St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
COUNTY CONVENTION.


Followed by few Stirring Speeches.
The republican county convention |
was held in the Town hall last |
Thursday. The call was read at
1890 a. m. by Judge Charles Rogers
of Wheelock and the convention
organized by electing Alexander Dun
nett chairman, and Prof. c. A. |
Bunker of Peacham and Arthur F. |
Stone, secretaries.
Mr.. Dunnett made a short but |
eloquent address on the present con-
dition of the republican party and
their bright outlook for success next
fall.
The temporary organization was
made permanent, after which Charles
Wilson of Danville moved to proceed
to nominate the officers. Harry
Blodgett moved to appoint COM
mittee from each town to make the
nomina tions. Mr.. Blodgett's mo-
tion prevailed and the convention
proceeded to organize a nomina ting
committee. Hon. H. c. Ide, Prof.
c. A. Bunker and Judge Charles
Rogers were appointed a committee
on resolutions The convention then
adjourned until p. m.
The nominating committee met in
the court room at 11.3O and organ
lied by electing Col. T. c. Fletcher
chairman, and Prof. c. A. Bunker,
clerk. These officers were then
nominated with highly compliment
tary speeches:
For senators, Albro F. Nichols of
St. Johnsbury, B. F. Lincoln of
Lyndon.
For side judges, T. B. Hall of
Groton and Melvin E. Tucker of
! Hardwick.
For states attorney, H. c. Bates
of St. Johnsbury.
For sheriff, Lorenzo Sullowa of
St. Johnsburv.
For judge of probate, Walter P.
Smith of ST. Johnsbury.
For high bailiff, Abel Wakefield of
Hardwick
For county commissioner, Walter
H Weeks of Wheelock. Prof. Bunker
was nominated for this office, but
declined.
These nominations were read by
Col. Fletcher when the convention
assembled in the afternoon.
This resolution was then offered by
Harry Blodgett:
Resolved, That the county committee
call the next convention as delegate
convention, the basis of representation to
be the same as at the state convention
one delegate for each town and one ad-
ditional delegate for every one hundred
republican votes or fraction of hun
dred larger than fifty.
The resolution was adopted and
the county has held it's last mass
convention, and will hold future con-
ventions as the other 13 counties in
the state hold theirs
Hon. H. c. Ide then presented
these resolutions:
The republicans of Caledonia county in
convention assembled deem it unnec-
essary to make a new statement of the
principles in which we believe. We adopt
in full the platform of the late republican
national convention, as containing a
comprehensive and wise declaration OF
principles of our party and of measures
that we believe will tend to the increased
prosperity of our whole country.
We pledge our unanimous support to
the candidates there nominated, as well
as to the nominees of the late republican
state convention, and to the nominees
of this convention.
With nominees and principles entirely
to our satisfaction, we promise to do
well our part towards giving an old-time
republican majority in Vermont on the
first Tuesday in September, and thus
striking the key note to the great nation
al battle.
Speeches were then made ratifying
the ticket
H. c. Bates was the first speaker
and in an eloquent address he touch
ed upon the party's record upon the
tariff, reciprocity, the ballot in the
South, immigration, legislation in
favor of the workingmen, freedom OF
the press and freedom of speech, and
reduction of postage. Mr.. Bates
thanked the convention for the nomi-
nation he had received.
L. D. Hazen gave a short account
of the more important features of the
Minneapolis convention, to which he
was delegate. He said there was
no hostility to Blaine or Harrison
and that every republican was now
going to work for Harrison's S re-elec-
ton.
Henry c. Ide thought the county
ticket was good one; he liked the