The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-20
The Banner.
BENNINGTON. VERMONT
Thursday Afternoon, March 20, 1890.
REPUBLICANS.

The Boston Journal publishes long
letter, and saws of it editorially: Forbes
letter on the political outlook in Vermont
will interest the Republicans OF the
Green Mountain State. 1t is plain that
there is no lack of suitable material
from which to select strong nominees IN
the next Republican State Convention.
We give some extracts: The Repub-
lican State Committee will meet at an
early day to select a time and place for
holding the biennial convention of 1890
for the nomination of candidates for
Governor, Lieutenant-Govern State
Treasurer, Secretary of State and Audi
tor of Accounts.
THE basis of representation in the
coming State convention will be the vote
cast for the Republican candidate for
Governor in 1888. Each town will be
entitled to one delegate at large and an
additional delegate for each one hun
bred votes and for each fraction OF one
hundred votes over fifty cast for VIM.
P, Dillingham; for Governor at the last
September election. The Republican
majority for Governor in 1888 was the
largest ever given the party nominee for
this office in this State, being 1878.
"On the basis of representation indi-
Gated the convention will be composed
of some III delegates, divided by count
les as follows:
Addison, 68; Bennington, AZ; Chit
tenden, 60; Caledonia, As; Essex, 10;
Franklin, 81; Grand Isle, II; Lamoille,
30; Orange, AS. Orleans, 40; Rutland,
90; Windham, So; Washington, %,
Windsor, so.
THE State convention in 1888 was held
at Montpelier on June 81, and the COM
ing convention will either be holden there
or at Burlington. The date will prob
ably be fixed for some day in June.
THE Gubernatorial ante-convention
canvas was opened unusually early this
year, and, although it is some three
months before the candidate for Cover
nor will be selected to head the State
ticket the lines of battle in the Guber-
Material contest are sharply defined, and
the contending forces in the Republican
party are in large numbers marshaled
under the banners of the dual aspirants
for the nomination-(jol. Urban A.
Woodbury. of Burlington and Hon. Car
roll S. Page of Hyde Park.
Both candidates are well and favor.
ably known to the Republican voters OF
the State and both are substantial and
successful business men. Either one
would give the State good and an
economical administration.
1.-The question of who shall be Lieu
tenant Governor has not as yet been
discussed by the State press. There are
a number of good names which have
been suggested by leading Republicans
residing in the counties on the east eide
of the State. Orleans county has Hon.
Josiah Grout, Caledonia county has Hon.
Henry c. Bates, Col. Franklin Fairbanks
and Col. T. G. Fletcher, Orange county
has Major John G. Stearns, and Windsor
county has Hon. Marsh o. Perkins, any
one of whom would fill the Office of
Lieutenant. Governor acceptably.
There is an evident inclination in
some quarters to make change in some
other State offices, and candidates for
the succession have appeared in the field
either in person or by proxy.
THE policy of the dominant party in
Vermont has been to retain in office for
a considerable period of time the State
Treasurer, Secretary of State and Auditor
of Accounts. Thus from 1866 to 1882
Hon. John A. Page was the incumbent
of the office of State Treasurer He was
suCCeeueu III 1909 Ny Hull " III IL Du
Bots of West Randolph. The advocates
of rotation in office favor the candidacy
of Hon. Henry F. Field, Cashier of the
Rutland County National Bank. Mr..
Geo. u. Dowley Of Brattleboro is also
tavorably mentioned for State Treasurer.
State Treasurer Du Bots is a candidate
for denomination,
Hon. Chas. w. Porter of Montpelier
has been Secretary of State since 1884.
His predecessor. Hon. George Nichols,
held the office 90 years. The name of
Chauncey w. Brownell, Jr., Secretary
of the Senate, is spoken of for this Office.
Secretary Porter is a candidate for re-
nomination,
"Hon. E. Henry Powell Of Riohford,
was elected Auditor of Accounts in 1878.
Some of his predecessors have held the
office 90 years, These officials have sat
isfactorily performed the duties of their
respective offices. The present outlook
is favorable to the denomination of
Auditor Powell, S ate Treasurer Du Bots
and Secretary of State Porter. But the
situation may change as to these offices
during the next three months.