Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-24

LEVI K.
was renewed, and about 10 o'clock the
delegates began to wend their way to the
Howard opera house. 1t became generally
known that Gen. Kingsley had withdrawn
from the contest for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ship. 1t was 10:30 when Chairman Bald
win of the state committee called the con-
vention to order. During the previous
half hour the Howard orchestra had oc-
cupied attention with various selections.
The delegates were arranged by counties,
those from the east side of the state to the
right and those from the west to the left
of the centre aisle, with Windham and
and Chittenden in the rear. Prayer was
offered 10y Rev. DIR. Hawes Of Burlington.
Secretary Page of Rutland read the call for
the convention, and the supplementary
call in reference to the presidential electors.
On motion of Mr.. Slade of Middlebury the
reading of the roll was dispensed with.
Chairman Baldwin said that the present
scene recalled the convention of 1883. when
a gentleman in an inspiring speech said
give us that favorite son of Indiana, Ben
jamin Harrison. In his next few word,
the chairman made peculiar lapsus, fol
in his reference to Harrison he started in
by speaking of that liable leader James G.
BENJAMIN Harrison" But at once ther,
were cries of "Blaine, Blaine" and a com
mingling of laughter and applause. Only
a moment later there was still NOR,
hearty and spontaneous outburst wher
Harrison was mentioned. Gen. j. G.. Me
Cullough of Bennington, who was tn,
speaker of lSSS to whom Mr. Baldwin
referred, was then introduced as the mar
who had been selected for temporary chair
man. Mr.. Baldwin said that Gen. Nc
Cullough had done all that he could L
atone for not being born a Nermonter b,
marrying a Vermont woman. Gen. Me
Cullough then delivered an able and eN
tended speech. He thanked the convention
for comforting upon him the honors of pre-
siding officer. and said that the gatherin!
showed that it had the old Harrison ring
and for one he felt like asking What
the matter with Harrison?" and back cam
the response from the delegates Hes al
right! Gen. Mccullough further said il
substance:
Nermont's election in the presidential
year. Gen. Mccullough said, consists il
the fact that she leads the column, and i
the victory is sufficiently pronounced, i
the Republican majority is sufficiently ac
centuated, if her banner is full high al
vanced, it will carry within its folds the in
spiraton to the whole grand army that viii
lead the party yet once again to magnifi
cent triumph in November Why shoul,
We not be victorious? There never ha
been such party. Born to resist the en-
croachments of the slave power, it neve
stopped in its upward course until ever
bondman had been made free and every fire
man voter 1t administered the nationa
government and upheld the constitution an
the laws and preserved the very existence @
the nation through all the yicisSitudes q
the life and death struggle of the Civil wal
aye, at a cost OF a thousand of millions @
treasure. over more than 200O battlefield,
at sacrifice of more than 800, 900 loya
sons, it carried the banner triumphant
through that was typical thenceforth an
forever of a union redeemed. regenerate
and disenthralled.' And after the wa
was over it was called on to solve problem
in the council chamber only less momer
tous than those it had solved ON the field
Through all the troublous days and night
of reconstruction it was bending its might
.I | aOaruias in fha effort a tho fr11if
of the war in the new amendments to tn
constitution, 1t wrote into the funda
mental law the great principle of the grea
declaration and made America in yer
truth the Gland of the free" The speak
er then traced the development of tn
country and the connection of the Repul
can party with its prosperity, continuin
as follows: "And now, under these tw
magnificent and beneticent policies of pre-
lection and reciprocity-the one multiply
ing and diversifying our manufacturing il
dustries and enlarging our home market
the other giving us an outlet for surplus {
field and factory in foreign markets. al
persuaded this cOuntryis but on the thresl
old of a greater and grander epoch in il
history than any in the past"
In his praise of Harrison's administr;
the able lieutenants, and the names {
Blaine and Mckinley and Proctor wei
greeted with prolonged applause. Harr
son was the commander of them all an
stood for them all (great applause), II
has proven himself so able and $50 clear
his great Office that his countrymen ca
point to him as filling to its full measul
the chief magistracy of the first republic {
the world
The second name on the ticket was
worthy mate. No higher praise could |
given to Whitelaw Reid than that he was
self-made man in the best sense of IL
word. NemOnters should remember tn
it is the result which counts. BenningtC
made Saratoga possible and later on Yorl
town. The action of Vermont Republican
in September should be SO indicative al
inspiring as to make sure a magnitcel
Republican national victory in NOyembe
Gen. Mccullough was frequently inte
rupted with applause.