The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-24
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Said to Be the Sentiment In and
Around Rutland.

Said to Be the Sentiment In and
Around Rutland.
Rutland, June 90 Many students
of the political situation in this vici-
nifty now believe that the guberna
tional contest is between Frederick II.
Bahbitt Of Bellows Falls and Frank W.
Agan of Ludlow Followers of both
candidates, who are in close touch
with the situation from the state
wide point Of view, privately concede,
However, that Curtis s. Emery of New
port viii poll a substantial vote from
his section of the S ate, Nobody, ex-
cept those who are profiteering by
the HARNESS campaign and a few
others, believe tina James Hardness of
Springfield will poll any great num-
!, her of votes. He is highly regarded
lin his home town and will get the few
hundred votes which Springfield has
to offer with the exception OF fairly
substantial Rabbit sentiment in some
quarters here.
Both Emery and EIartness take
amost Of their votes from Babbitt; and
lAgans one chance for success is in
Keeping both of these men in the field
Some Of his followers are credited
with having started stories which,
when they have reached the ears of
lHar ness and Emery, have appeared
Ito come from the Babbitt camp, in CIR
der, if possible, to make them suffici-
emily peeyed with the Bellows Falls
,cand date o keep them in the race.
1t is generally conceded in Rutland
that should Batbitt &c, out, Agan
would get an overwhelming majority
here over the other two candidates,
as it is extremely doubtful whether
Agan can beat Rabbit in Rutland
county. Under the present lineup
he Their Hartness nor Emery will de-
Eyelop any strength here If Emery
gets 100 votes In the whole county he
will be fortunate, Scarcely anyone
knows who he is or even that he Is
frunnins
HARNESS, while well known, is re-
garded as a high-minded gentleman
who has met with considerable sue
cess in pu ting bolts and screws to-
gether in new combinations and in
seeing through his telescope things
that no one has seen before. The
politicians here believe his campaign
is largely in the hands of men who
are spending MIR Hartness' good
money literally with very few practi
cal results and they believe that il
Hartness were cleo ed, this same gang
would spend The states money while
the governor wrestled with more
science.
Agan's campaign is slipping badly
in Rutland county and making unex
pectedly slow progress in other parts
i, IF the ate according to former
state sena or from. another county
who now lives In Rutland and who
makes freqnen trips around the farm
ers are beginning to believe that thu
Agan campaign is founded on bogus
sta issues-wlth particular refer
enee to tho wet plank and that il
about all there is to the Agan plat
: form
I ~ fAta|%1 AJAAOaNtA . e1tt INltiNNit
Iiy disappointed in the Burlington sit
uation where, unless there is an IN
expected change, Babbi;t is expecte,
o pull clear majority over all TN
} field.
In the Emery territory Babbitt ha
considerable strength and Agan
small amount. HARNESS. has none t
speak OF. gaamstoaa
Political wiseacreH on the pgesen
line up, believe Rabbits chances ar
Ibes, with Agan running second. cor
9 siderable distance Behind viii com
Emery, with a fairly subs antial vote
j however and with l1artness wea
Z fourth. 7eN
d II HARNESS. should 1esve the feel
Z his few votes would go largely to Ba
& bitt. If Emery should leave, almos
b all Of his votes would 20 TO Rabbit
II, II Babbi should leave much Of hi
g strength would so 20 Agan, SUI
n stantal amount to Emery and som
q 10 HARNESS..
4 Et Is Rabbit or Agan. That is tn
4 opinion throughout this vicinity
d Correspondence of the Burlingto