News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-08-19
areenhack Convention.

The Greenback labor party of La
noble county met in mass convention
in the Town Hall at Hyde Park, last
Saturday. The attendance was small
The convention was called to order by
Lucius Sallies, of Stowe, a member
of the State committee, and made
few interesting remarks relative to
the object and purposes of their COM
ing together, etc., when the meeting
was organized and run with the fol-
lowing results: Elected E. B. Saw
yer, of Hyde Park, President; u.
W. DEMO, of Hyde Park, Vice Pres
ident W. B. Parish, of Stowe, Sec
rotary. Mr.. Sawyer, on taking the
chair, addressed the convention. His
remarks, referred to the condition of
our country, and especially our finan-
cial condition. The committee on
nominations were James Campbell,
Eden; o. S. Turner, Stowe; Joshua
Merriam, Gilmore; Charles Crane,
Hyde Park G. F. Perkins, johnson
Zeb. Gotta, for Waterville; L. Sallies
for Morristown; Berton Bennett for
Wolcott. Committee on resolutions,
James Campbell, l.. Saliies, Joshua
Merriam. The meeting adjourned to
1.30 p. M, when the meeting was
again called to order, when the nomi-
mating committee presented the fol-
lowing list for a county committee,
which were duly elected: E. B. Saw
yer, O. S. Turner and F. F. White,
who reported the following nomina-
tons, which were accepted and adop-
ted by the convention For County
Senator, S. r. Weeks, Stowe; for
Assistant Judges, E. G. White, Eden
James E. Houston, Stowe; for Judge
of Probate, Charles Crane, Hyde
Park; States Attorney, E. B. Saw
fyer, Hyde Park; Sheriff, E. f. Per,
kins, johnson ; High Bailiff, Joshua
Merriam, Gilmore. The committee on
resolutions presented the following
platform, which was adopted =
We declare to the world that our aim
is to make industrial and moral ac0rth,
not wealth, the standard of our individ-
ual and national greatness. In order to
secure this result we demand of the State
| that the public lands, the heritage of the
| people, be reserved for actual settlers
not another acre for railroads or specu-
lators, and that all lands now held for
| speculative purposes be taxed to their
| full value. We demand at the hands of
Congress the establishment of a national
| monetary system in which circulating
medium in necessary quantity shall issue
RI ho with
ton of banks; that all the national issue
shall be full legal tender in payment of
all dues, public and private, and that the
government shall not guarantee or recog-
nize any private banks or create any
banking corporations. We demand that
interest bearing bonds, bills of credit or
notes shall never be issued by the gov
eminent, and that when need arrives the
emergency shall be met by the issue of
legal tender, non-interest bearing money.
We also demand that the rate of interest
in Vermont be reduced from to per
cent.
The town committee are as follows ::
johnson, E. F. Perkins, Zeb. Gotta,
John Griswold; Stowe, L. Sallies,
Geo. Adams, Geo. Harlow Norris
town, Seymore Harris, Harvey Hill,
Warren Spaulding; Elmore, Joshua
Merriam, Oscar Smith, Willis Girls
void; Hyde Park, Luther Griswold,
B. B. Bennett, E. B. Sawyer; Eden,
c. E. White, James Clark, E. S.
Campbell. Committee empowered to
fill vacancies in towns not represent
ed. Short, but sharp, speeches were
made by E. B. Sawyer, L. Sallies, S.
K. Weeks, W. B. Parish, Luther
Griswold, E. F. Perkins, James
Campbell, G.. Crane and others, upon
matters pertaining to the organization
and work, and the convention adj
journed.