The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-14
THE ELECTION In MAINE.
LIRGE DEMOCRATIC GAINS ON A
INCREASED vote.
The Republican Majority of Last Year re-
ducod over Fifty per Cent.-PortiauA.
Bangor, and Biddeford Democratic. ,

The Republican Majority of Last Year ne.
ducod Over Fifty per Cent.-Psrti.uA
Bangor, and Biddeford Democratic. ,
PORTLAND, Sept. 13.-Portland giya
Connor, Republican, 2,436 Roberts, Democrat,
2'b5l Democratic majority OF lis, against Inst
years Republican majority OF 163. Cape ElIxs-
beth gives 100 Democratic majority. Doerfnr
gives Democratic majority Of 60 q gain OF 81.
Bangor gives Roberts 123 majority, and elect.
two Democrats and one Republican to the Leeis-
lature. Eastport gives Connor 2o7. and Roberts
l33. Belfast gives Roberts 5O3, and Connor b0i.
Last years Democratic majority was 2lO. Bridge
ton gives Connor 362 and Roberts 2oS. Augusta
gives Connor ei3 and Roberts 77s, and elects two
Republicans to the Legislature. Saco gives III
majority for Connor, and elects ono Democraf
TO the Legislature. South Berwick gives Rob-
ers ~ majority, and elects all the Democratic
candidates TO the legislature Diddeford has
been carried by the Democrats by 1917 majority
Tor Roberts, and two Democrats have been
elected to the Legislature.
ID lorty towns give Connor, Republican, 2,i7o;
,hooerts, DEMOCRAT, ,3sl. Last year the same
towns gave Republican vote OF lO,96l, and q
Democratic vote Of S,706, showing a Hepubloan
majority IN 1895 Of iOs9, against 2i05 in 1874, OF
10;30 z. M.-Sixty towns give Connor Repub-
llcan, 15ltp, and Roberts, Democrat, I3, ,73O Lasa
year inc he publican vote was 1887, the Demo-
with the exception Of six towns to hear from
which gave Republican eJority Of 62 last year.
AnuIoscoRgin county returns give SO majority
Tor Connor against 705 last year. Both the Sem
ators, all the Representatives and county officers
are Republican, being gain OF one Republican
Lincoln county has gone Republican by about
W majority, gaining three Republican Repre-
senthtlVes and losing one. The Republicans
elect tho Senator and Commis ssioner.
In Waldo county 10 out OF 20 towns give Con-
ner 200, Roberts 2,0l6, being gain OF 4Si foe
the Democrats. Probably four out OF the eight
Representatives are elected by the latter, to-
Rether with the Senators and the county ticket
FRANKLIN county returns about $50 Republican
majority. The Republicans also elect a senator
and two Representatives. The Democrats eiecs
three Representatives.
one hundred towns give Connor 21 ,6e0, ana
Roberts 1918. The same towns rave last yesr
Republican, BITE; Democratic. 14,22S. The Re-
last year. -
Seventeen towns In York county Give Connor
l15 ma1ori Y, against q Republican majority last
year OF ~, being a loss OF G2. Connor has
probably carried the county by 150 majority,
against 145 last year.
One hundred and twenty towns give Connor
2O045 ana Roberts 8140, against 23,042 Republi-
can ana 1887 Democratic last year.
seventeen out Of tho twenty-eight towns in
erts 900.
Hancock county Ia very close probably DEM
ocratic by about 80 majority.
Mtdnfyht-PoRrLAND, Me-, Sept. 13.-One hun
dred and forty towns give Connor $500.
Roberts @,lvS, against g5,sOi for tho Ro-
publican candidate, and 1908 for the
Democratic last year, being n Republican ma
Jorty OF 2,412 against 5bJJ last year. rhis indl-
Gates that the total majority, which was 1000
last year, will be this year no. over 500.