St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-30
SEEKING FUSION
Caledonia County PrOgressives
Nominated Only Part of
Ticket Yesterday

In a convention with IL of the IL
towns of the county represented the
progressives of Caledonia county
yesterday nominated a part of a
county ticket and empowered the ex-
ecutive committee of the county to
fill the places left vacant. the an
nOunced plan being to fill these
other political party, probably the
democrats. Rev. Fraser Metzger,
candidate for Congress was present
and gave an address which was we'll
received and DIR. w. j. Aldrich, the
progressive candidate for governor,
was present as secretary of the eX-
ecutive committee, his name was
! literally applauded whenever men
| toned and he would have addressed
the meeting had he not been called
away on professional duty. Only one
ballot was taken and that was for
sheriff. This resulted in 58 votes
cast, w. H. WOrthen having one, V.
| w. Rand 19 and George F. Winch 3S
and he was the nominee.
The ticket so far as nominated is
as follows: For county senator, E. A
Cook of Lyndonville; for assistant
! judge, George G. Nelson of Ryegate;
for judge of probate, Judge w. P.
Smith; for high sheriff, G. F. Winch
of McIndoes; for high bailiff, Byron
Bundy of Sutton.
The following men were chosen
for county committee: Barnet, Wal
ter Phelps; Burke, w. G. Cheney;
Danville, Wesley Morse; Groton, w.
NJ Kicker; Hardwick, w. L. Dow;
Lyndon, G.. M. Campbell; Peacham,
Millen Farrow; Ryegate, G. F. Smith;
st. Johnsbury, Earl Evans; Sheffield,
Fred Day; Sutton, L. w. Gordon;
Wheelock, H. ]. Mathewson. These
committee men were empowered to
select a member from the missing
towns.
Rev. A. S. Bole of Hardwick was
selected chairman of the convention
and Birney Eastman of Ryegate, sec
retary. The opening prayer was Of
fered by Rev. G. L. Eaton of this viii
lage.
E. A. Cook of LyndonvilIe, Willard
Stoddard of Barnet, M. V. B. Sar-
gent of Danville, Lyndon Arnold of
st. Johnsbury and w. G. Cheney of
Burke were named as committee of
resolutions. They reported resolu-
tions condemning the record of Sen.
w. P. Dillingham;, endorsing c. A.
Prouty and pledging the party to a
non-partisan primary.
MIR. Metzger's Address
Rev. Fraser Metzger was introduc-
ed as soon as the convention opened
in order that he might finish speak
ing in time to catch train. He said
he was pleased to present DR.. w. J.
Aldrich to them as the next governor
of Vermont, stated that the spirit of
enthusiasm so evident in 1912 is not
dead and the party is going on to
greater achievements.
One element of strength in the
party is it's birthright. 1t saw the
evils of the old parties and it came
to be a conviction that men must
work in a new organization. A
mans convictions are not to be
laughed at. The scorn of two years
ago on the part of the republican
newspapers had made progressive
votes. The progressives are not sell
ing their birthright for a mess of pot
tage. If the democrats want to help
the progressives he would bid them
God speed.
Everywhere he was finding enthus-
iasm for the progressive cause. Ger
tain1y the enthusiasm for Roosevelt
lated a visit he had from two mem
bers of the republican state commit
tee inviting him to return to that
party but he had refused because he
believed there was much good yet
to be accomplished outside of the
party. The progressive party is
specially needed now in getting the
candidacy of C. A. Prouty before the
people. 1t must continue pushing
bosses out of the republican party.
He said political alignments had
been wrong in the past and would be
upon the lines of conservative and
liberal in the future. He could not
understand why all ministers were
not progressiyes and expressed his
keen pleasure in seeing the Burling-
ton Free Press come into the pro-
gressive ranks. The progressives are
in the fight to stay until their prin-
ciples shall prevail.
Dav Of PRAYER. For Ieaca