Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-07-01
Montneller. Juno 30. 1901.


Bell and Stearns
They are the leaders Of the Republican
| state ticket for 1904.
Each received nomination today on the
first ballot i'm the state convention
For governor the vote stood Whole
number of ballots cast $50. necessary for
! choice, 3i4. of which Charles j. Bell of
Walden had 372, Zed S. Stanton of Rox-
! bury 18l, Joseph y. DeBoer of Montpelier
1872
For the lieutenant governorshp nomina-
! ton the vote stood 3JS for Charles II.
Stearns of Johnson to 81 for Dr. John A.
| Mead of Rutland
/ 1t was a convention i'm which the salient
! features were neither picturesque nor
! spectacular. Compared with the gather
/ ing two years ago when Clement was the
| power and the uncertainty and when the
/ whole state was fired, this convention
was as watering trough to a tumultuous
! sea, or as zephyr to a whrlwnd.
! In the pre-convention skirmish Wednes-
/ day night it was evident that the Bell
! partisans were strongly in the ascendant
| They were in evidence everywhere, deco
! rated with tiny metallic bells suspended
! from red and yellow ribbons Mr. Stan
| tons candidacy seemed to be lacking en-
| tirely in concentration and management
! He had a very respectable following how
ever. scattered largely throughout the
state, and coming in large part from the
! men who have met him in his legislative
| career Mr.. DeBoer of Montpelier was
not a candidate, and did absolutely moth
! ing to promote his interests. For him
as for Stanton, there was no unanimitv
of action and ali tho ytnrnrt u.btch bo
had was that which came snortanao,,si,,
! The DeBoer representatives We're almost
wholly from the cities and larger towns
and they were a Clean-cut, aggressive set
of young men who will be heard from
| later.
On Wednasdav pigbt all tn o,ratl,.
kept omen house at Tho pa,,ilior ,,.hioh
was the centre of confusion nd a,,i,otin,,
The Changers certainly nredoninatod g.,
| the management of tb.. t3.I, o,,,,-,,t,r., =.
was noticeable thar the de,egatcs u.or'
made up largely of men new t0 etato CON-
ventions Tho Rau ronv,ss VS. bnv.o,.ar
wei manaped %ot tho elirb,os, ,,a,+t,i.
of bitterness was noticaabIe n, oitbar ~,
contest for the povernorsbin ar ~, tic,,-
/ tenant-royarporsbtn ma Tho ir1ic,ti,r.
augur well for harmon. and , ,,nitad az
/ fort on behalf Of the Marty In the Sente,n-
Der election.
The only question "Wednesday. mint ", g
/ whether Reil could secure the non9in.ti tio,
on the first ballot II was feIt nv The
/ sl1nnort,rs of Mr. Stanton ard NJ n.
/ Boer more nartic,Iarlv the i1ttnr tho,
/ If the vote went into Tho socond or tha
/ third round the chances of the gentleman
/ from Walden vvouId he greatly lessansd
/ The action Of the RutIand countv dole.
/ rntion with some On votes In stordin.,
/ solidlv by Bell made his nominat zion a g
sured The siIpnorters of Nr Reu for tho
rovernorshin and Of Dr Mead for Tho lteu-
/ tenant-goyernorshi deny that tbere vas
any deal in the proceedings. but If is an
/ undoubted fact that the Mead cohorts
seeing the way that the tide was running
evidently trimmed their sails 10 get into
/ the victorious Rau boat and exnact in
turn n form of recinrocitv for their IA
vorite. The Bell men. especial1v in the
northern counties of the state vere
strong for Stearns and did NOT deliver tho
goods which the Mead staIwarte cond-
/ IDENTIFY expected were coming their va
/ The result undoubtedlv pavn a dea tb hIou.
/ to Dr Naad's noliticoI a,nlitions
The Nindham countv delegates voted
about evenly I'm their choice for tba tuo
candidates Some Of me delegates nm
doubtedlv stood Toe Mead feeling thar n
vote against him was to a certain evtsnt
a recognition of Clement MANY however
did NOT take this view of the case ana
| were attracted 70 Staarns as an alla and
liIlaable man
Mr.. Clement appeared on the scene
[ "Wednesday nicht in his snecial car Tho
Clement faction from, RutIand count,. tool,
no mart in tho nrocaedinps but tbei- mon
were delighted over tho defeat Of DIR
/ Mead Judre Merrill hoine, narticulo,I,.
enthusiastic
There is bur little to say regarding tbe
general nroceedings in the convention
Congressn,on Foster made a canitaI nre-
siding of,icer Tho Sneocbes vera rnostIv
perfunctorv and many of them pointless