The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-19
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Machine wins After Close Fight nn
NOminates Josiah GrOut by Three Ma
jOrity-Plan 10 Nominate hnothe
Gr0ther for Lieutenant GOvernOr-Hos
ProhibitOry Rites We're Invoked q
. Control the ntiOn--Ticket Com
pIeted without Further squabbIe.
The ring or rather chain OF ring
wen at the Republican state conven
ton at Burlington Wednesday. though
in tho closest and hottest fight sine
the Billings Converse affair of 1872
which was carried by one maiorit,
against Billings. while one Of his del
egates was out after a fan. t wa
closer and even more deceptive u
caucus results than the Page Wood
bury contest of 1890 Every delegate
from the state was present and two
more than the erroneous call OF the
state committee had provided for.
Mai Josiah Gtout was nominated
for governor by vote Of G}9 to S'6 FOL
W. W. Stickney.
The outcome was all the more sur
prising because two of the leading
Grout papers had on that morning sub
stantially given up the fight The ST.
Adams Messenger figured that the del
egates as elected stood 81 for Stick =
ney to 1893 for GroUt. The Burlington
News figures we're Stickney 3i2, Grout
1893. Mr.. Stickney himself claimed
fiom reports made to him from the eau
cuses that he had over 34l sure and
probably dozen more and about
800 for Grout. But somehow the
Stickney delegates didn't stick after
they reached the ground. There was
slump from the claims 10 Fairhaven,
Jericho and Salisbury. Three that
were counted sure were lost from
Chittenden county, one from Rutland
and one from Bennington and so on.
The Rutland Herald describes the
process thus:
The machine had all the ''sincws OF war OF
certain kinds and lot of men long trained in
their use. The air has been full OF talk of post
offices and small political dickering. with here
and there word about plain "boodle." Ger
tain 1t is that by some means the machine cap
tured a delegate here anu there un'il the SICK
ney majority was gone.
Mai. Grout and his managers were
not SO profuse as the Stickney crowd
with their figures. but they kept say
ing with quiet confidence that they
we're 'sure of a majority.
The convention was called to order
by Chairman Merrill at 10:40 Rev.
Edwin Haws offered prayer and = oil. A.
A. Hall of st. 4 lbans was made tenn
porary chairman. Col. Halls speech
was a model one OF its kind, short,
pithy. full OF bright turns of thought
and eloquent at points, especially at
its talk 'of Republican enthusiasm.
bora of Republican atmosphere. sur
charged with the purest ozone. 1t was
largely eulogy of Maj. Mckinley
and when the candidates name was
mentioned there was much enthusi
asm, put when the speaker mentioned |
=" Reed, the broad minded. fearless and |
wise statesman, the noise was GER
tainly good deal louder. though the /
Mckinley men try to claim that ii was |
"A less number that made it. !
4. {. Woodwork of Arlington was +
the secretary and the temporary orgau
izatiun was made permanent, with the
of vice president from each
count, as follows:
Addison, ii u uibbari. Bennington, W II
Bradiord, Caledonia, George r Blair; Chitten.
den. r Burgess; Essex, II W Lund; Frank
lin, John Perkins; Grand Isle, Edwin Adams;
Lamoilie, 4 III >hattnck, Orange, NJ Gleason;
Orleans Henry ; Tolmon; Rutland, Leandcr
jray; Washington, Hiram Husc; windham,
II 4 TAYLOR; Windsor, Marsh Perkins.
The resolutions committee consisted
Df:
Windsor, William T. Jolnsan; Addison, VI
Silds. Bennington, Frank { Archibald; Gale.
ion!a, III 1de; Chttepden, { III Hayden, Es-
eN, 7 III Dale; Franklin, l. Leayens; Grand
sic, + I.adue Lamoilie, w ii Parker: or
nge, Cassius Peck. Orleans Charles II Jones /
rutland, Justin Batchcider; Washington. T. +
'almer; Windham, Hosea Mann ir.
Col. K Haskins of Brattleboro in
reduced a resolution, whieh had been
greed upon by both sides and was
dopted, providing for a committee
It six to receive the ballots, for the use
4 the roll as a check list and check
ach name as voted. and for vote by
ounties. Much eloquence was let off
n the nominating speeches The most
ertield of Derby Line in presen ting
iaj. CIRCUIT AND appealing to old sol
iers to support him. Col II. A. Fletch-
r of Cavendish named Stickney in
enalf of unanimous Windsor county
nd it was received with vociferous
heering that lasted several minutes.
he Stickney men, Who wore handsome
adges, had seemed to ne in big &
laiority all day and the night before
nd this episode strengthened the i'm +
ression that he WAS winner Rev. q
!. j. Ranslow of Swanton seconded
rout, bringing in the farmer arg II
ment. which was greeted with d
bouts of derision. He also made the o
locality argument, because Frank
n county had not had governor for
long. Quick as a flash, II. \ Huse of