The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-11-28

| the whole state votes, IL a a1Or1ty
of the votes are yes the law come
into effect the LIST Tuesday in March
1908, if majority vote no the Law
takes effect the first Monday in De
cember. 1904. 1t is therefore easv
to determine that every republican
member of the House from this coun
ty stood squarely by the referendum
promised by the republican party al
per its platform.
In the Senate the fight took {
different turn and on the passage Of
the majority bill Senator Emery
stood brave1y alone in voting no, moi
even Senator Wilcox standing by his
co-worker and fellow senator.
A Batte1l Bill Supporter.
Whom Did the 81 Represent.
Isl. Adams Messenger.
Now that the Republican party OF
Vermont has been saved from itself
after a hard struggle and made to
keep it's platform pledge by the APP
plication of the party lash and the
assistance of the Democrats, it will
be of interest to analyze the yea and
nay vote in the house of representa-
tives on the question of substituting
the Batte11 bill for the majority Ii
cense bill in order to discover, first,
what proportion of the straight Re-
publican vote of the state the "a Bat
tell supporters represented; second,
what proportion of the total vote of
all parties in the state they repre-
sented; and third, whether they act
ually carried out the instructions
they received from their constitu-
ents.
The "a towns whose representatives
voted for the Batte1l bill together
cast 1872 votes out of the total of
50, 935 pol1ed by the entire state for
governor last September. This
shows what proportion these towns
bear to the total voting population
Of the state-that is, fraction over
3 per cent.
Another interesting fact in this
is that these "a towns
cast 9,742 of the 81, 1854 votes cast for
ana the straight party
platform, or fraction under 81 per
cent. of the total straight Repub1i-
can vote.
The main strength of the support
IF the Battell bill lay with the rep
from Caledonia, Orange,
Orleans, and Windsor counties who
cast about half the votes that meas
ire received. Nine of Addison coun-
.y's % towns voted for the bill; of
Bennington county's II towns voted
for it; IL of Caledonia county's II
owns; of Chittenden county's 10
owns; 2 of Essex county's 13 towns;
of Franklin county's IS towns; 3 |
If Lamoille county's 10 towns; 10 of |
Orange county's II towns; IA of Or
cans county's Is towns; of Rut-
and county's % towns; of Wash
ngton countY's 20 towns; of Wind
lam county's o towns; and II of
Windsor county's % towns. The
i've Grand Isle county towns voted
or the majority license bill.
The Addison county towns voting
or the Battell bill were Ferrisburg,
Goshen, Middlebury, Monk
on, Ripton, Starksboro, Weybridge,
nd Whiting. These towns cast l.
SO of the 2,464 straight Republican
otes cast by the whole county.
their total vote, ali parties, was D.
SO of the 4,757 cast by the entire
ounty.
The Bennington county towns vot-
ng for the Batte11 bill were Land
rove, Peru, Rupert, and Woodford.
'hese towns cast $50 of the 2,2e4
traight Republican votes cast by
ne whole county. Their total vote, ;
II parties, was 4O5 of the 4,744 cast
y the entire county.
The Caledonia county towns vot-
lg for the Battell bill were Barnet.
Hardwick, Kirby, Peach
m, Ryegate, Sheffield, Stannard,
luton, Walden, and Wheelock.
hese towns cast 1894 of the 2,733
.raight Republican vote cast by
lie whole county. Their total vote,
Il parties, was 2,195 of the 4,9S5
lst by the entire county.
The Chittenden county towns vot-
Ig for the Batte1l bill were Essex ,
I'D Richmond. These towns cast
IS of the ISIS straight Republican
otes cast by the whole county,
heir total vote, all parties, was 68S
the Z, 453 cast by the entire coun-
The Essex county towns voting
r the Battel1 bill were CRANKY and
emington. These towns cast SO
the COS straight Republican votes
st by the whole county. Their to-
vote, all parties, was So of the =,
243 cast by the entire county.
The Franklin county towns voting
r the Battell bill were Bakers
Id, Franklin, and Sheldon. These
wns cast 439 of the 2,6I3 straight
publican votes cast by the whole
unity. Their total vote, all par
s, was 701 of the 6.O37 cast by the
tire county.
The Lamoille county towns voting :
: the Battel1 bill were Eden, Ell e