Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1912 — Third Party Weak In Vermont Election Held Tuesday. [ARTICLE]

Third Party Weak In Vermont Election Held Tuesday.

The third party did not show up' very strong at the election held Tuesday • and Rev. Frazer Metzger, progressive candidate for governor, did not receive more than twenty per cent of the votes. In that state a clear majority is /lecessary for election of a governor and when there aye three or more active candidates it is almost impossible for one to get a majority over all. In the event of a failure to get such majority the legislature thkes up the matter and elects a governor. Although Allen M. Fletcher, the republican candidate, failed to get a majority, he did get almost twice the vote polled by the progressive candidate, and a republican legislature was chosen and will elect him when it convenes. In the legislature the republicans will have 110 members, the democrats 36 .and tiie progressives 14.