The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-06
Hughes Will Poll Large Por-
tion of 1912 Progress
sive Vote
WILSON IS LIK ELY
TO HOLD HIS OWN
Total of About $4,000 Votes
Expected to Be Cast
in Vermont

Normally a strong Republican state
Vermont will go to the polls and vote fo
Charles Evans Hughes for president to
morrow. The only question is the siz,
OF the plurality. A very conservative
estimate of that plurality would be 20,
600, but it is possible that the figure viii
run above that mark President Wilson
is finding considerable support in Yer.
mont because of the argument that he
was in large part responsible for keep
ing the country out of war" while, on
the other hand, the Republicans and Pro
Igressives have not amalgamated entirely
after the 1912 schism, although the tend
eney has been very largely for the Pro-
Igressives to turn in and support Hughes.
1t is probable that about $4,000 votes
will be cast. The number might be ex-
pected to be much larger had there been
an active campaign on both sides instead
of the merely sided campaign, in
which the Republicans themselves were
not active. 1t is reasonable to expect
that the Republicans will poll approx
mately $4,000 votes and the Democrats
! $4,000, Four years ago the combined Re.
| FhbiiNah anu lOEitrolNt Nott W ds tD.tOt,
while Wilson received 1854. Wilson is
Expected to hold his own and the Repub-
licans are likely to lose some of the Pro
gressive vote of four years ago. The Re
| publican plurality in 1912 was only 200,
the smallest since the organization OF
that party. The average plurality runs
slightly in excess of $4,000 votes. 1t is
not expected by anyone that Vermont
will get back to the Republican plural
ty of 1908, when Taft carried the state
over Bryan by 2s,053. However, the ma
tional campaign managers OF the Repub-
lican party were perfectly safe in putting
Vermont in the Hughes column.
Carroll S. Page of Hyde Park will be
elected United States senator to succeed
himself He will be opposed by Oscar c.
Miller, Dem ocrat, of Newport and Nor
man +. Greenslit Socialist, OF Benning-
ton.
Equally plain sailing win il be for
Porter H. Dale of Brighton for represen-
tative in Congress from the second dis
trict and for Frank L. Greene for the |
similar position from the first district. |
Congressman Dale, who is the Prohibition |
candidate as well as Republican, will |
have two opponents in G.. Herbert Pape, I
Democrat, of Barre and John p. Marsh |
Socialist, of Rochester. In the first dis
trict Congressman Greene will not have
great difficulty from Emmett b. Daley,
Democrat.
The entire Republican state ticket will
be elected as follows: Governor. Horace
F. Graham OF Craftsbury; lieutenant.gov-
ernor, Roger w, Hulburd of Hyde Park
treasurer, Walter F. Scott of Brandon;
secretary of state, Guy w. Bailey of Es-
sex Junction; auditor of accounts, Ben
iamn Gates of Montpelier; attorney gen
eral. Herbert G. Barber of Brattleboro.
The defeated candidates will be: Dem
,cratic) For governor, William b. Mayo
,f Northfield; for lieutenant governor
Henry c. Brislin of Rutland; for treas
lrer, Crlo f. Luce of Stowe; for secre-
AIRY of state, Thomas B. Wright of Bur
ington; for auditor of accounts. Jere-
niah C. Durick of Fair Haven; for at
orney general, Frederick l.. Webster of
'wanton; (Prohibition) for governor,
ester w. Hanson of Montpelier; for
lieutenant governor, George A. Kerr of /
for treasurer, Homer F. Com t
ngs of Berkshire; for secretary of state,
Arthur s. Gallup of Burlington; for audi
or. w. C. Rodcliff of st. Johnsbury; for
ttorney general, c. J. Ferguson of Bur 4
ington; tSocialist) for governor, Will
lam r. Rowland of East Corinth: for
lieutenant governor, Antoine Winner OF r
for treasurer. John McMil- | T
IN of Burlington; for secretary of state, =
:. H. Reynolds of Barre; for auditor f. !,
=. Cleveland of Morrisville; for attorney :
eneral. no candidate. !,
The polls will close on the national. 8
tate, county and congressional balloting =
5 o'clock and on the town representa- \
I'VE balloting at 3 o'clock. \
The Local Election. Q,
When Barre voters go to the polls at G C,
clock tomorrow morning they will be n
anded seven ballots for six distinct gov a
divisions. There will be the II
residential elector ballot. the state tick
!. the L. s. senatorial ticket, the ballot Iir
n representative in Congress, the coun- m
: ticket, the city representative ballot gi
nd a paper bearing the names of candi- al
,tes for Justice of the peace. Local vot- 81
$ are urged to bear in mind that the tc
,ting for city representative will close I'll
3 o'clock. The two candidates for to
ty representative are Frank c. How m
nd Republican, and Rev. John B. Rear In
IN. Democratic. As many of the voters ro
Barre as possible are urged to 20 TO er
e polls in the forenoon or during the m
'on hour. be
Recently there has developed consider re
lie of brush over the ashington an
unity election, the chief contest center II
Q on the election for states attorney. tv
position to the reelection of Fred T. an
eason of Montpelier for states attor- La
V has developed in his own party. the
publican, and there is said TO be some
ght opposition to one or more candi- La
ties on the same ticket although not Al
ough to be apprecisble. re.
The County Candidates. str
The county candidates are: For state lac
lstor. Republican, Frank C. Bancroft an
Barre Town, Bertrand r. Demeritt of Th
Nbury and F. F.. Steele of Montpelier. by
emocratl Timothy +. Callahan Of ST
,ntpelier. Arthur w. Hewitt of Plain vi
IA and Charles C. Robinson of Water lin
rv. Prohibition Arthur ". Hewitt Of F.
iinfield, Pearl B. Gaylord Of Waitstield as
/ Stedman c. Wheeler of Waterbury, we