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

Rutland county and of the united deega-
ton from Rutland he seconded the nomina-
ton of Colonel Woodbury.. [Applause.l
DIR. H. ID. Holton of Brattleboro had the
advantage of speaking from the platform,
and he spoke well. 1t has been the prac-
tice recently not to promote from the lower
to the higher Office and he would regret a
return to the old rule of promotion AT the
suggestion of almost the entire delegation
from Windham county he seconded the
nomination of Mr. Page. The voters at
home are almost unanimous in wishing to
vote for him in September. Windham
county has about one-fourth of the savings
bank deposits of the state, and the deposit
ors remember the services of Mr.. Page as
inspector of finance. This was another
reason why he seconded the nomination of
the man from Hyde Park.
ID. X. Simonds of Manchester also spoke
from the platform, and he was distinctly
heard all over the hall. For Bennington
county he would second the nomination
of Colonel Woodbury.. Our people at home,
said he, do not want to be bound by any
rule. 1t was unfortunate-or fortunate
that there were two good candidates for the
nomination. One must ride behind. Which
shall itbe? "a voice-"W Woodbury. Colonel
Woodbury., continued Mr.. Simonds, is the
peer of any business man of Vermont. The
speaker admired his rulings in the last SEN
ate In every spot and place in which he
has been found, from the war time to the
present, he has fulfilled his duty as a man.
1t has been the principle of the republican
party since the war, when two candidates
of equal merit are presented, to take the
soldier. Shall the gallant state of Vermont
be the first to go back on it? (Cries of
NopD
Henry l.. Clark of Castleton seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Page in strong speech.
1t is a good many years since the war
! closed, said he. He honored the soldiers,
but some men had been so unfortunate as
to be born after the war. "a voice" Page
wasn't.') Must they wait until the last old
soldier is dead before they can get an office?
We have appointed a commissioner who is
at work trying to induce foreigners to locate
in Vermont but it will be better for the
state to give civilians some recognition than
to get foreigners here. He spoke for the
minority of the Rutland county delegation.
c. A. Prouty of Newport, in behalf of
thirty-two out of the forty-nine delegates
| from Orleans county, seconded Colonel
Woodbury's nomination for two reasons:
First, because three fourths of the people of
the west side of the state ask for him; and,
secondly, he is a soldier. He is an older
man than Page, who can better afford to
wait few years before becoming governor
than can Colonel Woodbury.. If the latter
is defeated, he can not recover from it. He
will carry the defeat through life.
Henry M. Stevens of st. Adams, for the
delegation from Franklin county, seconded
the nomination of Colonel Woodbury..
#. d. Hale of Lunenburg spoke for MIR.
Page in behalf of twenty-five out of twenty
two delegates from Essex county. Page
stands for an economical and conservative
administration of the state, said he. He
has used his great executive ability for
many years for the party. In a time OF
peace he has battled valiantly for the re-
republican party.
w. II. Narramore of Bakersfield repre-.
scented the minority of Franklin county that
should be honored. That was right But
what of the man who has served for eight
cen years? Make him governor! The
speaker was Grand Army man, but he
was not in the convention as a Grand Army
man.
S. b. Hebard of Chelsea said that a debt
of gratitude is due the man who has served
the party so well. For the majority Of
Orange county he seconded the nomination
of Mr.. Page.
DR.. G. G. Smith of Stockbridge said he was
a private in the army, and he was for Page
The men who serve their country in hall.
of legislation have claims that should be
recognized as we'll as those who were OF
the field. Vermont through Mr. Page
fired the first gun of the campaign of 1888
the full boom of which was heard in the ma
tional election and the reverberatOns o
which were heard last fall in the new states
of the Northwest This is something to be
remembered.
o. II. Austin of Barton Landing probabl,
made the most effective speech of the day
He spoke, in behalf of the minority of Or
leans county, for Page He was, he said
not false to the sentiment of gratitude to thu
soldiers of the war when he believed tha
men should stand ON their merits in thu
vote for a governor. 1t was one of the chic
glories of a soldier that he return to his du
ties of civilian with the determination t.
vote for the best interests of the state, Blu
he would not stand on the rubbish of an!
mans ruin. His heart was warm 70
Colonel Woodbury., who came into his owl
regiment after he was wounded, but hi
candid judgment said that it would be bette
for the republican party, which he loved bet
ter than either candidate that Page shout,
be nominated The energy and industr,
and integrity of this man ought always to in
spire our young men, and, with perfect 10y
atty to the best sentiment of the soldiers o
Vermont, he would support Page. Ap
plausel.
Jed p Ladd of Alburgh for Grand Isl
Il. To-, lN,l.