The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-01
Hoodwinked BY
Foxy Democrats

neering Of the deal whereby the Demo
cratic county politicians succeeded IN
getting their grip ON the construction
OF the so.called Independent county
ticket, aud thus. compelling Clement
Republican voters. 10 furnishing their
own friends. 60 reward, II successful,
lifelong fighting scratching Democrats
for years of steady service. a situation
like the present boo all human proba-
bilily, will not occur again in an ordi-
nary lifetime, aud with characteristic
shrewdness Wd zeal they SET about TO
subdue IL 20 The Democratic service.
They found themselves face TO face
with an opportunity to raise the droop
ing Democratic hopes, 20 inspire ardor
IN the tagging Democratic ranks, and
should fate smile benighly upon their
efforts. to reward with substantial of.
fees IN O. strange victory, old war
horses who had pranced about 10 many
a hopeless contest, aud smelled the OF.
fetal hay stack aiar of never having
been able TO get very near.
Openly they demanded only three
places on the ticket, secretly they re-
solved 20 get all they could. The indie
pendent Republican committee met the
War Horse Democratic committee in
solemn conference, aud soon they were
theirs, as an examination Of the ballot
they presented for the support Of Ben
nington County Independent Republi-
cans will amply evidence.
George NJ. Wall Of Dorset heads the
list and leads the Independent ticket.
A lifelong Democrat whose shrewdness
and discernment has often thrown his
town to the Democratic column when
he might obtain the necessary Republi-
can assistance. or could make or find an
opening in the ranks OF his adversaries.
At times he has been ably assisted by
Elijah NJ. Torrey, his fellow townsman,
so that it is not singular that Democrat
ic committee would gladly welcome him
to the ball where these good lndepen-
dent Republicans were dancing to their
music.
Aud yet another comes from this
faithful field of Dorset, charged up
against the Republican share like his
predecessor Mr. Torrey. Andrews l.
Bowen, lifelong Democrat except for
few years, when he was counted in
the Populist ranks, re-wrapped aud re-
labelled Independent, and taken out Of
the Republican share OF the ticket
again for the purposes now becoming
plain and clear as the sample ballots
are carefully scanned, leaving VIM J.
Meagher and 5 Huling Blackmer alone
to maintain any semblance Of Republi-
canism IN the so-called Independent
ticket. and with the doubt expressed Of
the reliableness Of the Republicanism
of Mr. Meagher, a Republican trying TO
quiet his qualms while voting for the
rest Of the candidates up with Mr.
Blackmer, would, need an iron consti-
tuition to withstand the shock
Another glance at this so.called fu-
sion county ticket reveals in another
cunning move the velvety stroke Of
these purring Democratic politicians
when We realize the significance of hav-
ing threenominees on the same ticket
from this periodically Democratic
/ town OF Dorset, Mr.. Wall, Democrat,
Mr.. Torrey, styled Independent, and
Mr.. Bowen, also styled Independent, 10
prolong the pleasantly. The astute
and close figuring politicians realized
that their array OF Democrats and one
sure Republican called the Independent
county ticket, did not stand a silver Of
a show of success unless the lndepend-
| ent Republicans could be induced to
vote it in large numbers. Democratic
votes could not elect ii. Republican
votes could if they could gather in
enough Of them, so they shrewdly con
fined this little Joke Of theirs TO one
town in the county lest it should be
made prominent by spreading it over
too much territory, and that town, the
one in which the Democratic local tick
cts win more times than they lose, and
the one in which there would be the
least danger of immediate exposure
when the deal should be made manifcs-
by the distribution OF the lists OF candi
dates and the sample ballots.
This is one of the most cunning pO-
ltical moves which has ever been
manipulated, in this section, that is,
to impel into the Republican share of
what was to be a Fusion County Ticket.
candidates who are either Democrats
in fact or to whom the Democratic
party is under great obligations.
Now, will Independent Republicans
stand by such trade? The balloting
Tuesday alone can show Already the
contrary is beginning to appear and
the Fusion solicitors are attempting to
convince the signers of their various
lists, that those lists are mortgages
no matter whether now used for the
purposes they were intended for or
not, and no matter whether the voter
signed them under misrepresentation or
| whether he knew what they wished to
use it for when they got his name, and
that the holders of them could fOreclose
them az will. And with further assur-
ance they are begging the Independent
/ Republicans 10 support still another
Democrat to lend further glee TO this
Democratic revel To vote for Robert
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