The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28
Hold Their State and District
Conventions at Montpelier.
Or. J. Henry Jackson Of Barre
Heads The State Ticket.
Attempt to Insert a POpuliSt Free
Silver Plank in the Platform.

The democratic state convention, to
nominate state ticket and to elect
egates-a.-large to the national con-
vention, 10 be held at Chicago, and the
first and second district democratic con-
ventions, to nomint te congressman and
elect delegates to Chicago, were held
at Montpelier on Wednesday. Headed
by the Nor tpelier Military Band, the
delegates marched to the Opera House,
about 400 strong.
Colonel II. F. Brigham of Bakers
field called the con Veution to order,
and j. Fl. Senter of Montpelier, state
secretary, read the call. Felix w. Nc
Gettrick of st. Albans was made tenn
porary chairman and T. H. Lafeur of
Middlebury secretary, with X. j. Coffin
of Bradford and E. T. McGettrick Of
st. Albans as assistants.
In his opening address Mr.. McGt t.
trick was pal ticularly severe on the
silver men and on Mckinley taxation.
He urged geld standard plank in the
platform, enlogized the magnificent
services of Grover Clevt land, declared
that honest currency is of more conse-
quence than men, urged that the Will
son bill be continued, and that the tar
iff law be LEFT practically unchanged,
Mr.. McGt trick was particularly Sc
we're in his arraignmept of the repub-
licans of the state for their maladmir-
istration of The public institutions,
among them the State Prison, House of
Correction and Insane Asylum.
The following tickt t was then placed
in nomination: For governor, DIR. J.
Henry Jackson of Barre; for lieuter-
al t-governor, DR.. Ralph Sherwood of
st. Adams; for treasurer, James H.
Williams of Bellows Falls; for secrc-
tary of state, William W. Ryder of
Bristol; for auditor of accounts, E. T.
Seaver of North Troy; for presidential
electors, D. S. Fulton OF Newbury,
Seneca Haselton of Burlington, Ozro
Meacham of Brandon and w. H.
Childs of Bra ttleboro; for delegates-at-
large, 7. w. Moloney of Rutland,
We'll Valentine of Bennington, S. G.
Shurtleff of Montpelier and p. j. Far
rell of Newport.
During the noon recess the first and
second district conventions were held.
AT the first, p. F. McManus of Rut-
land was nominated for me mber of
congress and Ozro Meacham of Bran
don presidential e)ector. M. Magiff of
st. Albans and J. w. McGeary of Bur-
lington were elected delegates to the
national convention.
The second district convention NOM
mated r. E. Fitzgerald of Island Pond
member OF congress, elected w. H.
Childs of Brattleboro presidential cleo
tor, and Walter H. Cresmer of Bethel
and w. Fl. Minor of Brattleboro de!-
egates to the Chicago convention.
On the re-assembling OF the CONVEX
tion in the afternoon c.. II. Davenport
of Brattleboro, chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions, repoi ted the fol-
lowing:
THE PLATFORM.
"The democrats of Vermont, in con.
vention assembled, heartily commend
and approve the able, patriotic, and
statesmanlike admins stration of Grover
Cleveland. We are especially grateful
for his brave aud timely Venezuelan
message, giving the historic democratic
Monroe doctrine an assured standing in
the civilized world, and the vast benefi-
cence to mankind in the formation of
arbitration principles. We extend
thanks to Secretary Carlisle for his con
scientious and efficient management of
the treasury department.
"We sympathize with the brave Gu
bans struggling for independence and
extend to them kindly words of en-
couragement and hope for their sue
cess.
"We demand the maintenance of
n hasn 1o
true interests of all our people, es-
pecially those obliged to labor for what
they receive, and we are opposed to free
coinage OF silver except by interna-
tional agreement.
1--WE are opposed to the republican
theory and method cfa protective tariff
as being criminal misapI lication of
the taxing power of the nation, pre-
ducing monopoly, corruption and busi-
ness stagnation. We, therefore, de-
mand tariff legislation for the constitu-
tional purpose of providing revenues
for this government, not for the foster
ing of trusts, keeping always in mind
that unnecessary interference with
business interests be avoided.
"We denounce the republican party
for its bolstering of that secret and uI-
American organization, the A. p. A,
whose methods are as cowarGly as its
me tives are despicable, and we are
proud of the fact that no one democratic
candidate has ever received its endorse
ment.
+" We demand the replacement of the
so-called prohibitory law, that prolific
source OF hypocrisy, perjury, blackmail