Freedom" was then
gwen by the First Regiment band.
Ooi' Haskins then took the platform. This
meeting, he said, was not called for the dis
eussion of political principles. but for organ
ization-to form in line of battle for the con
test and march forward to a sure victory,
Though DESTROYS of Edmunds's nomination,
ne had for twenty-five years admired the
orllllancy and statesmRnship of James u
Blaine. Blaine's nomination WAS not the
work OF political managers, he was the popa-
lar choice. For more than so years in polltl'
ca life, he had long been favorite among
che party leaders, and twice his supporters
had sustained sore disappointment in his fall
ure 10 receive the nomination now conferred.
The speaker regarded him as the Henry Clay
of to-day. Associated with him was John A.
Logan az brave a soldier as ever drew blade
aud man worthy Of the party support. Bni
It is the parties themselves that ave chiefly Va
be considered We are attached to the 10
publican patty because it is the party of hu-
man progress. Not a forward movement IN
uEpolities but has besn formulated, sustained
and enforced by the Republican party. The
election of Blaine and Logan means oontln-
uation of the OWL service reform, q oontin'