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his town was for Grout, and he would
represent his town,
BAIT.OTING BEGINS.

MS TOWN. WAS LOT TROUT, anu Ht Woulb
represent his town.
BAII.OTING BEGINS.
The chairman named as tellers f. q.
of Derby, IT. A. Fletcher OF
Cavendish. ]. j. Estey of Brattleboro, f.
s. Pratt of Poutney, j. Is. EldredEe OF
and a. A. Dcane of Bristol
three Grout men and three Stickney men.
The voting was a long and tedious pro-
cess. The delegates from the counties first
in order had an advantage over those fur
ther down on the list In begging able to 20
out for lunch after they had voted. The
delegates from the three counties begin
ming with w did not dare leave the han
until they had voted anad then other
business was taken up. Balloting began
at o'clock and at 2:10 the polls were clos
ed, 1t being found that every one of the Go
delegates had voted.
COMPLETING THE TICKET.
1t was decided to complete the nomina
tions while the tellcrS were counting the
votes for governor The office of llcuten-
ant t-governor being next on the list. II. VI.
IIill of Isle La Motto presented the name
of ~ w. Fisk of Isle La Notice. The
was seconded by c. +. Smith
of Burlington, G.. Il. Lawrence of Rutland,
Willard Harrington of st. Adams II. Il.
Finn of Springfield and delegates from
Addison and Essex counties Mr.. Fisk
was nominated by viva voce vote.
For treasurer, Hon. Henry r. Field of
Rutland was placed in nomination by
George T. Lawrence OF Rutland, and he
was nominated by acclamation.
For secretary OF state. j. II. Cushm1n
of burlington presented the name OF
Chaunccy w. Browncll OF Burlington, ana
he was nominated by viva voce vote
For auditor, Porter n Dale of Island
Pond nominated Franklin j., Hale Of
Luncnburg. II was seconded by Hiram A.
IIuse Of Montpelier. Elias Lyman of Bur
lington. Col. Kittredge IIaskins of Brat
tlcboro, and dclcgrate from Caledonia
county. He was nominated by accama-
tion.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
There was some difference of opinion as
to whether the convention could nominate
pr osidcntial electors because the state
committee had not referred to that in the
COLI Mr.. Huse of Montpelier said that the
convention should do its duty, even If the
committee had not done all that was re-
qured of them. The suggestion seemed TO
take and these were nominated without
opposition: Marsh O. Perkins of Windsor,
on motion of j. C.. Enrght of Windsor;
l.. Bart Cross of Montpelier on motion of
", A. Huse of Montpelier: Henry c. Bates
l.. y,
ter of West Burke; Frank ID. White of
Rutland, on motion Of J. c. Jones of Rut-
land.
STATE COMMITTEE CHOSEN.
Each county delegation was asked to
present a member for the State commit
tee and the result was as follows:
Addison-T. NJ. Chapman of Middebury.
Bcnnington-E B. yelling of North Ben
nlngton.
Caledonia-H. X Ide of St. Johnsbury.
Chittcnden-F. L.. Burgess Of burlington.
Essex-G. T.. Clark OF Island Pond.
Franklin-Olin Merrill of Enosburg Falls
Grand Isle-Jod p. Ladd of Alburgh.
Iamoille-P * Glced of Morrsville.
Orange-H. T.. Parker of Bradford.
Orleans-John G. Foster of Derby.
Rutland-Ira r. Allen of Fair Haven.
Washlngton--J w. Brock of Montpelier.
Windham-Gcorge II Babbitt. jr., of
Bellows Falls.
Windsor-Alfred T.. Watson of Hartford
THE PLATFORM
w. T.. johnson of Woodstock, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, reported
the platform, which was unanimously
adopted, as follows:
We the republicans Of the State Of Yer
mont, in convention assembled at Burling-
ton, June Il. 1886. herein announce and set
forth the following declaration of the
guiding principles of our party:
We dcnouncc and condemn the attempt
TO establish "A free and unlimited coinage
of silver as destructive to the best inter
ests of the people and, If successful, sure
to iniure and dcbase the credit Of this
country.
We demand n currency that shall be
worth 100 cents on the dollar throughout
the civilized world, and we pledge our
selves to do all in our power to prevent the
issue by the government of any other.
We demand that sufficient revenue bc
raised by tho government to pay its cX-
penscs and we declare it pernicious and
wrong for the governments in time OF
peace, to increase its debt for the purpose
of obtaining money for its ordinary eX-
penscs
We adhere to the doctrine of protection
as held by the republican party and de-
mand that the needs of the government he
supplied by duties so laid as TO protect the
laboring classes Of our people from com
petition with the pauper labor of the old
world, and TO promote the business inter
csts of our people.
Our watchword shall he an honest dol.
lar. good the world over, protection tc
American labor and Industries, and rev
cnue sufficient to maintain the govern
ment without further increasing It's debt
We demand Of the persons this day nom.
mated that they use their best endcavors
to maintain the striCtcSt economy In tho
administration of the affairs of the State
believing as We do that, in the present de-
pressed condition of the country, brought
on by the unwise democratic national ad,
ministration, the taxes of the people OF
Vermont should be kept at the lowest pos
siblc rate consistent with proper. ccono-
mical administration.
We pledge our earnest hearty support tc
the candidates this day nominated, ant
also to our presidential candidate to bC
nominated at st. Louis.
CIRCUIT 339, STlCKNEY 1885,
While Mr. Johnson was reading the reso
lutions the tellers completed counting th'
votes The climax of all the eXcitemcn
of the past six months was at hand ant
1t was to eager ears that Gen. Estey, FOL
the committee, made the following an
nouncement:
Whole number Of votes cast............G G7
| Necessary for choice. .33
Josiah Grout had ad..................33
William W. Stlckncy had,.....,335
| A scene of wild enthusiasm followed thu
announcement of the vote, The conven
tion was in an uproar and the victors were
shouting and waving their hats. Chair
man Hall declared Major Grout the nomi