The Portland daily press., 1884-03-11
SPRING ELECTIONS.
Result of Yesterdays Battles in
Maine Cities.
POrtland's Good Example Apparently
Not Followed.
No Choice for Mayor in Bangor and An
Gusta-BiddefOrd Elects Democrat
The Result Elsewhere.
Especial to the Press. |

Especial to the Press.l
AUGUSTA, March 10.-The election today
hinged entirely on local issues, resulting in
| drawn battle. Republicans have five alder
| men, Democrats two. No choice for Mayor.
Result however indicates republican maiori-
ty of fully three hundred on all state and ma
| can as ever and no consolation can be drawn
by the opposition from this election.
(To the Associated Pressl
The municipal election today resulted as fol
lows: Alden W. Philbrook. rep. 763; Lemuel
| B. Fowler, dem, 593; Seth G. Whitehouse,
citizen, 2S7. No choice. Republicans elect
three aldermen. Citizens and Democrats COM
bined elect four aldermen.
Special to the Press)
BELFAST, March 10.-Geo. 3. johnson was
reelected mayor without opposition. There
was no political issue.
(To the Associated Press.)
At the municipal election no political issues
were raised and the so-called "Tax payers"
ticket prevailed without opposition and Mayor
johnson was reelected.
Special to the Press)
CAMDEN, March 10-The Republicans have
broken the opposition column here today,
doing grand day work in Camden and elect
lug the clerk, second selectman, collector and
school committee. There was no opposition on
the first selectman, and the opposition majori-
ty on the treasurer was only six and small on
third seectEan.
(To the Associated Press.)
On account of the storm there was a small
town meeting, and the largest vote cast was
two seventy three, while the total polls of the
town are over twelve hundred. Greenbackers
elected their officers except town clerk, second
selectman and second school committee, the
latter also was nominated by the greenbackers.
The officers are:
Moderator H B. Eaton.
Clerk-Chas. B. Veazie.
Sc ectmen-J. P. Wellman, j. W. Ingraham. Otis
A. Fisk.
School Committee-E. G. S. Ingraham, o. B.
Wooster.
Auditor-;w W. Perry. 1
The town voted to refund thirty one thou |
and five per cent bonds to four per cent. me
meeting then adjourned to the second Molday |
in April to act on the iron bridge matter
BIDpEFoRD, March 10. The mornips open
cd with heavy snow storm, which Jad been
raging All ulSu Y, uub tuWaEQs 6loWH ~'SeN
the snow ceased falling and the spi came out |
brightly. Voting in the various wards begun |
promptly at nine o'clock and Sas continued |
briskly until the close of the pills. The demo-
crats elect their mayor by go majority, the |
vote standing Warren, rp., 1908; Staples, |
DEM, 1898; Roberts, ind. ~. They also carry |
six of the seven wards.
The unblnshing NAPIER in which bribery
was carried on today was scandalous. AS 1t
was feared the democrats had the check list
under their entire ranipulation and altered to
suit their own purposes. In the different
wards voters wers bought up as SO many sheep.
The price paid by our democratic misrulers
sor7 7voses was rom ten to fifty dollars. In
Ward there were number who were paid
fifty dollars each for their vote.
BANGOR, March 10.-The election today re-
suited in the republicans carrying four wards
and the democrats three. On the mayoralty
question there was no choice. Humphrey,
rep, bad 1924; Cummings, DEM, 1892: Wood
bury, temperance, 109. Humphreys plurality
over Cummings is 80, and he lacks II votes of
a majority. Republicans make gain of 631,
and democrats of 80 over the vote in the city
election OF year ago.
On the time question there were 1920 ballots
cast in favor of local, and 406 for standard
time. Warrants were issued for a special
election one week from next Saturday.