Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-28

other candidates moved to make the
nomination unanimous and the mo-
ton was carried without a dissenting
voice. The committee on resolutions
reported the following set of res
olutions which were unanimously
adopted:
Resolced, That we hereby indorse the
nomination of James G. Blaine and John
A. Logan for president and vice presi-
dent, and the platform adopted by the ma
tional republican convention.
ResolUed, That we pledge our state
ticket our united support, and that we
will aid as best we can in giving it an old
time majority.
Resoz0ed, That we pledge our united
support to the candidate this day nomi-
mated for congress.
Hon. E. G. Reddington was nominal
ted as presidential elector. The con-
vention adjourned and went to the Pa
vilion where Gen. Grout was called
out and spoke as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Con-
UentiOR:
There was really no necessity of send
ing for me, for probably not one of you
have had single doubt but that would
accept this nomination. Uaughter.) I
have, however, come out here with your
committee for the purpose Of making
some suitable acknowledgment of the
high compliment expressed in your choice
Of me as your candidate for the suffrages
of the people, ia their choice of some
person to represent them in the next con-
gress. l am not unmindfnl of the fact
that this position to which your Partially
would assign me is not only one of honor
and responsibility, but it is at the same
time one of much labor and many cares.
know something of this labor and these
cares but to him who has at heart the
| good of his fellow men, labor and care in
their behalf are only joy, whether they be
| bestowed in some public position or in pri-
vate life. For this cordial expression of
| your confidence in me l can, of course,
| here and now only thank you. But should
| the freemen of the district ratify your
! choice in September at the polls, it will
be my earnest endeavor, indeed, my high
! est ambition, to so discharge the duties
pertaining to this trust, as to show to
you more fully than words can do, my
| appreciation of the high honor conferred
by this nomination.
An endorsement of fitness for seat In
the American congress-. by such a body
of men as this, is in itself no small honor.
1 do not, however, forget the fact that
any honor, which a representative OF
the people may win in his official char
acter, which is worth having, must aftel
all depend upon how well and how faith
fully he discharges the duties of his office
must, in short, depend upon how thorough
ly he understands the wants of the PEG
pie and how attentive he may be to those
wants. Now for all this you must tax,
me on trust-I can only promise to devote
to this service such powers of body ant
} mind and heart as possess. This is al
the guaranty | can give that your choic
shall not prove an unwiSe one.
cannot take my leave of you, gentle
men, without acknowledging the dee
obligation / am under to those friend
whose belief in me has kept them stead
fast in their devotion to my political fol
tunes, as well in time of defeat as in tim
ofvictory. The inspiring influence of sue
:, friendship ought, surely, to help keep on
pure and noble and brave. These friend
all have my hearty thanks. And those
: you too, with whom l am not as well u,
e quainted, whose preferences were for othe
n candidates, for those whom you kne
q better, but who have generously yielde
your choice to the choice of the majorit
and, as l am informed, have made tn
nomination unanimous, are certainly e.
titled to very great credit / apprecia
/. your disappointment and the disappoin
Is ment of my unsuccessful competitor
1 appreciate also your and their magma
unity and would take you all by the hal
10 in grateful acknowledgment of your &c
erous conduct. l count you now all +
Is friends
+ At this late hour, with the thought
:. home in the mind of every delegate, it
no time to say anything upon the poll
'e cal issues of the day. We are, of cours
y, all for Blaine and Logan (applause) a
ld the success of republican principle
n Again thanking you, let US separate wi
on Il fixed determination in the breast
every one of us that in September v
~ mont shall give good account of herst