Evening star., 1912-08-31
Importance Attached to Elec-
tion of Next Tuesday.
FIVE TICKETS IN FIELD
Probability That Governorship Will
Be Decided by Legislature.
ROOSEVELT DROPS DISGUISE
Comes Out Unequivocally for 1nde-
pendent Party-Advocates Re-
peal of Reciprocity Law.
special FUm a Stan Correspondent.

Special Frvrn STAFF Correspondent.
BURLINGTON. VT, August 31.-With
nve state tickets In the field. Vermont
is having the time OF it's life" in the
way Of political campaign-the regu-
lar republican. democratic, socialist pro-
liibitionfst and bull moose-full tickets
have bee nnomianted and the politicians
are harryiIrg the state with a fine-tooth
comb. seeking votes.
One possibility of the situation Is that
there may be no choice at the polls for
governor, since IL requires a majority
over all to elect. In that event the cleo
tion will be thrown into the legislature.
Many people are wondering if this, the
first of the elections of 1912, will prove
10 be a forerunner and omen of throwing
the election for President of the United
States into Congress
IL none of the parties succeeds in roll
ing up majority over all. and the out
come is vested in the legislature, the reg
ular republicans viii win, because the
legislature is Overwhelmingly dyed-ln-
the-wool republican.
With this unusual situation before them
the political prophets are all at sea
They don't know how many votes the
soc alists will poll. for instance. The re-
publican managers a few days ago figured
that the socialists would probably have
-Oa votes The socialists manager claims
that his ticket will poll 800 votes. 1t
seems likely thai the prohibition vote
will exceed the estimate of 200 which
has been all otted
No Forecast Possible.
1t is not possible to accurately fore
cast the strength of the bull moose move
ment. Col. Roosevelts two days in Ver-
mont were strenuous, and he ~unquestion-
ably received most fiattering and en-
thusiastic welcome. How much of it was
curiosity and how much will be repre-
sented by ballots dropped into the box on
election day. which occurs next Tuesday
Is the question.
Even Col Roosevelt admits that he does
not expect to carry the state. He would
like however and hopes TO embarrass
the regular republican ticket for the ef-
feet it will have in Maine September y.
and for the general effect upon the coun-
try at large.
The regular republicans are fully alive
TO the colonels motives. and to the moral
effect which he hopes to achieve. They
are putting in their. best lfcks, and are
making the stubbornest kind of a fight.
The democrats, appreciating the advan-
tage of splitting the republican vote with
the bull moose ticket, are doing as mucn
their opponents. The bull mooses,
the democrats and the regular republi-
spending it. High-class orators from
other states have been brought in. meet
ings are being held every night al over
the state, and there are indications of
good money and plenty of 1t for the
workers at the POLLS. The democrats are
hopeful. but fear that the bull moose
movement will be so strong as to throw
the election into the legislature and thus
head them off.
Roosevelt for Third Party.
In a speech at ST. Adams yesterday
Col Roosevelt threw off all disguise, and
openly declared the independence of the
new party He repudiated republicanism
for himself and his followers, and ho.sted
the nag of an independent party. hoping
thus To appeal to wavering democrats
Vermont is perhaps the worst state in
the non however. to try this on. as the
con 1rvat.sm Of its population Is well
known They very sot in their
wayS. these hard-headed, hard-fisted old
Ne.A.- -nters. and il will be an interestln: /:
stuC, 10 see how many OF the old-ine
atM1 rats and republicans can be Neane i
aUa -, tae colonel
I.oCseve is maaing capital out of the
alta = upon h.n by Penrose and Arch
bod. Ii vii be noted that he did not
issue his promised explanation Of the
Standard OH contribution IN tine for II
to be scanned and anaiyzed by these
shrewd Vermont voters.
Instead OF that he 8 content with put
ting himself on one side and what he
calls crooked business and crooked poll
ties on the other, leaving the Inference
10 be drawn that n is ght, a. usual, be-
cause OF the enemies he has made
Can he get away with il? Well any
how. we won't have TO wait very long for
fle answer.