The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-03
VERMONT FAILS TO ELECT
LEGISLATURE MUST TDECIDETHE
 STATE CONTEST.
High License Local Option Candidate Runs Very Close to General MCCuI- Tough, (Repubiican)-L Latter Leads i'm
 Number of Votes but Fails to Get n Majority as Required by the State Law.

White River Junction, Vt., Sept. D. There is no election by the people for governor and lieutenant governor, as the result of the state election in Yer mont to-day. At midnight the returns were not complete, but they indicated that Percival w. Clement, high license local option candidate, was running very close to General John G. McCul- tough (republican), of Bennington. The returns from 200 cities and towns out of 246 give the following vote for gov ernor:
 General John G. Mccullough (republi- can), 26497.
 Felix w. McGettrick (democrat), 6,112
 Percival w. Clement (high license), g, 2Se
 John c. Sherburne (prohbition), 2 052. | The best idea of the cnange-over in votes in both the democratic and repub- lican parties is shown by the compari- son with the vote of the same 200 cities and towns in 1900, which gave Stickney | Republican, S9,665, Senter (democrat) 14, ,493, all others 1,290
 MT Clement showed great strength in the large cities, his home town, Rut- land, giving him majority of 1,2l4 out of total vote of 1859. The returns show that General Mccullough did not begin to hold the republican vote. Clement getting his strength from this defection, to which was added. it is claimed about one-half of the total democratic strength in the state. The prohibitionist vote was heavy for that party.
 As a majority vote is required to elect, the choice of governor and lieu tenant-governor is thrown into the gen. eral assembly, which convenes on the first Wednesday in October. | Hon. David J. FosterA of Burlington Republican,, is reelected to congress in the First district, and Hon. Kit tredge Haskins, of Brattleboro, is re- elected 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 majority. 1 The balance of the state republican 1 ticket elected is as follows: Treasurer, John l.. Bacon, of Hartford; secretary of state Frederick F. Fleetwood of Morristown; auditor, Horace r. Gra- ham, of Craftsbury. The general assembly is usually made l up of 246 representatives and 50 sena- 1 tors.
 l The house of representatives will con- sist of 116 republicans, % democrats, Z l high license and i labor. The senate is | overwhelmingly republican. The re- publican members tonight gave out an opinon that the republican representa- tives-elect will for the most part vote for Gen Mccullough, the regular can
 didate, although they will vote for high license without aa referendum law at- tached. There is no choice for repre- sentatives in the towns of Washington
 Brighton. Worcester Stowe, Montpelie, Getty, and others
 Felix McGettrick the democratic can
 didate for governor, tonight admitted
 the probability was that there had been no election for governor by the people He said that if the election goes to the legislature he S still in the race. He further stated that the election of MT Clement by the legislature would result
 in blocking any attempt to pass a local option license law.