Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-17
The Size of Our Victory.

We are glad to be able to present
to our readers the following COM
prehensive summing up of the results
of the Vermont election, prepared
by the efficient chairman of the
state republican committee, Hon.
Carroll S. Page. The statements
therein made correspond with our
figures and information, largely OBJ
tanned from independent sources.
Chairman Pages summary:
The latest returns from our Vermont
election fully corroborate the earlier es-
Inmates and show a victory, not only
overwhelming, but absolutely unprece-
dented. Our entire ticket is elected by
mont to any state ticket. Every county
official, from Senator to high bailiff, is
elected by large majorities i'm every
county in the state, giving US what we
have not enjoyed before for many years,
a unanimous Senate.
The prohibition party brought General
Fisk into the state, made a thorough
canvass, started the AdUocdte newspaper
as party organ, and seemed to be lib
orally supplied with funds, but it proved
a most thorough and complete fizzle, its
entire vote averaging less than 100 to
the county, or considerably less than in
1886.
In only ~ of the 2i3 towns did Shurt-
left have a majority, and his total ma
iority in those II towns was less than
400, being mostly i'm small towns, only
five of them casting above $50 votes
each.
In six of the fourteen counties In the
state, viz: Lamoille, Orleans, Windsor,
Addison, Windham and Caledonia, every
town gave republican majorities. Nearly
all the towns containing a liberal per-
centage of laboring men, such as Bur
lington, Rutland, St. Adams, BratIle-
boro, Bennington, Middlebury, Barre.
Montpelier, st. Johnsbury, Randolph,
Newport, Hartford, Springfield, Wind
sor, Woodstock, Brandon, Fair Haven,
Poultney, Bristol, Rockingham, Morris
town, Hyde Park, Newbury, Thetford,
Barnet, Danville, Lyndon, Northfeld,
Waterbury, Stowe, Dorset, Manchester,
Ferrisburg, Milton, Castleton, Pittsford,
Wallingford, Bethel, Chester, Ludlow,
Enosburgh, Swanton and Barton, gave
Dillingham; good majorities. In fact
every town in the state casting over $50
votes, except Fairfield, Colchester and
West Rutland, gave republican major
tiles, showing conclusively that the work
iRgmen are with us this year as never
before.
While the praise for this splendid
victory is due first of all to the in
telligent freemen who cast the nearly
fifty thousand votes which have been
given for the republican state ticket,
it is simple justice to Mr.. Page to
say that large measure of credit is
also due to the state committee and
especially to its chairman for the
effective canvass which was conduct
ed under their direction. Though
his large private business makes
heavy demands upon his time and
thoughts, and time is emphatically
money with him, Mr.. Page has de-
voted himself almost exclusively to
the work of the canvass provided
for supplies of political information
to voters, arranged for public meet
ings, engaged able speakers, and ex-
pended time, labor and thought with
out stint, in the single well directed
effort of arousing the voters to the
of the issue and election.
1t was a splendid piece of public
service, and it ought to be appreci-
ated by the republicans of Vermont.
Free Press.