Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-07

terspersed, and, when midnight ar
lived, representatives of Or. Mead
claimed that he would have anywhere
from 60 TO 100 delegates more than
the number necessary to nominate.
Those who had watched the canvass.
however, knew this was far wide of
the mark, and there was every indi-
cation Of failure to nominate on tho
first ballot. When the trains from
the east side arrived Thursday morn
ing the white badges of the Fleet
wood cohorts began to make a mark
ed showing beside the blue badges OF
the Mead camp and the scarlet ribbon
worn by the Batchelder delegates. BY
tho time the convention was to as
semble at $50 the Mead contingent
realized fully that It had a trem endous
struggle on its hands, and this was
fully demonstrated later on. More
over 1t was shown that the heavy
Mead counties were on the west side,
Orleans county and little Essex being
the only ones In the second congress
sional district to give the Rutland
candidate a majority Of the delegates.
In view Of the fact that the accuracy
| of the canvass conducted by the FREE
PRESS had been questioned We have
taken particular pleasure In compar-
IN ho ~ IF Io1o Oh
to Or. Mead in the final table of tho
| canvass printed on Saturday June IS,
and tho number OF delegates who nc
tually voted for him on the first bal
lot in the convention, twelve days
later, as shown by tho tables Of the
first ballot printed elsewhere.
In Addison county our canvass gave
Or. Mead SO and on the first ballot ne
received actually SO. In Bennington
9. In Caledonia county we gave him
II with 6 to hear from. and he received
also all the missing ones. his vote in
that county being 20. In Chittend IN
county we credited him with as and
he received 4s. In Essex county we
gave him with to hear from and
he received II. In Franklin county
we credited him with 40 and he re-
ceivcd 80. In Grand Isle county we
gave him and he received 8. In
Orange county we gave him ~ and
he received IS, capturing two credited
gave him "a and he received "a. In
Rutland county, his home county, we
gave him 81 out of Of and he received
60. In Washington county we gave
him 90 with five to hear from and he
had %. In Windham county where
our canvass was least complete we
gave him o. with some scattering, and
he had 1G. In Windsor county we
gave him II and he had 90, the total
putting him largely in the lead. For
a canvass Of returns made a dozen days
before the convention, we submit that
fairness to both sides. Moreover 1t is
significant that our table gave Batch
| elders total vote as SO and he re-
ceived so.
| We also stated that our returns
showed Mr.. Slack to be in the lead al
though we made no attempt to secure
actual figures in connection with
| the strength Of the candidates for
second place, and the first ballot show
ed this to be correct We consider
that the convention showed the time
| and expense of securing our canvass
was we'll spent,
Speaking of figures we will say IN
| this connection that Caledonia county
exhibited good politics all right as
regards its efforts to secure the lieu
| ten ant governorship. on both the
| first and second ballots on the COVER
| norship Caledonia's total vote OF 46
was equally divided, Mead and Fleet
wood each receiving o.
The platform adopted by the Stale
convention received unusual attention
and discussion. and It will be a diff
cult matter for any man on the State
ticket or any member of the next
Legislature who accepts office as a
republican to say that this declara-
| tion of principles has no binding pow
err so far as they are concerned.
The plank regarding the liquor sit
| uation means that tho matter OF n
| referendum is really in tho hands of
| the Legislature, and that II tho peo-
| ple want referendum they can have
| 1t by sending to that body men favor
| ing q public mandate on the subject,
as Intimated by DR.. Mead In his speech
| Of acceptance.