Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-10

trict, says that this campaign cost him
e1.95 and that 1t WAS money well spent,
for an analysis OF the vote in the well or
ganized labor centers OF the district proved
that "whiIe the number Of strictly indie
pendent voters is apparently increasing
each year, the labor should run its own
candidates theory is so absurdIy imprsc-
ticable that it is not deserving OF serious
consideration As . political palliative"
Allen NJ. Fletcher hss long-term lease
- representative from his town or county
that is probably unprecedented. Gwen
dish sent him up to the HOUSE first in
the Senate in 1904 and Cavendish re-
turned him to the House in 1905. Again
this year be won out by . larger vote than
ever. It is good to see so strong . man
recognized, and the pass-it-sround crowd
turned down
Hapgood fell outside the breast orks.
Peru gave him 81 votes, but the other fell
low got a.. Unhappy Happy.
The Democrats and Prohibitionists ran
a neck-and-neck race in BrookfeId, their
vote standing 3 and respectively. In the
meantime the Republicans in that town
were good-naturedly casting 1873 votes.
The bolt in the Bradford probate dis
trict succeeded. The Democratic-Inde-
pendent candidate won over the Repub-
iican nominee by a large majority. A lit
tie over one-half the Republ ican vote
went away from Pickett TO Gleason,
which. joined 10 the Democratic strength,
gave him 1868, to 55i for Pickett Judge
Gleason has held the Office many years
and is a type OF manhood that claims the
warm regard Of has constituency; Of this
there could be no question. J. b. Peck
EFT. the Republican nominee, proved TO
be a weak candidate, largely by reason of
lis personal business record. He evil
IDENTIFY has enemies and rivals for this
same Office at hcme, and they set out en-
ergeticaily to compass his defeat. Some
o. the arguments and statements made by
them could not be proved in court, we
imagine. The fight was bitter and vim
dictive one and the defeat will rankle. a
result that the tendency of the victors to
l"rub ii in" will not tend TO improve.
The picturesque and always interesting
John II. senter was beaten in Montpelier
by J. A. DeBoer, president of the Nation
al Life Insurance company, though be
ran 200 ahead OF his ticket. Mr.. De
Boer will probably be the majority leader
on the floor and a strong figure ia the
work OF the session. lie has already
been a member Of the senate and il in
close touch with the condition and needs
OF the state. Mr.. DeBoer is better known
than he was when he ran Tor the govern
orship four years ago. subscriber
wrote Us then asking IL il were true that
DeBoer was Frenchman and Catholic.
The Independence party proAted con-
siderably by the obtuseness of many yo-
tiers who thought they were voting an in
dependent ticket. Some OF them even
the few members elected to the House
and reported as independents, not one il
of the Independence party.
Gov.-eiect Prouty will be ably assisted
in carrying ont "my policiesn by hi.
chief OF staff, Frank c. Williams, chair.
man OF the Republican state committee,
who. holds the seat from Newport.
Hon. Frank L. Fish was elected to the
House of Representatives after all. bu,
the one at Montpelier, not Washington.
vergennes sends him.
John l. Bacon, representative from
Hartford, won't order his trunk sent &c
the state house. He has been there be.
FORE John rather has it on some partie.
that have tried TO obliterate him politi
caily, but he is forgiying, not vindictiye,
and will represent his entire constitu.
ency.
Col. Troup, the redoubtable Bryan mar
from Connecticut, who stumped Vernon,
for him recently, died suddenly at New
York last week OF heart disease. There's
a chance for a joke here, but in the neal
presence OF death, Danish the thought.
The regular Republican candidate, Bar
Der, won out at Brattieboro. but it was
close shave.
Ernest Hitchcock of Pittsford is the
only member OF the state tax commission
to win q seat in the House.
As usual, in town representative con
tests, the Democrats pulled together bet.
ter than the Republicans. Many . towr
that vent strongly for Prouty sends .
Democrat to the House. Conspicuous ex.
amples are Burlington and Sc. Aibans
where local political conditions in the Re.
publican campaign apparently demand .
house cleaning. Rutland for a wonder
proved more constant and sent Col. Kins.
ley Of Governor Proctor's stan.