St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-06-19

The republican convention of 1890
will go down in history as the most
memorable one in the history of the
party in Vermont. 1t was the
largest ever held, 100 out of 73O del
egates being present. 1t was the
longest, lasting from Il O'Clock to 5.
1t was the most important as so
many political regulations were there
made and unmade.
Promptly at 1 I o'clock the conven-
ton was called to order by Gen @.
w. Grandey of Vergennes, chairman
of the state republican committee.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Gal
lagher of Montpelier. EX-Speaker J.
L. Martin OF Brattleboro was nomi-
mated chairman, and he made an elO
quent speech. After more prelimina-
ries Hon. p K. Gleed of MOrrisville
placed in nomination for governor
Hon. c. S. Page in an eloquent, pol
ished and intelligent address. He
was frequently applauded. Ex-GOv.
BarstOw of Shelburne nominated
Col. U. A. Woodbury., laying especial
stress upon his record as a soldier.
There was more enthusiasm for Col.
Woodbury., especially when his
soldier record was touched upon.
Mr. Page was seconded by a very
long winded speech by Hon. George
Wilkins of Stowe; by DIR. H. d. Hol-
ton of BrattlebOrO, who said that
Windham county was opposed to
promotion; Henry l.. Clark of Cas-
Teton, who was appointed on the
railroad commission by Gov. Bars
tow and was afterwards succeeded
by Gov. BarstOw; Frank d. Hale of
Lunenburg, who said Essex county
was pledged to reform; Editor Malo
ney of the RichfOrd Gazette, who
though a Grand Army man said he
was not here in his Grand Army ca
pacity; Mr. Hubbard of Chelsea; c.
A. Smith of Stockbrldge; Judge O. H.
Austin of Barton Landing, who made
of the best speeches there; Prot. c.
A Bunker of Peacham, who made a
strong point for the farmers.
Woodbury's nomination was sec
onded by Geo. E. Lawrence of Rut-
land; d. K. Simonds of Manchester,
who said there was no promotion
rule and that when two men were
equally good Vermont always took
the soldier; c. A. Prouty ofNewport
who made an eloquent plea for the
old soldier; H. NJ Stevens of st.
Adams; l. p Ladd of Alburg;
H. c. Bates of st. .Johnsbury.
The result of the first and only
ballot was as follows: Whole num-
Der of votes cast, 729; necessary for
a choice, 365; of these Page had
1877; Woodbury. 337; NJ. w. Davis
of Westminster 3; Gen. ]. G. Nc
Culloch of Manchester 1; Gov. Will
liam p. Dillingham; of Waterbury 1;
Gen. William Wells of Burlington /.
The result was received with pro-
longed cheers.
After dinner it was expected that
there would be break for Col. @. w.
Hooker of BrattleborO. He was en-
Enthusiastically nominated and Alex.
Dunnett of this place withdrew the
name of Henry c. Ide in favor of
Col. Hooker But the farmers and
many of the veterans rallied around
the banner of Col. Henry A. Fletcher
of Cavendish, and he was nominated
on the first ballot, receiving 317
votes, Hooker 297, Ide 2, scattering
f. The result was a great surprise
to Col. Hooker, who had already
come upon the stage to make a
speech.
w. H. Dubois of West Randolph
was nominated to succeed himself as
state treasurer and II. F. Field of
Rutland was his competitor The
latter won by majority of II, the
vote standing $40 for Field and 272
for Dubois.
Secretary of State Porter was COM
pletely showed under by the popular
Burlington lawyer, {. w. Brownell,
Tr. The latter had sol votes to
Porter's 90.
c. \. Prouty of Newport made
strong plea for retaining E. Henry
Powell of Richford as auditor on
the ground of economy. The other
candidates were Norman Paul of
Woodstock and Frank D. Hale of
of Lunenburg. Mr.. Powell was
chosen, the vote standing 3O1 for
Powell, 200 for Hale, 90 for Paul.
Further particulars will be given
next week.
Convention Echoes.
Page demonstrates again his ablll-
ty to figure, the vote of 10 counties
not VARYING a vote, one county vary
ing only one, and one county only
three votes from the figures fur
nished his friends by him in the early
morning
Mr.. Ide was left because the con-
vention wanted a veteran TO serve.
with the civilian. Some of his friends
claimed that Windham county traded
Hooker for Page but this is emphati-
cally denied by all Page men and all
the Windham county delegates