Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-09-10
The Vermont Election.
Glance Over the Plumber Taken From
the Enemy.

OIduCe OVeT inc FluuuSH A0ASu 1Vss'
the Enemy.
Rutland gave Grout l, 459, Jackson,
667. DR.. Thompson had 6l0 MAORI
ty forrepresentative.
St. Adams gave Grout 962 and Dr.
Jackson Sill. 1t gave Col. George !,
Childs 425 majority for representative
Col. Smalley observes cheerfully:
ut was kind OF a Republican caucus
that was held in the state on Tues
day."
Representative Elect Bunker Of
Peacham had the freedom of that
town last week Tuesday. Not a vote
against him.
G. "A. Skeels of st. Adams figures
that between 5000 and 5000 gold
Democrats stayed at home or voted
for Grout, mainly the latter.
According to the Burlington Free
Press, it is announced that Joseph
Battell, the Populistic candidate fol
governor, will support Mckinley for
the presidency.
AT Morrisville there was total Of
58s votes. George M. Powers, Re-
publican, had 500, G. Frank Small,
Democrat, had 80, scattering, 2, Pow
ers' majority, 524.
Bradley Newell, the Vermont black
smith, who gained not little notorie-
ty as a healer, has been elected to the
state legislature. In some states the
legislatures contain many heelers.-
Boston Journal.
About 80 per cent Of the registered
vote Of the state was cast last week. In
Montpelier about 1900 Of 1900 were
out; at Winooski 1000 out Of pos
sible 1903, and SO ON in nearly every
town in the state.
Mr.. Bryan was shown the news
from Vermont at Columbus, Ohio.
Wednesday morning of last week.
He had "nothing to say" TWAS the
first time he was ever known to keep
his mouth closed.
Every Republican county nominee
in the state was elected excepting the
Judge of probate in Franklin county.
Jugde Bailey, the present incumbent.
was reelected, having been put in
nomination by certificate.
The glorious victory in Vermont
last week Tuesday moved the Ogdens-
burg Journal to appear with these
headlines in large type: vermont
There She Stands. God Bless Herr
followed by the cut Of the flag.
Gen. w. F. ("Baldy") Smith, the
organizer of the old First Vermont
brigade and the distinguished COM
mander Of the Sixth and Eighteenth
army corps in the Civil War and a
lifelong Democrat, is out against the
Chicago ticket.
When the figures had crcpt up to
the 35, 900 mark, Postmaster Bundy
of st. Johnsbury, when asked conf
dentially his opinion Of the result, re-
piled that it had better be made a
unanimous thing. Does come mighty
close to being that.
The Young Mems Republican club
of Montpelier gave Governor-elect
Josiah Grout reception in their
rooms last Thursday evening. He
made very neat speech, thanking
the voters in Vermont generally for
the large vote cast.
For the first time in years not a
town will be unrepresented in the
coming legislature, although there
were many protracted struggles.
Many saw the wisdom Of having their
town represented and SO combined on
some man and elected him.
The magnificent majority for sound
money rolled up in Vermont had its
effect on the stock market at once.
Stocks went up Immediately on re-
ceipt OF the news, and in government
bonds there was marked advance.
Stocks advanced five pei cent Wednes-
day.
There were several stubborn repre-
sentative contests last week. In Will
Jamestown it required ID ballots; in
Grafton, u; in Underhill, Is, and SO
on. Bolton finally elected Demo-
crat after four days siege, T. b.
Whalen, who represented the town
two years ago.
The result in Vermont was just
what Tommy Reed expected. 81 am
not surprised" he said. "We shall
have similar results in Maine, and
also in the West after the full discus
sion that will be given to the ques-
tons which are now before the peo-
pie. Ithas never seemed to me that
there would be much doubt about the
outcome
One of the humors of the election
was in Glastonbury, where the six reg
istered voters combined on a candi-
date for the legislature, because it was
necessary in the division Of town Off
ces, of which one citizen holds seven.
And yet the town counts as much in
Vermont legislation as the 1000 or
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