Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-02
Result Of Election in Vermont
Foreshadows Republican
Success in Nation
PLURALITY WILL EXCEED $4,000
Democratic Efforts to Keep Lead of
Opponents to 25,ooo in vain-Hopes
of Bryan Followers Go GIimmering
Failing OFF in Total Vote of Both
Leading Parties.

Burlington, VT, Sept. 2-VcfnoH'
has given a republican majority of U.s.
600, approximately. for the state ticket
If the Green Mountain state maintains
her traditions and stands to her repu-
tation as a perfect indicator of general
results in November, Taft and Sher-
man will carry the nation in November
by a vote approximately THE same as
that given to Harrison and Reid in
1883.
The state election yesterday was
watched with the most intense interest
by all of the national political figurers.
In the minds of all but a few of them
the final reports on November's cleo
ton night were to be foretold by yes
terday's voting Whether the republic
can plurality was to reach up to the
landslide figures of 1896, 1900 and 1904.
or whether 1t was to drop below tho
danger line of $4,000, absorbed the at
'tention of republicans everywhere. The
sole hope of the democrats was THAT
Governor George II. Prouty's lead for
governor would be materially less than
Is, 900.
Majority Will Be Big.
The republican majority, not only for
the state ticket. but for the legislature,
which is to elect a successor to the
late Redfield Proctor. was sufficiently
decisive to be entirely pleasing to re-
publicans.
Returns at midnight from the six
cities Of the state and from 1874 of the
24O towns showed the following results
for governor:
Prouty, rep. .................... 90
Burke, dem. ................... l5,z %
Backus, ind. |. .................. 3zo
Campbell pro. .................. ioS
Dunbar, socialist ...........t... 312
The same cities and towns an 1901
gave Bell, republican, 39,932; Porter,
democrat, 1890. This shows repub-
lioan loss of 2,64O votes in these cities
and towns and a democratic gain OF
IFS votes The republican plurality in
these cities and towns today is 24,017,
as against 26,542 in the same cities and
towns in 1904. The republican plurali-
ty in the entire state in September,
1904, was 31,557.
The following republicans have
been elected:
Governor-George II. Prouty, New
port.
Lieutenant governor-John A. Mead,
Rutland.
Secretary of state-Guy w. Bailey,
Essex.
Treasurer - Edward FL. Deavitt.
Montpelier.
Auditor-Horace F. Graham, Crafts
bury.
Attorney general-John G. Sargent,
Dudlow.
David j. Foster has been reelected
congressman from the first district,
and Frank Plumley, republican, en-
tiers congress from the second.
Vote Less Than in 1904.
The republican vote is more than 8
per cent short of that cast for Gov
ernor Bell in 1904. The democratic
vote was per cent short of that or
1904. Practically the entire voting
strength of the state was registered
at the polls.
Lieutenant Governor Prouty, who
has been elected governor, was OPP
posed by James. e. Burke, formerly
known as the Blacksmith Mayor of
Burlington The republicans made a
strenuous campaign in the state, and
the national committee sent in a
strong battery of speakers. Mr.. Burke
made his fight practically alone, and
while the Democratic national organi-
cation took a strong interest in the
turn of affairs they sent in few spell
binders.
For the first time the independence
party had a gubernatorial candidate.
He ran ahead of both the prohibition
and socialist nominees.