The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-15

CHARLES II. WATSON. of 81. Albans
For Lieutenant; Governor
REV. J. u. REARDoN, of Springfield /
Tor Secretary Of State
JoIIN W. THURSTON, NJ Island Pond /
For Auditor OF Accounts,
T.. :. PRATT. Of Bratiloboro'
For Attorney General,
IL. C. SHURTLEFF. of Montpclier'
u,rmonv wns the watchword ana
every one who had chance 20 say :"
,lid 80. The whole convention tnIhen '"
Charles u. Watson and there was ~,
,,r,ssinn OF expectation that he Woui"
- ~ no,nlis fipbt against the rcpuhli'
can candidate ~ the polls tins ihh' i.t,
i.,t.s ,bp most commanding figure ~ ihe
Lnil was Elisha Nav of -. JohnseurN,
Who has become old IN the ranks oi lhc
Marty. Int who WAS everywhere Keep
Ina things moving along and was ohS
81 the "young ones, as Ne cApies''N
Al 20 o'clock. Emory 5. Harris OF
Remington, chairman OF the state com
mittce. called the convention tn oIuvI.
He said il was the first time ~ years
that the democracy had assemnleu ia
stote convention ready 10 fight the enc
M. and mot itself. lie announced the
selection of the following oihceIs "i
the temporary organization:
Chairman. r. T.. Bullard Of HardWlek'
secretary. NJ. G.. Lcary of Burlington:
Assistant secretaries. w. u. Hogan el
Remington. Frank II. CLARK oil "ihu'
~! sergeant alarms, John r. Sullivan Of
Mr. Bnllard took the chair and was
erected with applause. lie made rev
remarks during which he paid ms re-
spects to the hospitality OF ST. AIpais.
| TIe discussed the speeches made by
'T6oo5orc Roosevelt in England and
/ criticized the flavor Of imperialism ne
! Lelievad characterized them. lie de-
plored hero worship n one of the threat
| cning clements in our lattor-day Amefl,
con Citizenship. "'On the 30th OF last
! month - be said. "thc biennial bar
! oain and sale of the chief magistraey
! of this state took place. lie pald q
| commitment to Frederick G. Fleetwood
for his courage in running against the
campaign methods of his opponent LOT
the republican nomination Tor governor
and said he "should have our sympalhy
and our praise and ANYTHING we can
/
On motion of Elisha May of 81.
JTohnsbury. the temporary organization
! was made permanent, but not untli
John II. Donnelly of Nergennes mad
| offered an amendment providing that
ono vice.president from each county
should be added to the list.
The following vice-presidents were
chosen and took their seats on the plat
form: Oliver Shea of Addison; ;'o4n
Robinson of Bennington, Danlel ~;
Coveny of Dauville, James r. Burke ol
Burlington. d. c. Foss or nrlgnson' ~
Thomas O'Heare of Highgate, hiram
Lewis Of Isle La Motto, c. r. Greene
If Morrisville. Dan r. Stanley of wash
ineton. William Pike of Derby Lane
Ernest Hitchcock of Pittsford, NJ; B'
Nichols of Barre. X. s. Childs of Brat
tlehoro. Don C. Pollard of Cavendlsh.
On motion of II. c. Shurtleff of Mont
nelier resolutions of respect to the mem,
ory of the late Bradley b. Smalley OF
Burlington. were adopted. -,
Elisha May, representing the com
mittee on resolutions, read tne pia.'
form which contained resolutions con y,
demning the Payne-Aldrich tarin pli
and praising the insurgent element OF
tbe rennblican party. Cannon and Can
nonism are condemned and to preven,
II any action, even to the enactment o.
7 an amendment to the constitution, !
urged. The income tax amendment Il
looked upon with favor and the election
Of United States senators and the presi
dent bv direct vote is demanded.
reform in tax legislation Is de
! manded The repeal Of the preseIn
caucus law and the substitution OF al
rect primary law, the publication Q.
: campaign expenses, the lessening o.
8 railroad influence, the passing OF al
employers liability law, the buiidinas
of good roads, the continuation OF th'
present local option law with the eiec
ton of the license commissioners ..
the peonle. the regulating or me nl'
insurance "trust" in the state tne cun .o
servation of natural resources, the re
duction of the state expenses and th'
passage of the proposed amendments Z
the constitution are urged. The genera
= assembly of 1908 is condemned. ;,
The convention then turned to TN
:. nomination Of a state ticket. The nam
of Charles D. Watson was presented u
: head the ticket as candidate for gov
! ernor bv George G. Story of st. Albans
and was greeted with loud cheers. Th'
nomination was seconded by g. H. zap
of Barre, Harland b. Howe Of st. Johns
bury. and Others. Windsor county pre-
sented the name OF Rev. Jonn d. near
don of Springfield for lieutenant-gov
ernor. The name of John w; Thurstoai
I of Island Pond was offered for the OF
= fee of state treasurer. For secretary
Of state, Lamoille county presented tn
name of G. l.. Mcmahon, and for audi
tor of accounts the name OF +: ); Frat
e of Brattleboro was offered. V. A. Bul
8 lard was placed in nomination for tn
;. office of attorney general, but declined
and the name of H. G. Shurtlef O.
. Montpelier was presented. All of tn
nominations were unanimously madt
and the work of nominating the ticke'
= was accomplished in a very few min
1 utes Mayor J. E. Burke Of Burlington
, congratulated the convention on nam
j ing such ticket and spoke in the high
est terms of the party's candidates. =
A committee composed Of Harland 3
9 Howe, V. A. Bullard, G. G. Story
9 Mayor Burke and Mr.. Burke of Rut
land was appointed by the chair tt
notify Mr.. Watson of his nominatloI
: and escort him to the convention hall
On the motion Of John II. Donneliy
VI a rising vote of thanks to the people
, of st. Albans for their hospitality wa
taken. Mr.. Watson was escorted init
the convention hall in the midst OF
wild tumult of applause and was intro
= 5,aod by Mr. Howe