Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-06-24
POWERS'S WALKOVER
THE CONGRESSMAN RENOMlNATED
BY ACCLAMATION.

speeches which Differ.
The congressional convention for the
first Vermont district was held at the
opera house, Middlebury, on Tuesday OF
this week. Had it not been for our
Spanish fracas, the meeting would have
been absolutely dull, so unanimous was
if in favor of the denomination of Hon.
II. IL. Powers The war spirit, however,
saved the gathering from boredom and
brought out number of patriotic
speeches and references, which trans
formed the meeting into one of the most
enthusiastic held In years.
The convention was called to order by
Judge James NJ. Slade of this village,
chairman of the district committee.
. After the reading of the call by the sec
retary, w. L. Burnap of Burlington was
selected as temporary chairman and Il.
r. Pember of Wells as temporary secre-
tary The temporary organization was
then made permanent on vote.
Hon. II. Ii. Powers of Morrsville was
placed in nomination by F. G. Fleetwood
of that town in a happilyworded and
eloquent little speech. The nomination
was seconded by Lieut.. Gov. Fisk of Isle
La Motto, and he was in turn followed
by delegates from the other counties in
secondlng speeches. The convention
then made the nomination unanimous,
amid much enthusiasm.
Judge Powers, who was present, was
then called upon to address the gather
ing. He said in part:
sincerely thank you for this renewed
exnression of your support. Eight years
ago from this platform l accepted my fist
nomination to congress and on that occasion
l expressed my promise TO serve you TO the
best of my ability. How far that promise
has peen kept il is for you to judge and not
me- We meet to-day under peculiar clrcum'
stances: then we were at peace, today we
are at war with our sister nation. war at All
times can have but little excuse unless IL be
waged in favor of some great political ad-
Vancement or in the cause of humanity. The
h. war in which we are now engaged, in my
humble iudgem ent, finds its vindiction in
one of the noblest causes for which war was
ever undertaken. 1t has been the work OF the
United States of America to avert the out
RACES upon the life of people who are crying
to heaven for vengence and the United States
of America proposes to buckle on its armor
and interfere. When it came TO the
question with the Americans whether they
would sanction such outlages their hearts
were stirred as they never were before. II
must be stopped and it will be stopped! For
my frie1 DIS, we have done everything that
could be done to avert the coming of war
which we all so a6horred.
Our president stood like a bulwark against
those crazy iingoes who were in favor of war
at any cost. President Mckinley said ::
"Gentemen, when the right time comes we
will strike but we are not to be forced INTO
this war" That time has come. There was
no doubt about the spanish outrages. Yer
mont's Junior senator visited the isle OF Cuba
and told that story in congress the like of
which had never been heard. When these
facts were supplemented by the wilful blow
ing up of the Maine, then the American
people arose and said "Ihe Maine must be
avenged" Two hundred and sixty lives
were lost in the twinkling of an eye. As a
. punishment for your wickedness we propose
to strip of the Spanish supremacy from the
map of the western hemisphere.
That the issue of this war will be victory
for us is certain as the coming OF to
morrow's sun. We have decided that Yer
mont had a prominent hand in this affair
When Montpelier boy with his little band
can demolsh the Spanish feet in 20 minutes
without the loss of life or limb, there can be
no doubt as to the results 1t would seem
that God Almighty is smiling on the actions
of the American people.
New questions arise from this war The
United States has now reached the point
= where she finds herself with conquered
territory on every hand. Shall she engage in
colonization? | trust not. The Sandwich
Islands are about to be annexed. | voted
for the resolution with some reluctancy. II
seems advisable to have this station for oul
trading ships The great point, after all, we
are to notice in the future is our trade will
Eastern nations which in the next % years il
to be developed a hundredfold. And thi'
operation for the convenience of our com
merce justified my voting for it. The traffic
OF the great nation of Japan which has
sprung up in n single night viii in the future
be immense We must have our share of the
trade with China, and I'm order so to do We
must have highway that is safe to take oul
ships over there.
We are approaching the end Of the 1911
century the 2Oth is close at hand. The year.
OF the next century will experience a new
era of prosperity the like of which has nevel
been seen. The American people are the
chosen people of God.
The chair appointed a committee tC
select list of names for a new distrlc
committee, and r. w. Hulburd reported
nominations as follows: A. A. Fletcher
of Addison county for chairman, j. 5
Holden of Bennington county, f. II
Stoddard of Chittenden county, f. g
Swinington of Rutland county, II A
Gray of LamOille county and II. o. Stur
tevant of Franklin county. The cOnven
ton then adjourned.
The lively campaign in the second dis
trict between Judge l.. NJ Reed of Bel
lows Falls and Gen. w. w. Grout, thu
present incumbent, resulted in Gen
Grout's denomination. The convention
was held at Montpelier on Tuesday ant
was devoid of exciting events. 1t wa
made apparent last Saturday that tn
Grout delegates were in the majority
and only the question of how big ma
jority was left to be settled by the con
vention. The first ballot settled this
resulting 225 for Grout, 40 for Read an
one for p. II. Dale of Island Pond. Tn
nomination of Grout was then mad
unanimous.