AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
A REPUBLICAN SET-BACK. jty Teheraph-Press issociation-CoDyrieit (Rec. September 4, 10.15 p.m.) New York, September 1. The elections in the State of "Vermont have pToved a disappointment to the Progressive party. Mr. Fletcher, the regular Republican candidate, failed to secure ejection by a sufficient majority. He polled 17,000 votes, as against the 12,000 votes polled for Mr. Howe, the Democrat candi. date. Mr. Metzger, the Progressive candidate, polled only 1700 votes. <The Republican House wiE now be obliged to elect a Governor. • Political students emphasise the point that -when the Vermont Republican majority falls below 25,000 the Republican party has always been defeated at the followingPresidential election. AN ERRONEOUS REPORT. ■ ( :(Rec. September ,5, 0.40 a.hr.) New York, September 4. The Progressive vote in Vermont totalled 10,000. The earlier returns were err joneous. The Progressives are elated.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1537, 5 September 1912, Page 5
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