The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-05

Burlington, With. complete
vote from 246 towns and cities of
Vermont give Allen Fletcher, the
republican candidate for governor,
2G,200; Harland p. Howe, democrat,
20, 100, and Rev Frances Metzger,
progressive, 1900.
Because no candidate received a
majority of the entire vote cast the
legislature elected yesterday, will
choose the governor. 1t will elect
the republican nominee, since the re-
"a and the progressives II members
OF the house of representatives, with
so still in doubt.
| Yesterdays vote showed loss of
AZ per cent by the republican party
from the vote cast four years ago for
Governor Prouty.
The democratic gain in the same
period was ~ per cent. The social
ist vote showed a loss of several hun
dred from 1908.
An EARLY Report.
! White River junction, Vt.-The
strength OF the new progressive party
/ in its first lineup against the older
patries and the Disappearance of the
republican majority for the first
time in ten years and the first time
in the historv of the state in presi-
Dental year We're the outstanding fea-
| lures of the state election in Ner-
mont yesterday.
1t was apparent early in the even
ing that there had been no election
by the people, although a sufficient
number of republican representatives
were successful to seem to insure the
choice for governor OF Allen NJ.
Fletcher. of Cavendish, by the legis-
lature.
For many years political students
have pointed out that any decrease
in the republican majority in Ner-
mont in September below the normal
invariably by the party's defeat in
the presidential fight in November.
These majorities, which have aver
aged close to 10000 in all the state
elections in Vermont in presidential
years since 1896, were represented
today by bare plurality. The re-
publican loss apparently went in a
great degree to the progressives and
| 10 IL SOlIeM llGl less extent 10 lHC
democrats.
With about two-thirds OF the state
complete it was evident that Fletcher
republican candidate for governor
has fallen between 5000 and G,00C
below the majority necessary to elect
One hundred and seventy cities and
towns out of 246 give:
Fletcher, republican,, 1850,
Howe, democrat, 1922; Metzger
progressive, 10,760.
! Same places in 1910 gave: Mead
| republican 23,314; Watson, demo
crat, 7,025
The house of representative:
2 which names the governor, is over
t whelmngly republican. Congress
t men elected: First district, Franl
| l.. Greene, of st. Albans, republi
can: Second district, Frank Plumley
of Northfield. republican.
Views of Vermont Result.
t New York City.-On the Vernon
. results the World, editorialy shows
i If the Vermont verdict means
Y anything, it means a Wilson landslid,
d in November"
n In Indianapolis, Albert j. Beve
e ridge, progressive candidate for gov
ernor of Indiana. said "The new
d from Vermont is glorious. This make
n the outcome of the campaign of 191
S sure. If Vermont does this in Septem
a ber after only two weeks of fighting
It everybody can see what the othe
:. states-states not so detached-wi
e do in November.
" Sea Girt, N. J.-Governor Wilso
y said:
t. "The Vermont returns are highl
+ gratifying. You know, when tn
is democrats merely hold their own i
y Vermont it is encouraging, but whe
4. they not only hold their own but gai
e 25 per cent as they did yesterda.
e you can be sure it means business.
le Washington, ID. C.-"The result c
y. the election in Vermont indicates tha
ID Wilson will carry nearly every stat
n in the union" declared Senator-elet
p Ollie James, of Kentucky.
! NEW YORK PROGRESSIVES TO
ENnnRSE WOMAN SITEIR A(