The Portland daily press., 1888-03-13
CITY FATHERS CHOSEN.
The Elections Held In Maine Cities
Yesterday

spatch was sent tonight:
Hon. Whitetay Reid, New York Tribune, Ne'o
York City
Belfast and biddeford today supplementing, the
elections held last Monday, show the Republican
column unbroken. Maine emphatically repu-
the free trade heresy OF President Cleveland, and
the surrender by the fisheries treaty OF secretary
Bayard, and declares In unmlstakable terms Ior
Boutelle Reed, Dingley and Milliken all give de-
cided Republican majorities. and endorses the
national reputation won by these faithful repre-
sentatives of the party.
Chairman Republican State Committee.
Bangor's Election.
BANGOR, March 12.-The election here to-
day progressed very quietly, neither side
making great effort to get out the full vote,
except in wards two and seven where the
Republicans made great fight The Re
publicans elect five aldermen and the Demo-
Gratis two, Republi lican gain of one over last
year. The vote for mayor was as follows:
Charles F. Bragg. Rep, 1927; Joseph +.
Snow, DEM, 1401 Joseph c. White, Pro-,
50. Bragg's majority is 144. Republican
loss Of 246 from last year.
The only exciting feature of the contest
was the fight over the city time, the Demo-
Gratis representing local time against stand
ard time, for which the Republicans were
pledged. The Democrats circulated the fol-
lowing circular but failed to find anybody
willing to sign it:
LOCAL TIME.
Twentyiour hundred Voters of this City voted
to keep the city clocks on the old time. -Four
hundred voted no.
Let the Courts, the Registry and the Railroads
smugged through the legislature by few men
from this city.
The next move in the sumptuary line will COM
pei us to put our watches and clocks on tne new new
time. The working people ask and get but little
in legislation, but they want the local time ior
their convenience and will condemn the undue
haste in changing the clocks.
Vote for Local Time.
Democratic wagons bearing huge placards,
''Vote for Snow and local time," were driven
about Cards, on which appeared orders Of
church committees to put church clocks on
standard time we've issued by the Republi-
cans.
Without Opposition.
BELFAST, March 12.-Hon. Albert C. Bur
CESS, citizens candidate, was reelected
mayor by light vote, without opposition.
No party lines were drawn.
A Reduced Majority.
BIDDEFoRD, March 12.-At the city elee-
tion today the Democrats elected Charles E.
Goodwin mayor, by 1874 majority, over the
Republican candidate, Gilman p. Littlefeld.
The vote was the largest ever polled In the
city, over 2500 ballots being cast in all. The
Democrats elected five out of seven alder
men, and 10 of 81 councilmen. The Demo-
cratic majority last year was 215. 1t is al
legged that the Democrats used large sums Of
money in the election.
Brewers Election.
BANGOR, March 12.-The election in Brew
er to-day resulted in the choice Of full
board of Republican officers. The town
voted to put in 16 additional hydrants.
Augusta Republicans Big Victory.
AUGUSTA, March 12.-Augusta Republi-
cans reelected Mayor Macomber by major
ity of 503, the total vote being 1929. They
also elected every alderman and every coun-
Gilman, making large gains in votes. B.
Capen, Esq, principal of the Dirigo Busi-
ness College, was the Democratic nominee.
One year ago the Democrats made no con-
test but this year orders came to the Demo-
Gratis from Washington that the election
must not be allowed to go by default; ccn-
test must be waged with the Republicans !;
administration must be supported by the
officials of Augusta who had been rather
lukewarm since the division of spoils; and
SO the faithful went to work and nominated
full ticket.