THE PRESIDENCY
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(UniUd Prm Amociation —By Ekettic Telegraph—Copyright.)
A DISAPPOINTING ELECTION
REPUBLICAN DEFEAT FORECASTED.
(Received Last Night 10.30 o'clock.); NEW YOItK, Septombe- 4. [ .The elections in the State if Ycr- ! ment have proved a disappointment t f > ''■ the Progressive Party. ' Mr Fletcher, a regular Republican '• candidate, failed tbo secure, hiu dec- j tion by a sufficient majority. He polled ■ 17,000 votes against 12,000 polled by | Mr Howe, the Democratic candidate. \
Mr Metxger., the Progressive candidate, only secured 1700 votes*. Tho EeptiMjsan Bowse will now be obliged to elect a Governor.
Political students emphasise the fact that when in Vermont the Republican majority falls below -2.5,(X)0, the Republican Party is always defeated in the. following Presidential election.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 5 September 1912, Page 5
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118THE PRESIDENCY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 5 September 1912, Page 5
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