The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25

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Washington. ......... %i
Windham. - -
Windsor. .......-.... 20 II
Totals ..... 3nl 200 -
The convention then adjourned, shortly
after five o'clock.
NOTES ON CONVENTION.
WHERE was Judge Royce and the HJolp
"TnEREs nothing like leather" after
all"
In looked as if the gallery had been
packed for Woodbury. There was method
in its applause and the part it took in the
nominating oratory.
ON the west side Rutland county, it will
be observed, carries the Page banner, after
Spunky Lamolle, which would of course
stand 10y her favorite son
THE Free Press of Friday morning had an
admirable report. 1t was both impartial
and accurate--a piece of thoroughly good
newspaper work and credit to the ability
of its reporter.
THAT old Congregational minister will
kill Pagen was the agonizing remark of an
intensely outraged follower of the man from
Hyde Park, in the corridor of the Opera
house while the irrcpressble Esquire
wilkins of Stowe was delivering his homily
on honesty
The " free-pass brigade was ON deck.
Correspondence from trustworthy men
shows that free passes were furnished many
Ill 81, 81. Ia
These little billets seem to have played an
important part at the caucuSes in counties
that were made " solid for Woodbury."
ESQUIRE JOEL c. of Rutland made the
point against Paul of Woodstock who had
been presented to the convention for the
authorship, that he didn't want two old
bachelors on the ticket and both from
Windsor county. Aspirants for Office should
take warning and procure wife before the
next canvass opens.
GALLANT LITTLE Essen was Pages ban
ner county. Every one of her twenty-five
delegates was chosen to support Mr. Page,
but in the voting one delegate seems to have
strayed from the Page into the Woodbury.
fold. Against many difficulties, but under
a wise and untiring and unsleeping local
management, this splendid result was
achieved,
The Klocl of Pawlet was striking wild
when he nominated for lieutenant-governor
Colonel George w Woodbury." a sim
liar conyeteHpS, which was greeted with
peal on peal of laughter, occurred in the
house of representatives in 1856, when john
Cnrrier closed an ELUSIVE speech nominate
ing the democratic candidate for United
States senator by presenting the name of
Hon George L. Edmunds
ORANGE, Windham and Windsor covered
themselves with glory, but Orleans showed
the trail of the custom-house serpent.
| Speaker CIRCUITS brother-in-law was given
the biggest plum in the customs service at
Newport, and tine county was carried for
Woodbury.. The calf-skin monopoly lie is
the peg on which this result is hung, but il
is an insult to the intelligence of even d
young bovine to credit for an instant so pal
pable an absurdity. The county paper,
zealously espoused the cause of Mr.. Page
and strenuousy sustained him, but truth
and reason .buclSed in vain against the Gus
| tom-house bride.
RopERICK DHU and Fitz James, the heroe,
of SCOTS 81 Lady of the Lake" but morta
enemies, forgot their deadly hostility
around the friendly watch-fre in that nigh
encampment among. the Highlands. Over
come 10y sleep
The brave foemen, side by side,
Lay peaceful down like brothers tried "
So Mr.. Page and Colonel Woodbury., at tn,
formers headquarters at the Pavilion, sa
and chatted in friendly way while th
convention was deciding which should hav
the prize for which he had contended 81
stoutly and which should be doomed to bit
ter disappointment inspiring eXampl
to the followers of each cheftain,
THE Essex county delegation discovers
on Wednesday that neither the delegat
from the town of Norton nor lis substitut
had put in an appearance. II turned on
that from some cause both, who wer
Page men, were staying at home. The me
of Essex got their backs up, Nortons dele
gate should be represented in the convention
The wires We're brought into requisiton. !
substitute selected by the alternate reache
Island Pond Wednesday afternoon. Their
lie procured team and, by driving a
night, arrived at Montpelier, "A distance
seventy miles, about eight o'clock, cold AM
hungry, and cast his vote for Carroll )
Page His name is Hazen e. Ames, Tall
one more for gallant little Essex.
CANDIDATE FLETCHER is a bachelor, an
in his cool way good deal of a wag. II
has served several terms in the house, an
in 1886 was IA senator, In his whole publ
career he has been IA vgilaut guardian
the treasury and an nieXibe opponent
expenditures of doubtful eXpedency. VIII
is the cost of the proposed measure, t