Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-06-26

l Montpelier, June 10
For sovernor--J. q. Mccullough of Ben
nington.
! I.ieutcnant-go gov ernor-Zod S. Stanton OF
ROXbury,
Secretary of State-F. G. Fleetwood OF
i Morrsville.
state treasurer-John L. Bacon of Hart
fcrd.
State auditor-Horace F. Graham OF
Craftsbury
This is the ticket nominated by Vermont
| republicans after one of the longest anc
most intere sting conventions ever held II
the State. Fer all but two Of the above
Offices there was a lively fight, but thcs,
were by nc means the most notable foa-
| lures of this notable convention. Tn
| Republican party in response to incroas-
| ing demand has requested the STATE
Legislature at its next session to pass a
high license local option bill and submit It
to the people in order to learn what real
sentiment of the State is.
/ H. most sensational feature was the tell
porary and possibly permanent bolt on tie
part of the Clement dele gates after socur-
ing what they wanted in the line of plat
form but when they saw that their candi-
datc for governor was hopclcssly defeat lie /
In the convention. 1t was very nasty and
apparently an ill-adVised action and the c
is already good proportion of the d,ie-
gates who left the hail who are sorry for
their acton and some of the leading rcpub-
Leans say that there will he no bolt
Some idea Of the manner in which the
bolt WAS regarded can be formed from the
statements made when part of the c, M
eut Delegates left the hall. Various dele
gates dld others said that if Mr.. Clcmc I
're pl sent he Wo I'D unqu estionably ropu-
date the act of Mr.. Jones in calling upon
tho Clement delegates to leave the hall
After leaving the Eoor of the convention
the Clement delegates marched to the pri-
waite car o. Mr.. Clement and j. c. Jones
nominated him for governor, which Was
endorsed by the boltcrs. MIR. Clement 50 a
he would serve as their candidate and
make the dry bones of the Old Republic an
party rattle. After thinking over thy
kind of took ii back" and after holding
mass meeting in the opera house TO-
night they practically decided to wait and
see what the democrats are going to do.
The only excuse offered for the incipicut
bolt so far is that Mr.. Jones could not Sc
cure recognition from the chair while the
convention was III an uncomfortable up
roar over some Vilifying remarks he had
made about +. u. Proctor and Gen. j. a.
Mccullough. Men well qualified to Judge,
say that when Clement ana his men cool
off there will be no bolt. Mr.. Clement ana
his followers have largely left town to-
night and no definite statement could be
secured. The other delegates have also
nearly all left, special trains leaving for
the north and south between eleven and
twelve tonight There We're three sessions
of the convention proper besides at least
two meetings of the ''insurgcnts' during
the afternoon and evening.
MORNING SESSION.
Owing to the ldtoncss of trains the con-
venton was not called to order until / %
a. m. Two hours previous to this the hail
began to fill and at ten o'clock there VAS
a steady stream of delegates pouring ill.,
While the crowd was waiting the Mont
pclicr band played selections which kept
the people in good humor. But little BUSH
ness Was done at the morning session but
it revealed the spirit and tactics of the
Clement faction which was to push their
matters To the front and claim abuse and
unfair treatment. 1t also showed that they
could not run the convention.
Ira II. Allen, chairman of the republican
State committee called the convention to
order and announced that prayer would be
offered by the Rev. H. II. Reid of Montpcl-
Ter. The call for the convention was read
by the secre tary of the committee, Alfred r.
watson, who also started to call the roll
OF delegates. Upon motion of eX-Gov j. w.
Stewart of Middlcbury reading of roll cdll
was dispensed with Chairman Allen then
announced the temporary organization as
follows: Chairman, f. ID. Raymond of
Fair Haven. secretary. II. G.. Kingsley of
II.
Howard Of Craftsbury and Charles Batuh
elder of Woodstock
Mr. Raymond then addressed the conven-
ton.
That the crowd was impatient for bust
ness of the convention was manifested hy
delegates who at times became SO noisy
that they had to be called to order At
the close of the address upon motion of
Ex-Governor Stewart the temporary or
ganization was made permanent
James Mackay of Barre then announced
that q. J.. Jackson of Orange,
Clement delegate, had been refused
seat in the convention and moved
that his name be substituted for
that of o. l., Flanders of that town, f. c.
Archibald of Manchester said that due mo-
tice had been given Mr.. Jackson Of the con-
test and that the State republican commits
tee had given him full hearing at which
1t was learned that nine unterrihed demo-
Gratis had voted for Mr.. Jackson, and he did
not believe the republicans of Vermont
should be controlled by the flag end of tho
democratic party. He moved that the mo-
tion be amended by adopting the roll of
delegates as prepared by the State commit
tee $, II. Jackson of Barre opposed the
amendmtnt and claimed that the State
committed had treated Clement men I'M
fairly by refusing to give them tickets of
admission to the hall. s. X. Bowdish Of
Orange county said he spoke for every dele
gate withouk regard to politics from khat
county in asv<ing that Mr.. Jackson ba~re-
fused sett.N, There were democi atic
votes cast for Mr.. Jackson and they want
ed the action 'of the committee sustained
Mr.. Smith Of Rutland Intercepted the conf
mlttee and found Mr.. Jackson had been
huly notified and the motion to sustain the
action of the committee be sustained was
carried.