Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-10
RELIEVE EMERY IN LEAD

The following, dated at White River
Junction, March 3, and appearing IN
the Bratleboro Reformer, "a Babbltt
paper, is the latest political gossip.
Being at a gathering place for
travellers from all parts OF Vermont,
this village is admirably located as
political gossiping center, and one
hears all sorts of speculation and pre-
diction regarding various republican
candidates.. The political gosslperS
are trying to figure out the chances OF
success of the three candidates Tor
governor. Frederick H. Babbltt OF
I Bellows Falls, James Nj. Hartness OF
Springfield and Curtis S. Emery or
/ Newport, and the concensuS OF opln-
+ ion seems to be lat the latter has the
| lead in the sco-.ng.
| "As one Co.'s north the sentiment
for Mayor Emery grows, and as one
turns to the soC.l he finds the gossip
ers talking about Babbitt and Hart
ness. one should attempt TO lnVeI-
| tory tn ---~--- ----29 cara
dates he would be inclined TO concede
| Windham, Bennington, Rutland and
Addison counties to Babbitt. Hardness
would naturally be credited with the
support of Windsor county, where he
lives. and possibly Chittendgn. Emery
is said to be reasonably sure of Or
leans county, where he makes his
home, also Orange county, for many
years his home He should be strong
in his native county, Essex, and get his
share of the votes IN Washington
county. His friends claim he will get
a big slice of the votes in Franklin
and Grand Isle counties. Lamoille
county would naturally be strong for
Emery, and Caledonia is credited as
being favorably disposed toward the
+ Newport candidate.
This sort of figuring puts Emery,
the former collector of customs at
Newport, well ahead of the other two
candidates but the friends of Hardness
and Babbitt declare that both men are
bound to show increasing strength as
the campaign progresses.
MIR. Hardness because of his train
ing in big business as the head of the
nationally-known Jones and Lamson
machine company and from his prom
inence in war work, both at home as
state food administrator, and In
France as an expert in aviation mat
tiers, is said TO appeal to the business
interests of the state to a greater de-
gree than does Mr.. Babbitt, VINO is
{. wealthy paper manufacturer.
MIR. BabbItt, however, has the ad-
vantage of MIR. Hardness in the fact
acquaintance. Babbitt and HARNESS
are adopted sons of Vermont, the for
mer beng q native of keene, and the
, latter OF Schenectady, n. T.. MIR.
Emery is a native Of Bloomfield and
, the length OF his service has probably
been tenfOid that of MIR. Rabbit and
, twice tenfOId the tine which MIR. Hart
, tess has been IN the public life of the
state.
The gubernatorial campaign will
tlnterlocA to q considerable degree
with the election of congressman this
year as the local optionists who are in
terested IN MIR. Babbitt are not going
to be interested in the candidacy OF
Mason S. Stone of Montpelier, if,
, Lieutenant Governor Stone, as he is
expected to do, makes a try for the
seat of Congressman Porter III. Dale
of Brighton. With the expectation
that Vermont will lose one of its two
: congressman under the next apportion-
: ment, as based on the 1920 census.
: Lieutenant Governor Stone is said to
, be making plans for long residence
in Washington, it being his expecta-
. ton that two years hence Congress
! man Frank /. Greene of the first dis
trict will seek and secure the seat of
the United States Senator Carroll S.
: Page, thus leavino the election of a
! congressman statewide proposition
at is claimed by Mr. Stones friends
+ that he cannot be pried away from his
r seat if he secures the place now held
by Congressman Dale of the second
n Edistrict, nor beaten as a candidate
i for congressman at large when the
: time comes for Vermont to so choose
q its representative. Mr.. Stone is Gre
+ dited with wider and more intimate
: acquaintance among both men and
. women than am other man in the
state because of the long service as
= the head Of the state educational
9 department. He is known to be in
! favor of woman suffrage If the
: ambition of Mr.. Stone to go to con-
: gress is to be killed, it must be done
: this year, say the local optionists.'