Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-09
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rumor gained circulation Tues
day afternoon Ia the effect that work
had already begun ON the connecu-
cut river dam. Several people hur-
ried To the rear of Main street IN an
endeaVor to ascertain what site had
been chosen, but nothing was FOUND
To Indicate that anything hhd beeh
done. Later In the day II was
learned that the story started on ac-
count of Mr.. Fitts's election as town
representative. some OF his supporters
having been given to understand that
his election and the beginning OF
work on the dam were synonymous
II was certainly q great thins TOT AT.
ritts that he did get elected II
saved his life politically. II the nom
lnee of a republican caucus In the
town Of Bratteboro and state OF YER
mont cannot win In presidential
year there Is but one thing for MN TO
do. and that Is pick out lot IN some
shady portion of a politleal grave
yard
II cannot be denied. however. that
Mr. Moran gave Mr.. Fits an exceed
ingly good run for his money. me
strength of the democratic candidate
was surprise to those who had
been working IN his behalf, The re-
suit of the democratic canvass IN
Rrattleboro showed n total OF Just
sos votes. not a very large proportion
/ for n town of this size. and when one
stops To think that Mr. Moran polled
a total Of 500 Ii is safe estimate that
4 he drew nj least 200 from the stralght
republican ranks. Political pirates
/ these 200 are termed by the ola me
republican politicians, ana they are
not spoken of in the most endearlng
+ terms either. 1T would be better for
us" said Congressman Haskins Tues
+ day evening. III they would get out
+ of the republican party altogether'
Then we could unite and elect re-
pub4ican representative every time.
/ II isn't safe, according 10 the Med-
dler's idea, for a political oihce-n old
/ or To talk too much abort political
pirates and what their fate ought 10
1 be. The time is likely TO come wheh
4 he will need the support OF every
voter he can get. Such crises are Hot
unusual I'm the lives of those whose
Jobs depend on the will of the ma
/ jority
While it is not being talked very
loudly on the street. there is no doubt
Z that Bells majority in Bratueboro
was somewhat of a disappointment 10
many of his friends. The weather OF
/ Tuesday morning gave promise OF q
record vote In town, and there were
those sanguine enough 10 wager that
the local majority for the Hardwlck
candidate would reach 1000. Several
things were responsible for the fail
ure of this result. In the hrst place
the vote in Brattleboro was not so
large as had been expected, l2s less
than two years ago. secondly MT
/ Porter of Wilmington polled more
votes than most people expected ne
would and thirdly, there was vote
of 81 for the socialist candidate. some
thing totally unanticipated by a great
many. Then, too. there We're 40 de-
/ factiye ballots. most OF them without
a mark of any kind. 1t hardly seems
possible that there are so many voters
/ in town utterly ignorant of the pro-
per method of exercising their right
/ of franchise. Taking il all In all, Mr..
/ Bell ought to be very well content
with his Brattleboro vote, especially
after the speech he made here several
weeks ago.
! AS a servant of the law Judge
! Wheeler does not set very shining
example when he refuses TO enter
booth for the purpose of marking his
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