The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-03
STATE CONVENTION.
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be referred 10 the mood Of uoNeFno
Proctor, the announcement 81 the hain'
oi the states chief executive getting |
louder fcoeplion than thase Of Roosevelt
and TAFT. AZ the close ii Mr. Austin Z
alduss the temporary organization VA
made permanent and the reading Of ID,
rolf dispensed with on molten OF II, w
McCuen 81 Negennes,
Then started the fireworks, End A
Rowland al Montpelier made his Wa.
/ toward the platform amid thnndefuu
cheering iphm the stanton sympathisers
and made ringing nomination specrh ioi
/ the RoShuy man, Mr. Rowland said II
was the duty Of the Vermont republicans
90 nominate the man who would make
/ the state the best governor aud Al the
same time poll the largest vote in Septem,
/ her, "lha, man i Zcd :, stanton" said
Mr.. Rowland, aud there wac cheering for
several minutes. The speaker then out.
/ lined briefly Mr. Sianton's career, bring
| ing out the fact that early IA life the
candidate had learned TO he his own mas
ter. Ills campaign, said Mr. Rowland,
had been devoid oi commerciallsm, and
he urged every delegate 60 lay aside per
snnal prejudice and do his duty by the
state.
When the cheering that followed Mr.
llowlands effort had subsidized, John l..
Lewis Of North Troy arose 10 nominate
Mr. Pmuty In eloquent language, EN-
phasizcd by dramatic pose and gesture,
Mr.. Lewis painted roseate picture OF
the New Vermont aud what Il means,
The men OF this regime, he said. would
have the goycrnorship no gllttering bauhlc
but the GROWING honor Of the common
wealth, Mr.. Lewis told OF the principles
for which his candidate stood, told OF
4 A. a q l.
success in business life. He pictured him
~ firm enough 20 strike for the right. an
able legislator. convincing speaker.
iorccful debater, a ohivalrous gentleman
and the peer OF any in stainless honor aud
spotless integrity" Tumultuous cheering
was again in onlcr for several minutes,
and then the scconding speeches began.
First came James +. Hooker for Mr..
Prouty in behalf OF fully one.half Of
the Windham county delegation" He
was followed by Role Searles OF st.
bloomsbury for Mr.. Prouty, and A. f.
Cudworth OF Londonderry for Mr.. Stan
ton in behalf Of "a large majority OF
Windham county" Arose also one T.. Ii.
Finn of Springfield with fortissimo sec.
onding speech for Stanton; then the Rev.
Mr.. Granger and his hit Of the day. For
the next several minutes the seconding
and crude, long and short. clever and com.
q. NJ Barber, who seconded
Stanton for Bennington county, called at
tention TO the fact that his candidate
didn't have dollar 10 send out for the
and this led 4. NJ. Mansur Of
Newport TO raise the ghost OF the McCul-
Tough campaign by retorting that such
remark came with extremely bad grace
from Mr.. Barber, Finally, when every
one who so wished, had said his say the |
began.
Tellers were appointed from each coun
~, Thomas O'Brien of Bellows Falls |
icting for Windham, and they at once be-
gan to pass the hat among the delegates
After the ballots had been collected and
he count begun W. a. Lord OF Mont. /
% the nomination of those officers whose
SEPARATIONS were not shared by other can.
lidates. Mr.. Lord nominated +. ii. Dea.
nit for state treasurer, Aaron Grout of
Newport nominated Horace +. Graham
md G. C. Fits of Brattleboro named j.
!. Sargent, referring TO him as bril-
liant lawyer and a noble man." Follow.
ng these nominations came the selection
II presidential electors which resulted as
ollows; Myron +. Roberts Of Rupert,
v. d. Howe of Burlington, i. G. Butter.
ield of Derby Line. and H., ID. Ryder OF
BELLOWS Falls, N L. Divoll naming the
o the reading of the PLATFORM as long
s the moral law, by G. c. Fits, chair I
nan of the resolutions committee previ-
usly appointed. By the time Mr.. Fits
ad finished the result of the governorshlp ,
allot was ready and it was made public
y the chairman amid a great demonstra- /
ION on the part of the Prouty-ites. This
as at ! o'clock. As soon as the out {
ONE was given by the chairman Mr.. Lord t
lade the nomination unanimous in be- {
alf of the defeated warrior, and attention
as directed to settlement of the running t
ate question. 1t was Il. a. Lawrence f
ohm A. Mead of that city. Mr.. Law t
,nce said those who expected long o
,eech would be disappointed, but there fl
as not SO much disappointment when he
nished as he may have imagined The e
,eaker enumerated all OF DIR. Mead's
,od qualities and pleaded as hard as ii
cry delegate had not already made up o
s mind. Mr. Lawrence finished, and
en- w. Smith of Addison took the floor
the cause of Mr.. Barnes. To begin
it'll he called to mind the fact that Add CT
n county had been in evidence almost II
Then he told the convention ST
u |
ID why he was fitted for the lieutenant p
vernorship. When he had finished Mr.. IN
NTH had delivered one of the cleverest L
eeches of the day and the applause he pl
ceived was well merited James +. al
poker seconded the nomination of Mr.. fl
rnes ''in behalf of few of the unterri- vi
d of Windham county," while T. 81
Brien did business in behalf of Mead. be
ere were numerous other secondlng al
eeches but they were all very brief, be til
, limited to two minutes on motion Of ua
was as follows: Total, 677; Mead,
J; Barnes 3lS In Windham county 80
ted for Mead and 81 for Barnes. eq
Allen NJ. Martin of Essex junction tn
ICED in nomination the name of Guy SO
Hey for secretary of state while that WI
Walter X. Farnsworth was proclaimed
typical campaign grafton by Joseph of
Jones of Rutland. Frank II. Laughton lei
Dummerston seconded the nomination Sc,
Mr.. Famsworth in behalf Of a majority wi
the delegates of Windham county, but eq
A. Daniels of Brattleboro, who. bal ey
ed himself on top of a camp-chair for tn
eral moments before he got recogni- ia,
H. gave an arithmetical estimate of de
ndham county's to Mr. Bailey. There vi
re a number of other speeches before a
VOTE the outcome of which was as thu
ows: Total 63S; Bailey, 376; Farms col
rth, 262. cas-
.fter the voting had been completed 10
committee appointed to notify the pa.
cessful nominee for governor appeared
h Mr.. Prouty in tow. His appearance
the signal for another demonstration, ant
haps the biggest of the day, and then the
he his nomination speech. Gus
was a carefully prepared statement Gu
lining the candidates Enthusiastically via
ressed publicly many times-on state the
tiers. After extending the customary mo