The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-08
MAJORITY FOR
MEAD l4,4OS
With All Towns and Cities
Heard From
SATISFIED AT THE RESULT
Gov.-elect Mead Declares His Republican
Enemies Were Not Seriously Felt
in Cutting His MaiOrity-Says
Tariff Hurt.

From reports received on representa-
tives elected the Democrats win have
A members in the next House. Barre
Town and Waterbury, which had not
elected when The Times was issued yes.
tsrday, have chosen W. +. Fisk and w.
J. Boyee respectively Newbury, whiea
did not make choice until o'clock
yesterday, elected John Smith, Demo
erat.
The Burlington Free Press, in its news
columns this morning, says the probable
candidates for the speakership will be
II S. Peck Of Burlington. Frank Howe
Of Bennington, A. NJ. Fletcher Of Cayen.
dish and Justus Dartt Of Springfield.
Gov-elect John A. Mead at Rutland
yesterday, in response 20 the questions
as to whether he was satisfied with his
majority for the governorship, replied
that under all the circumstances he felt
that his majority was al that could
be reasonably expected. He stated that
the campaign which has just closed was
without q parallel in the state.
There has been apparently much Sc
we're criticism as 20 the revision Of the
tariff bill" he said. "and this has mani
Tested itself in various local elections. as
there Is a feeling which is quite general
that the revision downward should nave
been more pronounced. and that the peo-
pie have been led to believe that the
present high prices Of living are due to
certain extent 70 the unsatisfactory
changes in tariff legislation
There Il another feature | did not
appreciate until nearly noon Of Tuesday.
and tnat was the feeling Of autagonism
toward the Republican party because OF
the increased assessed valuation Of real
estate IN our town and state. Many Of
the wurkingmen have been led 10 believe
that this was a very unjust act on the
part Of the Republican representatives,
and that the time OF eiectiox yas when
they should snow their ! dsspaoyal Of
this increase
DE- Mead said that IL weather to a
VERY great extent caused + falling of IN (
the vote he contiaueW s. saying that
lor himselF Ae was not the
NtfAtH| 4fHtt ss=AAt4A44 N1HH
state forl she taef few seafs. and that 4
THEIR Opposition was usss3 bitter an 70
TIE time - the convention. since fhan
many Of them had aceep#a she reswlt
and favored his nomination, but. on the
otner hand there were Others who had
been prominent Republicans in the state
for many years. who had seen ft to
sritieise the head Of the ticket, and had
used every means in their power TO cut
The majority and il possible to defeat
him at the polls,
Or. Mead said that the result Of the
election showed that the influence Of the
after was not strong and was not felt
seriously outside Of three counties. He
said that had the day Of eletoion been
reasonably pleasant that surely there
would have been a good strong average
for an of year.
He referred to the fact that Senator
Pages majority in 1870 was l2,60s and
hat + d. Proctor's majority was about
I4.l64 and that Redfield Proetor's in 1878
was 1866, and that if his majority
,qualled or exceeded these ne could have
10 reason for complaint
DR.. Mead stated that in his acceptance
# the nomination at the convention he
lad referred to the many features which
would be made prominent in his admin
stration and thus did not think it neees-
AIRY to discuss the same further at this
ime.
Candidate Watson in a statement Isl
ued yesterday said that the reduction in
he Republican plurality is "a rebuke to
he Republican machine in Vermont, i
ather than any dissatisfaction with ma
ional policies. believe the tariff had
Iery little influence in the result
With all towns in the state heard
rom, DIR. John A. Mead has a majority !
# l4.40S in the state and plurality Of ,
5.75s over Charles ID. Watson, the Dem
cratic candidate.
Towns electing representatives not re-
orted in yesterdays Times arcs
'harlotte- N. Boynton tRl
bloomfield Frank Marshal (D).
,arton II. w. Barron tRl.
'airlee j. w. Davis tRl.
Sewbury--John B. Smith (Dl.
'hetford Lyman w. Cook tRl.
'opsham- James r. McLam (Rl.
'randon-J. g. Wright (Rl.
'awlet- Mason tDl.
'oultney- w. III. Rowland (Rl.
udbury- Ellsworth Griffin Rl.
I'D. w. Stone tRl
E. II. Shattuck lRl.
,ovalton George Eliot (Rl. \
Guernsey (Rl