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


elected BY Morristown, when its freemen
chose Tom Cheney - representative on
the second ballot. The queer thing
about it was that with the speakership
assured to him be had to fight for an cleo
ton to the body. There's no accounting
for Freeman's meeting antics, though.
Candidate James e. Burke, in . letter
to the Boston Globe; says that votes were
| openly bought in three wards Of Burling-
ton election day. Now, Jim, you know
that's against the law. Why don't you
complain Of the parties involved, II you
have reason for your statement, instead Of
writing about it to the city newspapers!
The voters in Chittenden county got
after one Of the Republican nominees for
senator whose personality and sntece-
dents didn't please them and slaughtered
him at the polls, eiecting q Democrat
from Wiiliston over him. A peculiar
outcome is that there ia also q Republican
senator-elect from wiIliston, SO that that
little town has two members in the up
per chamber, while the city OF Burlington
has none.
There was a political upbesyal in little
Grand Isle county. amounting to verita-
BILE earthquake. Almost the entire Re-
publican county ticket, headed by SouIe
OF Alburg for senator, went by the board,
and only one town returned Republican
representative. Too much rotten ring
rule is said to be the cause. One curious
feature OF the result is the election Of a
Democratic states attorney who isn't
even a lawyer.
Charles b. Tilden, an old Democratic
warhorse, won in Mortified by the mar
row margin OF two votes over Major ii.
w. Hovey, retired army officer and
sity. Mortified is always close politi-
cally, especially for representative, and
many long hot fight has il seen. We
recall one OF the long ago that lasted late
into the night. The voters got hungry,
but wouldn't leave, and finally "Jim''
Donahue rolled couple of barrels OF
crackers into the hall. knocked the heads
in and everybody Gus boys incIuded)
with no result. Finally, all were ready
to quit except one Irish Democrat, who
vociferously voted "Nol" every time
there was motion TO adjourn, and as il
1 A. A.fl q.
hundreds OF voters to their post for sever
al ballots. Finally, squad of men
seized him bodily and carried him out OF
the hall, when the meeting adjourned
with a shout.
chariey's boy, George ", an old play
|, mate OF the writer, who used TO be q
, crsck-a-jack left fielder in his ball play.
ing days, trimmed John w. Gordon, the
silver-tongued orator, hsndily at Barre
and will prove an energetic and level.
headed member of the House. He Is a
Democrat, like his dad. Another Tilden
George A. of Roxbury, ran as senator,
but even the potency OF his name failed
. in Washington county this year, though
: this Tflden is no stranger to the House.
A Democrat who comes to the Hous,
with unusual personal prestige is Lawyer
; Harland b. Howe, elected in st. Johns
bury over his single Republican oppon
, ent two to one, though the town wen
the other way on the state ticket by al
most as large a margin.
4 An exchange that remarks the absenc,
of clergymen in the House must hav'
] overlooked the Rev. John Wesley Miller
e member-elect from Bethel, Methodist
OF course-and q Democrat.
, One of the most peculiar contests OF tn,
a election was that in Middlebury. On th'
i, first ballot, the three candidates had 1ss
1877 and 1913 votes, respectively, with /,
: scattering. After few ballots, one o
them dropped out, practically, but hi
strength went almost solidly to a new en-
try who ran neck-and-neck with tn
other two until the eleventh ballot, whei
he withdrew and one OF the orr yinal can
! didates secured a majority.
e Editor Frank E. Howe won handily a
Bennington, and the entire Republican
t ticket showed Q handsome gain. Will
3 Editor l. H. Lewis OF Hyde Park in tn
! Senate, the precedent of an editor in eacl
: body is maintained.
The candidate OF the comical cogno
: men, q. 8. Backus, head of the Indepen
: dence party ticket, who secured about
4 thousand votes, has . statement OF hi
campaign expenses in his home paper q
, Brandon, showing that ii cost hin
! s394.s3 to score up. Besides this the cos
n Of printing and distributing 40, 600 copie
!, OF the New York American and the US
a OF an auto and chauffeur were contribut
ed. In his card, Mr.. Bsckus says "tha
o the result of the campaign just closed il
4 Vermont, according to expectations ans
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