The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-03
THE SITUATION
in ORANGE co.
will Give 4 Safe Majority to
Proctor in September
CLEMENTS WEAKNESS
Is The Lack Of Political Organization
Proctor Men Have Signed Pledges
Of Close to 4 Majority in
Randolph Village.

Randolph, Aug. s.--When left Ben
nington promised to make i trip
through several of the counties of tie
state and write ont my impressions ana
Opinions relative to the political situ-
ation, Please bear in mind that / make
no claims 70 being political prophet
M ~ haSlng any peculiar insight into
campaign affairs. ! am writing merely
my own personal conclusions from what
| believe tn be an unpreiudiced point of
Yiewscn conditions as | Zee them.
n the first place regret to be com
peiled to warm the readers Of this against
believing much of anything political IN
The two leading state newspapers. the
Rutland Herald and the Burlington Free
Press. Both appear to Be 50 much TX
clted over the present campaign that
TREY magnify their side Of the story ana
belittle the other side. or perhapS
Them enthusiasm Is 50 contagious that
# stimulates the maainations Of
correspondents and other brought into
close contact with it. At any rate. for
the next month or so | would advise
you All 70 take with several grains Of
salt the hectic rawlings of these and other
partisan newspapers which edit news re-
ports to suit their editorial beliefs.
Randolph, where have spent Iarye
part ot today, Il the largest and most
influential town in Orange county. II |
mas been long claimed and heraIded AZ
q strong Clement town, but / am Of the
opinion that Il viii give Proctor a sub.
stantial majority when the votes are
counted. Clement lacks a party orqani- I
zation, and this lack win cost him sew
eral thousand votes between now ana
September 4, For instance. here in Ran.
dolph, where the surface indications
showed a strong lead for Clement the
Proctor organization quietly cot III its
work, and by one argument and another
have the signed pledges ef close to
majority Of the voters in the rillaye
md vicinity 70 vote for the straight
ticket.
Grange county il made up entirely a
1nal towns, Randolph, the largest, hav.
ng only = little more than 1000 people.
lears ago the county was Democratic
md u Nas, ! believe; the last county
n the state to snecnmb To the aver
yhelming Republican majority of recent
ears Even now it has quite d consid-
fanie Democratic vote and one of its
Maii towns West Fairlee. IS one Of 4
he few towns in Vermont where ma
oriiy Of tie voters are Democrats. -Four
ears ago in spite Of all the uproar.
Nest Fairlec, calmly cast more votes
Or AlcGettrick than for either AIcCul-
1ugh 81 Clement.
~ 1909 Orange county gave MeCul.
1ugt .ala, Clement t,14a and Meet. !
rick 53s. IN 1904 The county gave BeIl !
,ai5 and Porter 936. With these tir- ,
res in mind, il would hardly he expect. /,
i that the county would 90 much for i
lenent this year, and unless appear- /,
nees are deceptive. it will not. In the ]
fe'conyentlon campaign four years ago.
ae county was strong FOR Proctor and
Ie feeling was SO bitter that consid. +
Eable number Of Republicans refused
vote for Mccullough Some of these
issatisiieVf ones voted for Clement
lille others votel the Prohibition ties
et and stjll others did not vote AZ AN y
he Prohibition candidate for governor
'nr years ago get 297 votes IN Orange
,unty while two years later The head
that ticket polled only 90.
one thing that viii help Clement y
we here this year " the fact that lie i,
" aet considerably more Democratic 4
'te~ than he did ia 1902 In that elec !,
on, as stated above, 553 Orange coun. I,
Democrats We're loyal to McCeftrick. 4
hile ~ Windsor county, with double
q total vote, MeGettrick got only 32f.
take no stock whatever in the theory
at any considerable number Of Dem -
rats will refuse to vote for Clement
course, there are scattering indiyid.
is al o4er the state, but. an told.
do not believe there arc enough al u
en- ~ cut any appreciable figure. "
On the contrary, I am convinced that IA
7. Clement viii get more Democrats
tes FOR governor than a1y ether can. q
late IN Vermont has in 20 years fo
lere has FOR q generation been 4 con bi
ryatiye Democratic vote in the state Ia
lieh, because Of the hopeiessness of the VI
umtion, from their point of view. ana ef
dislike Of being conspicuous, has not f.
IN east II is not large IN anv one
yn or county but IN the aggregate
~ Np"7t'Ni"fAs toptNtdhN III SuCn
mites q Orange, Caledonia. Orleans M
d Windham This vote il All goino
be cast this year aud for Clement
E Republicans may rs well figure on az
first as last Is
The fusion OF the Clement RepubIi.
y and Democrats on county ticket at
e viii have d tendency to lose Glenn. II
quite d number Of votes A GOOD ~,
az who wore willing to vote Tor Glen n, p,a
~ the head Of state ticket bnlls nn,
bolting their ticket when il is brought ,y;l
ne 70 them on 4 local OF county issue.
= applies here in Orange county the
Ne as II does IN Bennington county
an told that the reverse is ttie ~
Winibam county, where consider ="
= runner Of Republicans are not very
Nd Of the county ticket they elected
J Years ago and are willing "a pet 20
2 slap IN that direction. die
is of course yet too early 10 make Of
sensible estimate Of actual county col
res, but from what have seen ana aer
I'd N Ofonge county, / should ~
% see Mr. Clement poll some 400 B
10000 votes in Orange county and
Proctor something better than n Pos
ersolfaly and flaternally was plad i
Tear that Luther =, johnson. editor rob
publisher Of The Randolph Herald sub
News, who Is candidate for sen- tho
y ar4t 1 IIas... A.. A. n