Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-04-14
FIX DATE OF CONVENTION.
Meet in Montpelier May
26 to Elect Delegates Com
mittee Has Council Meeting

The machinery of the Republican
party of Vermont was put in motion
in Burlington Monday for the pres
idential campaign at a meeting of
the state committee in the Hotel
Vermont when it was voted to hold
state convention i'll Montpelier
May 26 for the purpose of choosing four
delegates at large and four alternates
to the Republican national convention
in Chicago in June. The counties repre-
scented by committeeman at Monday S
meeting were as follows:
Essex, Harry B. Amey of Island
Pond; Franklin, William r. McFeeters.
of Enosburg Falls; Grand Isle, Juan
Robinson of South Hero; Lamoille,
Stanley C. Wilson of Chelsea; Orleans,
Chauncey S. skinner of Orleans;
Windham. j. f. Paddock of Bellows
Falls; Windsor, Alfred E. Watson of
Hartford.
1t was decided to adopt as a basis of
representation at the convention the
Republican vote for governor in the
election of 1914.
The matter of temporary Organiza-
ton of the convention, after discus
sion of available men, was referred to
the executive committee, with power
to act, as were the various details con
nccted with the convention. May Is,
the day of the primary election, was
designated as the day for holding eau
cuses at which delegates to the state
convention shall be elected and call
for election of town and city commit
tees at the same time will be issued
later.
There was considerable discussion of
the questions presented by the new
primary law, and il was the unani-
nous opinion of the committee that
every aid to the obtaining of full and
fair expression of the wishes of
the Republican voters Of Vermont as to
a candidate for President should be
given by the party organization. Meth
! DDS of effecting this were discussed
and Il statement viii be issued later by
/ Chairman Wilson, covering this ground.
The committee took no vote as to IN
'diVdual preferences.
In the absence of j. r. Searles of st.
Johnsbury, secretary OF the committee,
$. Il. Waite OF Hyde Park was elected
secretary, pro tenn. Stanley {: Wilson
Of Chelsea presided at the meeting
Earle :. kmsev of Rutland, Rcpubli-
can NGtlOnUl ''lHllilt'NNH'" -
mont and GUY w. Bailey of Essex
Junction, secretary of state were called
into conference with regard to the
practical application of the primary
law. They stated their understanding
of It's opcration and Mr.. Bailey eX-
nloined some of the problems that have
ariscn with regard to the machinery
nJcr the law and the Interpretation
that he and the attorney general put
upon them. D..,.
Inns interpreted the statute relative to
tbn preferential presidential primary as
,,,ooninp that no names shall be printed
n tbn ballots unless some candidate
,,iyos his written assent, he obtained
nj .ho oninion of Attorney General IL. G..
\ Rainier on the subject, which is cor
( rohorative Of Secretary Bailey s views.
h Mr. Bnrber's opinion follows
Il :, Roplving to your inquiry beg to
s .4,to tbat nder Section Il of said act
k ro, would not be justified in printing
Il Mo name of a person ON the presiden-
d ,ol urinary ballot rs a candidate for
c oeiee of president Of the United States
il U Urlcss such perscn has given his writ
II ten assent rr..i and col
lie Roosevelt have refused 10 permit men
10 no,oos TO be placed ON primary ballots
k. in othor states, and 1t Is hKely that
is Film Root will assume the same atti-
- ndo with regard to becoming canal
dato for the presidency, 1t looks as
30 tLong the ballot to be used on May
ll6 IN the Vermont primaries VIII re-