The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-04
VERMONT FAILS It ELECT GOVERNOR: INTO LEGISLATURE Bull Moose and Democrats Win HOnors in State
 Election
DEMOCRATS ARE
 WELL SATISFIED
According to Past Indications Yer mont Forecasts Defeat of Pres ident Taft-Legislature
 Republican

the honors in the Vermont state election today for although the republicans car red the state on majority vote, there was no election by q plurality vote ani the choice of a governor was thrown Into the legislature. There the republicans will have sufficient majority to elect s1len NJ. Fletcher and the remainder O. the state ticket.
 Vote for Governor
 The vote for the five candidates for governor from all of the six cities and from PIT out of 246 towns, was:
 Allen NJ. Fletcher. republican. es.6oe
 Harland B. Howe. democrat, is.25o
 The Rev. Frazer Metzger progressive. 14.22O.
 Clement F. smith, prohihitonist. 1425
 Fred N. suiter, socialist 1906.
 Returns up to midnight showed tha. he next legislature will contain 1lo re- publicans, S6 democrats and Il progress sive members of the lower branch, aa well 30 republican senator's
 The strength of the progressive party and the gain of the democrats over pre- vious elections were the features
 For many years political students have | publican majority i'll Vermont in Sep tember below normal of 25.Go0 has been followed almost invariably by the party defeat in the presidential fight in No vember. These majorites, which have averaged close to 5000 in all the state elections In Vermont in presidential years since 1892, were represented today by n bare plurality.
 The falling off in the republican Votd began with tine first returns, while tn. lrogressiyes gained all along the line in some cases carrying towns which haJ :eretofore been regarded as strongly re- publican.
 Contradictions in Vote Yet the disaffection from the republican, ra nks did not extend very Tar beyty.4 the head of the ticket Many towns thai showed htrong progressive tendencies sent republican representatives to the Iegis- ature, SC republican party leaders were assured early of substantial majority on joint ballot for governor, as the fail tire of candidate to get a majority at the polls throws the election into the legislature
 Progressive leaders were greatly pleased with the results. It was pointed out that the party had gone into the fight with an organization that was new to poll- ties and was forced to make up with notable orators what 1t lacked in party management, Wlth toionei RoOseNelt lead ing the charge. The democratic man. asers also derived satisfaction from the returns showing as they did decided gains over two and four years go. They also pointed out that these gains had been made despite claims of the pro- gressive speakers that the latter party would recruit some of Its strength from democrats.
 The prohibition and socialist vote did not vary materially from former years
 Many republican leaders claimed that the threatening weather contributed to the falling off in the party vote These men stated that the registered vote of Vermont was close to 120000 and that had weather conditions been fair the party would have rolled up more than 40.0ol for Mir Fletcher.