The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Z, 1922.
TUESDAYS PRIMARIES.

!. Political forecasting is a hazardous
undertaking, but there would seem to be
no great danger in predicting that the
! vote at next Tuesdays primaries win be
extremely light. 1t is difficult to recall
! a year when so little interest has been
! apparent in Vermont politics Despite
| tie existence of a contest for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor and a field
| Of five aspirants for the two county SEN
atorial positions comparatively no signs
of activity are in evidence in this COR
ner of the state.
| Those who circulated petitions for
| Redfeld Proctor hereabouts assert that
Windham county viii give him COM
handing majority over Lieutenant Gov
ernor FOote for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. The latter, however, is not
without his supporters, particularly in
the small towns, although the Proctor
sentiment in the larger places is thought
to be strong enough to offset any advan-
tage in that direction In Brattleboro.
| Proctor sentiment appears much the
greater.
The five senatorial aspirants, in the
order their names viii appear on the
| primary ballot, are Wayland G.. Adams
Of Rockingham, E. w. Aiken of Putney.
| Edward G. Crosby of Brattleboro. En-
/ cry A. Melendy of Londonderry and
Adm F. Miller of Dummerston. Surface
indications point to the nomination of
} Mr.. Crosby and Mr. Melendy. The for
mer has the distinct advantage of being
resident of the largest town in the
! county and a man so well and favorably
! known throughout the entire section that
a leading position in the race would
| seem to be his without question. Mr.
/ Melendy's wide acquaintance in Brat
| tleboro will help him materially as will
/ also the fact that he was the first of
| the five to make his announcement. With
Messrs Crosby and NIelendy in the sem
ate the county certainly would have no
| occasion to fear that its interests would
not be well cared far.
OF the three aspirants for the nominal
! ton of states attorney, Albert w. But
| Ter of Jamaica, Arthur V. d. Piper of
Brattleboro and Fred B. Pingree of
Rockingham, Mr. Piper appears to have
the same residential advantage that Mr..
Crosby has in the senatorial contest
/ Nomination win be equivalent to cleo
ton so far as the county ticket is con-
cerned, for no ticket has been presented
| by the Democrats and no ballots for
Democratic county nominations will be
provided at the primary.
Among the candidates for representa-
tive from the different county towns are
several with previous Legislative expert
ence. In addition to Frank E. Barber
of Brattleboro, who is contesting the Re
publican nomination with Merrill A.
Stark, there is DIR. F. L. Osgood of
| Saxtons River who is in the field for the
Rockingham representative nomination
against w G. Belknap, publisher of the
Bellows Falls Times, and George B.
Wheeler Judge A. E. Cudworth of Lon
donderry, whose opponent is W. NJ. Hos
| ley; Fred L. Parmelee of Putney, who
is running against George D. Aiken, and
| f. L. Stowell of Windham, against
whom Paul p Jones is a candidate. 1t
is also understood that Merton f. Bar
Der is a candidate for denomination in
Wilmington and that a move is on foot
to give the Vernon nomination to Ernest
Dunklee, who represented his town with
credit a few sessions ago. Among other