The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-07
STEARNS LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
Fleetwood for Secretary of State,
Bacon for Treasurer, Graham
for Auditor.
THE PLATFORM

Rutland, H. L. CLARK; Washington,
N. D Phelps; Windhan, F. B. Pier !;
Windsor, George Aikens of Wood
stock.
Proceeding to the nomination of
candidate for Governor, W.. A. Dut-
ton of Hardwick, in a stirring speech,
nominated O. J. Bell of Walden, amid
the Ginning of bells, manipulated by
delegates from his own county and
others. Mr.. button paid high tri-
butte to Mr.. Bells ability, referring
/ to him as the leader of the greatest
Industry of Vermont. j. f. Hooker
of Brattleboro eloquently seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Bell in behalf of
40 out of 80 delegates from Windham
county. Mr. Bells nomination was
further seconded by N. W. Fisk of
Grand Isle, Dudley Carleton of Orange
county, E. l.. Bates of Bennington,
H.. l.. Carpenter Of Rutland, y. W.
Gates of Franklin, Mr.. Foote of Ad-
Olson, Mr.. Kendall of Lsmoille and
a delegate from Orleans county.
Hon. Frank Plumley of Mortified
made an eloquent speech in nomlnat-
ing Hon. Ied s. Stanton of Roxbury.
He paid high tribute to Mr.. Stan
ton, saying that he was loved best by
those who knew him BEST Stanton S
nomination was seconded by O. P Nc
Knight of Washington county.
W, A. Lord of Montpelier, amid
the cheers of the DeBoer contingent,
arose to nominate its candidate. He
referred to the drafting of Theodore
Roosevelt four years ago, the good
results which had followed and pre-
dieting that great results would come
from drafting the man he was nam
ing. lime was in the history Of the
Republican party and time will be
when there is honor in the Office seek
ing the man. Great applause greeted
Mr.. Lords remarks. The nomina-
tion of Mr.. DeBoer was seconded by
Mr.. Leverson of Chittenden county, {.
M. Chase of Franklin county, O. O.
Fits of Windham, f. O. Dyer of
Addison, Luther johnson of Orange
and F. e. Burgess of Chittenden.
The following seconded the nomi-
nation of Zed S. Stanton; Frank l..
Fish OF Addison, j. K. Darling of
Orange, John Young of Orleans, @. j.
Russell of Chittenden, and delegate
from Bennington, Mr.. Jackson of
Lamoille and William Chaplin of
Middlesex and delegate from Wind
sor.
Voices of ballot began to ring
throughout the hall. The chairman
appointed the men who placed the
three candidates in nomination to
take charge of the balloting.
| While the ballot was being taken,
the nomination of the officers over
whom there was no contest, took
place. Charles Downer of Sharon
nominated j. l.. Bacon of Hartford
for treasurer Stafford of Morrisville
nominated f. G. Fleetwood OF Nor
risville for secretary of State; DR..
Charles Dustin nominated H. f.
Graham for auditor. All three were
nominated unanimously.
The four presidential electors were
nominated as follows; Walter H.
Berry of Bennington, e. P. Flynn Of
Springfield Frank A. Bond of Middle
bury and Arthur #. Stone of st.
Johnsbury
The result of the ballot tor candi-
date for Governor was then an
nounced:
Whole number of votes, $3.50
Necessary for choice, 344
Charles j. Bell had 1913
Zed S. Stanton had 1871
Joseph A. DeBoer had 1874
And Charles j. Bell was declared
to be the nominee OF the convention.
Frank Plumley moved that the
nomination be made unanimous and
the motion prevailed.
The Bell hosts greeted the an
nouncement with shouts, and the
ringing of bells added to the din of
the moment.
For lieutenant governor Roger W.
Hulburd OF Hyde Park nominated o.
H. Stearns of johnson; r. A. Law
renee of Rutland, presented the name
of DR.. J. A. Meade of Rutland. Rep