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Show SURE TO GET I MANYVOTES H Rock - Ribbed Vermont H Will Give Roosevelt fl Strong- Support M Burlin?ton. Vt Sept 2. If tho H crowds and cheers which greeted Col- Hj onel Roosovelt in Vermont last week Hj are any criterion, this rock-ribbed Hl state will givo the Progressive ticket H many votes in Tuesday's election. H Last night In the old party gathor- H lngs and councils, where the demon - H strations of the last three days are Hl boing discussed, the leaders declared Hl that these crowds wero curiosity H 6oekers. H But curiosity seekers do not fight H or places in the front, do not cheer, H do not cry "amen" in tremendous H choruses, do not hare their women H folks singing songs, yet these have H been the dominant features of the H great gatherings. H It looks as If a huge upheavals were H only awaiting the opening of the bal- H Tot boxes. Tho bull moose state ticket H hasn't a chance of winning, but if it 1 polls from 15,000 to 20,000 rotes, with H the strength that the Democrats are H showing, it means that tho election for H governor will be thrown Into the leg- H lslature. for In Vermont a candidate H for a state office must have a majority H of the votes cast. H Would Claim Victory. H This result would be hailed through - H ) out the country as a triumph for the H j new party. H ' Throughout the campaign the Re- H publicans hare been on the defensive, H repelling tho attacks of the Democrats H and Progressives on national issuos, H and of tho Prohibitionists and Social- H ists on the conduct of state affairs. H Interest centers in the contest for H governor. The candidates arc Allen H 31. Fletcher of Cavandish, Republican; H Harlan B. Howe of St. Johnsbury, HL Democrat; the Rev. Frazier Motzgor H of Randolph, Progressive; Clement F Hif Smith of Morrlsville, Prohibition, and ! Fred W. Suiter of Barre. Socialist. K The Soptember election in Vermont K I is popularly supposed to forecast tho j result of the presidential election in 1 November, a small Republican major- v ity for the state ticket indicating a K Democratic victory. Hf ' Results In Former Years. H; How the state has forecast Novera- Hr Iror results in seven other presidential H years H Year. Dem. Rep. Hl 1884 17,331 22,183 M 1888 19,527 48,522 m 1892 16,325 3.7.992 M 189G 14,855 53,425 M 1900 17,129 48,141 M 1904 16,576 48,115 1 190S 15,952 45.59S Hl 'Democrats elected president In H these two years. H Democratic victory in 1884 and m H 1892 was foreshadowed by smaller B ' Republican vote for governor in thoEO B years. Hj Next Tuesday's election, therefore, H is awaited with national Interest. H Cold-blooded judges expect the re- H eult will bo something like this: H Fletcher (Taft Republican). 23,000. 1 Metzgcr (Roosevelt Progressive), H Howe (Democrat), 19,000. |