The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-27
The Prohibition State Convention.

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The Prohibitionists convened at Rut-
land Wednesday. We condense from
the Herald report:
Pro6fbdfSHT C6HVehvnnE"n "n~pi Of t~ ;f"" .
stead;Iv ali day. Most of those who at
to,"JaJ tba Gonyention rame on the
EetiuG ...us IGSiIg Trans. The State Committee
held meeting in the Bardwell house
before dinner. Matters in general we're
discussed and the ticket of State officers
as presented to the Convention in the
afternoon was practically made up. Al
though this was one of the smallest
State Conventions ever held by the par
ty a good deal of enthusiasm was mani
tested and the officers nominated as
though they stood some chance of being
elected. The majority of those present
were gray-headed men, and the young
men could be counted on the fingers of
one hand. This was mass Convention
and no regularly elected delegates were
sent. E. l.. Allen of Fair Haven, who
headed the Prohibition ticket in 1890, S
again at the head of the ticket, and Wen
dell p. Stafford of st. Johnsbury is the
nominee for the Lieutenant Governor
ship.
There were just 81 men and one wom-
an in the hall when G.. l.. Story of Ba-
kersfield, Secretary of the State Com
mittee, called the meeting to order.
While the Committees were in session
]. L. Fort of Weybridge presented res
olution authorizing the chair to organize
a young mems Prohibition League. The
resolution was adopted, and the chair
appointed j. L. Fort, F. A. Taylor and
NJ. Barnes to organize the League.
The Committee on nominations pre-
sented these nominations for State otti-
GERS and it was accepted as whole:
Governor, E. L. Allen of Fair Haven.
Lieutenant Governor, W. P. Stafford
of st. Johnsbury.
Secretary of State, E. T. Griswold of
Bennington.
Treasurer, Milon Davidson of New
fame.
Auditor, H.IF. Conings of East Berk-
shire.
Observation-Disclosures E. P. Hanson of
Bradford, II. N. Seeley of Middlebury,
William Mcneil of Shelburne. S. L. Wis
well of Cabot.
Member of Congress from First Dis
trict, Rodney Whittemore of st. Albans.
Member of Congress from the Second
District, W. P. Houghton of Lyndon.
These delegates to the National Prohi-
bition Convention to be held in Cincin-
natl, June Goth and Both were elected:
w. p. Stafford of st. Johusbury, G. II.
Field of Charlotte, L. W. Hanson of
Bradford, Rodney Whittemore of st. AL
bans, G. e. Crowell of Brattleboro, A. o.
Ferguson of Burlington, Don Atwood OF
of Castleton, G. w. Wyman of Brattle-
boro, H. r. Mack of Hardwick.
Alternates w. L. Pearl of st. Johns
bury, Rev. A. N. Woodruff of Jericho,
w. Z. S. Cellen of Bradford, G. L. Story
of Bakersfield, William Mcneil of Shell.
burne, J. S. Brown of BrattlebOro. G. c.
Thrall of Rutland, Milon Davidson oI
Newfane, Rev. Charles Brown of East
Hardwick.
The usual resolutions were adopted
These deputy Democrats, through theil
speaker, in the evening enunciated this
belief: "Prohibition is not a principle
with either the Republican or Democra
party in either Maine or Vermont
Either of them would go back on it to
morrow, if, politically, they were to lost
anything by it. So the best reason VIII!
there should be National political par
| ty is that it will unite the people who
want to see the saloon interestp put down
| and at the same time take advantage o
our divided foes. The men who believe
alike on this question must get together
from Maine to Texas and we will surely
win"
The Committee on the formation of ;
young mems Prohibition League report
ed and officers of the League were elect
ed from the floor of the Convention
These are the officers:
President, J. D. Whiteside of Yer
| gennes.