The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-05
VERMONT, VOTE IS
LARGEST CAST
SINCE 1904
Complete Unofficial Returns
Are Now In
FLETCHER'S VOTE is 26,259
Harland Howe Had 20,350 and Met
zger Got observation-disclosures
and Socialist Vote Small.

Wnlte RIVER JunctlOn, OepI
The full report of the balloting in
yesterdays state election in Vermont
was compiled late today without al
tering to any material degree the
earlier figures of the vote.
The unofficial total vote of the
state for governor reached 65,O33,
the largest in state election in a
presidential year since 1904. There
was no election by the people, but
members of the Legislature were
either chosen yesterday or at the
bye-elections today to insure the
seating Of Allen NJ Fletcher of Cav
endish in October, as well as the re-
mainder of the Republican state
ticket.
The total vote of the state for all
five candidates was as follows:
Allen NJ. Fletcher of Cavendish (R)
26,259.
Harlan B. Howe of St Johnsbury
Cd, 20,S50.
Rev. Franz Metzger of Randolph
(Prog), $4,000
Clement F. Smith of Morrisville
(Pro). LAB.
Fred w. Sultor of Marie (Soc.)
1881.
In 1910 the total vote for governor
was:
John A. Mead (R), 1929.
Charles ID. Watson CD. 17,425.
Edwin r. Toole (Pro), 1,044.
Chester Il. Ordway (Soc.), 1855.
Still BaIIoting in Small Towns
A number of the small towns
where there was no election for mem
Der of the Legislature yesterday
were still balloting at a late hour to-
night through the inability of a ma
jority of voters to agree on candi-
date. 1t will be some days before
the exact makeup of the Legislature
is known, but estimates made last
night of sixty-three Republican ma
jority on a joint ballot for governor
was not altered by additional TO
turns today
The Republicans reelected both
of their congressman, Frank l..
Greene of st. Adams and Frank
Plumley of Mortified. They carried
eleven of the fourteen counties and
1877 of the GAG cities and towns.
Their party majority of 26,S17 four
years ago and of 1873 two years
ago, dwindled to a plurality of s.
9O9, the smallest margin that a Re.
publican candidate ever secured in
presidential year in the history of
the state.
Tha Damonratc oarriad ,u,o oo,,,
ties and thirty-eight towns and ran
up the largest total since 1880.
The Progressives prevented a PEG.
pies choice of Republican candi-
date for governor, and carried one
county and twenty-one towns.
The Democrats have elected two
members of the Senate which is the
same az they had in 1908. The Dem
ocratic senators this year are j. G..
Roy of Caledonia county and l.. K.
Pollard of Windsor county.
At last accounts several towns
were still balloting while three had
given up the struggle and will not be
represented. These three are AL.
bany, Middlesex and Washington.
A complete list of the town repre-.
sentatives elected in Bennington
county is as follows:
Arlington, Arthur Smith, demo
crat.
Bennington. Fred C. Martin, demo.
crat.
Dorset, j. S. Flynn, democrat.
Glastonbury, r. b. Young, republi
can
Landgrove, Charles w. Towslee
republican
Manchester, A. c. 0rvis, democrat
Peru, NJ. ]. Hapgood, progressive
Pownal, ID. F. Gardner, republican
Readsboro, J. w. Bosquet, repub
lican.
Rupert, II. F. Moore, republican.
Sandgate. Clifton Mears, republi
can
Searsburg, Fred II. Bagley, repub
lican.
SALISBURY, Clifford Hawkins, de
mocrat
Stamford. George Canedy, republi
can.
Sunderland, II. B. Lawrence, re
publican.
Ninhall, @. L. Burbank, republican
Woodford, c. I. Knapp, democrat