The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08
STATE CONVENTION ECHOES.
Tint PrOnises irun In Future Politics
Various comments In and Out OF the
State Over the Result.

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i That Promises FUN In Future poiitics
" Various comments In and Out OF TN
state Over the Result.
S The awkwardness of Congressman
Powers position began even before
I the convention. He was known to be
strongly for Reed and he had expressed
desire to be elected a delegate to the
convention SO the Morrisvllle caucus
: elected him. but they also elected foui
strong Mckinley men to go with HIM,
and endorsed Mckinley by a strong
vote, four or five to one. The Judge
talked and worked his best for Reed
after he got to Montpelier, but it was
with sad consciousness all the
time that 1t was hopeless.
Tho Times says that the 10 members
of the Rockingham delegation united
on the Monday evening before the con
vention in sending q telegram to Brat
tleboro requesting the latter in view
of the fact that Rockingham has not
had in the past % years an elective,
or appointive state office and that dur
ing this time Brattleboro has had two
governors, one lieutenant governor,
one tax commissioner, five aids. de
camp, two national delegates at
large to unite with Bellows Falls
in support of Charles W. Osgood for
delegate at large or district delegate
The Times dilates on the 'discourtesy
of the Brattleboro delegation in not
making any reply and says it results,
I'm some talk among the politicians to
the effect that Bratteboro wants the
earth, and in its supreme seltishness
is unwilling to favor the northern end
of the county with fair division of
the spoils.' But the Times Processes
| to deprecate the excitement, because
the movement was started alto
gether too late in the game, when
leaders had generally been committed
! to Dir. Holton, and besides they ought
| to feel some satisfaction up there in
| the fact that DR.. Holton is native of
Saxtons River John II. Moore of Bel
lows Falls states that the dispatch was
sent without his knowledge.
Brattleboro did valiant service for
Mckinley. We feel like doing penance
for all the aggrayating things we ever
said or thought of thinking
about that pretentious burg. Col. Has
kins' philippe against the cowardly
attempt of the Reed managers to thwart
a free expression of preference for pres
lutHI WAS ONT VI lut Dcsi euul u VI tIIt
convention. BellowslFalls Times ..
II is to be hoped that Vermont may
not have too much cause to regret its
treatment of brave old Tom Reed, but
there is going to be a hereafter. AS
man of ali-around statesmanlike
ability Mckinley is not TO be men
toned in the same week as Reed, and
the knitting of the latter by Vermont
was nasty thing to do. Harris
Weekly.
The Boston Transcript pronounces it
the verdict "of an INSCRIPTIONS parti
san zeal. : The Transcript also accuses
us of antrohpied political inteli
gencc, and concludes: Everything !
il did, the convention was disappoint |
ing to all who like to cherish the mo |
tion that the New England region of
abandoned farms has not also been !
abandoned by the rest of its intellience
and character.
Vermonters may be green. ike their
mountains, Ibut they know the differ
ence between a. band wagon and a
hearsc Boston Traveller.
The Springfield Union is contempt
nous. 1t says that Nermont's eight
votes will not be noticed in ST. Louis
and that the only real objection to
Nermont's action is that it breaks
New England.
The NJ v York Journal thinks that
ii the Delphic utterance of the Repub
leans of Vermont in convention assem-
bled is to be interpreted according to
the vulgar rules of common sense it
means that the delegates to the ST.
Louis convention may vote for whom
they will, provided they vote for Me-
kinley.
The Rutland Herald tries to make
nut that that city did it, giving the c
irst expression for Mckinley. AS a :,
natter of fact it was nearly week be-
lind Brattleboro, whose declaration,
IS the Free Press recognizes, was at y
nee followed by an outburst of Nc !
iinley enth usiasm, that rapidly |
increased in volume and intensity =
il over the state. !
One of the bon mots at Montpelier L
'as uttered by Editor f. n Whitney v
( the Mortified News. At the Pa ;,
ilion after the Mckinley wave had /
aptured the convention, a delegate o
topped heavily on the editors foot, Y
nd proceeded 10 apologize, but Mr.. !!
Whitney blandly replied You need Il
OF apologize for stepping on me. am @
Reed man. Huntington Free Press. a
I. J. Deavitt of Montpelier, who was a
! Washington at the time of the con u
ention, writes TO theWatchman that its I
the result has started up a ?,
God deal of talk at the national cap u
AL OF Senator Proctor for vice pres. e
TENT q
Candidates Grout and Stickney were pi
9th on the ground doing the pump pi
andle act cuergeticaly. Close obsery- ca
IS thought Grout managed to do the sc
lost of it a
The Reed men were not out "
or outwitted: they were vi
IMPLY swept into nothingness by the or
.ckinley sentiment, brought from the u
ONES of the delegates and il was the III
lthusiastic, genuine. home made, all 10
DOL. yard wide kind. Mortified M
ews. ~
The Free Press says it is Inside ma
lstory' of the convention that the IN
ckinley meu formed three different re-
aces the night before the struggle. IN
If the opposition appeared TO be mod u
ate, a resolution was to he introduced Oh
'eaking handsomely of the different ST
indicates but showing leaning eu
ward Mckinley II the Reed men vi
ade a demonstration in opposition to ire
ckinley. the resolution intro IN
lced was to be confined to al en- uli
prsement of the ex-governor while if ~
e opposition became bitter to an ex nc
eme the delegation were to be in an
ructed in AN iron clad manner ag
+ Mckinley" So it was due to AZ
4 No 81; fol ha, i.