Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-06
VERMONT ELECTION,
Proctor Has Nearly 10000 Over Glenn
ent-Every County But One.

w NHitc ltlVer junction. VT, Sept $
| The failure Of Pcrcival W. Clement oi
Rutland to make a strong imprcssio,
on the body of Republican voters in
Vermont in yesterdays election is at
trliutcd by some of the Fusion Icadc, {
To thc reluctance of Republicans in
| this state to vote for any candidat.
afflllatcd in any way with the Demc-
cratic organization, to the power of
the Proctor family in Vermont poll
tics and to the absence Of the ISSUES
which attended the campaign conduct
Ell by Clement when his followers left
the Republican party four years ago.
Fhe plurality of Fletcher ID. Proctor.
the Republican candidate for Governor
Is lo.66. according to the unofficial
tabulation of the vote of the entire
state. which was completed at an early
hour today. Proctor received 4o.l5O
votes and Clement, who ran as the
nominee of the Independent p0rty with
Democratic endorsement. BOILED 2G414
The PrOhibitionists and Socialist can
didat"s, together did not receive over
1000 votes, tn" Prohibition party meet
ing with heavy losses.
National issues did not figure in the
election, as the state contest was not
conducted strictly on party lines
Congressman David j. Foster of BurI-
inSton and kittrcdge Haskins of Brat
tlcboro, both Republicans, were elect !
ed by majOrities greater than those
they received two years ago. The low
er branch Of the Legislature is over
Whchhingly Republican and all but ono
of the rlembcrS of the Senate belong
to that party The Republicans elect
ed their entire state ticket by plurali-
ties approaching that Of Goycrnor-elcc
Proctor.
The Republicans carried all of the
counties in the state with the exception
of bennington. According to the un-
official returns. Clement won Benning-
ton county by 81 votes. Clement car
ried the city of Burlington. 1861 to 14i4.
In Rutland. Clements home. he receiv-
cd 1854 votes, and Proctor 1907. IN
Mont pelier, the capital. the Fusion can
didate polled STA votes to 671 for Proc
tor. The greatest interest centered in
Rutland county in which Clement and
Proctor live. Proctor carried his home
town by q vote of 454 to 25 for Clement,
thus indicating that the employees of
Proctor, as was predicted by some of
his opponents. Proctor carried Rut-
land county with 5674 votes, Clement
receiving 1859.
Enough returns were at hand today
to indicate that the state Senate would
stand % Republicans and one Fusion
ist. as against solid Republican
Senate of 80 members Of the last two
years. The Fusionist elected is $. HUI
ing Blackmer Of Bennington county. 1t
is expected that a recount will be held.
Returns of the vote cast for members
Of the House of Representatives We're
missing from Al out of the 246 cities
and towns. each one Of which sends
a representative to the Legislature.
From the places heard from the COM
pleXion of the House was as follows
Republicans, 167: Democrats, %:
Fusionists. Z: Independents. 5; Citizens.
!. Several towns are still voting today
because of the failure to cast ma
jority for any one candidate. 1t was
thought that the Republican majority
in the House would be about the same
as for the last two years. when tha
Pepublicans had POO members.
Further returns from the representa-
tive districts Of the state tonight show