St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVEN-
TION.
Addresses by O. ID. MatheWson
TsIfaha NAV.

Addresses bv o. ID. Mathewson and
Elisha May.
About so democrats met in the town
hall last Thursday morning and the
call was read by E. E. Sargent, ESQ.,,
of st. JOhnsbury. In opening the con-
vention Mr.. Sargent denied that the
democratic party was free trade par
ty and said that the Mills bill was a
low tariff measure and meant to bene-
fit the laboring man and the farmer.
The convention then organized with
William E. Peck, Barnet, chairman,
o. ID. Mathewson, Wheelock, secreta-
ry and DR.. j. A. Paquet, St. Johnsbury,
assistant secretary. The following
committee on resolutions was chosen
DR.. Charles B. Blake, Lyndon; Edward
Fitzpatrick, st. Johnsbury; Alexander
Cochran, Ryegate. The convention
then resolved itself into nominating
committee and each town was repre-
sented in the caucus held upstairs.
The convention re- assembled at two
o'clock in the afternoon when the fol-
the convention: State senators, j. p.
Miller, Barnet; III. E. Folsom, Lyndon;
assistant judges, w. E. Peck, Barnet,
o. A. Fits, Danville; judge of pro-
bate, Elisha May, st. Johnsbury,
county commissioner, w. j. Stanton,
Danville high sheriff, Lorenzo Sullo-
way, Jr. high bailiff, Noah Folsom,
Sheffield. The nomination of states
attorney was left with the county COM
mittee and it was freely whispered
around the hall that the committee
would wait and endorse the prohibito-
ry candidate. The ticket was unani-
mously adopted.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented a resolution endorsing the pres
ident's administration, the national,
state and county tickets and pledging
their support to each ticket. This was
adopted with applause.
The following county committee was
chosen G. A. Norton, st. Johnsbury !;
B. L. Hastings, Danville; Daniel Win
ter, Lyndon.
Town Committees.
Barnet.-A. B. Perry, Charles T.
Greenbank, w. H. Gilfillan, c. E. Peck,
j. p. Miller.
Burke.-A. c. Hall, H. L. Doyle, C..
c. Kimball, Leroy G.. Roundy.
Danville.-JOhn Sias, Daniel P.
Coveny, Ora N. Drew, Carlos M. Gill
bert, Charles E. Green, B. L. Hastings,
Ellsworth G. Woodward.
Groton.-B. F. Clark, Seth N. East
man, A. M. Heath.
Hardwick.-Frank S. Eastman, But
Ter Shipman, Henry A. Smith.
Kirby.-Albert H. Barnett, Marshall
S. JOslin.
LyndOn.-A. S. Gleason, Silas East
man, w. S. Jeffers, E. L. Wells, Chas.
re-. Water.
Newark.-Charles M. Bruce, c. H.
Hall, P. E. Hartwell.
Peacham.-T. G.. Clark, Horace
Ewell, Harvey Sanborn, B. F. Var
mum.
Ryegate.-P. j. Baird, Sylvester
McGinn, Peter M. Abbott, Harvey A.
Noyes, o. H. Renfrew, N. A. Park, j.
Sheffield. e. K. Hill, Alpheus
Brooks, Waldron Brown, Edward F.
Root, Jr.
Stannard.-Amasa Hutchins.
st. Johnsbury.-J. L. Couch, George
A. Babcock, Peter Clement, Joseph
Drouin, c. A. Norton, Jovite Pinard,
Walter Wright.
Sutton.-C. w. Willard, w. L. Gill
man, Fred B. Roundy, Warner E. Ross,
S. N. Whipple.
Walden.-B. F. Taylor, A. A. Perry,
A. J. Rogers.
Waterford.-A. II. Johnson, C. A.
Brown, G.. w. Young.
Wheelock.-O. d. Mathewson, Frank
3 w. Barber, E. A. Chandler, Henry
Hoffman, Levi Smith.
Low Tariff Addresses.
Secretary Mathewson was called on
, and he made an address which was
frequently applauded. He said that
the democrats did not meet here with
an idea of victory for their county
ticket but for the grand principles of
the democratic party. The greatest
issue they we're contending for now
was the success of low tariff and the
Mills bill. Victory will not come to
our county or state ticket but it will
come to our national ticket.
Elisha May, Esq, made telling ad-
dress from an independent standpoint
Among other things he said:
l | hope what we lack in quantity al
+ this convention we may make up in
@ quality. | am not going to follow the
= example of Rev. DR.. StOrrs and take to
!, the woods, but L propose to vote fol
l the man who was nominated on the
democratic platform at the democratic
t convention. l hope both parties will
make this campaign one of principles
and not of mud. The democrats spoke
l. nobly and eloquently on the Mills bill
= in the house. What did the republi-
/. cans dO9 Some fellow like Tom Reed
of Maine began to throw mud and tall
J. about the Confederate constitution
trying to make sectional Issue out o
the whole matter. The whole ques
tion is simply a matter of business
"a | stand upon the same ground tina
o. John Sherman stood in II when a.
secretary of the treasury he said the
tariff should be reduced. Bristov
u stood on the same ground when secre
y tary of the treasury.
g The rank and file of the republican par
ty is composed of honesta and respectable
men. Its leaders are such men as Dor
10 sey, Grady, Chandler and Elkins. L
le is controlled by the rich men and pub
V lie thieves who are not astonished a
i our growing surplus but say they cal
find plenty of ways TO spend it. o
4 course such men can spend it. Per
d haps they want to spend it on a navy