The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-09-05
GOES TO soLoNs
To Decide Who Shall Be Next
Governor of Vermont
MCCULLOUGH LOST HEAVILY

Owing to the Large Vote Cast Fol
Clement, the Boiling Republican
Candidate-Most Interesting EIec.
ton Ever Held In the State
White River Junction, VT, Sept. g.
The high license local option ticket,
headed by Percival w. Clement, gave
the regular Republican ticket, on which
John G. Mccullough was named for
governor, a close fight yesterday, the
result being that the choice of gov
ernor and lieutenant governor is thrown
into the general assembly, which will
meet on the first Wednesday in Octo-
Der. For lieutenant governor the con-
test was between Frank W. Agan,
running mate to Mr.. Clement, and Aed
S. Stanton, who was on the Republican
ticket.
The vote was phenomenally heaVy
for an "off" year, almost coming up TO
the figures of presidential years. Re-
turns to complete the state are belated,
and it will be some hours before the
plurality of Mccullough over Clement
will be determined But pluralities do
not count in Vermont, majority be-
ing needed to elect. The closeness Of
the vote is shown by the figures of 2O4
cities and towns out of 246, which are
as follows:
Mccullough (Rep.), 27,206; McGet-
trick Dem.), 6451; Clement (high
ncense), 24,146; Sherburne (Pro.), 2074.
The best idea of the change over in
votes in both the Democratic and Re
publican parties is shown by the COM
parison with the vote of the same 200
cities and towns in 1900, which gave
Stickney (Rep) 39,6G5, Senter (Dem.)
14,439, and all others 1890. Clement
showed great strength in the large
cities, his home town, Rutland, giving
him a majority of 1914, out of a total
vote of 1859 The returns show that
Mccullough did not begin to hold the
Republican vote, Clement getting his
strength from this detection, to which
was added, n is claimed, about one
half of the total Democratic strength
IN the state. The Prohibitionist vote
was heavy for that party.
David J. Foster of Burlington Rep.)
Is reelected to congress in the First
district and Kittredge Haskins of
Brattleboro is reelected in the Second
district, as the contest at the head Of
the ticket did not affect the balance of
the Republican ticket, both congress.
men securing the usual normal ma.
Jority.
The balance of the state ticket elected
Is as follows:
Treasurer, John L. Bacon of Hart
ford; secretary of state, Fred f. Fleet
wood of Morristown; auditor, Horace
F. Graham Of Craftsbury.
The general assembly, which is
usually made up Of 246 representatives
and 30 senators, will be made up as fol-
lows according to the returns thus far:
Representatives elected-Republican
ZIG; Democrats, 20; high license, rs;
labor, 1. The senate is overwhelmingly
Republican.
The Republican managers last night
gave out an opinion that the Republi-
can representatives elected will for the
most part vote for Mccullough, the
regular Republican nominee for gov
ernor, although they will vote for high
license liquor law with a referendum
law attached. There Is no choice for
representative in the towns of Jay,
Washington, Brighton, Worcester,
Stowe, Warren and Montpelier.
Ira r. Allen, chairman of the Re
publican committee, when seen at his
home at Fair Haven, conceded that
there was no election of governor or
lieutenant governor by popular vote.
He said that by the senators and repre-
sentatives elected Mccullough will
have a majority of IS over all on Joint
ballot in the general assembly, which
assures his election.
The election will go down I'm history
as the most interesting ever known in
the Green Mountain state, there hav-
Ing been a spirited contest from the
time the conventions were held until
the last ballots were deposited.