The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-16
THREE cAUcUSEs TONIGHT.
Brief Summary of Conditions Political
as They Appear to Be.


Three political csucuses in Barre to-
night are brought TO focus on the ques-
tion of who will be in the field of actual
candidates. for the Office OF city repre-
sentative in the coming session OF the
general assembly. Names that cannot
! be counted on two sets OF fingers and
thumbs have been mentioned in the past
month, but on the very threshold Of
three caucuses only two men have an
nounced their candidates..
Since Republicans and Democrats first
met last Friday night to consider ten
tatye plan for uniting on a candidate,
the situation has not been exactly quies
cent. IL has been a transitional week.
With her sails set and decks well nigh
cleared for action the good ship Flu
sion foundered on the rock of distrust.
The perihelion point in the party
orbit was occupied by John w Gordon,
but fusion's sorrowful ending was quick
ly followed by statement over Mr..
Gordon's own name that he would not
be a candidate under any circumstances.
A mutual distrust OF each Others mo.
ure OF the Democrats and Republicans 10
get together. TO begin with, il was to
have been triparty movement, with
the Progressive party as the youngest
son al the council table. The youngest
son. obiecting TO any such tacit confess
sion Of his adolescence refused to be
seated and withdrew. after limiting
broadly that he would be a party to no
political obbery unless the conference
would agree TO certain conditions. To
the older bows in the group il seemed 4
too much like departing from the old 4
OF the Medes and Persians. /
80 Progressivsm passed beyond the paiS 4
Of fusion
Alone once more. the Democrats and I
Republicans turned again to fusing. but /
there came a moment when the tenta
tive candidate was asked as 10 how be
would vote should the gubernatorial con
test he carried into the assembly With 4
lis answer came the second rift in the
ute Democracy was willing to support
! man Who would remain neutral in such
N esrntuality hut 10 adopt a candidate
lltcady self pledged 20 stand by the RI.
lublican nominee even IN the shs dow Of
De State House. let alone the proha bill.
~ 81 his remaining consistently parti-
IAN on other issues. was too much for
he liberals even and from that time
n such fusion was doomed That there
we're rountless charges of "haclstairs-
and counterchargcs 81 machia-
clian strateries nov seems evident. but
heir Importance j. slight
Even vhile the last ol,-eguies over
usian urrc IN progress = still hunt tor
aut candidates uas under wag Demo
-Hfs met pn q recent evening aud gave
numiHI ~ ns mes the aonce aYpt with.
ut uarhng anv definite r0nrlusions
rti meu as George O. liuekn q L
mth. N Nrirhrr 3 y Owens
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ieutionsd hut there ls nothing a. indi.
ste that auvpne Df these m,n 4 an
toued candidate
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