St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-11-03


dous vote in every city and town.
The vote was nearly doubled
over past elections in every
instance by the advent of women
voters. They showed a great inter-
est not only in getting to the polls
early and voting, but also in follow
ing the returns in all the contests.
Caledonia county gave a handsome
majority to James B. Campbell, Re-
publican, in the spirited contest for
states attorney. He was elected over
Samuel Richardson, Democrat, by
1868. This is fine endorsement of
the administration of Attorney Camp
bell and the futility of the Demo
Gratis in running candidate as an
independent in an effort to befog the
voters.
In the contest for County Senator
William P. Russell of Kirby and
Frank T. Taylor of Hardwick, Re.
publicans, won by handsome majorit-
les.
1t was evident that the Republi-
cans voted the straight ticket to a
very large extent and there were few
split ballots in many towns.
In the vote for president the total
for Caledonia county was Harding
1864, Cox 1888.
was turned in promptly at 300o'clock
and the vote in the next two hours
was very light. 1t took an hour and
Is minutes to count the ballot and the
result proved to be a sweeping victory
for Gilbert E. Woods, the Republican
candidate and assistant treasurer of
the Citizens Savings Bank G. Trust
Co. Cut of 2,646 votes cast there
were four spoiled, Sc blank, $50 for
Charles N. Whitney, the democratic
candidate, and 1926 for Gilbert f.
Woods. The announcement of the
vote was received with a burst CT
applause and several left the hall at
once to congratulate Mr.. Woods en-
his splendid victory.
The voting became so heavy dur
ing the afternoon that the election
committee had to secure barrels to
hold the ballots. The boxes. ordinac-
lily used for holding ballots had been
filed to overflowing. ~ :.
When the ballot boxes were closed
at 5 o'clock there were but so county
ballots left. In the afternoon Lyn-
donville election officials telephoned
that they were running short of bal
lots and new supply was sent them.
The % girls in the telephone office
who had come into answer the Hood
of telephone calls received pleasing
surprise at S o'clock when a five
pound box of chocolates from the
Wholesale firm of French & Bean was
delivered to their office with the COM
pliments of the St. Johnsbury town
Republican town committee.
The complete vote for representa-
tive in St. Johnsbury was: Woods,
Rep, 1926; Whitney, Dem, 959;
blanks, Sc, spoiled 4. The total vote
cast was 2645.
Caledonia County complete gave
the following vote: For Congress,
Dale, R, 5,O42; Writer'S, D, 1857; for
Governor Hartness, r. 5,497, Martin,
D. 1,481.
The first Democratic town to be
heard from was Lexington in Essex
county. The vote here was Harding,
"a; Cox, %; Dale, "a; Writers. 28;
Harness, 25; Martin, 81. Wendell c.
Holbrook was elected town reprcsen-
tative.
The first town to report the presi-
dental vote in Essex, county was
CRANKY which reported't the Caledo-
MAN Record at SIP n. m! The vote
was Harding, Ia; Cox, G.: Congress
man Dale, II, Writer'S, 5; for govern
or, IIartness, r. II, Martin, d, A. o.
M. Hdtlgdon. Rep. was elected.
In Danville Ashley j. Goss, Dem.
was elected representative over VIII
liam Clement. Rep. by one vote. The
vote, Goss, 298; Clement, 297.