Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-09-24
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION

THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION
The Bangor Commercial having pro
nounced the telegram sent to Presiden
Grant by Speaker Blaine giving the resul
of the Maine election a "lying despatch,
receives sharp rebuke from the Whie
and Courier of the 22nd. From the arti
Gle we copy the following vindication Of
the accuracy of Mr.. Blaine's estimates.
The following is the despatch sent from
Augusta by Speaker Blaine, the Chairman o.
the Republican State Committee, to Presiden
Grant, at 10 o'clock on the evening of election
day:
To President Grant, Washington, d. C. =
The result of our election to- day is in all
respects satisfactory. We have carried ever,
Congressional District; have a majority,
think, in every county in the State; have
chosen twenty nine or thirty Senators to one
or two by the democrats; have elected three.
f0urths of the popular branch Of the Legisla
ture, and have given Governor Dingley a ma
jority according to present appearances o.
between IL 900 and 49, 900, which is IL hand
some gain on last years vote.
J. G. BLAINE.
Let US see how far Speaker Blaine's est.
mate was out of the way in this 'lying des
patch" sent out within few hours after the
polls closed at an election in which over nine.
ty thousand votes were cast in nearly five
hundred different localities:
"The result of our election to day is in all
respects satisfactory. None but the demo
Gratis can dispute that.
eve have carried every Congressional Dis
trict. Mot even a democrat will dare to dis
pate that.
"Have majority. think, in every county
in the State. We have.a republican MAORI
ty in every county in the State, save Knox,
which went against US last year.
"Have chosen twenty nine or thirty Sena-
tors to one or two by the democrats. The
democrats have elected one Senator in Knox,
one in Cumberland and Aroostook is still in
doubt; the republicans have certainly elected
twenty eight Senators, and possibly twenty
riae.
"Have elected three our,hs of the popular
branch Of the Legislature.''--- The Kenne.
bee Journal gives official returns from all but
IL districts, showing the election fSS straight
republican Representatives to 4G democrats
and Independents and citizens. 1t says that
the returns indicate that of the remaining
twelve, there will be : republicans and dem
ocrats. This gives the republicans 50 mem
bers out of l5l, which without counting those
of the above who will vote with the repub.
licans rather than with the democrats) comes
tolersbly near three-quarters.
"And have given Gov. Dingley a majority.
according to present appearances, of between
900 and ~ 900, which is handsome gain
on last years ote."-Through the courtesy
Of the proprietors of the Kennebec Journal we
are enabled to present on our first page to- day
the compilation Of official returns from all
but A small towns and plantations in the
State, showing total vote of9l ,493, of which
Dinslsy has 81 BOG, and Titcomb 40, 1877; Civ
ing Dingley majority of ll,ll9. The re-
manning towns, ETC., gave Dingley majority
of 433 last year, which, without any allowance
for increase, gives total majority of IL 552
That strikes pretty nearly 'betweeen IL 900
and l2,000," and being an increase of more
than 1000 over the figures OF 1873 may be
regarded ~ ga handsome gain on last years
vote