The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-28

and official corruption, with stringent
license local option system, bottomed
on the democratic principle of home
rule, adopted to accomplish all the good
prohibition can accomplish wherever
prohibition can be enforced, substitute
ing elsewhere the regulation of the
traffic for lawless free rum, and de-
veloping constant popular education
towards temperance while making an
end to the infinite decentralization that
accompanies unenforced law; and we
denounce the republican party which,
while in possession of every judicial
and executive office in the state, fails
to enforce this law Of its own making
and maintains it only for the purpose
of humbug and partisan punder.
"We denounce the republican misrule
which has increased the state expenses
from 1919 900, just after the war, to we'll
toward 5000 600 now, and is still piling
them up in reckless waste and extrava-
gance, and we demand return to the
democratic ways of simplicity and fru-
gality that blessed the state in her early
era of prosperity. We demandan end TO
multiplication of bureaus and commits
wrongs are generated"
Up to this time in the convention
the proceedings had been as harmo-
NOUS as love-feast, and as void of ex-
element as a district school. Pending
the adoption of this platform as
whole, Captain J. J. Monahan, post
master at Underhill, threw a bomb
into the camp in the form of the fol-
lowing substitute resolution for the
geld standard plank in the platform: {:
Resolued, That the democrats of Yer
mont, in convention assembled, de-
mand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold into money of re-
demption at the ratio of 16 to l without
waiting for the approval of any other
government"
The reading of this resolution was
greeted with a storm of Kisses. A half
dozen men sprang to their feet to op-
pose it. j. II. Senter was recognized.
He denounced it in language plain and
forcible. He declared that with such a
plank in the platform Vermont would
be lin the free silver column. New
York, Connecticut and New Jersey,
three states that were absolutely nee
essary for the democrats to carry this
fell If they elect a president, would
never submit to the remonetizing of
silver that can be incorporated in any
platform. G. II. Davenport of Brattle-
boro and others vigorously opposed the
resolution, and it was favored by Cap
tain Monahan, W. w. Ryder of Bristol
and Rollin Childs of Brat,leboro. 1t
was fintlly consigned to the waste-bas-
ket, but M before it was clearly dem.
onstrated that the representative dem
ocrats of Vermont contain a goodly
number of free silver men.
The following state committee was
elected at the afternoon session: Addi-
SOD, r. III. Preble of Shoreham; Ben
nington, R. NJ. Houghton of Benning-
ton; Caledonia, Alexander Cochran of
Groton; Chittenden, j. H. Holton of
Burlington; Essex, j. H. Linehan of
Island Pond; Franklin, H. F. Brigham
of Bakersfield; Grand lie, George
Tracy of South Hero; Lsmoille, G. J.
Slay ton of Morrisville; Orange, A. L
Thompson of Newbury; Orleans, P. j.
Farrell of Newport; Rutland, T. H.
Browne of Rutland; Washington,
George Atkins of Montpelier; Wind
ham, E. S. Leonard of Bellows Falls; !;
Windsor, H. W. Stocker of Windsor.
This committee met at the Pavilion af
ter adjournment and organized by the
election of H. F. Brigham of Bakers
field chairman, J. H. Senter of Mont
ptlier secretary and M. F. Atkins of
Montpelier assistant secrt tary.