The Portland daily press., 1900-09-04
VERMONT VOTES TODAY.
Rival Claims Of the Two
Parties.
Democrats Confident Majority Wont
Exceed $4,000.
Republican Figures
Republican Figures
Slightly Over That.
Senatorial Fight Has Added
Interest to Campaign.

White River Junction, VT, September
3.--The unusually active political cam
paign which has been conducted by both
parties in this state for the past four
weeks, closed tonight and the voters of
Vermont viii go to the polls tomorrow to
decide the election of the various state
officials and the two national Congress-
men. There Is little doubt as to what the
result viii be, the only matter OF interest
being as to the size OF the majority of the
Repuk licans.
The claims Of the Republicans as to
their ticket are not doubted by their op-
ponents who question only the total vote
of each side. The Democrats are conf
dent that the majority for the other side
VIII not exceed 1000. Notwithstanding
the fact that In the state election proceed
ing the national election in 1896 the Re-
publican majority was Sc, $50, and in the
state election OF 1898, 1t was %, 778.
The members of the Republican state
committee tonight claim that their ma
jority Will greatly exceed that OF 1898 but
they admit that they do not hope to be
favored with the record breaking MAORI
ty OF 1896. Republicans of the state, in
Guiding State Chairman Hon. Ira Allen
of Fairhaven, assert that the figures VIII
reach $4,000 this year, but some OF the
others state that they will be perfectly
satisfied If they reach q, 900.
The state tickets which VIII be voted
for tomorrow are as follows:
KepubIican-For Governor, William
Stiekney of Ludlow; lieutenant governor,
Martin +. Allen of Ferrisburgh; treasur-
or, John O. Bacon Of Hartford; secretary
/ of state, Fred A. Rowland OF MONTPELIER:
auditor Orien III. Barber OF Arlington: :
member Of Congress, first district, David
j. Foster Of Burlington; second district,
<iAittredge Haskins OF Brattleboro.
Democratic-FOr Governor, John H
/ Senter Montpelier; lieutenant governor,
Emery >. Harris, Bennington; treasurer,
! Elisha May, St. JOhnsbury; secretary of
state. Herbert q. COmingway, RichfOrd !;
auditor, Charles A, Fitzpatrick, Hart
! ford member OF Congress- first district,
Ozro Meacham, Brandon, second district,
George Il. Swazey, Barre.
Congressman circuit, who has served
/ several terms from the second distr let,
was not a candidate for denomination
and in the first district, while Congress
man Powers was a candidate in the con-
vention, he was defeated there by David
j. Foster Of Burlington.
In the frsf Con Observation-Disclosures, there
Is some dis LectiOn among the RepubIi-
cans. as the result of convention contests
for nominations, but their candidate win
undoubtedly be elected by a su bstantial
majority.
1t is not doubted that the vote of the
! Democrats on the state ticket VIII be
larger than in the three years Just passed
in which the average was Is, SOL as against
an average of IS, 347 In 1888, 1880 ana 1899
/ The expected increase is attributed to an
unusually active canvas, and the closer
union OF the party factions upon national
issues.
Vermont has the honor tomorrow, Of
firing the first gun in the way OF an cleo
ton which Will have some bearing on tbs
national campaign and possibly on the
national election itself. The battle here
has been on national Issues purely and
simply and 1t opened Immediately after
the national tickets were placed in nom1.
nation. One secret of the vast amount
OF work which has been carried on for the
selection OF town representatives is the
fact that a contest is being waged by can
d1dates for the seat of the late United
States Senator Justin 5. Morrill,. WhOss
term has not expired. Chief Justice
Jonathan Ross OF St. JOhnsbury, who
was appointed by Governor Smith to fill
! the vacancy, is candida te for the office
during the short term. He is opposed by
Ex-Governor William z. Dillingham; OF
/ Waterbury; Gen eral William II. Grout OF
Barton the present Congressman from
the second district and Hon. Charles A,
Prouty member Of the Interstate com.
merce commission.
The election tomorrow viii result in
the choice of thirty state Senators all OF
whom were Republicans in 1895 and 1898.
! Of the 246 representatives to the general
assembly, the Democrats expect to make
gain over the last sessions when in 1891
there were 10 Democrats, one Populist,
one independent. In 1898 the Democrats
elected AZ and the proh1bttionists secured
one.