Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-24
THE sTRATToN CONVENTION.
Memorable Gathering Of 1910 When
Daniel Webster Was Speaker.

was the chief speaker ana great at
traction and of Mr.. Webster's visit 10 |
pauos Eaus.
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was uu'ihs 'h' p''e'u''''' '"'
paign of 1910. In which General Harri- |
SON wos tho whir nominee In opposI- |
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monument u, 'nat u'ns' Martin W.,
bureh' IN az ms lanu peuui ,.,,
OF the campaign was rural gatneIihss,
lllli',,"se so's.n''"ns s mus,noss
small towns and away from business
centers, An example OF TINS was the
Stratton conVehton'
This monster gathefihg' whlch nuln-
bered $4,000 people, was neid III u iarse
open plot OF land ON the very helgn.
of the mountain between Winonanl
and Remington counties, wnere Only
one farmhouse was IN signt ior ihiies
around. over 90 ciuzehs OF TINS 'oM"
signed the can Tor 'he STRATUM III
vention. Although IN ,he pusies' u.,e
of the year over ioo vo.eIs hau sa.n
cred June Gun NJ the ho,el " a 49,
Wood IN Rockihghath' eiee.eu 80 III ,,,,,,
gates and formed the 1lppecanoe cruz
of Rockingham. Samuel l.. Billings
the tanner, was president, H. Waike'
recording secretary. simon . DaVis'
corresponding secretary. ana an eN-
ecutive committee consisting OF SeoIse
Perry. Henry Walker Johh w. Moorr,
w. II. Allbee ana ltnamer boiies.
was
Voted. that the wings EN- masse az
tend the District Log Cabin cohven-
ton to be holden on Stratton noun
tain, little east OF the height OF iaho
near the Turnpike road leauins iroIn
Arlington to Wardsporo' on iuesu!
the 18th day OF july next AT IL oeioe"'
noon"
The club held their maj iiiee.,hs
Saturday afternoon, July 4. at the BEL,
lows Falls Stage mouse, tnat stoou
where Hotel Windham now Is. 10 COLL
plete arrangements Tor the Wv"
part In the monster demonstration.
Monday morning, July oth. noen-
ingham citizens from all parts OF VI.
town gathered by appolhtineh. a.
Cambridgeport at ten O'Clock III exeIs
variety of conveyances, many on loo''
They proceeded in pooy 10 Iomn
shend where they were Joiheu W 80,
cations from Brattieporo. u.i.s'
Westminster, Chester, oprihsnelu'
Grafton and many other towns; hiahls
a monster cavalcade III Which IN ,ho
ingham's delegation was one OF .ie
largest. if not the largest OF any.
With the Brattleboro Delegation was
the honored guest and speaker Oh .hs
occasion. Daniel Webster or the uhitsu
states senate, in an open parouche
drawn by four coal black horses
The convention was called 10 OPEL
at noon the next day, TUESDAY. me
Rockingham delegation. IKE .ne
Others. had provided themselves WIN
tents and three days ratlohs. II -
estimated that at least $50 went from
this town, some, however. not going
until Tuesday morning. the man
delegation from here was one or the
very first on the GROUNDS At Mas
headed by the Walpole band; ms was
| followed on to the grounds bXa large
wagon, sufficiently capacious to seat
On persons drawn by six powerful
grav horses Upon the front of this,
was an elegant United States nag
| 49, nv 10 feet, which had been pre-
sented bv the patriotic leaders of Bel
lows Fails Extending from the rear
| of the carriage was log cabin, ana
appropriate scenery, with the motto
A True Emblem of Our Forefathers'
/ On the reverse side it bore the legend
Vermont Ever True to Wing Prin-
a,,ins Nnmerous other banners ac-
comnanied the Rockingham delega-
| ton. One from the village VI Ca
hri5eenort attracted as much atten-
t;on &c any as II read, We Were once
plind Rut Now We Can See. and was
carried by a number of gentlemen OF
that village who had formerly been
s,,nnortere of Van Buren, The paint
49, ~ the banners was done princi-
naIlv nv Johnson OF Bellows Fails. !,
After the Rockingham tents had
been nut I'D. one of them had as an
emhIem. on the top, huge pewter
,,inta With the motto Harrison Men
Pia.e We Isa Cold plate. referring to
~ royerh;a, extravaganza of Presi-
~ Wv Ruren during his residence
~ tho White House.
Throuehnut the convention, which
,ti,,,,ad mt; wednesday noon, the
,ota cant walter Taylor was the
NE M MARSHAL of the Rockingham
e vrilliam Henry of Bellows
EaIls later a member of congress
ans Committee upon the resolutions
&c tho convention and was nominated
os its candidate for presidential cleo
for "a which position he was later
~, .5 Cyrus Locke. a prominent
e eitina of Saxtons River, was one oil
cl'iNeu " orosidents Of the convention
.ne ~ W Moore editor of the Bel
anu Iai,. gazette was one of its
1--WE dos
ser w.! - tbe time of the assembling
tbe convention, no arrangement
OF ny n,ade nor had it beer
nau nossible for Daniel Webster
uee lieit Pel,ows Falls. On account OF
TO WISH pv mart which Rocking
tne p tnoi, IN the convention, and at th'
nam tooh AZ No Of its large delega.
,,r Mr ,nV Webster, Tuesday morning
tlon' MI a,,,d return this way ant
deeldeu ~ nc a Fellows Falls audience
speah 40 afternoon. Although tn,
Weuiae1 ,uas varv short and there were
notite We or Telegraph in thos'
40 crowd estimated at over 5000
Gays, cio"u .toraa filing the Who'll,