The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-02
VERMONT STANDS

VERMONT STANDS
1continued From First Page.)
electorate AT the polls in NovemteT
Two wears ago, however, trouble afose
over campaign expenditures. and the
publicity then given the alleged "ss
of large sums of money in gupefnA-
torial contests three a horde OF poiit
zeal leaders into a panic. rms as'-
tatior was further increased by the
death last year of former Governor
Fletcher d, Proctor, son of the Iate
senator Redfield Proctor.
Republicans in pisnrssr-
With Proctor's hand no longer
steering the Republrcanship of state
disintegration rapidly followed.
The dissension among the Repupii-
cans was heightened by the injection
of Rooseveitism and the action of =.
r. Smith. of Norrisviile, master
&C. 000 state grangers, who in emil
fHtion of the siege of Sycamore liiii
threw his farmers hat into the fns
and declared himself a guoernatoral
candidate on the prohibition ticker
This action has alienated no small
ia elton of the Changers from niae
bound Republican rule. Many of :heia
have decided 10 follow Smith in ms
war upon the liquor interests ana
many Others have fused themselves
with the Progressives.
This war among the Republicans
gives color to the confident ossrr-
ton of the Progressiyes that tlleir
poll in Vermont on Tuesday Will Iar
hexeeed 10000 ballots. and If this pre-.
dlction proves true. the election VII
undoubtedly prove SO close mat IL
| viii be given to the State legislature
! to decielA an action which means the
virtual election of Fletcherm, the ke-
| publican nominee.
Democrats Arc United.
| Against Republican chaos, however
is arrayed unbroken strength Ut 8
Democracy hungering for the s2'iis
of Office and headed by Harland b
| Howe, Of st. Johnshars. fwo years
| ago the Democratic vote in vermont
| was 17.425 against a Republican Vose
OF 35,2e5 This showed a gain OF
| about 1000 votes for the Democrats
and the loss of about 10000 for tne
| Republicans over the presidential
year of 1908. On this ratio Of loss
and gain. Howes supporters tod W
made claim to victory stating thai
HE Republicans -last-isa tho aSt-elec.
| ton were certain Of attaching them
| selves TO the Democratic ticket ant
that the confusion in the Republican
ranks would bring them sufficient ad
ditionai ballots TO insure sale ma
| iority
u Further ueiEAt is lefst- to This pre-
diction by the dissatisfa ction prevail
emit i'm labor circles over their treat
ment by Vermont's senators and on
congressman on the eight hour bill
and other matters affecting labor. Tn
| unionists are known to be anxiousl!
looking for an opportunity to express
their dissatisfa ction. The Democrat
are also attacking Fletcher who's
/ wealth is esttmated at sc. coo 600 o.
the score of taxes, stating that III
| property Is undervaitfed and that he !
escaping taxation.
Smith Thorn to Republicans.
+ c. +. smith. the prohibition eaa
didate, while profession to be Ger
tain of a large following in the com
ing election will in reality have li-tl
| weight upon the result except throigl
the note OF discord he has injc"te
into the Republican ranks by reasol
of his espousal of the prohibition
| cause, and his popularity with tn
State Grangers--,
4. The big Hsht. ii may be satat .lis
between the Republicans. Progress
sives, and Democrats. with the mos
interesting portion OF this three~cor
nered conflict in the field Of Progress
sive Republication. Roosevelt ma
attained great popularity with a con
siderable portion of the q. .. F. eiec
torate. but Is cordially hated by tn
other members of the Repuollca
| faith Taft, on the other hand. J
| anathema TO the Roosevelt Hetnrii
cans, and these two divisions OF IN
| once G, o. r. have INDUCED in tn
most bitter pre- election campaisl
personalities.
Expect Record Vote.
These exchanges Of pieasanteia
were most heated during the pas
| week when Colonel Roosevelt circle
the State and spoke at Rutland. Mid
dlebury, Burlington, Barre, Whit
River Junction. and Bellows Falls. T
| controyert the assertions OF tn
doughty colonel the Republican ma
tional committee sent agalaxy Of cam
paign stars to camp upon his trai
I Among these were Borahs Watson
| Townsend, Foss, of Illinois. Mccall
Batchelder. Yates and others.
/ Each OF the three leading parue
determIned to get out a record vot
On Tuesday. and to this end tnsti
tutea contests for town repre1enta
tiyes In villages, and hamlats through
| out the state. In addition to foster
| ing partisanism By i pre-election IVY
erature Of the most heated type. IT !
expected. therefore. that the recor'
poll Of Vermont, $4,000 votes In tn
presidential year Of 1908, viii be- :
Aieast eaualIed Ii not be4ten by TN