The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-03
FAVOR SUFFRAGE
AND CHANGES IN
vOLSTEAD ACT
Vermont Democrats Also Con-
denim PrOfiteering in War
CONVENTION IN RUTLAND
Fred C. Martin of Bennington Chosen
a Delegate to Big Gathering in
San Francisco.


Rutland, June 3.-Putting itself on
record as fayoring Woman suffrage.
the repeal OF the Voistead act as an
unfair and un-Amercan Interpretation
OF the 18th amendment and favoring
the manufacture of beer and light
wines and government agencies for
the distribution and supply, at cost,
Iof alcoholic stimulants for medicinal
purposes only the democratic state
convention in this city held in The
Playhouse was brought to a close at
I12;40 yesterday.
Delegates to the Democratic Nation
al convention to be held in San Fran
cisco were elected in the following or
der: Mayor j, Holmes Jackson OF
Burlington, Henry C. Brislin Of But
land, Fred G. Martin of Bennington,
DR.. E. H. Bailey of Barre, Howard
E. Shaw of Stowe, l. w. Wachter Of
Windsor, John c. Flanagan of Proc
tor and H. ca Shurtleff of Montpelier
AT the vote of the convention the
delegates were allowed to choose
their own alternates.
George r. Stockpole of Winooski,
the temporary secretary, read the
call for the convention The tenn
.porary officers were installed as
permanent as follows. Henry c.
Brislin, Rutland chairman; c. r.
Stachpole, Winooski, secretary; !
T. Leamy of West, Rutland, first as
sistant secretary, Fred c. Martin,
Bennington second assistant secre,
tary.
Park II. Pollard Of ProctorsVille,
chairman Of the state democratic
committee, called the meeting TO or
der. Stating the purpose Of the con
yention to be the sending of eight
delegates and eight alternates to the
National convention in San Francis
co he proceeded to speak of the
amount Of money used already by
"our republican friends" in the pre-.
liminaries After referring to the
inability of t. S. District Attorney V.
A. Bullard. who had been elected
lehairinan Of the convention to be
present, Mr. Pollard introduced Henry
c. Brislin of Rutland as the temper
AIRY chairman.
Mr.. Brislin spoke in part as fol.
lows:
The absence Of malice CT mud
singing SHOWS me that this conven.
ton is being carried on with the best
Of feeling.
The policy of the democratic ad
ministration requires no apology but
Eeyery fairminded thinking man
should pay honor to that party which
has done so much for our own people
Without any question the world
was at the feet of our President
Woodrow Wilson, less than a year
ago. Today they expect to drive him
back where they did other great men
such as Jefferson and Lincoln. But
the name of Woodrow Wilson will
go down in history as one of the
greatest of our presidents. CAP
plause.)
The democratic party is party
of action not of promises. The demo
Gratis have done more in the short
time they have been in power thar
our friends the republicans have ii
all the years that they were in con
ltrol"
Mr. Brislin then went on to emu
Imerate what, in his esetimation, were
the accomplishments of the demo
Gratis, particularly under the present
administration
Mr. Brislin then introduced H. c
Shurtleff Of Montpelier who compar
ed, at length, the conduct of the
World War from the American stant
point, with that of the Civil war ant
attempted to point out the superiori
ty of he former.
Following Mr. Shurleffs speech
a vice-president from each county
nominated by the chairman of tho
county delegation, was elected.
The resolutions adopted are as
follows:
The democratic party of Vermont
Gn convention assembled, hereby re
affirm its faith i'm, its allegiance tC
land its support of the principles Of
democracy as proclaimed by Jeffer
son, Jackson, Cleveland and Wilson
and as eXemplifed by their admin
istration of the affairs of the nation
Since We last met in convention
our country has fought and won its
most momentuous war, war un
precedented in severity and in it,
results to civilization, and also be
cause of the fact that not single
defeat or disaster attended Ameri
can arms CongratulaJng our peo
pie on the successful termination O
the war and upon our comparative
ly small casualty lists, we direct at
tention to the legislation which pro
yided fer proper insurance for ou
soldiers and rendered unnecessar,
pension legislation such as FOLLOWED
the Civil war We recognize ant
most heartily commend the grea
work of the administration of Pres
dent Wilson in marshaling the re
sources and strength of our country
and in directing and eo-ofdinatinl
the patriotic endeavor of free pee
pie, determined, at whatever cost Il
destroy militarism and preserve tn