The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
RETURNsN VERMONT
REPUBLICAN VOTE SHOWS SLIGHT
 FALLING OFF.
Democrats win Have . Member of state Senate For First Time in Many Years-Jenkins De-
 feafed.

White River Junction. Vermont, Sept. 2.-complete returns from yes terday's election in Vermont on the vota for Governor, received this af- ternoon show the following resuitss Geo. P. Prouty. Republican. 4s.2s1; James B. Burke, Democrat. 15.903: Ouimby S. Backus, Independence League. 1,252; Eugene RI. Campbell prohibitionist, s26; J. H. Dunbar, So- ciaiist, 479.
 The total vote of all parties was ss.727 and Prouty's plurality over Burke was 29.376.
 The decrease in the Republican amounted to six per cent. and the Democratic votes to thee per cent. Po- Iitical leaders were inclined to look upon the returns to-day as indicating that the voters were Somewhat ap- thetic- in regard to the national is- sues.
 The incoming Legislature will have at least one Democratic Senator, about thirty Democratic Representatives and at least six members of the independ- ence League in the lower house.
 Four years ago the house stood 206 Republicans and thirty-four Demo . crats. SO that the Republican majority the coming year win be practically unchanged and will insure the elec-
 
 late Senator Redheld Proctor, prob- ably in the person of his son, Gov ernor Fletcher D. Proctor.
 The election of Democratic mem Der of the State Senate gives the Democratic party representation in that branch of the Legislature a rep resentative for the first time in sew eral years. At the last State election in 1906 not a single Democrat was elected to State Senate.
 One of the greatest sensations of the election was the defeat of Con- gressman John J. Jenkins of the Eleventh District by Irving D. Len root. former speaker of the State as- sembly and q strong LaFollette fol- lower.
 Although actual comparisons of this years vote with the vote of four years ago cannot be made until com plete returns are received. 1t is estl- mated that the falling off in the Re- publican vote was somewhat in excess of the Democratic poll.
 Mack Pleased with Result.
 New York. Sept 2.-National Chair man Mack has practically selected the full sub committed which will manage the campaign of the Democrats on the Atlantic Seaboard.
 Chairman Mack said today that this committee would be composed of about fifteen members made up of the na- tional committeeman in the eastern States and other prominent Demo. crats
 Chairman Mack and members of the national committee expressed them selves as pleased with the result Of the election In Vermont today MT. Mack said:
 'When you consider that the Dem clatic national committee made no campaign in Vermont, sent no money there and sent no national speakers. the result Is most gratifying to the Democrats. The Republican national committee sent national speakers of prominence there and as I understood. it had plenty of money to make an effective campaign. We do not in. tend, to make a special campaign in Maine. nor in any State which is sure ly Republican. but will devote all our resources to the so-called doubtful States"
 Col J. H. Lewis visited headquarters en route to Maine where he will make two or three addresses