Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-09
THE CONTEST IN MAINE.
nrruulicAS FAVOR To rxoniuIr,uN
victory tor the Republicans that I, Worse
Thnu DeteHt--aow Rlsine lodged
tho trnbibIiinn tsspe

aud IN the success Of tho Republican ticket
10y 10000 majority, aud the adoption of
the iIouClad Prohibition amendment to the
state constitution. The Prohibition amend
mont was supported by Mr.. Blaine aud the
Republican organization and the Prohibit
tion,sts voted the Republican state, dis
trict aud local tickets. The following
were the candidates Of the two parties.
The cutire Republican ticket is mado
up Of the present iucumbcnts of their
respective offices, aud are all TO elected
Republican. pcmoCr,tiC.
GoVernor-Frcdorick Robie.....J. Il. Keiman.
Congress, l-rhomas Reed. \. CIC8veS,
Congress, G-N elsun ninglcy,ir..D. I. Hastings
Congress. -soth.l Millikon. y. II. Thing.
Congress, I-Uhus a. Boutelle. j no. r. Lynch
The iron clad Prohibition amendment is
adopted by the cordial support it received
from the friends of Mr.. Blaine. 1t is as
follows
The manufacture OF Intoxicating liquors
not including cider, ard the sale aud
keeping for salo of Intoxicating liquors,
are and shall be forever prohibited. Ex
Cspt, however, that the sale aud keeping
for sale Of such liquors for medicinal aud
mechanical purposes and the arts, and the
sale and keeping for sale of cider, may be
permitted under such regulations as the
Legislature may provide. The Legislature
shall enact laws with suitable penalties
| for the suppression of the manufacture,
sale aud keeping for sale of Intoxicating
| liquors, with the exception herein speci
! fled.
There were also voted for thirty Que
| state senators, Isl representatives and full
| boards of county officers in the sixteen
! coInties of the state. The guberuatur ial
vote in 1880 stood : Plaisted (Fusou),
$40; Davis (Republicap), 73 544 scat.
teriug, 5ij total, 141, ,S02 The presiden.
tial vote that year stood Garfield, 81 O52;
Hancock, 6j, 2ll 4; Weaver, t 400 Neal
| Dow, % scattering, l39 ; total, li3 903 ;
showing a Republican plurality Of S, S,S4l,
| against q minority of lG0 in the gubern3.
| tOrial election in September. The presl.
| dental vote generally gains on the guber
| material vote Of the same year, owing Ia
| the slaCkeCed exertions of the defeated
| party. Therefore, to the winner majority
to-day may be added fair increase for
the presidential majority in November.
| The vote Of 1880 was the heaviest ever
| cast.
The election passed off quietly. Augusta,
Mr.. Blaiue's home, gives Robe (RepD, /,
1876 Redmau (Dem.), 624; scattering,
AZ. Iu 1880. Davis (Rep }, 4O5 PIaisted,
| (Fusion), 800.
Portland gives Robio (Rep.), for COVER
nor, 3,971 Rcdnau (Dem.), sea;
scattering, Ca plurality ot 1j7 4 full
vote was east. Ia 1850 the Republican
vote was 1886 Democratic, 3. .302-a
| plurality of 23l being o gain Of J23. The
plurality WAS about the same in 1882
Long Island is still to be heard from.
| Reed, for Congress. falls behind, having
| 3T5 plurality, exclusive Of the island but
the Democrats coucede his election, and
the Republicans claim 500 to 900 ma.
| lortty in the district.
Biddefocd gives Robie 97G R-iman,
| l,@e6 Democratic majority, 4lU. In
1850 b'adetoFd gave 81 Republican ma.
jority.
Lewiston gives Robie 1,412; Redmau,
1,599 Democratic majority. g.. In lSSC
! Lewiston ngvs l25 Republican majority.
Congressman plngley, in his own city
| tLesis;Un), gets tie same vote as for
governor. The Democrats are jubhant
over both these towns. Both are factory
| cities.
Probably the whole Republican ticket
in Waldo county, inclGding Senators, is
chosen by 200 majority, except perhaps
the Sheriff and Treasurer. Probably six
| Republican Representative are chosen.
The Hancock comfy Republican ticket
| is all elected by 1000 majority. All OF
the nine Representatives were elected.
Hancock gives large majority for the
! amendment.
Reports from Aroostook county COM
mittee give TIA: county to the Republi.
cans by al increased majority.
Two hundred and twenty-five towns
give Robe 50 O40 Rodman, 40, 400; scat
tering, 2,27l. Republican plurality,
II, $50 The same towns in 1880 gave
Davis 80, I9l ; Plaisted, 4S, 634 scattering
2-R l(apn blipaU nir,r Ra.
publican gain, II. 303. These figures in.
dcate Republican plurality OF about
l3, 900.
Forty niUe towns in the First district
give Reed a majority of SOB over Cleaves.
The full vote will not vary much from
this.
The Indications are that the Republ.
cans elect the whole ticket in York
county.
Twenty five towns in Washington
county, polling about four. tilths of the
total vote, give a Republican majority of
l,4l7. The vote of the remaining towns
on the whole will be about equal, and
RObie will undoubtedly have 1900 ard
probably 400 majority in the county.
Dingoy, Milliken and BouteIle re
elected in the Second Third and Fourth
districts, the latter by an increased ma.
IOIIlJs luS NcpuUlcaus Cldlm lO,UUU
plurality for Robie. The Democrats
cODcede l2, 600, All Republican Congress-
men re elected, aud the State Legislature
is strongly Republican.
The Boston Journal (Rep, says Robes
plurality will probably reach 10000. The
ltspubhCaus elect all the congressman,
probably all the genate and nearly all the
Iower house. Reeds majority is 500 10
l'OoO. The ProhibitoIy constitutional
amendment was adopted.
how MIR. Blaine Voted,
On Saturday he went to Ellsworth. in
the northern part of the state, to speud
sunday with Senator Hale. He came
back to Augusta Monday afternoon in the
midst of the voting. There had been ali
day good deal of speculation as To
whether he would return to vote and as To
how he would vote on the prohibtory
amendment. Nearly all day the polls were
guarded by ladies', who offered their
ballots upon this question. They offered
the "Gos' ballot to every one aud worked
Tor their cause 10 every possible
way. Although the polls did not close
until four o'clock it was noticed that
women quietly abandoned the fight and
retired about half past three. Twenty
minutes later Mr.. Blaine, accom-.
panied by his son Walker, drove to the
polls. There were few people about and
without seeming to recognize any OF them,
he walked TO the box. AS he appeared
the clerk called the name of James q