Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-01
1 AND NECK l IN VERMONT
 on Tuesday In White l,ntain State to Be Most Exciting.
EE PARTIES IN IT
H Recently ''Stumped The l, Rut Galaxy of Campaign
 rs Camped on His Trail.

the ndllle oA u '''0 .' 'i'
 eive and Democratic candidate
 gubernatorial race which is
 ,ocidnd at the polls here on
 !. and if he were to submit |ards to the first small boy he
 tbe streets of Burlington for
 ootion of a winner, the wisest
 sharper in the state would
 ger any great sum that the lhosen by the youngster would
 that of the next governor of
 ;s the state of politics in Yer
 nday Progressives, Democrats bnublicans profess equal eonfi-
 in the election of their man, Those in the know are wagering honey that the election will be ke that it will be thrown into kislature, where the Honorable M Fletcher, of Cavendish, Re In will be elected chief magis-
 ii the White Mountain State.
 ugh it's long established posi-
 las prediction barometer of fional struggle that takes place Hour years in November par ly wide attention has been giv-
 chaotic State of Vermont poli- bth local and national politica. tres tacitIy admitting or secret ewing that this state of affairs s the uncertainty that will en-
 national issues in the coming Re between the great parties.
 Fears gone by the Republican kation of Vermont, well oiled |moothly running, rolled up a )ty that reflected with minute Icy the or;nion of the national late at the polls in Novemh
 fears ago, however, trouble pyer campaign expenditures and bDlicity then given the alleged
 large sums of money in guher- Rl contests threw a horde of |al leaders into a panic. This Ion was further increased by path last year of former Cover fletcher D. Proctor, son of the |enator Redfield Proctor.
 p Proctors hand no longer pg the Republican ship of state fgratlon "a Ridly followed.
 dlssention among the Repub- was heightened by the injec- q Rooseyeltism and the action F. Smith, of MorrisMlle, master POO state grangers, who in emu o1 the seize of Sagamore Hill his farmers hat into the ring Fciared himself a gubernatorial Fate on the Prohibition ticket. |actlon has alienated no small of the Grangers from hide
 Republican rule. Many of nave decided to follow Smith in Fl upon the liquor interests, and
 o'hers have fused themselves Fhe Progressives.
 war among the Republicans |coior to the confident assertion rtos'essiYes that tIeir poll Hi Pn' on Tuesday vii far vxcee;l
 paliots, and if this prediction
 true, the election will undoubt- prove So close that it will be tue state legislature to decide, Fuon which means the virtual Pa Of Fletcher, the Republican rnse Republican chaos, howev-
 @'fdyed unbroken strength of rocfaey hungering for the spells Fee and headed by Harland B. VI nt. Johnsbury. Two years re Democratic vote in Vermont |,,szo s against a Republican vote .oo' ms showed a gain of l. SVVV votes fer the Democrats N E,, JOSS of about 10000 for the
 ea's over the Presidential T i'Ve' On this ratio of loss
 HoWe's supporters today hns 'o victory. stating that the
 san lost in the last election ]. 'ail or attaching themselves '., enocratic ticket>and that the m the Republican ranks
 v. give them sufficient addi.
 s'o's to insure a safe major. l, weight is lent to this pre-. " the dissatisfaction preval.
 aoor circles over this treat. .a, sermont's Senators ant 'ass suien on the eight-hour bil pnIoa,.. matters affecting labor 's are known to be anx x S'ng for an opportunity tt
 Ieif dissatisfaction. Th'