The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-06
MONTPELIER REPUBLICANS
REORGENIZE.

including few members of the Local
Option League. The meeting was call
ed to order by j. b. Morse, the presi |
dent. The secretal :, M. Smith, II.
read the minutes OF the last meeting of |
the club, which was an adjourned an
nual meeting held in his office, Feb
ruary 8, 1909. j. G.. Brown, the treas
urer, reported that four years ago
there was thirteen cents in the treas
ury, ard as no funds had since been
needed no money had been raised.
The reports aud minutes were APP
proved and accepted after which the
Following Ulcers we e elected; Presi-
dent, @. ID. Fulsom; vice president,
f. B. Thomas treasurer, j. G. Brown
sec tetary, f. II. PitKin. The name
o. II. M Sonith was put in romina-
ito for ass,stent secretary, b15 j. q.
Brown suggested that out of fairness
to Mr.. Smith it skolld be upde Stood
that he had identified himself with
the Local Opoion patty and 1t would
he Unfair to elecG him as an officer o.
a Republican clcb. Nv Smi h also
expressed himself liz g wise. and G. K.
Putnam was elected to the position.
1t was voted that ore from each
ward selected By the PRESIDENT should
executive committee. The president
named the following, each represen-
ting the wards i'll numerical order
J. L. Tuttle, E. NJ Harvey, F. j.
Peieal, G. E. Moultou, E. H. Deavitt
and as no ole from ward six was pres
emit J. Eli GoodenoJgh was named to
represent that ward.
During this co nmittee's absence to
make up it's lis5 OF nominees, those
present were asked to sign their names
to the new roll Of the.club, as the old
roll would be Of no value owing to
the political changes which have o.
Cured this year. About fifty names
were affixed to the Toll at this time,
aud the WORK of making canvass of
the city will be begun at once in an
avtempt to bring the membership up
to the Geo o. 800 it registered few
years ago, when it was the largest
and most active political c'ob in the
Ste te The committee on Doripatiops
reported tie following list o' names
to serve as an executive committee ::
Members at las j. Ell Goodeoough
f. j. Pee ard G. f, Boswell !;
wa le, Fred r.. Ryle; two, Gus
tavrs Jacop7en; tb'ee, w. n. TFet-
iaJlt; four, j. A. DeBoer; FIVE, G.
U. Strattol; six. H. B. Wedge. Mr..
DeGoec asked 70 ne creased as othe:.
work in which he VIII be engaged
would not perl' / OF his actipg on this
commis tee. Henry Ho'; was s1hSti-
tIted to repceselC weed {o0r IN place
o. Nj. DeBoei aYtet WniCh the com-
miutee was urapiwoos'v elected as
were all the Office s. Tue president
was a1uho iHed 20 appoint committee
comprised OF th, ee me nbels from each
ward to assist the conmiutee in max
| ing canvass o, tie city. TIE mee.4ug
was enth Isia tic, those p esent be-
| ing representative citizens, and the
sense of the g,iGhe ing was 10 WORK
WI vhout firing to effect the electlon
of the Republican nominees at the
coming State election. Hon. }. A.
! DeBoer. upon request, made a few
remarks in his usual forceful and
logical maure' without heat or epuse
to any but, &c the sane time, defining
a bolter ard the atti-de which shoold
be taken toward him in manpeI
which was most convincing. His
speech was ,cCeived with rounds OF
approving app'9ose. Mr.. Deboef sad
in part as follows
II bad been suggested to him that
| to's was GOOD year TO he out OF poll
tiC7 h,5 It did not strike him that
way. He thoIgh, iris was the pa.
ocular year to he in polite, as there
was poll ical work to be dole.
He sDote OF the importance OF the
Yodng Mems Republican Club of this
c,.y in the campaign OF 1896. There
we. two reasons why the club should
he a most active one this year. First,
rothihg takes precedence over great
politicl Parry or gfea5 lpsUll1tlou'
| ard the platform of such a party OIL
the policy o? the institution is OF vast.
| ly more impo rtauce than any one man
who represents ii.
| In the speakers opinion this question
of local option is of minor rather than
of paramount Importance, as some
wodld have us think, in the present
political campaign. He reviewed briefly
| Che history of the Republican party in
this State for The past forty years and
called attention to the fact that the
States in the far West have watched
for and been Influenced by the results
| of the Vermont elections, as the Re-
publican party OF this State had al
ways stood firmly for the administra-
ton, and for all things sound and pro-
gressive. The party in Vermont had
not been waited here and there by
fads or faucies.
Mr.. DeBoer considered this local
option question simply as a matter
Of policing a commodity and not of
the vital Importance given to it by
| some
For his second reason, Mr.. DeBoer
believed in conservative politics for
the State and for the community. He
referred with pride to The delegations
Montpelier Republicans have in pre-.
vious years sent to State, district and
county conventions. These delegations
were made up of men who represented
the best in the community and whose
conservative action in these conVen-
lions had made Montpelier the baron
eter of good politics for the whole
| State.
| He reviewed the recent Republican
State convention and showed the po-
sitions taken by the different candi-
dates for Governor how Clement
asked for the recognition of a GER
tain measure by the convention, de-
claring that was the only reason he
| tUas in tho fipht and how the cOnVen-