Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-04-01
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Names Electoral Vote.

Mainc'> Electoral history began at a time
that j. within the recollection Of her most
eminent citizens. of whom Senator iiamlin
can bc considered the special representative
for though she i of the oldest tcrritor, of
" hat now form, the American Rrpubiic and
she bears an ancient French name that j.
associated with Normandy. she did not he
come State until the year lSlD. She Wa
admitted into the mon on the 18th Of Mar.
1870. ~iNtN wears ago last Monda, Nine
Electoral vote, were assigned her. under the
apportionmeu; made after the census OF
1910 had been taken. \, the number OF
Elcctor, IN lN2n was -. shc hal almost
twenty sixth part OF the entire forcc. Now
she has seven Electors. m a total of 369
yote. or about a fliiN third part OF the
President max ng power Thus she J. no;
quite half - strong IA $50 IN TIN, respect
a. >he MAS IA $50 though her population j.
far more than tNlce ~ large n II a. M
l>2u. and her growth in otnrr respect, has
been immense. such are the workings of
our Electoral system, that indi, ,dual State,
become weaker. iu the matter o. appoint :
the national Chief Magistrate. a. theA m
GREASE III population aud matcTla! PROSPERITY.
Voting for the iir>t tune IN lN.u-2l. Name
went With al. the oilrr Silic> hclpIn. 10 ~
elect NJ. Monroe to the PIc>ldcn'' and
Nj IompkIn> 60 the Wee Pre>.dcacN Ia
l>3i-J. she voted tor Nj J. a Adam, and
for Mr. Calhoun: but ia ISIS -. while
eight o; her Electors voted for the rt-clct-
jlon of President Adams, her ninth Hector
voted for General Jack >nn. and for Nh Gal
houn. This was the fT>t support Of the Kind
that General Jackson ever received "a New
England for the Presidency but 10 lNI1-.EB
Maine gave al her votes, increased 10 ten.
for h. rc-clcctlon-and -he voted ;uT Mr.
Van Barrn, who va, the Democratic cahjl-
date for the Wee Presidency. The Demo
cratic position then assumed b, Name she
maintained, ~. Ouc exception, down 10 the
time when the a,gf,-.icus pi the slave
holder, had forced the Republican party INTO
existence. In 1861. when the Wniss had
failed to UNIT, IN the nation. on an, oandi-
date. her Ia votes we're cas-; Tor Mr. Van
Burrn and Tor Colou,l Richard VI. johnson.
Under the WAX fur, OF l>i0-il. she III
ported General Harrison anal NIr Nlcr.
hu; j, va. clo>, WoTk. the Wax n.4jgrii,
being bat IN dl.-il0 If oar mcin8r, serves,
in scF, large popular Vote. The STATE
went back 10 the democrats "a Is wear. q,
the subcrnaioual election OF l>ii aul IA
l>ii-ij. her Electoral ot,,. reduced Ia nine.
vcGr giicu for Polk and against Mr CLAW.
SAa stood out l-I.u-; the boiling storm
81 lNiS-i9. voting Tor Ca. and Butler. and
IA lNj2-jj. nv supported P.rrce sad kns.
glNlGs them eight votes the last iu,e that
she gave Democratic vote al a national
election. \. She then d. now. held her
State election IN September. her local action
came To be- considered a, an indicator Of
the rrsuI; Of the later Presidential election
and 20 she obtained a consideration out of
proportion 90 her Electoral strength. and
Aef DECISION Wa> observed from all part.
of the Union. Hence. whca. in III. sum
meT of $50. i began Ia L. ,ald tina,
Name would pronounce ia. the kepIbli-
cans in September. the Democrats treated
the assertion ,coTnfully but IN September
ihel had to accept dtiea; IN Maine. and
the incident gave them a dreadful fright.
This S4s It's first effective !nClden, ia the
national h!stor, OF III. Republican party
In November. she made eh.ial Of eight
Electors. Who voted for Colonel Fremont
and Mr. DAYTON. Al eSerl subsequent Ia
tIonal election she was found ON the Rcpub-
l!can -!de and there she viii ~ found in
l,s0-Nl. The high esteem in which Mr..
Blaine j. held throughout The esu.tTy, aud
which has made him 50 prominent IL a Pre-.
!dential candidate. j. IN part due &c the fact
tina; he i the repre-, enistiye man Of one Of
the stourest and most consistent Of Kopuhli-
can -tates--A State that uphold. liberal
principles beoa4sa sincerely attached TO
them. and which has no Ides Of o0untenanc-
iug change.