The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27

everything hung in the balance. Then three
regiments of Vermonters, under the gallant
Stannard, met this charge and every one
knew hat Appomattox was an established
fact. So on the first Tuesday of next Sep
TENDER | adiure you to roll NJ a victory
that will be read all over this broad land"
The thanks of the convention and three
rousing cheers were given Colonel Hepburn
as he closed his eloquentsaddress.
Chairman Ryder, for the. committee on
resolutions, reported the following plat
form, which was adopted;
1--WE, the republicans of Vermont in con-
vention assembled, re-affirm our adherence
to those principles which for more than
thirty years have kept our country in the
forefront of the march of civilization. AS
a result of a temporary departure of the ma
ton from those principles OF government,
as practiCed by the republican party, we
point to the widespread depression, the
complete stagnation Of business, the hun
dreds of thousands of unemployed working
men, the silent factories, and the intense
distrust of the democratic party, which is
evident wherever the voice of the voter is
heard.
1--WE d%enounce, as especially injurious to
our state, the free wool provision of the
Wilson bill.
1--WE denounce the increase of the tax on
the poor mans breakfast table, which is &C.
C~ompanied by a decrease in the tariff on ar
ticles of luxury.
1--WE denounce the Wilson bill as sectional
in its provisions, as subservient to gigantic
monopolies, as a menace to our varied in
terests, and we predict that, If it becomes a
law, prosperity will not return to our land
until the republican party is again in power.
1--WE declare our belief that the repeal Of
the federal election law was passed in the
interests OF the fraudulent election methods
of the democratic party.
w approve the strenuous efforts of our
Vermont senators and representatives in
congress to end as harmless as possible
prospective tariff legislation.
1--WE favor the continueda and extended use
OF silver in our circulation, within the eX-
tent of the ability of the government to pre-
serve the present parity between gold and
silver, and to this end we will hail with en-
thusiasm all efforts OF the government to
obtain an agreement with all other com
merCial nations to secure the Tree coinage
of silver on any proper ratio.
"In state affairs we promise a continuance
of wise economy, where economy is wise,
and liberality where the best interests of
the state demand liberality.
I'VE pledge our hearty and enthusiastic
support to our candidates this day nomi-
mated, and we promise that we will uphold
the single hand of our gallant leaders in the
coming contest, as were the hands OF Moses
in the wilderness, until the victory is gained.
we pledge ourselves to send out next
September such a greeting to our fellow
republicans all over the land as will en-
courage them to bend every energy to the
practical elimination of the democratic
party as a factor in national politics."
The Montpelier Military Band furnished
excellent music during the day. Among
the representatives of the press present
were j. l.. ~Southwick and w. B. Gates, of
4 the Free Press; r. A. Perkins, of the Rut-
land Herald, G. S.. Forbes, of the st. Adams
Messenger and Boston Journal; Theophilus
Grout, of the Newport Standard; j. b
r A. I I~-~sn- .As-an1
f. Stone, of the St. Johnsbury Cdledonidn,
f. H. Landon, of the Bristol Herald; L. n
Johnson, of the Burlington Clipper; j. w
Ramsay, of the Granite city Leader; w. F,
Scott, Of the Barre Enterprise, f. n. Whit
point, of the New York Press and Chicago
Inter- Ocean,; NJ. f. Atkins, of the Argus,
and E. A. Mutt, of the WATCHMAN.