Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-07-22
ID EMOCRA A rs NJ EE T..
THEIR STATE CONVENTION HELD AT
BURLINGTON WEDNESDAY.


T. w. Moioney of Rutland Receives the
Nomination for GoNernor-The Platform
a Long One-George Fred Williams Of
iers Encouragement.
The Democrats of Vermont held their
state convention at Burlington on We'd
nesday of this week The gathering
was called to order in the Howard opera
house by the chairman of the state com
mittee, who made few remarks con-
demnatory of the existing state admin
stration and praised the democratic
party and W. j. Bryan. After the for
NAL appointment of c. A. jackson of
Montpelier as chairman and Messrs.
Dodge of Burlington and knight of
Newbury as secretaries, list of gen
tlemen were made vice presidents, in
cludng Loyal 5. Wright of Addison.
When the convention took up the mat
ter of nominations, 4. W. MolOney of
Rutland was made the Democratic can
didate for governor without opposition.
The remaining nominations were appor-
toned as follows: Lieutenant governor,
A. Allen Olmstead of Newburv treasur-
er, L. w. Clough of Bethel; secretary of
state, George B. Davis of Danville; !;
auditor, Richard d. Prebe of Shoreham
The only contest was for lieutenant
governor, George B. Davis of Danville
being urged for the place and receiving
lO3 votes to 1876 for Mr.. Olmstead.
The committee on resolutions, which
lincuded j. II. Donnelly of Vergennes,
reported the following resolutions as
embodying the platform of the party in
Vermont:
We, the Democrats of Vermont, IN conven-
ton assembled declare our adheTancc to the
principles of democracy formulated by JEFF.
feIson, exemplfed by a long line of Demo.
cratic statesmen since his time and crystal
iized in the platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic national convention at Chicago in 1896.
We emphatically reasseIt the Democratic
faith that all tariff taxes shall be laid
for revenue as their sole object and not for
the upbuiding of the Hannas, Carnegies and
their school of grasping multimillionaires
The Republican admistration in its declaIa a
ton of war solemnly declared to the world
that the purpose of this country in entering
upon the war with spain was solely one of
humanity, and in its declaration expressly
disavowed any intentions of setting up or as
serting the sovereignty of the United states
in any conquered territory. We accept that
declaration as made in good faith ana bind
ling upon the administration and the country,
and we believe that the present war should
be vigorously prosecuted and promptly end.
1 ed We oppose the proposed imperlalistic
,Cli,.,, nf No Tenrtlicar ,,o,.t1. in tbn onnov
ation or coloni1otion of any Territory won
from spain by our arms. The policy of pro
lection of necessity leads the Republican
party to this course, because unless our mar
kets are extended in This manner their pro
NOlic,, im1.ol,-es tho ohonuonInpnt of tho
Monroe doctrine denrivino ms f1be afvan.
toros ,,a bo,-a enio1od from our isolated
sit,otior. evoose nS fo tho DANCER of one,rel
ttr ~, l,.,d,,oo,, ,,otio,s onl Iiol,le 70 forcc
,,e into tnn enfongling alliances which Wash
;ngton CHARGED ms 10 avoid. and il is a de-
narture from the faith of the fathers and
from the nrincinles unon which the govern
ment was tounded: if assumes powers never
conferred nv the constitution and imnoses
resnon sibilities for which our system of gov
eminent is united and invites the disaster.
which have overtal,en all renublics hereto
fore existing.
We believe that the annexation of Hawai-
was an unwise departure from our tradition
al policy, and in view of the territory's re
moteness and the undesirableness of IT
population we oppose the admission of thes,
islands to statehood. We cordially extenC
our love and sympathy to the Green Noun
tain bows who promptly responded to thei
country's call
We lift aloft the unstained banner of th
Vermont Democracy and emphasize our un
swerving loyalty to the money of the cOnsti
tuition, the money of Washington, jefferson
: Jackson and the long line of illustriou
American statesmen; the money that brough
prosperity and contentment to this countr.
for 50 years is the money that VIII restor
prosperity and business to suffering pee
pie me man VINO calmly denperates IS IN
man VINO VIII be impressed win tne iact ina
the money Sttnudlu OF the kOlnScnlltls, MOl
gans, Belmohts' Noulds ana oages Is IN
standard these money parohs nave purposel
desiEneo ioI tlelI 9einsn upouli,tins an" Nv
. ooIlcl pie99iIE9 ul'l , 'Ho toIiiIE ~. "nu pr
ward progress.
The Vermont Democracy takes especia
pride in expressing its undiminished aamlrf
1nG oi ,o eUii,Toe loat m ,Il, % %, a
the principles and dement's of that govern
meni which confers the greatest good upo
me greatest number OF people.