The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-26
BIGGEST VICTORY
IN ITS HISTORY
Vermont Republicans Sure
of Record Vote for Hard
ing and Coolidge
HARTNESS'S VOTE
EQUALLY LARGE
Correspondent Fails TO Find Supporters
of League Covenant In This State -
Thinks Two Farmers Will Preside
Over Legislature.

of League Covenant In This State -
Thinks Two Farmers Will Preside
Over Legislature.
BURLINGTON. Oct. 26.-"It may
not interest the rest of the country, but
it is with considerable pride that we Re
publicans I'D here in this neck of the
woods are telling the world that Yer
mont is to roll up a 10000 to $4,000
majority for Harding and Coolidge" was
the way the chairman of the Republi-
can State committee Leonard f. Wing,
accounted for the Green Mountain state
when asked by the Union-Leader cor
respondent for an estimate of the size of
the Republican majority on Nov. 2
The correspondent during a threedays'
cruise with a party of campaign speak
ers Intercepted probably p leading cit
liens of the state as to how the league
of nations appeals to the women of Yer
mont and in every instance was told
that this issue is going to be responsible
for the biggest Republican majority in
the history of the state"
At Montpelier st. Adams, Mortified
and other places the correspondent had
both men and women and in no instance
did he find supporters Of the league COW
cnant. In the capital city the CORE
spOndent talked with a dozen or more
women who declared that if the league
covenant had not been made an issue
the interest of Vermont women in the
campaign would have been nowhere
near as great as it is today.
The primary campaign with four can
didateS for governor, one of whom was
running on the wettest sort of a plat
form that could be secured. resulted in
a registration of women beyond the an
ticipation of those engaged in interest
ing women in the campaign. The Ii
cense-local option party, though it mus
tered 1900 votes, Is dead was the
way a Montpelier woman disposed of the
1S-ycar-Od organization which has
fought to the last ditch every two years
and which in 1913 succeeded in nomi-
mating the present executive, Gov. Per
ciyal w. Clement of Rutland.
However. the local optionists are play
ing the game according TO the rules and
James Hardness Of Springfield. Repub-
lican nominee for governor. will, it is
claimed. be accorded the biggest vote
ever given n nominee for any Office in
Vermont. practically. all Of the $4,000
local optonists being rcckoned in the to-
tai of 10000 to $4,000 Republican ma
jority predicted by State Chairman
Wing -"a
The farmers of Vermont are wearing
the broadcast smiles because the two pre-
siding officers in the next legislature
are to be sons of the soil. Abram W.
Foote of Cornwall nominee for Heuten-
ant governor. will be the president of
the senate and it is claimed that Charles
s. Dana of New Haven. who served as
speaker during the last few days of the
last legislature, is to be the speaker of
the house of representatives. Dana and
Foote were schOolmatcs in Addison
county and for years have shared each
others political condolences.
Because of the fact that Foote and
Dana are bound to have influence
through their committee assignments
there is interest in the possible makeup
of the committees on education in each
branch of the general assembly, this in
terest being far greater than in past
years for the reason that. opponents to
the present educational system have de
| clared they will endeavor to radically
amend the law.