Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-04


ing Of State and national elections in by virtue of
the constitutional amendment of 1918 ceased be
the nations political barometer and Maine remained
the only advance agent of Repubicanism
In respects the national campaign in Vermont in
1920 has resebed the presidential of 1885, pacu
ay as to the ignoring Of party lines on great and absorbing
Vermont stood for Mckinley and sound money So in the
or sng oUnd
From the time of the Civil War to the struggle against
Vermont had dropped below 10000 only once In 1892 Levi
Fuller received plurality Of only $4,000 in the septem
It argued that plurality for Major Josiah Grout
would be accepted throughout the country sweeping
domination of the Bryan ticket nominated at Chicago and
plurality over j. H. Jackson 1891 and the landslide for
Mckinley throughout the nation in November thus clear
In spite of the change of veronts elections from Sep
TENDER to November to coincide with the national elections
State has reflected Republican sentiment in remarkable
degree Indeed Vermont the only State the Union which
has remained thoroughly loyal to the Republican
to find expression in national political organization
and 10569 for James Buchanan the Democratic candidate
In 1862 the Vermont vote 333os for Abraham Lincoln
and $50 for p 10 1s non sS the of %
vote of 42222 for Abraham Lincoln against S25 for Gen.
George B. Mcclellan That spirit found still further
preston in 1868 of 441e7 for Cen S Grant
12O45 for Horatio Seymour.
disrupt the party 1872 did not touch Vermont seriously
Grant receiving votes to 1927 for Horace Greeley
vermont
Samuel j. Tden received 2O95o of the largest
given in the State to Democratic presidential! candidate
the person Of Cen Winfield s. Hancock but he received only
1886 votes in Vermont as compared with 67 for James
Blaine received only 1854 in Vermont owing to the
quarrel between him and Senator George F. Edmunds while
Grover Cleveland had 1881.
The remarkable stability of the Cleveland vote in YER
mont indicated by the fact that in his second campaign in
Harrison and in 1892 when Cleveland defeated Harrison it
didate:
national ticket was that Of 5oes1 for Mckinley in 1856
against 10607 for William Bryan In 1900 Mckinley
ceived 425e9 votes and Bryan l24ss In 1904 Theodore
Roosevets vote in Vermont 49, while Alton Parker
received only 977 the smallest vote given Democratic
presidential candidate in Vermont since the Civil War;
while Ses william Far M sts ys of Of
division of the REPUBLICAN, party Taft had plurality in Yer
si Sa and for so
Vermont Charles E. Hughes 40295 votes compared
In this we have omitted the vote of many parties as
too small to consider seriously.
The remarkable way in which the presidential vote of
has reflected sentiment throughout the nation ap
pears in more striking way from comparison Of the Re-
years of party crises rejecting pronounced Republican stab
Vermonts plurality for Lincoln Douglas in 1860
26468 In 1872 despite the large natural Republican follow
ing Of Horace Greeley, Grants plurality in Vermont
ao54 In 1884 in spite of the detection Of of the follow
ers of Edmunds Blaine had plurality in the State Of % ls3
Cleveland Harrisons plurality Cleveland in 1888
%, 4O7 and in 1892 it was 21,667.
In the tidal of 1896 McKinleys plurality
Bryan in Vermont 40384 In 1912 for the first time
the Civil War Vermont failed to give the Republican
candidate majority vote, but Taft had plurality
Roosevelt of 1900 and margin Wilson of 1878. In
1916 Hughes had a plurality Wilson in Vermont of
1856.
Comparisons of election figures in Vermont in 1920 with
those of preceding contests will lose their significance in
part owing to the participation of women for the first
time in general elections The of the Republican
puraes for the presidency in Vermont in the different
party 1860 1872 1884, 1896 1912 and 1916 057
total vote for the presidency in this State 1912 e2s
and in 1916 it was 54,550.
WIN, Vermont is strong for to end war;
it is also thoroughly welded to Repubca protective tariff
and to sound national finance we'll to championship of
humanity.
Vermont believes thoroughly in It to be borne
in mind however that it Vermont acting through Senator
Reded Proctor that really started the for the freedom
of Cuba from Spanish cruelty and oppression In other words
whether in the War for Independence the of 1852 for
freedom of the the for the preservao of the
Union that conflict for free Cuba the tnst
German domination Vermont too proud to fight.
r. F.