Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-18
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
MEssRs. ORMSBEE AND FULLER NOMI-
MATED.

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
MEssRs. ORMsBEE AND FULLER NONI-
MATED.
The Republican State convention.
which met at the rink in Montpelier on
Wednesday. nominated lieut.-Gov. Orn>-
bee of Brandon for governor and Col
Levi X. Fuller of Brattleboro for lieuten-
ant governor. renominated Secretary of
state ChaS. +. Porter of Montpelier.
Treasurer VIM. IL. Dubois, of West Ram
dolph and Auditor of Accounts L. Hem
r.. Powell of Richtord. AMI passed a lot
of resolutions.
1t was a large convention. composed of
over six hundred of the representative
men of the State. Addison county had
full delegation. The proceedings prac-
tically opened on Tuesday. when the
most of the delegates We're in Montpel-
icr and made Il night of it talking over
the virtues of the candidates for the two
chief offices and to all intentS and pur-
pose, settling the governorship matter
before the convention met. There were
also many there not delegates on the pre-
viuu> evening to look after the interests
of their friends. Among these workers
were Hon. J. VI. Dyer and Frank {. At
wood of Salisbury and George Hammond
of Middlebury. The result of the con-
Vcntion. so far at least A. the governor
ship was concerned. was Il triumph Of
square. honest fighting against machine
methods and railroad influence. For once
the people of Vermont. and not the poll
tician>. said who should hold the highest
office in the State,
The aSSemblage was called To order 1T
10 O'Clock by Hon. Warren Gibbs of st.
/ .l,Iir ,,t a. - ltn t,.p.
and prayer was offered by Rev. Peter
Merrill of Enosburgh. The roll-call
showed about G2O delegates present.
/ Hon. Frank Plumley was named by the
committee IL temporary chairman. and
| +. W. Baldwin of Barton and W. Il.
/ Page of Rutland a. secretaries. This
/ temporary organization was subsequent
ly made permanent on motion of Hon.
&. W. Grandey of Nergenncs. Hon. G..
c. Benedict of Burlington and Col. \.
+. Walker of Rutland were made Il COM
mittee to escort Mr.. Plumlcy to the chair
ON taking it he said that one of the OBJ
iectS of the convention was to re-aSSert
our confidence in the Republican party
and our belief in its capacity to conduct
the affairs of the state and nation. In its
early youth the party took diSmemb"red
country, and. after restoring it, inte%ri-
~. it was turned over To the party now
in power The party had always taken
firm ground on the vital issues which
arose. Some of these questions had been
settled. but there were others. of great
importance. which must still be dealt
with. He mentioned as one of these
Questions that of the protection of Amer
lean industries: another was that of tenn
perance. on which the Republicans of
of Vermont had always been sound.
Thourh the star of Vermont NAV he
small. il never sets. TO her the nation
looks for eXpreS sion of the best Repuoii-
cauism. and il j. never di,appointcd. Mr..
Plmnley closed with a tribute to the Yer
mont brigade.
Then came the most astounding eXhihi-
tion of cheek ever Witnessed in the state.
Hon. j. /. Martin of BrarfIrboro. eX-
sneaker of the House of Representatives.
Submitted Il resolution that .thi> convru-
tiou instruct the next loriS Sluture 10 cStab-
Ush Am efficient railroad commiS,lou.' -
He prono.ed that tine resolution ne at
once put upon il, passage. Col. John b.
Mead of Randolph moved the appoint-
mrnt of a committee of nine ON raSolu-
riuus. to whom thi, and ali nt,,,.r r.>u,u-
tions should be referred. col. 4. Il.
franklin OF Newfane EXPRESSED a hone
tllat the resolution would be acted ON at
once. but Col. Mead thouoht such nro-
ceedinp would be a reflection ON the com
mittee Oh resolutions. C.. y. Parker of
Rovalton could not see why the reSohl-
tion was iumped ON the convention i'm
this fashion. we needed railroad com
mission. Inn he did nor wish the Central
Vermont railroad TO bring M tbe matter
in such a way as This. col. Walker of
Rutland said he.wa, clad to see Mr.. Mar
tin had become convert 70 the railroad
commission idea, which he himself had
advocated two years AGO. MIR. Martin
replied that he had ALWAYS favored - rail