The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-29
Session Last Night Knocked
Out the No instruction
Clause and To-day 1t Was
Agreed to Leave Out Taft
Preference Unless Forced.
DELEGATES.
Senator W. P. Dillingham;, Montpelier.
Gov. r. D. Proctor, Proctor.
II. \. Greene, st. AIbans.
A. M. Fletcher, Cayendish.

Burlington, April 20. The Republican
state convention for electing four dele
gates and four alternates to the Repub.
lican national convention held in this
city to-day developed hard fight over
the expression Of preference for Taft as
presidential candidate. The opponents
Of the preferential idea finally triunphei
ID the committee on resolutions and their
report to the convention contained no
expression On the question.
The resolutions COMMITTEES held pro.
tracted session last night The resolu-
tions as first presented To the committee
contained plank which called for an
lninstrnctcd delegation. This plank was
later stricken out. and discussion then
arose over tlle question Of Taft indorse-
menf. The maetimg ended without any
decision. although d numbeF wished for
an outspoken statement. on the resump-
tion ct the session Ibis morning at nine,
the tight WAS renewed and for an hour
and hall the matter was discussed.
When the committee adjourned at half
past ten there was nothing in the COM
pleted resolutions which could be con-
stTued as favoring Taft
The committee had, however, appointed
subcommittee TO draw up resolution
mildly expressing leaning toward Taft,
TO be used IN the case of emergency,
that IA, la case some rabid Taft support
er should present on the floor Of tile
convention an unqualified resolution call
ala
committee went before the convention
with the mild Taft document III their
pockets.
This committee On resolution, whose
majority ii sand ia favor Taft, included
the following H. Charles Royce 0f ST.
Adams, chairman; Addison county, WI.
H Bosworth OF Bristol; Bennington
county, q. M. Barber Of Bennington;
Caledonia county, George 4. Frye of MI.
Jphnsbury; Chittenden county, WI. j.
Bigelow Of Burlington; Essex county. p.
X Dale Of Island Pond; Grand isle
county, wv. All Soule Of Aiburgh; La
moiIle county. I'll III. Powers of Morris
VILE; Orleans county, r. MI Mansur Of
Newport Orange county, II. E. Parker
of Bradfords Rutland county, II. ID.
White of Rutland; Washington county,
w al Lord Of Montpelier; Windham
county, Charles H. Williams Of Bellows
FaIiss Windsor, w. L. Slack Of Spring
field.
The Platform.
Their resolution which was subsequent.
II adopted By the convention was as
follows
We, the Republicans Of Vermont. in
convention assembled, hereby declare as
follows:
For nearly half century the Repub-
liean party has been III control Of the
national administration.
This period has heen one of marvellous
growth and development, the like Of
which has never been witnessed, efther
here or elsewhere
Our present degree of well being; the
high individual average Of prosperity
that prevails among us the success Of
our policies, at home and abroad the
exalted rank and prestige which the
United States have attained among the
governments Of the world; our general
sense OF security and our hopeful out
look upon the future. are all largely due.
we confidently affirm, insofar as such
things can be attributed to the opera
tion Of political principles and policies,
to the sound principles and the wise
policies which the Republican party has
all along consistently maintained and
pursued
We count as chief among these: equal
opportunity and equal rights for all; one
law and one justice for the rich and for
the poor, for capital and the aggrega-
tioas Of capital, for labor and the or
ganizstions Of labor; protection to the
products Of American industry: sound
money. and 3 foreign policy at once dig
niiied and discreet. ever prepared to de-
icnd and maintain the national honor,
but solieitous to preserve the peace that
Is consistent with selfrespeet
The Republican partr Is the party Cf
progress. Il recognizes that the con-
alausly changing conditions OF social and
economic life require correspondinely
modified adaptations and applications Of
the Fundamental law; bat its policy, We
believe has alvss been. and shsald al.
vaFs BE-, to meet snrh situations IN d
spirit Of trse conservatism. observing and
respecting the constitutional barriers and