The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-04

| great eletion day mas come ana gone
The Progressive party has succeeded
in its purpose of throwing the cleo
| tion of the states next governor into
the legislature. The democrats have
held together and polled vote above
the normal. The total vote cast was
around $4,000, which was less thar
expected, following the unprecedente,
campaign that has been conducted by
the three leading parties.
Practically complete returns to the
Free Press this morning indicate thai
the Hon. Allen NJ. Fletcher of Cav
endish received yesterday 24,ll,
votes and has plurality OF about
5000 over Harland B. Howe, demo
crat, who ran second. The Rev. Fra
ser Metzger, progressive, received
1892 votes, which combined with
those cast for Mr. Howe and G. +
Smith of Morrisville, the prohibition
nominee, and Fred w. Sutton of Bar
re, socialist, deprived Mr.. Fletcher
of the majority vote necessary for his
election at the polls.
The makeup of the next legislature
according to incomplete returns this
moring will be strongly republican
the Senate as usual an a large ma
jority of the House being elected by
the dominant party.
There was an unusual number o.
hot representative contests and IL
some cases the result is not yet re
ported. The Democrats have elected
about their usual number OF repres
entatiyes and have perhaps elected
two senators in Windsor county. Ii
the House they will have about 81
| members \. lille the Progressives hay,
about the same number. Withou
the missing towns reported the re
publicans have a majority on join
ballot of about 60.
Most of the large towns elected
Democrats, including Rutland, Bur
lington, st. Adams, Montpelier ant
Barre. The Progressives won il
Brattleboro and st. Johnsbury. Ii
Mortified Charles A. Plumley, Repub
lican, won over four other candidates
on the first ballot. Mr.. Plumley will
be candidate for speaker.
The best known men elected ar,
Mr.. Plumley, Chas. ID. Watson OF st
Adams, Col. F. s. Billings of Wood
stock, E. C. Crosby of Brattleboro
j. E.. Weeks of Middlebury, John II
Donnelly OF Vergennes, NJ. j. Hap
good OF Peru, Redfeld Proctor of Proc
tor. f. p. Adams of Marlboro and
Rev. J. w. Miller of Bethel.
In Brattleboro Il. C. Crosby, Pro
gressive, was elected this noon on the
fourth ballot. Bethel elected Rev. ]
w. Miller, democrat, for the third
consecutive term. This is thought &c
break all Democratic records in Yer
mont in recent years at least.
White River Junction, Sept. g.
The progressives won the honors In
the Vermont state election today fol-
although the Republicans carried the
state on a plurality there was no cleo
ton by majority vote and the choice
| OF governor was thrown into the
legislature. There the Republicans
will doubtless have a sufficient majo
rity to elect Allen NJ. Fletcher and
the remainder of the state ticket.
The vote for the five candidates for
governor from all OF the six cities
and from 210 out of 240 towns vas
Allen NJ. Fletcher of Cavendish, re
publican, 23,512.
Harland B. Howe of st. Johnsbury
democrat, 1920.
Rev. Frazer Metzger of Randolph
progressive, 14,202.
Clement F. Smith of Morrisyille,
prohibition, 1925.
Fred w. Suitor of Barre, socialist,
1905.
II is estimated that the next legisla.
ture will stand, Senate, 26 republicans
and four fusion of democrats and
progressives; House, 176 republicans,
46 democrats and "a progressives,
making the republicans SO majority
on a joint ballot.
The two republican congressman,
Frank L. Greene and Frank Plumley,
were elected without material oppo-
sition.
The strength Of the progressive
party and the slight gain of the demo.
Gratis over previous elections were the
features Of the election in Vermont.
None Of the progressive leaders. not
even Col. Roosevelt expected or pre-
dicted the election Of Rev. Mr.. Metz
ger.
The progressives did claim that the
new party would draw from both dem.
ocrats and republicans and while
they failed to gain from the former
they had the satisfaction of spelling
the latter's chances for an election
by the people for the first time on a
presidential year in the history of the
state.
Whether the election day which
went so strongly against the republI.
cans will prove a political barometer
Tor the presidential contest Of No
vember as Vermont elections have
done in former years, was a matter
OF satisfactory conjecture BY the dem
ocrats Of the state tonight, while the
progressives were feeling almost as
jubilant. Mr.. Fletcher. the republican
candidate for governor. declined 20
comment upon the result and Chair