The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-17
THE VERMONT DEMOCRATEs.

The meeting of the Democracy in the
persons of its State Committee, last
week, called out the following press de
spatch, special to the Sunday Budget.
''The Democrats of Vermont are moth
ing if not unique in their methods and
conventions, and they never do anything
by halves except on election day, when
they cast even less than half as large a
vote as the Republicans. There being
no opportunity for influencing elections,
state and national, they naturally seek to
cast their shadow before and accordingly
| they deal i'll announcements calculated
to attract the attention of the country to
themselves and magnify their own i'm
portance, while at the same time appear
ing to be molding or shaping public senti-
ment in the party. 1t was no surprise,
therefore, that at the meeting of the
State and District Committees at the
Pavilion Hotel in Montpelier, on Thurs
day of last week, it should be voted to
incorpate in the state convention, a
specific high license plank, also one fav-
oring ballot reform, revenue reform and
uniform poll tax or that it should be
given out that the general sentiment of
those present was all in favor of Cleve-
land for President next time instead of
allowing the state convention to discuss
these matters and take action thereon in
the good old Democratic way. The
members of the committee are really all
good fellows, and withal shrewd enough
to see that if slate was not sent out in
advance there would be large amount
of true Democratic freedom of speech on
these subjects in the next convention,
and as much, if not more kicking than
in several recent state conventions.
"There were present at the meeting,
Editor Hiram Atkins, chairman: John
II. Senter, secretary; G.. W. Burleson of
ST. Adams, E. L. Sargent of st. Johns
bury, G. w. Aiken of Troy, T. j. Boyn-
ton of Montpelier, II. f. Brigham of
Bakersfield, A. NJ. Dickey of Bradford.
II. Z. Fitzgerald of Island Pond, j. b.
Finnegan of Fairfield, G. W. Beardsley
of Alburg, T. S. Sherman of Castleton,
George Atkins, l.. S. Brigham of Brattle-
borO, II. p. Fisher and Clarence ii. Pikin,
who was U. S. district attorney for
| Vermont under Cleveland. 1t was voted
to hold the State and District conven-
tons in Burlington, Thursday, May 20.
! The most prominent candidate talked of
for Governor is the Hon. Herbert f.
Brigham of Bakersfield, ex-U. S. Consul
under the late, and by the Vermont
Democrats, much lamented Cleveland.
Next to being Governor of Vermont, the
best thing is to be the Democratic candi-
date for the position, as Governor w.
ii. ii. Bingham can testify. He was
given the title because he ran for Gov
ernor so many times on the Democratic
ticket, and there are many people in the
State who are not aware that he did not
at one time occupy the gubernatOrial
chair The State Committee is now in a
position to say we are the party and
what is curious it would be almost liter
ally true in point of number as well as
influence. Editor Atkins is showing
himself to be a good manager, and his
influence increases steadily. He grows
mellow with years and is actually be-
coming popular with some of the boys.
He even made up with his old enemy, +.
II. Bascom, during his recent illness and
they now fast friends. BY the way, Ed.
itor Atkins, who has no son, is training
up nephew, a bright and capable young
man, to succeed him as editor of the
argus"