The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-27
7.uNK {. HOWE FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Hon. F. G. Fleetwood Made
Chairman of the Convention,
Speaks Out For Progress in
the Party.

Burlington, June 27.-The Republican
state convention in session here to-day
nominated the following state tickets
For governor. Allen NJ. Fletcher Of
Cavendish.
For lieutenant governor, Frank Y.
Howe of Bennington.
For state auditor, Horace r. Graham
OF Craftsbury.
Forrtreasurer, Edward II. Deavitt %
Montpelier.
For secretary of state, Guy W. Bailey
of Essex
The vote for governor ~ass
Total vote ;.......; :. ...,..-.. $40
Joseph A. DeBoer had ...-. $50
A. NJ. Fletcher had .-......... go
The nomination was made nnanimous.
The first ballot for candidate for liea-
tenant governor was
Total vote .................. sGd
Max Powell had ........+.... iSs
Millard Barnes had ......... les
Frank +. Howe had ....s..... 26s
There being no choice. Second ballot
was taken
Before the result Of the second hailat
had been declared. Warner OF Ncrgennes
protested the vote because one o. more
delegates who went out for dinner were
denied votes when they returned and
third ballot was ordered. The unofficial
figures for this ballot however, weres
NJ. f. Barnes ........L 2ss
Frank L. Howe ...s s. Zst
Max Powell ......-...... 2
Mr.. Powell had withdrawn his nam~,
however
The third ballot resulted "a follows;
Totals vote ....-......,...... 5S2
Barnes ..-..........-....-. 2ss
Howe ..-................... 5ol
Scattering -....-...,........... J
And Mr.. Howe was declared the nom-
inee.
The convention was called 20 order
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning by
the Hon Frank c. Williams, chairman
of the Republican state committee, who
designated Hon. Frederick G. Fleetwood
of Morrisville as temporary chairman Of
tn convention and Fred C. Gleason, Sec
retary. The roll call showed 500 dele.
gates present.
Chairman Fleetwoods Address
Mr.. Fleetwood in assuming the chair,
after expressing his pleasure at address,
ing such representative body of yer-
mont citizens, said that a party conven-
tion is a clearing house for the exchange
OF party ideas and the adoption of party.
principles. 1t two-fold aspect.
personal and platform. The first centres
around the personality of the candidate
who seeks the office and the second To-
cuses its attention on the principles
for which the party stand. Mr.. Fleet
wood then went on to trace the his
tory of the Republican party from its
inception to the present time, paying
ringing words of tribute to Lincoln,
HAYES. Arthur. Harrison, Mckinley,
and Taft. Platforms are no
longer political Mayfowers TO take on
board all who wish for the time being
to espouse its tenets, but should repre-
sent the mature belief and conviction
Of the membership of the party behind
il. As with the individual so with the
of individuals, like parties
their pedigree must first be ascertained
and the nature of their achievement.
We hear much nowadays of the word
liberty Gentlemen, the Republican
party was baptised at the font of lib
,rty.
After recounting some of the impor-
amt legislation achieved by the party
since its formation, the speaker turned
10 Vermont and said;
In Vermont too the control Of this
PARTY has ever been toward the better
nent of the state. Time fails 10 relate
he numerous acts which have been
passed looking toward the progress and
of our. own inhabitants But
few stand out prominently:
The grade crossing act has been passed.
chools brought under skilled supervi-
ion. agricultural schools and teacher
raining courses have been brought into
xistenee. welfare of the children fur
hered through the adoption OF an adc-
Iuate child labor law.
The resources of the state are being
widely advertised. the highways Of the
tate have already been vastly improved
nd some progress made in the adoption
# legislation regarding employers la
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