Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22

The convention of dissatisfied Republi
cans" held at Newfane on Monday, was
not large enough in numbers or spirited
enough in its proceedings to make the &C.
casion a really entertaining one. Only
seven towns were represented and it APP
peared from the number of votes cast that
the number of active participants was only
30, though nearly as many others were
there as more or less sympathetic specta-
tors The fewness of numbers, however,
did not discourage the earnestness of the
proceedings, and the leaders stated in pri-
vate their belief that while not many peo
| pie will take the trouble to come out to such
way on election day. There was no bold,
outspoken statement of grievances made in
the convention. The one objection to the
regular Republican ticket was that its can
didates for senators are railroad men. +"
1t was perfectly evident that what the ma
jority of those present from the upper dis
trict wished to do was to nominate a candi-
date for senator in place of Mr. Melendy
and endorse the rest of the ticket with the
possible exception of Mr.. Hit for states at
torney, but the Dummerston and Brattle-
borO participants were there to nominate
Mr. Newton and they did it in spite of the
evident misgivings and cautionary words
of Mr.. Follett of Townshend and Mr.. Davis
of Londonderry. No objection was raised
to Mr.. Melendy on the score of his charac-
far Ct nd s,ffi
claim urged in private was that before Mr..
Mr.. Balls Rockingham friends decided to
present his name at the regular convention
they learned from Londonderry that that
town, TO which the nomination belonged by
reason of location, would not present a can
didate. They then brought forward Mr..
Bali, who is locally a strong and popular
man. but certain members of the Brattle-
boro delegation stepped in and secured the
nomination Of Mr.. Meendy, a railroad"
mainland they thought -four delegates
from one Brattleboro law office was too
much" This appeared to he the size and
the substance of the grievance in the upper
district
There was humorous side in the advo-
cacy and nomination of Mr. Ball, manufac
turer, while opposing Mr. Smith, man of
the same general stamp, which those who
took this action apparently did not discov-
err. In the same way it was amusing to see
the convention go on and put candidates in
nomination without first having some as
surance that they would accept the honors
thus offered them.
Announcement is elsewhere made of the
declination of Mr. Ball, Mr.. Allbee and Mr..
Titus TO stand as candidates This leaves
Mr., Newton practically the only nominee
of the convention in the field, and he occu.
pies the decidedly peculiar position of a
candidate who was beaten fairly and open
ly in the regular convention, and accepted
his defeat in that convention by asking
permission to vote, though not delegate,
on the motion to make the nomination of
his competitor unanimous, while he now
appears as an active bolter, presiding over
the boilers convention aud accepting their
nomination for the place which he could
not secure in the regular convention.
The outcome of this convention confirms
our judgment, expressed two weeks ago,
that the movement would not acquire force
enough or numbers enough to give it
strength or standing before the county. 1t
is the right of every Republican to protest
against methods which he does not believe
in, but the better way under the circum-
stances existing would have been to state
the grievance, make the protest, and then
support the regular ticket-and in two
years from now look out for the politicians
and their willy ways. AS the bolt" now
stands, under the attitude of the candi-
dates nominated, it seems evident that it
will amount simply to more or less scratch
ing of the regular Republican ticket in a
few towns, but not enough to affect Sc
riously the usual Republican majorities.