The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
THE DELEGATES ARE HERE
Continued from page H.
about town. Mr.. Batchelder's supper.
ters were also present in numbers.
Who Will Name the Candidntel

wood in nomination ON the floor of
the convention today and Robert A.
Lawrence will nominate DR.. Mead.
Frank e. Howe will place the name
of Mr.. Batchelder before the conven-
ton. r. w. Simonds will nominate
l. p. Slack for Lieutenant Governor
and G c. Fits will name e. w. Gibson
for the same position.
The Batchelder delegation were
very much in evidence during the ev-
ening with their red ribbons and al
| though they do not claim the nomin-
alton of their candidate, still they say
that he will surprise the convention
with the strength shown when it
comes to a vote. James K Batchel-
der was seen at his headquarters,
which he has established in room 81
at the Pavilion last evening, and he
claimed total of SO votes, according
to preliminary canvass completed
yesterday, but he believes that it ex-
ceeded that number at a late hour
last night. Mr.. Batchelder said that
he thought his chances were as good
it took more than one ballot for a
choice Edward Bates, Mr. Batchel-
derS campaign manager, authorized
the statement in answer to a question
eral successive ballots, that the can
didate from Bennington county would
not throw his strength over to any
Of the other candidates, but that the
Batchelder delegation were for their
Imam first. last. and always.
NJ. J. Hapgood of Peru had some
difficulty in establishing hcadquart-
ers at the Pavilion, owing to a mis-
understanding regarding rooms which
he had engaged several weeks ago.
He was finally located in room 81 j.,
however, and was seen there Mr..
fiapgood said that he d. / not wish to
give out a lengthy statement to the
press but that he was in the fight for
gubernatorial honors from a sense of
duty and for the principle of the
thing. Political support has nothing
to do with the situation" said the
Peru candidate. Il am in it on the
square deal basis. [ have made no
personal solicitations for the Office
and have entered into no deals with
any one. My supporters, OF course,
are embued with county pride, but if
it came to show down, they would
turn over to Fleetwood as he is
square deal man
The candidates for Lieutenant Gov
ernor arrived yesterday afternoon and
! by mutual agreement between E. W.
Gibson of Bratleboro and l.. p. Slack
OF st. Johnsbury, no headquarters
were established by them, but G.. F..
Leland of Springfield opened up head
quarters in room 33, where he was
visited throughout the evening by Il
large delegation of supporters from
his section of the State. Mr.. Leland
was seen by representative of the
Journal last evening ana said that he
considered hk chances as very IA
vorable. Il lalize, however, that the
main battle is between the candidates
for the Governorship," said Mr.. Lee
land land therefore that there IS not
much pledging of candidates for the
minor office beforehand The county
is solidly for me and thoy AVE been
| so instructed in the county ton\ en-
ton. | know that the ca lid ties can
I not jeopardze their postiJ IS Jy
| pledging for any of the caudidt. ss.
but nevertt eless | feel quite conn lent
of success.
Mr. Slack also was in an optimistic
! mood when approached and stated
that he expected to win on the first
ballot. AS to giving out the total of
his preliminary canvass, he said it
would be difficult to do so, owing to
the uncertainty of the Goyernorship
| contest
Hon f. w. Gibson, the third candi-
date for the ant-Governorship
said that it was more of an expert
! ment than anything else with him
| and that he wished to see how far a
man can go into an affair of this kind
without making personal solicitation
for office He said that he would not
enter into any trade with any of the
Gubernatorial candidates and wished
to stand for clean politics throughout
the battle. Mr. Gibson brought up
his record in politics in the past and
mentioned his adyocacyof the prim-
airy election law
A meeting of the State committee
was hel dlast evening at 1880 o'cock
at the Pavilion, lasting until nearly
midnight. at which credentials were
received from nearly all of the de-
legates to the convention of today
and the remainder will be passed on
this morning. The two oppising fac
tons from Pawlet of four delegates
each divided equally between Mead
and Fleetwood, were not recognized
by the committee, on the grounds that
the caucuses at which they were ell
ected were Illegal and neither defe-