Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-02

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| The following table shows the re-
suits in Vermont elections and the
| electoral vote two months later:
| Republican
| Year. plurality Electoral vote.
| 1879. sS,5ss Rep. is Dem Den, 1st
1854. 21S5U Rep. 49, Dem. 219
| 1885. - Rep. 23:. Dem. les
| 1892 1T95t; Rep l45 Dem. PIT
| 1896 . 30 $50 Rep. oil Dem. 176
! 1900 . % ISL Rep. 292 Dem 15j
| 1901. 31.557 Rep. $50 Dem. 40
| 'Hayes declared President by an electoral
commission
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt, Sep
TENDER "a revised tabulation. with the
| additional returns received today of the
vote cast for governor in yesterdays state
election. with nineteen small towns still
missing. gives George H. Prouty. re-
publican. 1908; James E. Burke, demo-
crat. 1o,31s: Quimby S. Backus, indie
pendence League, 1,222: Eugene NJ
| Campbell. prohibitionist. SO1. and H.. II
! Dunbar. socialist. 463. The missing towns
| four years ago gave Bell, republican, p
| 513. and Porter. democrat. 652, and at an
early hour today 1t was estimated that
| Prouty's plurality in the state would
be about 10000.
With the nineteen towns missing, the
| returns show that the republicans had II
per cent, the democrats % per cent, the
| Independence Leaguers , per cent, the
prohibitionists rs per cent and the So
cialists two-thirds of l per cent of the
total vote cast.
The decrease in the republican vote
amounted to per cent, and in the demo-
cratic vote to 3 per cent The decrease
OF
local contests at which the voting was
quite heavy. Political leaders today were
inclined to look upon the returns as in
dications that the voters were somewhat
apathetic in regard to national issues, but
not to marked degree.
The incoming legislature will have at
least one democratic senator. about thir-
ty democratic representatives and at least
six members of the Independence League
in the lower house. Four years ago the
house stood oO6 republicans and "a demo-
Gratis. so that the republican majority
the coming year will be practically I'M
changed and will insure the election of a
republican successor to the late Senator
Redfield Proctor. probably in the person
of his son. Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor,
At a late hour Prouty claimed his cleo
ton over Burke by 10000 votes.
Reduced Republican Plurality.
The republican plurality was below the
presidential years except in 1884 and in
1892. In those years, when it was less
than $4,000. the election was followed by
a democratic national victory. Whether
the 1000 or more votes cast for the indie
pendence league candidates came from
the democrats or the republican ranks
can only be conjectured, although ii looks
as If the democrats were the sufferers.
The republicans retained complete con-
| troll of both executive and legislative
branches of the government of Vermont
| the voters indorsing the party ticket for
Estate officers headed by George H. Prouty
| of Newport, electing to Congress from
| he first district David J. Foster of Bur-
| lington for another term. and from the
second district Frank Plumley of North
field for the first time. and choosing a
majority of the state Legislature which
| will select successor to the late Senator
Redfied Proctor.
The State Ticket
| The state ticket elected was as follows:
Governor-George II. Prouty of New
port.
Lieutenant governor-John A. Mead OF
| Rutland.
| Secretary of state-Guy W. Bailey of
| Essex
Treasurer-Edward II. Deavitt of Mont
| peier
| Auditor-Horace r. iraham or Crafts-
| bury.
Attorney general-John G. Sargent of
! Ludlow.
| Early returns showed A slight falling
off in the republican vote for governor
| from that of four years ago. while the
democratic vote remained practically UNI
| changed despite the fact that in an I'M
usually large number Of local contests the
| democrats were as rule successful The
republican majority in the next house.
therefore. will be considerably reduced.
| The voters were urged to support the
republic N ticket by speakers of national
| Importance who stumped the state dur
ing the past two weeks discussing issues,
| which will be heard in other parts of the
| country this fall.
! On the other hand the democrats fought
the battle alone. James f. Burke of
| Burlington. formerly known the
| blacksmith mayor of that city. who
headed the ticket. having only local tai
ent in his support.
Independence Vote Small.
The democrats were also anxious re-
garding the strength of the independence
| League movement a new factor in state
politics but the returns from a ma iority
of the cities and towns showed that a
| comparatively small number of voters
supported Quimby s. Backus of Brandon
| who headed the new party ticket.
! The prohibition party close race
with the Independence League, while the
| socialists were poor fifth in the con-
test among the leaders.
| The voters We're favored with excel
lent weather throughout the day and. de-
spite the fact that the harvest was at
hand, they came to the polls in large
numbers and in many instances. because
! of the necessity of a majority vote in the
election of representatives. were COMPEL
ed TO stay until long after nighttall These
local contests proved the feature of the
election far as Vermont people were
| concerned. but the results seemed to
have but little effect upon the state as a
whole. as was expected. Mr.. Burke ran
exceedingly well in his own city-Burlng
ton-reducing the republican margin OF
200, four years ago, to sixty-four votes
He also made a good showing in Barre
but fell behind in St. Adams and in sew
eral of the large towns.
Cities Give Democratic Gains.
On the other hand. the little towns ur
in the Businesses of the Green mounta ms
stood Loyalty by the republican party, a
of old. rolling cup majorities for Prouty