Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1908-07-03

ing in the deliberations, no new or mo-
mentous policies to be formulated, no trail
in civic progress to be blazed which shall
mark this gathering as historic There
were no triangular fights in the nomina =
lions, no dark horse possibilities, no bal
lotting a second time for any office, no
1lamboyant outbreaks to make the meet
ing spectacular like the so-called Clement
convention of six years ago. The speak
ing was above the average in quality,
some very pretty flights of fancy and
some genuine oratorical outbursts being
INDUCED in. The cheers were for Stan
ton, the votes for Prouty, but Stanton had
the backing of a Washington county gal
lery How close the contests We're is
shown by the fact that change of 20
votes would have given Stanton the nomi-
nation for governor and a change of q
votes would have put Barness name on
the ticket for lieutenant governor The
Bailey Farnsworth contest for secretary
of state would have been much closer but
for the result in voting for lieutenant gov
ernor, which gave Rutland county a place
on the ticket before the secretaryship
came up for consideration.
The convention, called at 10 in Golden
Fleece hall, was not raped to order by
Thad Chapman of Middlebury, chairman
of the state committee, until 1047. Rev.
l.. F. Reed of Montpelier prayed and f. c.
state committee, read the call. Mr.. Chap
man stated that the committee had Sc
lected Warren r. Austin of st. Adams as
temporary chairman and Frank L. Hamil-
ton of Salisbury as temporary secretary.
Mr.. Austin Is a young man of fine pres
ence, gifted with a powerful, resonant
voice, and he made an exceptionally salts
factory presiding officer. He touched off
a "set piece of oratory in opening. He
paid brief tribute to the late lamented
eX-President Cleveland He said the four
main subjects which exercise the intelli-
gent consideration of American people to-
day are business, law enforcement, social
amelioration and natural resources, and
each of these he touched upon briefly. Mr..
Austin referred to Taft as the son of a
native Vermonter, and this was the signal
for great applause The name of Roose-
welt was more warmly greeted than that
of Taft, however and when Gov. Proctor
was referred to he was accorded an even
greater tribute of applause and cheers
than the national leaders The demon
stratiOn for Proctor once subsidized but
broke out into a second hearty round
Fletcher ID. Proctor is the best liked man
in Vermont today and the recognition
given him was simply a natural mani
festation.
On motion of H. c. Royce of st. Adams
the reading of the roll was dispensed with
The chairman announced the committee
on resolutions selected by the state COM
mittee with Clarke c. Fits of BrattleborC
as chairman. On motion of r. w. Nc
Cuen of Vergennes the temporary organ
ization was made permanent. On pro
ceeding to the nomination for governor
Fred A. Rowland of Montpelier walked
down the centre aisle from the Washing
ton county delegation at the rear and ad-
dressed the convention from in front Of
the platform.
Mr.. Howland's argument was logical ant
very effectively delivered. He said the
question to consider was first the mar
who would best administer state affairs
and second the one who would be of the
greatest assistance in rolling up an old
time majority In September. Applause
and cheers stopped him when he mrs
mentioned the name OF Zed S. Stanton o.
Roxbury. He reviewed Mr.. Stanton's rec
ord, saying there was not one charge
against it, and he answered spiritedly thu
claim that Stanton was the tool Of corpo
rations.
John L. Lewis OF North Troy was flow
cry and dramatic in presenting the nam'
OF George Herbert Prouty Of Newport, blu
he held close attention OF the audience
He spoke OF Prouty as for the Roosevelt