The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-23
BABB|TT FIRST,
AGAIN SECOND
That Is Standing of Guber-
material Candidates In
Rutland County
HARTNESS SHOWS
LITTLE STRENGTH

Emery Will Have Some Strength In
His section-Agan Slipping In Rut
land County and Burlington Wet
Plank Bogus Issue.
RUTLAND, June %. - Many stu
dents of the political situation in this
vicinity now believe that the guber-
material contest is between Frederick |
II. Rabbit of Bellows Falls and Frank |
w. Agan of Ludlow Followers of both i
candidates, who are in close touch with |
the situation from the statewide point |
of view, privately concede, however,
tina. Curtis S. Emery of Newport will
poll a substantial vote from his sec |
ton of the state. Nobody, except |
tho who are profiteering by the Hart
ness campaign and a few others, be
lievc that James Hardness of Spring
field will poll any great number of
votes lie is highly regarded in his
hor,e town and will get the few hun
drcd votes which Springfield has to of
fer with the exception of a fairly sub
stantial Babbitt sentiment in some
quarters there.
10th Emery and Hartness take most
of their votes from Rabbit; and
Agan 5 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
| thcv have reached the ears of Hardness
and Emery, have appeared to come
! fron the Rabbit camp, in order, il
possible, to make them sufficiently
pceved with the Bellows Falls candi-
| date to keep them in the race.
is generally conceded in Rutland
that, should Rabbit get out, Agan
| would get an overwhelming majority
| her, over the other two candidates, as
| it is extremely doubtful whether Agan
can beat Rabbit in Rutland county.
! Un,lcr the present lineup neither Hart
ness nor Emery will develop any
strln myth here. If Emery gets 100 votes
| in the whole county he viii be for
turate. Scarcely anyone knows who he
is or even that he is running.
I,artness, while well known, is re
| garded as a high minded gentleman
who has met with considerable success
in putting belts and screws together 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
Mr. Hartness 5 good money literally
with very few practical results and
they believe that if IEartncss were
elected this same gang would spend the
state 5 money while the governor
wrcstIed with more scientific work.
Agan's campaign is slipping badly
III Rutland county and making unex-
rcctcdly Sow progress in other parts Of
q he state according to former state
senator from another county who now
lives in Rutland and who makes fire.
qUent trips around the farming coun-
try hereabouts. He states that the
farmers are beginning to believe that
/. the ACan campaign IS founded on DO
!. gus state issues-with particular ref
/ Ference to the wet plank, and that i!
i. about all there is to the Agan plat
Z lforr.
II The Agan followers are particular,
. disappointed in the Burlington stu
alton where, unless there is an unex
:. lpected change, Babbtt is expected t.
lpull a clear majority over all the field
< In the Emery territory Babbitt ha
]: considerable strength and Agan
{. small amount. Hartness has none t
!. speak of
Z Political wiscacres. on the presen
Lineup believe Babbitt s chances ar
i best with Agan running second, con
: siderable distance behind wils com,
Emery, with a fairly substantial vote
\ however, and with Hartness veal
l. fourth
If Hardness should leave the field hi
ID few votes would go largely to Bah
bit If Emery should leave, almost a
" of his votes would 90 to Rabbit.
:. Rabbit should leave much Of hi
:, strength would 90 to Agan, substan
tlal amount to Emery and some t
= Ilartncss.
1t is Rabbit or Agan. That is tn
= opinion throughout this vicinity.
Turkeys population will, by the peac
treaty, be reduced from 30,000,000 t
about 6000000. and her navy must col