The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-03
NO GOVERNOR CHOSEN
REST OF THE VERMONT REPUBLICAN
TICKET ELECTED BY BIG VOTE.
Legislature VIII BE Forced to Name
a GOvernor-Hfgh-Lice Candi-
date PoIled Many Votes.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT. Sept. 2.
There is no election by the people for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor as the
result of the State election in Vermont to-
day. At midnight the returns were not
complete. but they indicated that Percival
w. Clement, high license option candidate,
was running very close to Gen. John G.
Mccullough Republican), of Bennington.
The returns from 200 cities and towns out
of 246 give the following vote for Governor:
Gen. John G. Mccullough (Rep). 26.497;
Felix W. McGettrick CDem.). 6.112; Percival
w. Clement (high license), %, ,239; Joel c.
Sherbourne Pro.), 2.O52.
The best idea of the change over in votes
in both the Democratic and Republican
parties is shown by the comparison with
the vote of the same 200 cities and towns in
1900, which gave Stickney (Rep), $685.
Senter Oem.). IA, 439; all others. 1890.
Mr.. Clement showed great strength in
the large cities, his home town. Rutland,
giving him a majority of 1,2l4 out of a
total vote of 1859. The returns show that
General Mccullough did not begin to hold
the Republican vote, Clement getting his
strength from this detection, to which was
added, it Is claimed about half Of the total
Democratic strength in the S.. The Pro-
hibitionist vote was heavy for that party.
AS majority vote is required to elect, the
choice of Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Is thrown in the General Assembly,
which convenes on the first Wednesday in
October.
David ]. Foster, of Burlington, Repub-
lican, is reelected to Congress in the First
district and Kittredge Haskins, of Brattle-
boro, 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 congressman securing the
usual normal majorities. The rest of the
State Republican ticket is as follows:
Treasurer. John L Bacon. of Hartford;
ristown; auditor, Horace f. Graham, of
Craftsbury.
The election to-day will go down in his
tory as the most interesting ever known
in the Green Mountain State, there having
been a spirited contest from the time the
conventions were held until the last ballots
were deposited this afternoon. This was
brought about by the bolting of many of
the delegates to the Republican State con-
vention, headed by Percival w. Clement
after an effort to place in the platform a
plank favoring high license local option
had failed. The convention did adopt
somewhat milder plank drafted by former
Governor John W. Stewart, which had a
referendum clause providing that the law
should take the place of the present pro-
hibitory law that has been on the statue
books for fifty years upon its receiving a
majority vote when presented to the peo-
pie.
Those delegates following Clements lead
ership accepted this plank and were on the
point of calling the attention of the con-
vention to the alleged claim of bribery in
the election of certain delegates when they
were stopped by parliamentary procedure,
and, claiming that they could not be given
a hearing. the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. del
egates bolted. Percival w. Clement was
their choice for Governor and at a conven-
tion held in Burlington he was chosen to
lead the ticket, while Frank w. Agan, of
Ludlow, was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor. The convention was enthusiastic
and a result movement was started
that had never been considered in the State
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men worked
the regular Republican ticket, while but lit
tie attention was paid to the Democratic
ticket. except to ask the voters of that par
ty to assist in electing representatives who
would vote for high license local option
liquor law, with a referendum clause at
tached.
Spellbinders covered the State in the in
terests of the various candidates. The
Clement men asked the voters to recon-
struet the Republican party in the interest
of better government. while General Nc
Cullough at all times during the campaign
and more especially in a speech last Satur-
day, appealed TO the Republican 10 stand
and roll up the ultimate majority for the
regular ticket, so as to encourage the Re-
publican party in national politics.