The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-17
Qualified y.rs Expected
to She Sl'heir Prefer
ersS for President
MUCH "WRITING IN"
MAY BE INDUCED IN
No Democratic Name Is
Printed on Ballot and
Only Two Republicans

Vermont will vote tomorrow in a
presidential primary election. From
noon until o'clock p m. the voters
will be supposed to go to the polls and
make known their preference for presi.
dent, there being two parties on the
ballot as sent out by the Vermont sec.
retary of state This ballot does not
contain the name of any Democratic
candidate for the nomination although
there are several ayowed candidates
from that party before the people oi
the nation: and there are only two
names Of Republicans on the Vermont
ballot. one of whom, William Grant
Webster of New York City. can be
eliminated at the start as a contender
for the Republican nomination in the
Chicago convention. The other Repubt
lican, whose nomination papers were
filed in Vermont, is Leonard Wood, a
major general in the United States
army and who at the present leads in
pledged votes for the nomination.
So it is very scant ballot which viii
face the voters of Vermont tomorrow
However, there is blank line under
cache Of the two party designations and
the ballot so that voters may express
their preference by writing in the
names of the men of this choice. Chief
interest centers in the Republican ball
loting as Vermont IS Republican state
and as the Democrats in this state, az
we'll as elsewhere, have been shown lit
tie interest in the primary election.
There has been a considerable effort
in behalf of the candidacy of Major
General Wood and inasmuch as his
name is the only one printed on tho
ballot which is at all well-known it il
probable there will be considerable
showing in his favor Mr. Webster, the
other candidate, whose name. is printed,
is not expected TO poll very large vote
although he mustered 500 signers In
order TO get his name on the ballot.
In many parts of the state thers
have been movements in behalf of Her
bert Hoover of California and despite
the fact that Mr.. Hoover requested
that no effort be made to have his
name printed on the ballot there ars
many of his firm supporters who viii
20 20 the polls and write in his name
on the blank line provided under tho
Republican heading Then, too, there
are some who favor Governor Calvin
Coolidge OF Massachusetts for his stand
during the Boston police strike and Tor
his sound administration in Massachu'
setts. while another strong motive fot
a good Coolidge showing in Vermont is
the fact that Coolidge is a native 81
Vermont and married Burlington
woman Hiram johnson, senator from
California. made friends during his Wis
il to Vermont some time ago and those
friends are likely to throw their votes
for him. Other Republicans now befors
the public as candidates for the nomi-
nation will get a smattering OF votes
no doubt.
However. the total vote of the state
is expected to he very small only
minor percentage of the voting
strength of the state; and for that res
son the result OF the voting probably
will not be conclusive evidence OF the
preference of Vermont in either party.
In the Vermont statute calling for the
primary there does not ap-
near to be anything binding ON the dele
yates elected at the state conventions
Of the two parties The law states:
Each delegate and alternate so elected
at the state conventions shall be tur-
nished by the secretary of state with q
certified statement showing the vote
cast at the presidential primary for uhe
candidates of the party OF which said
delegate or alternate is member.
Here in Barre small vote Is looked
for. The same polling places as for reg
ular elections have been prepared Tor
the voters, and the same list Of election
officers has been chSsen City Clerk
Mackay will receive the returns as soon
as the ballots are counted after THO
close Of the balloting at o'clock.