St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-07-04

nat means easy access to the western coast
Oh lhe United States from our eastern cities,
as wei as to the western coast of South
america, but it means more, not only in war
out IN peace. 1t means that just across the
racine from our shores lies China. The
u ost enormous center Of population and the
greatest field for trade in the world 1t
means that Manila lies at it's gate, and that
| we are coming to be known in China and
| tnat, as speaker well expressed it at the
| Philadelphia convention, "our trade is grow
| ing there by leaps and bounds" 1t is but
| the harbinger of a commerce that under
good management in the near future the Pa
| enc VIII bear upon its bosom from it's
| tartheSt bounds to the Golden Gate and the
lsthmian canal that will rise above the At
| lant1c Ocean traffic as the trees of California
rise above the trees Of Maine. We are Anglo
! Saxons. Our motherland is capable by it's
own products of feeding about ten millions
of people, yet she has thirty eight millions of
people at home, and she governs three hun
dred and eighty five millions of people, cover
ing one-ffth of the habtable surface of the
globe. Her commerce covers the seas
Her navies police and control the oceans
We are of the same blood and of greater
genius. With seventy-five millions of peo-
pie, with greater wealth than any ma
ton in the world, we are not inclined TO
stay at home. The republican party believes
we are old enough to go on the water, and
it stands for navy that is sufficient to pro-
tect us everywhere, and for the encourage
ment OF our merchant marine. The peoDIe
they do not dare to go on the water, it will
be the sons of some other nation. We are
progressive people. Spain discovered Amer
lea in 1892. She discovered it, as | heard a
Decoration Day orator say, a second time in
1898 when Cervera sailed out from Santiago
and 1T was new thing. Instead of Indian
canoes it was modern ships of war with
Anglo-Saxons on board. Our Capt Clark
was on one of them, fresh from his trip
around the Horn, and Spain suffered the
humiliation of seeing the Vermonter run
down her swift est cruiser with coast line
batteship in sixty mile race. The Ameri.
can development of the Anglo Saxon was
aboard of her, feeding her engines with the
oil of progress, and the Christobal Colon,
the Vizcaya, the Oquendo, the Teresa, the
Puton and Terror, six in all, went down be-
fore progressive America. With the ten
sunk by our Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay
it makes sixteen, all for our one poor battle
ship, the Maine. This is the only 16 to
that Vermonters have ever believed in.
The war developed another thing that is
new. There are men with carefully trained
and discriminating intellects and with
marvellous physical courage, bravery and
cordiality-popular men. They always have
been but they are different, This Spanish
war brought out the continuation and q
man with an intellect, every side of which is
cut and polished like the facets of diamond,
rode with his Rough Riders over the field of
Ell Caney like q knight of the middle ages,
and installed himself in the Spanish camp.
and in the hearts of the American people. 1t
was Teddy Roosevelt; and when the
representatives. of the party gathered from the
length and breadth of the land in the old his
toric city, where almost one hundred and
twenty.four years ca lier their fathers heard
the news of the declaration our nation
atty borne forth the evening air by the
old Independence Bell bearing the inscrip'
ton: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the
land to every nhabitant thereof" had with
one heart and one mind voiced the senti-
ment of the nation, and named the man who
10 his knnyvlP Il pe of economic and industrial
questions, and by his grace of speech had
climed the hill of greatness, and by his four
years of administration had dem onstrated
his sincerity, his belief in and reliance upon
the will of the people, his ability to guide the
ship of state of prosperity in time Of peace
and to glory in time ofwar, our own beloved
President, as their candidate for his success
or, with like unanimity and equal tervor
they named Teddy Roosevelt the candidate
for Vce-Presdent. And so the ticket is Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt.
When ask you to see to it that this ticket
receives not an old fashioned but a new
fashioned and greater majority than ever be-
fore, | bring to you a cheerful task. No
territory has been cut off from the republic,
no sign of political death is on the horizon.
1t is as fresh aud growthy as it was hun
dred years ago.
Like the nation our candidates are fresh,
strong, progressive, stable, just, liberty-lov
ing, loyal and honest. Next September Yer
mont will speak. Then you will hear from
ests then from all over this land patriotism
will utter its voice and the words will be
mckinley and Ro seyelt" and in November
the whole people will march in grand pro-
cession to the ballot. They will take them
on their mighty arms and bear them to
victory.
The following committee on resolu-
tons was appointed: E. L. Waterman,
Windsor county J. E. Weeks, Addison;
A. L. Graves, Bennington; W. E. Dutton,
Caledonia; Albert c. Spauding, Chitten-
den John Pratt, Essex; F. F. Twitchell,
Franklin; Edmund F. Fluery, Grand Isle;
w. E. Ranger, Lamoille; H. E. Parker,
Orange; Frank Williams Orleans; W. H.
Rowland, Rutland; W. E. Barney Wash
ington; Edward B. Finn, Windsor.
After A. J. Markham, of Brattleboro,
had given two campaign songs, W. W.
Stickney, OF Ludlow, was placed in NOM
nation by W. E. Johnson of Woodstock.
His nomination was made unanimous
by reclamation.
w. L. Burnap, of Burlington, nomi-
mated E. B. Taft, OF Burlington, for
enantgovernor and National Bank
Examiner Fish, of Vergennes, nominated
NJ. F. Allen of Ferrisburg.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Whole number of votes 572
Necessary to choice 2S7
Mr.. Allen had 454
Mr. Taft had 11S
And Mr.. Allen was declared the nominee.
His nomination was made unanimous.
The other officers were nominated by
reclamation as follows: Treasurer, John
l.. Bacon, of White River Junction; audi
tor, 0. M. Barber, Bennington; secre-
tary of state, Fred A. Rowland, of
Montpelier.
At this point the committee entered
with Mr.. Stickney. The band played
Hail to the Chief" and the hall rang
with cheers. On being introduced Mr..
Stickney said:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention Your committee has not1-
fed me of my unanimous nomination by
this Republican convention to the high
est office within the gift of the people of
this state. | am deeply sensible of the
honor conferred, but it is doubly pleas
ant when | reflect that you bestow with
it something OF kindly regard. For this
strong proof of your confidence | wish to
thank you. l will accept the nomlna-
ton, and if elected to the office OF the
governorship it will be my endeavor to
conduct the administration of this office,
so far as is consistent with the progress
of the age, with the simplicity and econ
omy of the fathers, never forgetting that
the whole honor Of the position rests
alone upon the faithful performance OF
its every duty and always relying for aid
upon