Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-09

| advanced and shook hands good natured-
| ly, while their friends jollied them about
| a fight to n finish.
During large part Of the day the town
| house was the storm centre of the COM
munity. On the lower floor in rooms
| opposite the post office, were the official
| headquarters OF the Republicans and
| Democrats and in these rooms complete
records were made, from the reports re-
| ceived from the checking clerks. of the
men who had voted. Teams were run
| by both parties throughout the day to
bring the halt, lame and blind, even from
| the border lines near Marlboro, Guilford
| and Dummerston, to the polls.
outside the hall groups Of men con-
| stantly discussed the probable outcome
of the vote and made theiy predictions
and estimates. One OF the sensations Of
| the day came In the distribution OF the
| following circular:
Republicans of Brattleboro: You are
| not obliged TO support a candidate nomi-
mated by small minority ,of his party.
Write the name of f. c. Crosby on your
| ballot
The supporters of Mr.. Fits were great
| ly ncensed at this action. regarding it
as a dirty political trick. as Mr.. Crosby
had already urged Republicans through
a public letter, 10 support Mr.. Fits. Mr..
| Crosby, who was at Springfield, re-
turning in the afternoon 10 vote, was
reached by telephone, and he at once
consented to have disclaimer circulated
in printed form stating that he was not
| a candidate and calling upon his friends
| to support Mr. Fits. The circulars may
| have had no effect upon the vote, but
the one used to attack Mr.. Fits aroused
| intense feeling. Its origin is uncertain,
| but IL is stated on unquestioned authority
| that II did not come from men who sup
ported Mr.. Crosby in the caucus and
that none of the men of this class knew
Il III ~ a
| into the crowd. The men who did the
sneaking trick will probably never be
| generally known.
The voting for town representative end
ed at o'clock and in about As minutes
the result was announced as follows:
| Total number OF votes 1917. necessary
for choice $50, scattering 3. f. C. Crosby
35. NJ. j. Moran 500, Clarke C. Fits 775
About 300 people We're in the hall at the
| time and the result as announced
by Constable Thayer was received with
loud applause and cheering.
The voting for governor really ended
when the town representative box was
| turned, but under the law the polls were
kept open until 5 O'Clock. Probably not
| more than half a dozen votes for the
| state ticket We're cast in the last two
hours. Owing to the scratched tickets
| the complete vote was not declared until
after o'clock, and then only a small
number of men were in the hall to hear
the result, which showed 96S votes for
Bell, 341 for Porter. Is for Comings the
| Prohibitionist and 81 for Morse the So
| cialst, with two scattering (for f. T..
Vanderpool and d. S. Brigham) and 46
defective, mostly blanks.
Mr.. Fits received at his office during
the afternoon many congratulations. He
bore his honors modestly and had little
to say except to express his satisfaction
at the result
The Phoenix displayed bulletins through
the night giving the results not only of
the county but of the state, and large
crowds surrounded the bulletin boards
until a late hour Some remained to wait
for figures until after midnight, when II
appeared that the state was Republican
by over 10000 plurality.