Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-07
REPUBLICANS WIN.
Vermont Elects Entire Republican
State Ticket.
State Legislature Will Also 30 0verwhelm-
issly Republican.

White River Junction. VT. Sept. g.
The returns from the Vermont State
elections in 1874 towns. UP to midnight.
shows the following for Governor:
Smith. Rep. 24.73l: MoiQny. DEM.
$685.; Wyman, Pro-. GAS; Smiths plu-
rality. A,73s; majority over all. H.
O93. The same cities and towns in
1894 gave Woodbury.. Rep, 26,675;
Smith. Dem, 9494 and all
others. 100; Woodbury's plurality. II
1S2; majority over ALL 1882
lii the regular biennial Vermont cleo
ton. today, the Republicans elected
their entire state ticket. headed by Ed
ward e. Smith OF st. Adams for Gov
ernor and reelected H. Henry Powers
Of Morristown and VIM. w. Grout of
Barton, to represent the First and Sec
ond Congressional districts respec-
lively. Every state candidate was
favored with substantial majority,
while the state Senate and House of
Representatives VIII be overwhelming
ly Republican. although there will be
more than twice as many Democrats
in the House of Representatives as
there was four years ago.
The Republican majority for Cover
nor is not as large as that received by
Josiah Grout during the Presidential
election of 1896. but compares favor
ably with the average off years. The
congressional vote in the two districts
does not materially differ from that
of the regular state ticket, yet in sew
eral towns Smith leads the congress-
ional candidates.
The result of the election is not Who'll
ly gratifying to the Republicans, while
the Democrats express themselves as
satisliedwHh their vote. considering the
lack of interest displayed by. them
during the campaign, while the oppo-
sition was conducting an aggressive
district canvass throughout the COM
monwealth. The Republicans were
anxious to have a large vote polled,
for the reason that the result is a
basis for representation in the next
State convention and the party also
wished to give the national administra-
tion a strong endorsement. Their ef-
forts have only been partially success
ful and the vote is not likely to be above
the average for an off year.
Today's elction was purely home
dHdlI, local issues wholly absorbing,
the attention of the voters and in
quite number of towns there were
hard fought battles over the election
of representatives to the Legislature.
While the Republicans made a special
effort and reclaimed Sharon from .h.
Democrats in Windsor county, they,
today, lost their representatives,
in Nurwalk, Cavendish and Bethel, and
like results seems to have been
earned in Rockingham, Bennington anl
several other towns where 1t was not eX-
pected. 1t is probable that the Republ-
cans have elected their entire list of %
sena tors. with the possible exception of
the candidate in Grand Isle county
lhe full Republican ticket elected is as
follows:
Governor. Edward c. Smith. st. Albans :.
Joflnsbury; treasurer, j. l.. Bacon. Hart
ford: secretary of state. +. A. Howklnd
Montpelier: auditor of accounts, o. NJ.
Barber. Arlington.
Members of Congress-First district, II
Henry Powers, Morristown; Second dis
trict. Wm. w. Grout. hirby.
The Democratic candida ties for Congres )
were. In the First district. Herbert +.
brigham. Bakerslield Second district.
Charles A.. G.. Jackson. Montpelier.
The ProGlibitionsts did not nomina ta
Congressional candidates
Thomas w. Maloney of Rutland. the
Democratic candidate for Governor has
polaed about the same vote as the Demo-
cratic candidate four years ago while the
Republican vote for Governor has matpri-
ally decreased.