St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-04-27
A Republican Love Feast.
The State Convention as Burlington
Elects Four Delegates 10 the National
Conventien-A strenE Platform and
Great speech by senator Foraker of

Elects -Four Delegates to the National
Conventional Streng Platform and
Great Speech by senator Foraker of
Ohio.
The delegates who arrived at the Van
Ness House in Burlington on the after
noon trains last Wednesday found the
| spacious Office rapidly filling up, and the
biennial handshaking at once began.
Among the first to greet the new arrivals
were the two candidates for governor,
! MIR. Bell and Lieut.-Gov. Stanton, while
Mr.. Clement held personal interviews
| with his friends in his private car or at
his suite of rooms at the hotel, where
| a long-dlstance telephone kept him in
close touch with the rest OF the state.
Most of the prominent politicians in the
| state were there, though ex-Gov. Page,
Congressman Haskins, Gov. Mccullough
| and J. L. Martin were among the notice
able absentees. During the evening it
| became noised around that ex-Congress-
man Stewart would not be candidate
| at the next days convention, and his
withdrawal furnished the only contest
| of that convention. Aside from talk on
| the governor question, with occasional
| gossip over the office of lieutenant gov
| ernor, there was no politics and the
night before was given up largely to re-
newing acquaintance and good fellow
| ship.
| fee more crowded than the night before,
and the Washington contingent were
| there and heartily greeted. DR.. Webb
brought up in the night, in his private
car, Senator Foraker, the speaker of the
day, Senators Proctor and Dillingham;,
Congressman Foster and Judge Darling,
| the assistant secretary OF the navy.
| Senator Foraker was sick en- route, and
for a time there was a doubt as to
whether he would be able to fill his en-
gagement. By delaying the opening OF
the convention over an hour he felt
strong enough to appear before the dele
gates, and no one would have supposed
from the vigor of his presence on the
stage that he had been unwell.
The conception was called to order at
11:2O O'Clock by 7. M. Chapman of Mid
dlebury, chairman of the state commit
tee. Prayer was offered by the Rev. F,
Dee Penney Of Burlington, after which
the call for the convention was read by
A. E. Watson, secretary Of the state
! committee. Mr.. Chapman then an
nOunced that the state committee bad
selected Fl. H. Powers to serve as tenn
porary chairman and the convention at
frmed the selection by electing him per-
manent chairman His election was the
signal for cheers.
Mr.. Powers thanked the convention
for the honor conferred upon him, saying
that he would not take up any time with
au address. He said: "Ohio for rs years
has been the theater of more hard fought
and decisive political battles than any
other STAGE. The result has been to raise
up race of warriors whose names are
familiar in republican homes throughout
the country. We have with us today a
man who has distinguished himself not
only on the battlehelds OF Ohio, but of
the country, Senator Foraker"
Senator Foraker was greeted with pro-
longed applause when he began to speak
and was frequently interrupted during
his address with enthusiastic cheering.
He made decided hit by his opening
sentence, when he said that this was his
first visit to Vermont, and now that he
to visit the state in winter. We give
Senator Foraker's address in FULL:
Gentlemen:-1 am glad to meet in this
way with the republicans of Vermont.
The whole country is familiar with the
sturdy character of your republicanism,
but only the man who has served side
by side, as I have done, for some years
now, with your delegation in the Sen
ate, and the House, can know with what
constant loyalty and patriotic pride you
uphold the great principles and doctrines
and policies of our party.
You have always been represented in
the councils of the nation by able men,
but never by ADLER men than those who
represent you now.
Senator Proctor is not only of the
leaders of the Senate, but his genial
nature, his sound judgment and his almost
fatherly kindness to all with whom he
comes in contact have so endeared him
| to the members of that body that few,
| if any, outrank him in the esteem and
affectiOnate regard of it's membership;
| while Governor Dillingham; is recognized
by all not only man of the highest
| character and the most brilliant abilities,
| but also as a leader who gives the greatest
promise for future usefulness of all the
younger men in public life.
| Your representatives in the Senate are
| indeed worthy successors to their illus
trious predecessors, and in honoring them
| you secure credit and honor for your
| State.
Your representatives in the House, al
| though serving only their second terms,
are already acknowledged leaders of
| thought and recognized advisers in the
| adoption of party and national policies.
I congratulate you upon such a rep
( resentation as I do most heartily con-
| graduate them upon the character of
| their constituency.
| 7 account it a great honor that they
united in inviting me to come here and
| address you on this occasion. To have
| their confidence and yours to such an
| extent is a compliment Of the highest
| character, and one for which I sincerely
| thank you and assure you of my proper
| appreciation.
| And yet pleased as I am to come here
| under such auspices, I experience some
| embarrassment on account of the sub
| ject I must discuss.
| Talking to the republicans of Vermont
| about the Republican party is very much
| like carrying Goals to New Castle I do
| not know of anybody who knows more
| about the Republican party than you