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reelected president. The association
also elected Clarke C.. Fits of Brat
tleborO one of the vice presidents, and
Major {. Houghton, also of Brattlebo
70, member of the board of directors.
Vermont 5 l25th anniversary of ad-
mission to statehood was the occasion
yesterday of one of the most notable
state gatherings held in the Capital
city in many years.
Ihe celebration was under the direc
tion of the Greater Vermont associa-
tion, and every town and city i'll Yer
mont of amy size was represented by
an enthusiastic delegation. Full 1000
people are estimated to have come TO
this city for the celebration.
The crowd resemblcd an old-fash-
ioned state convention, with the diff
ference that the guests represented a
score of men, famed throughout the
nation and civilized world for their
accomplishments. The hotels were
crowded from cellar to attic, the gar
ages were packed with closely serried
lines of cars and Montpelier S city hall
auditorium was filed for the afternoon
session.
The evening banquet was the crown
ing event of the day, nearly 700 guests
and enthusiastic Nermonters sitting
down to dinner with fully as many
more, including visiting ladies and
their guests, III the balconies. Home
coming NermOnters were prominent in
the exercises, Charles Gleed, John G.
Barrett, George B. NJ. Harvey and
Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford being
among the honored former residents,
while such names as those of Gov.
lSpaulding of New Hampshire, James
II. Hustis, Gov. Samuel W. Mccall
and Theodore n. Vail lent an air of
distinction to the program.
A feature of the afternoon was the
frank bid for political support for a
| favorite candidate, made by former
Gov Edward Curtis Smith, who closed
his address by an appeal to his hear.
ers to keep true Nermonters in office
and to retain the mountain rule
| The meeting of the Greater Vermont
association opened at 2 o'clock in the
armory with President Frederick X
Babbitt of Bellows Falls presiding
Charles Gleed of Kansas City, Mo-, 8
former resident of Morrisville, and 6
prominent lawyer in the West, was the
opening speaker of the afternoon ses
sion his address relating to Vermont
history.
The other speakers at the Afternoon
session were exGov, E. G. Smith o.
St. Albans, president of the Centra
Vermont system, Rear Admiral Rob
Iert E. Peary of the Nnited States ma
Ivy, and John G. Barrett, director
general of the Pan American Congress
Mai. Gen Leonard Wood Of tn,
UNITED States army wired his regret
Hast evening, his important duties a
this time being such as to prevent hi
travelling any great distance. Anothe
who was unable to be present wa
lCarl Vrooman, United States assistan
lsecrctarv of agriculture.
The speakers last evening at th'
banquet held in the auditorium Of tn
lCity hall, at which plates were lai
for roo, the balcony being filled wit
lat least as many more, were as fol
flows: George Harvey, editor of til
North American Review, who acted q
Itoastmaster: GOV. Roland S. Spauld
! ling of New Hampshire, James ].
IHustis, president Of the Boston
/ Maine system, Theodore N. Vail 0
/. lLvndonvilIe, Gov. Samuel w. MEGA
i Iof Massachusetts and Wendell PHILLIP
| Stafford, judge of the Supreme Cour
: lof the District of Columbia.
The other vice presidents aside frol