Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-10
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VERMONT ABB MAINE.
Vermont. which last week elected q
asuoblicau Governor and Legislature
almost unanimously Eepsbiican' was
prior TO 1924, a Democratic str0nghoid'
sinoe that time 10 Democrat has been
s,eotsd Governor of Vermont, nor, ne
belisye, has that party held control OF
.hs s.ats Legislature. For sixty years
the Democrats Of the Green Mountain
state have kept up their organization
with unparalleled steadfasiness, going
to the polls at each State and Presiden-
sial election with dogged pertlnsci'S
and inter bousIessness Of success. for
many years the Democratic vote vas
hat one fourth the total, bat later u
has increased 10 about thirty per cent
The only consolation throughout this
Icing stretch Of years has been the ocoa-
s;onal election of few members OF the
LEGISLATURE. No tidal wave Of politics
has. in over half a century, visited That
,n0ped State since IL turned iis back
upon the Democratic party. While IN
other States there have been political
revolutions, alternately sweeping from
nouer the representatives Of each great
party, Vermont. cold, impsssive and
srnn "a her mountains. has stood i'm
movable. In 1876 the Republican ma
iority in Vermont in the September
election was 70, FRS; in 1880 IL was D.
coz. In 1882. notwithstanding extern
siye reversais Of the vote ii other
States. the strain upon the party in
Vermont was only sufficient to reduce
.hs plurality of the RepublicaR candi-
date TO q ,373, and he had clear ma
jority over both the other candidates OF
1880. This year the majority In again
increased, reaching, according TO dis
patches, 22,4i3. This will probably be
slightly increased at the election IN
November.
Maine, with Vermont, in 1924 cast hel
electoral vote for Adams. Unlike Yer.
mont, however, her record Of opposition
TO the Democratic party has not beer
continuous. In 1928 and 1910 the cleo
toral vote of Maine WAS given 70 the
Wing candidate. In the six Presiden.
tiai elections beginning with 1882 and
ending with 1852. with the exception Of
1910, the Democratic party was success
full In capturing the electoral vote. In
1856 a revision came. The slavery
question was dividing line. The Re
publican party had become National,
and had nominated a candidate for the
Presidency. All New England wheeled
into line with the new party, and gave
10 General Fremont the entire electoral
vote of the six States. since 1856 Maine
has never failed TO cast her electoral
vote for the Republican candidate, the
highest majority being that given Grant
in 1872 and the lowest that Of Garfield
four years ago. Last Monday the bien.
NAL State election was held in Maine.
There was no doubt among Republican
politicians Of the success Of the party.
The only division of opinion has been
upon the size Of the majority. In the
September election four years ago the
Democrats carried the State, and, cheer
cd by this success, the hrst for over 20
years. we're confident of victory for
Hancock in November. The result
proved that they had miscalculRted the
effect, not only upon the doubtful
States, but upon the party Ia Maine.
when the votes were counted after the
November election. Maine was found
still in the Republican column, with a
Garfield plurality Of $500 and 3 clear
majority over Hancock and Weaver Of
45ls.
The election returns received are not
yet complete. Two years ago the Re-
pablican candidate for Governor had q
ksAfh&At VI Cots anu . AsaloGasy VI
s,sl. The indications are that this
majority Is more than doubled this
year. This 10 q radical change from
the situation in 1850. when the Repabli-
cans vrested victory In November from
defeat in September. In Ohio and
IVES; Virginia il will inspire the party
20 renewed and vigorous effort to carry
those states next mouth, and in Nev
York, Indiana and the other close states
the party cannot fail TO feel The encour-
aeenent Of % pronounced q gain in
what, IL not q doubtful, has been ad-
rnittedly Gloss State. Maine closes
the iiss Of September elections. In Oc-
tober Georgia, Ohio and West Virginia
viii hold elections. BY the result Of
those the campaign thereafter and the
outcome in November will be greatly
affected. The Vermont and Maise
elections. while not by any means con.
elusive, may be taken as an indication
that the Republican party is better pre-
pared for battle than in September,