The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-02

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Press finds that the republican ticket
headed by Hon. George II. Prouty OF
Newport received 1856 to 1868
votes cast for Burke, (Dem), 1919 for
Campbell, (Pro), 435 for Dunbar,
(Soc), and 1l05 for Backus, Qnd. }
This would make the republican plur-
ality 81, 96S as compared with 1883
given Governor Bel in 1904, and over
$4,000 with all towns reporting. - -
With 20 out of 246 towns to be
heard from and figuring the remaining
the same as In 1904, the republican
state committee last evening claimed
Prouty and Mead had a plurality of
29,S1S.
The state senate this year will con-
tain two Democrats, j. b. Kennedy of
Burlington defeating Frederick r..
Burgess of the same city and Grand
Isle county also electing a Democrat.
The House of Representatives will
be overwhelmingly Republican as usu-
al. Some of the more important
towns will be represented as follows:
Burlington, NJ G. Leary, dem.
Montpelier, Joseph A. DeBoer, rep.
Barre, George n. Tilden dem.
Rutland, Earle s. Kinsley, rep.
81. Adams, c. ID. Watson, dem.
Brattleboro, H. G. Barber, rep.
st. Johnsbury, H. B Howe, DEM
Hartford, John l.. Bacon, rep.
Newport, Frank c. Williams, rep.
Vergennes, Frank l.. Fish, rep.
| Morristown, Thomas c. Cheney, rep.
Cayendish Allen NJ. Fletcher rep.
Pittsford, Ernest Hitchcock, dem
Rockingham, ~ l.. Divall, rep.
In Rutland. Earle S. Kinsley, rep.
was elected OH the fourth ballot which
was declared at o'clock this morn
ing, defeating T. w Moloney and
John d. Spellman
In Morristown Speaker Thomas G.
Cheney was reelected on the second
ballot by one majority. There were
three other candidates in the field.
White River Junction, Sept. 2.-The
republicans defeated the democrats in
the state yesterday by over $4,000.
Lieut.. Gov. George II. Prouty OF
Newport, who led the former ticket
received Al 1882 votes, while James Il.
Burke of Burlington, his democratic
opponent had 1886 votes with 29
small towns missing These towns in
1904 gave a republican plurality OF
1889. The vote for the other candi
dates for governor, with the same
towns missing was: Quimby S. Back
us, independence league, llO9: L. NJ
Campbell, pro, 1888; j. X. Dunbar, so
cialst 470.
The next legislature will stand as
follows:
Senate, republicans, 30; democrat
l; house, republicans. 2lO democrats
30; independence league 6.
Al a late hour tonight Prouty claims
his election over Burke by 10000
votes Allowing the minor tickets
5000 votes this would make the ma.
iority over all about $4,000
The republican plurality of $4,000
was about 1000 below the average
September elections on presidential
years, except in 1884 and in 1892. On
those years, when it was less than
10000, the election was followed by
a democratic national victory. Wheth
er the 1000 or more votes cast for the
independence league candidates came
from the democrats or the republican
ranks can only be conjecmred. al
though last night IL looked as If the
democrats had been the sufferers.
Al 1880 p. m, Lieut.. Gov. Prouty
stated that he figured his plurality at
29Sl9 over Burke and believed that
the missing towns would bring his
margin up to 100000 The governor.
elect in subsequent statement said:
In view of the fact that there was
no great state issue to create enthus.
,iasm and arouse interest, the result OF
the election is very gratifying and
shows that the voters are taking a
great interest in the national cam.
paign. IL also shows that people ap-
prove of the administration OF Gov.
Proctor and want his policies contin-
ued."
The republicans retained complete
control of both executive and legis.
lative branches of the government of
Vermont in the state election, the vo-
tiers indorsing the party ticket for
state officers headed by Lieut.. Gov.
George H. Prouty of Newport: elect.
ing to Congress from the first district
David j. Foster of Burlington for an
other term and from the second dis.
trict, Frank Plumley of Northfield for
the first time and choosing a majority
of the state legislature which will sell
ect a successor to the late Senator
Redfield Proctor. At 10:45 p M,
Prouty's plurality was estimated at
2S,OOO. The state ticket elected was
as follows:
Governor, George H. Prouty of New
lport.
Lieutenant governor John A. Mead
of Rutland.
Secretary of state, Guy W. Bailey of
Essex.
Treasurer, Edward II. Deavitt of
| Montpelier.
Auditor, Horace f. Graham of
ICraftsbury.
Attorney general, John G. Sargent
Of Ludlow.
AT 10:45 returns had been received
IRON lb1 towns and three cities in
Guiding Burlington out of the $40
towns and six cities OF the state.
These returns gave for governor,
Prouty republican, 3O,176; Burke,
democrat, 1854 Backus independent
league, 764; Campbell, prohibition.
62O; Dunbar, socialist, SO5.
The same cities and towns in 1904
gave: Bell, republican 32,726; Porter
democrat, 1891.
Ihese figures indicate a republi.
can loss OF per cent and a democrat
ic loss of 2 per cent. On this basis
Prouty's plurality is estimated at a.,
GOO, compared with Bells plurality OF
81 ,557 In 1904 '' '''''' VI
Early returns showed slight fall.
Ing on in the republican vote for gov.
ernor from that Of four years ago