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Show ELECTION IN VERMONT. Republicans Win by Decreased Plurality, Plu-rality, Democrats Gaining In Legislature. Whlto Illvor Junction, VLTho Republicans Re-publicans won tho election In Vermont Ver-mont on Tuesday by carrying tho stato for Lieutenant Governor George H. Prouty of Newport, for govornor, by about 23,000 votes ovor James Burko ot Burlington, his Democratic' opponont Tho plurality was tho smallest In a presidential year since 1892, when It was only 17,950, and wob followed by a Democratic national nation-al "victory, but it was larger than In 18S8, and only slightly less than In 1900. There was a falling oft In four years of about 8 per cent in tho Republican Re-publican voto, while tho Democratic vote fell off about 2 per, ccnL VTho Independence Leaguo appeared for tho first tlmo and polled about I, 000 votes, while the Prohibition and Socialist voto remained about tho Bame. An unusually largo numbor of local contosts for members ot tho legislature, although brlnglug out n hoavy voto and resulting In Democratic Demo-cratic gains In tho lower branches ot tho legislature, apparently had no bearing on tho gubernatorial fight. Aa Vermont is the first stato to voto during tho presidential campaign, thoro waa much Interest throughout tho country lri tho size ot tho Republican Repub-lican plurality. |