Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
FINAL /! vermont Y \ n VI! VOTE |:
RETURNS GIVE FLETCHER 25,5e1,
sS59 HOWE (DEM.) 1877, METZ
GER (PROG.) 1886.
RoGREsslvEs WIN COAST "A
( Sweeping Victory for Third Party
Men In caiifornia-state's Elec-
torai Vote to Be Cast for
f Roosevelt and johnson.

White River Junction, VT Sept e.
5slAn5accurate conception of the strength
4 OF the Democrats and Progressives IN
the balloting in Vermont was to be
4 gained here Wednesday, from revised
a and practically complete returns from
! the 246 cities and towns. As no can.
y didate for q state office received a ma
! pority OF the votes, the legislature,
( under the law, will elect. With only
a six towns still to report, the vote for
" governor stood: D .
Allen F. n Fletcher of Cavendish
(Rep.), 25,561. &c. y.
Harlan B. Howe Of st. Johnsbury
(Dem.) 1879. 4 IS. E3 III
Rev. Frazer Metzger Of Randolph
4 (Prog. u, 1856. s.s,{ E5s5i "a x: 81
Clement 4 F. Smith of Morrisville
& (Pro.o, 1876. 5 5.s e.
Fred W. Suffer Of Barre (soc:).
rs, O54. u! Il
The six missing towns cast total
vote two years ago Of Its, of which
/ the Republicans polled 7S9 and the
Democrats 1854. Il &. Il
Returns for senators and represent
atives from e-Quarters of the cit
lies and towns showed that the Repub-
5licans will have no difficulty In seating
their candidates for governor and 9TH
ter state officers. Returns for mem
hers of the legislature show that the
senate will contain twenty-six Repub-
licans and four Democrats and Pro
gressive fusionists, and that the house
will have 176 Republicans, forty,six
Democrats and twenty-fonr Progress
sives, or sixty-six Republicans more
( than the necessary maj to elect
state officers on joint ballot. Con-
IgressmenS Greene and Plumley. Re-
publicans, are reelected by large ma.
\ torittes. :ss5. RI II
5S3 San Francisco, Sept 6.-The Pro
gressives won q sweeping victory IN
the state primary election Of Tuesday.
4 OF the one hundred nominees for the
state legislature, more than eighty
are pledged to: vote for Roosevelt cleo
tors in the state convention to be held
three weeks hence. This means that
the Republican electoral ticket in
California VIII be made up OF men
who In the electoral college will cast
California's thirteen electoral votes
for Theodore Roosevelt for president
9 and Hiram Johnson for vice-presi.
dent. ~ \ 4: RI 5s
~ In the congressional fights the Pro-
gressives have won five districts. Two
Others are Y; still in doubt, with
chances OF Republican success when
the final returns are In. &. 81 RI
The five certafnties are F. NJ. Ruth
erford OF the Second, John I. Nolan
Of the Fifth, c. w Bell OF the Ninth,
W.3D. Stephens sof the Tenth and s.
5C- Evans Of the Eleventh. In the
First, E. II. Hart standpatter, won.
I But at the final election he will be OPP
posed by William Kent, one OF the
best representatives California ever
had in congress. IL s3s ia 4.
Congressman Joseph R. Knowland,
I q standpatter, beat John w. Stetson
about seven thousand In the Sixth, the
SfAlmeda district. Congressman Juli-
MS Kahn was unopposed in the Fourth.
\ Congressman ]. G. Needham won hand
lily in the Seventh. Charles F.; Curry.
Reactionary, has a small lead over
Frank R. Devin, Progressive, in the
D Third: In the Eighth, with many votes
I still Ito count, Congressman r. A.
\ Hayes is less than four hundred ahead
4 OF Judge R. M Clark, the Progressive
4 candidate. e{ls