The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-09-04

BURLINGTON, VT, Sept. A.
Democratic victory In the Novem-
Der presidential election is pre-
dicted here today as result OF
the inroads made on the normal
republican vote by the democratic
nominee for governor in yester-
days state election. For sc
years Vermont has been consider
ed the barometer of national poll
tics, the republicans invariably
losing when the republican plur-
atty in the state dropped below
$4,000.
Practically complete returns re-
ceived today give A. M. Fletcher,
the republican nominee for gov
ernor, 10000 votes. Harlan B.
Howe, the democratic nominee, Is
trailing at his heels with 10000
votes. while the Rev. Frazer Metz
ger, the progressive candidate,
polled 1900 votes. In the state
election in 1910, the republican
candidate for governor received
31,S16 votes and the democratic
nominee 5,S9S.
No candidate in yesterdays
election received a majority and
the new legislature will name the
governor. AS the legislature Is
republican, 1t seems certain that
Fletcher will be chosen.
The strength of the new pro-
gressive party in its first lineup
against the older organizations
also was considered an outstand-
ing feature. The republican
managers had predicted that the
progressive vote would fall below
10000 and the showing made by
Metzger came as big surprise.
With several minor districts
still missing, the republicans have
elected lis members to the as
sembly, the democrats 3 and the
progressives IT.
The actual republican loss over
the party vote in 1908 was 43 per
cent, while the democratic gain
was z per cent.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 4.
THE result in Vermont means
a progressive victory in Novem-
Der"
This was the prediction here
today of former United States
Senator Albert j. Beveridge, VINO
with Colonel Roosevelt and Judge
Ben Lindsey stumped Vermont
for the progressive state candi-
dates.
"The news Is glorious" added
Beveridge.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. A.
With the exception of the woman
suffrage clause and possibly one
or two minor amendments, prac-
tically all of the progressives' AZ
amendments to the Ohio constitu-
ton carried by overwhelming ma
jorities at yesterdays election.
The suffrage amendment was de-
feated by about $4,000 votes. AL
though the women made a hard
fight, the almost solid alignment
of the saloon vote against them
and the large foreign vote in the
cities downed them.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. A..
United States Senator Ollie
James of Kentucky predicted GER
tain victory for Governor Wilson,
the democratic nominee for presi-
dent, at the polls in November as
result OF the inroads made IN
the republican vote In Vermont.
THE vote indicates said
James, "that Wilson will carry
nearly every state"
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Sept. A.
Progressives assembling here to-
day for the convention which
meets tomorrow declared that the
Vermont results will be exceeded
in New York next November. One
third of the delegates to the con-
vention are women. State Char
man Hotchkiss Is being urged to
head the ticket.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Charles
d. Hilles. chairman of the nation
al republican committee, gave out
a statement here today declaring
that the Vermont election result
shows the weakness of Roosevelt
as 1t means he will not get an
electoral vote In q single state.
(By Emitted Press Leased Wire.)
BURLINGTON. VT, Sept. A..
Revised figures from all but 81
townships in the state show that
Alton M. Fletcher, the republic
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