The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
HOUsE-AFTERNoON,

After some routine business and the in
PRODUCTION of number of bills, the hour of
2.30 having arrived, the House proceeded to
vote for Senator Of the United States:
Mr.. Moody of Waterbury nominated Will
liam P. Dillingham;, eulogizing him in elo-
quent terms.
Mr.. Miller of Burlington, for the Demo-
Gratis of the House, nominated Seneca Ha-
selton OF Burlington, as man qualified by
nature and experience for the Office of SEN
atOr.
William W. Grout was nominated by Mr..
Graham of Craftsbury. Orleans county had
had but one Senator of the United States
and, on the grounds of merit and exper-
ience, and as a man of the people, he asked
the senatorship for General Grout.
Mr.. Lane of Newport presented Charles
A. Prouty as a splendid scholar, first in his
profession, and first as Senator, If elected.
Mr. Huntington of Rochester championed
the cause of Jonathan Ross of st. Johns
bury as one not compelled to stand on
what he may do, but on the excellent work
he has done.
Mr. Dana of New Haven, Mr.. Fleetwood
of Morrisville, Mr.. Emery of Chelsea, Mr..
Burdett of Pittsfield, Mr. Buck of Reading,
Mr.. Powers of Bennington, Mr.. Field OF
Springfield, Mr.. Waterman of Brattleboro
seconded the nomination of Mr.. Dillingham;.
Mr.. Hodges of Ripton, Mr. Warren OF
eathersfeld, Mr.. Sanborn OF STAFFORD
Mr. Mry of Jericho, Mr.. Hale of Lunen-
burgh, Mr.. Blair of Barnet and Mr.. Taylor
OF Hardwick stood sponsor for Gen. Grout.
Mr.. Newell of Wardsboro seconde
the nomination of Mr.. koss. Mr.. Law
renee of Bristol and Mr.. White of Rut-
land seconded the nomination OF Mr..
Prouty, Mr.. Porter of Wilmington, Mr.
Mayo OF Northfeld, seconded Mr.. Hazelto on
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Dillingham;, IS
Grout, n
Haselton, 4s
Prouty, Il
Ross, Il
The vote for United States Senator in the
Senate stood as follows:
Dillingham;, Il
Grout
| Prouty,
| Ross,
the Senators who voted for Dillingham;
| are: Aiken, Brown. Cudworth, DeBoer
| Fuller, Gates, Goodell, Graves, Hill, LIE
land, Marvin, Miller, Pike, Pollard. Porter
| Stanton, Varney, Walker-18
The Senators who voted for Grout are
Baldwin, Ballard, Campbell, Dunnett
| Green, Nelson, Smith, Walls.
For Prouty, Aldrich, Clement, Leaven
| worth.-3.
| For Ross, Royce.-1.
Mr.. Dillingham; was nominated in the
SENATE Dy obndlOr IbDObr III lu6 lOllOWluR
| admirable speech:
On rising TO nominate for the Senate oi
the United States one OF the best known,
| most able and most honest citizens OF
| our own, 1t is. perhaps, appropriate for me
| to say that am seriously mindful of the
| grave responsibilities which this election
| involves. The Legislature must and will
maintain its historic policy of sending to
Congress its best ability aud counsel. L.
| ought to satisfy the Majority sentiment of
our own people and it should place in the
Senate strong man, capable of psrticipat-
| ing in its work.
| rise to nominate q man who meets the
| requirements OF these responsibilities and
duty undischarged, IL required, for this
reason, no instruction from the county OF
| Washington to fix either my voice or my
| v te. For many years our candidate has
| seemed to me tiG senatorial timber, OUT OF
which TO make Senator, because OF his Ca.
psclty for hard work, his ability as writer
and speaker, his cons lructive Legislative ex-
perienoe and certain broad political wis.
dom, derived from the highest forms OF
practice for thirty three years in the courts
of this State and from constant participa
tion in every form of public and private
| work. And he has added to this what few
men attain and yet fewer long possess, the
good will and respect, without party dis
tinction, OF the people of this State.
When a mans own career supplies the
material from which to date a genealogy
as this man o does, we need not ask in re-
gard TO the quality OF his stock. Pedieret
IL then something only because 1t explains
his characteristics. Well, his people were
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