The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-26

Europe The war held up the growing
stream of imports from the low prceC
labor markets of the old world. But th'
war brought new and sterner problems
of national honor and national safety
Have these problems been solved? They
have not. For year and three quarters
the United States, including the Demo
cratic party, has had before it the awfu
lesson of the greatest war in the history
OF the world and yet not one real steT
has been taken to place this country
not on war basis but on the only basis
on which nation can exist in peace
with reasonable degree of national Sc
curity.
| Here America stands to day, not on a
sound business foundation but deIuded
by gamblers prosperity due to the tenn
| porary demand for munitions of war
here America stands, in one hand a white
feather held up toward Mexico and in the
other hand tin sword pointed at the
kaiser
"The country needs change of adj
ministration. II is the duty of this CON
vention gathered here to-day to do its
part toward bringing a change so much
to be desired. To do this part with a
patriots devotion we must lay aside the
jealousy and passion of the past and face
the future, not merely with selfish de-
sire for party victory but with an ear.
nest determination to serve our state
and country even il it involves personal
sacrifice and giving up Of our own de-
sire to the will of the party majority.
"We have had division in our councils
and hope the day may never come when
we shall not be broad enough and toler-
ant enough to disagree when we have
honest differences of opinion, vet at the
same time have sincerity and self sacr-
flee and patriotism enough to lay aside
personal pride and factional rivalry when
our beloved country is face to face with
humiliation and loss of prestige. Differ
ences we must have, but the hour Of
danger is not the time or occasion for
divided party.
-Four years ago the Republican party
split and the result is that the country
for four years and the government at
Washington have been in unskillful hands
and the ship of state has been sailing
closer and closer TO the rocks OF disaster.
-0ur settled determination to-day
should be to forget the past, except its
lessons. and build for the future in unity.
honor and consecrated patriotism, and to
do that duty this convention will now
proceed"
The Delegates.
On the resumption of the session after
dinner, the delegates proceeded to the |
election of delegates to the national con-
vention. The first seven names on the |
slate went through in rapid selection. the |
men being chosen by acclam nation They |
were as follows:
Theodore \. Vail. Lyndon.
z. R. Morse, Proctor.
G. II. Prouty, Newport
c. NJ. Graves, Bennington
F. H. Babbitt, Bellows Falls.
G. w. Bailey, Essex.
John T. Cushing. st. Albans.
For the eighth delegate. W. A. Lord
presented the name of II. J. VI. Jones Of
and II. c. Whitehill nominat-
ID G. z. Moody of Waterbury.
The committee on resolutions was
made up as follows:
Chairman. c. II. Darling; Addison
'ounty. Willis F. Cady. Middlebury; Ben
nington. Frank C. Archibald. Manches-
Ter; Caledonia. Alexander Dunnett. st. Il
lohnsbury; Essex. Richard Beattie. Maid
stone; Franklin, Elbert 6. Brigham. st.
Albans; Grand Isle. Nelson W. Fisk.
'sle Ia Motto; Lamoille. Frederick G. II
Fleetwood. Morrisville; Orleans. Charles
I. F. 0'Rourke, Derby; Orange. John
= Sherburne, Randolph: Rutland. Har. 4
rev r. Kingsley. Rutland: Washington.
fred A. Rowland. Montpelier: Windham.
: c. Fits. Brsttleboro: Windsor. Fred /
rick W. Wilder, Woodstock.
The Resolutions. u
The resolutions adopted recount the /.
lrogress Of the nation under Republican !
ule. regret the dissension Of 1912. de-
lore the weakness and incompetencv"
Z the present administration. endorse .
he Vermont delegation in Congress. call