The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-29

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would fill the bill and sweep the country in
November. The moral is that the best del
egation that Vermont can send is an unin-
structed delegation. Great applause)
At this point the committee returned and
reported a list of officers for the ensuing
year. On motion of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mansur the report OF the committee was
adopted and the following named gentlemen
were declared elected to the several offices:
President, Hamilton s. Peck of Burlington;
vice presidents, Frank Kenfield of Norris
Vile, Barney Cannon, Jr., of Bellows Falls,
and j. w. Brock of Montpelier; secretary,
G. 3. Forbes of St. Albans treasurer, F. A.
Dwnell of Montpelier. Executive commit
tee-Addjson county, #. A. futile; Ben
nington, e. l.. Bates; Chittenden, f. Il.
Burgess Essex, p. H Dale; Franklin, G.
L. Marsh Grand Isle, II. G. Ladd Lamoille,
G. II. Slocum Orange, @. P. Dickinson;
Orleans, G. II. Blake; Rutland, II. o. Car
penter; Washington, f. j. Martin; Wind
ham, G. b. Hitt Windsor, w II. II. Slack.
While the committee was preparing lst
OF candidates for delegates to the National
Convention, o. M. Tinkham of Pomfret
spoke on the policy of protection and the
benefit of such protection to American in
dustries.
The convention became somewhat restless
while waiting for the report Of the COM
mittee on nomination of delegates to the
National Convention at Milwaukee and, on
motion of Judge III. s. Pick an adjourn
ment to half-past seven was made.
THE EVENING RALLY.
While the great audience was gathering
in the evening the Montpelier Military
Band, stationed on the balcony of the
Armory Hall building, played several pop
ular selections. Senator Proctor presided.
Ga the stage were seated Congressman
Powers and Grout of Vermont, Linney OF
North Carolina, Hon. Oln Merrill chair
man of the republican state committee,
General j. G. Mccullough of Bennington,
Mayor Peck and Hon. G. G. Benedict of
Burlington, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mansur,
and Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska.
The galleries were packed with ladies,
and Senator Proctor faced fully 1900 PEG
pie as, after happy introduction by Colonel
George L. Childs, he rose and said: " Mr..
President and felow-republicans, / see that
the president of your League has given me
the benefit of the old rule which remem-
Der from wrestling days, and that is: when
a man has met more than his match he was
given the privilege Of bringing in better
man to meet his opponent, and the pIesi-
dent, knowing that ] could not win the
higher honors of the evening, has kindly
given me the privilege OF bringing on and
introducing to you the men WHO can win
them. | think you W III all agree with me
that az this Republican l. 'ague you meet
here on the eve of your stare convention of
| duly elected delegates to your great repub-
lican gathering NJ St Louis, which will
nominate the next president of the United
States. (Applause) This is as sure as any
| thing in the future can be. l will not un-
dertake to name describe who this nom
inee will be. l will not, then, tempt you to
use your strength and breath in cheering
your favorite candidate. / am going to save
my breath and strength to cheer the
nominee of the St. Louis convention. l
cannot say who the candidate will be.
/ will not undertake to describe him; we
cannot state how tall he viii! be or What his
complexion will be, but we do know what
will be the breadth and height Of bis states
manship. We can tell what Will be his
political complexion. One thing we do
know; he will be in favor OF keeping our
money at home, rather than sending il
abroad. He will be in favor of allowing
the people of this country 10 manage their
own government rather than presenting il
to foreign syndicate. We know in fact
Mr.. President, he will be an american
cloud and continued applause.) 1t has
been one of the objections made against the
republican party in the past that it was
only sectional in character; that it was
simply northern party. III this was ever
true it was because the republican senti
ment could not find free expression every
where but that time is past, and we have
some illustration of the general spread o.
republicans over the country. 1t is one o.
the beautiful signs OF the times wher
ern states now is in the republican
column, and North Carolina, Tennessee
Kentucky and Virginia are now on the roaG
towards the republican column 1t COST
something, it means sonnet hing, to be a
good, honest republican down there. We
have among us to.nght rank rebel-ht
knows that do not use that term as one o.
obloquy-a man who fought and carried 6
musket in the Confederate army until dan
gerously wounded at Charlottesville. He
was wounded there, perhaps, by some
man who is present here tonight but he il
to-day as honest a republican as man need
be. Great Applause) In old days, the
old north state as it was called, stood side
by side with Vermont, true to wing princi
pies on which Iepublicanism was founded
and she is now we'll on the road to take hei
place beside Vermont in the republican
column. / will call before, and introduce Il
you, the Hon. Mr.. Linney, congressman
from North Carolina"
Mr.. Linney received long-continued ova
ton as he advanced to the front OF the plat
form. He spoke Of the pleasure Senato
Proctors introduction gave him and OK
pressed his desire to become better &C
quainted with the people of Vermont. Ii,
had never seen Vermonter or rebel sol
der who was ashamed OF the part he tool
in the struggle. And he never saw al
empty sleeve, like that of Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Mansur's, that he did not want t,
take its owner by the hand. Turning. Mr.
, Linney shook Lieutenant-G0VernOr ManBu
, cordially by the hand amid tremendous ap
plause. Mr. Lnney said he had never beef
in Vermont until to-day, and he had seel
more to admire than he had seen in hi
natural life. He compared the beauties o
the city Of Burlington and its surrounding
with those of North Carolina and declares
the former to be the prettiest on Gods greer
, earth. But not the beauties of the state
but the thrift and get-up-and get of its PEG
; pie is its browning glory. The speaker Ell
logized George #. Edmunds and Senate
a Morrill, in words of fiery southern eloquenc
that brought rounds of applause from hi
. hearers. The people of Vermont are kings
and the speaker saw in the audience eDoug
Q material to make another senate of tn
T. United States better than the one we no,
have, excepting Senator Proctor. TIL
: speaker then considered the benefit Of
protective tariff, and gave the reasons VIII
/ he was converted to be protectionist.
, Mr.. Linney closed by giving some fact
= about elections in the South. An assault
on the ballot-box is high treason, disloyalt
o to the government, and ought to be made
a capital felony. But it turns out that in on
congressional district in Alabama the