The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-09
A ROusing Jubilee Meeting at City
Hall.
Mr.. Reed Receives a Magnificent
Ovation.

The weather could not have been i'm
proved upon for election day. 1t was per-
feet September day, delight to be out and
about, and it was evident when the polls
closed that at p. m. the Republicans
had evidently taken advantage of it, A Re-
publican of prominence had said early in the
| morning that he expected surprise, but we
| doubt If he had ever dreamed of such plu-
| rality as that which was thrown for Speaker
| Reed in this city. 1t wipes out anything on
| the record. In Portland it reaches 1868, or
more than double the plurality of 1888,
Presidential year. No wonder every Repub-
lican's face wore broad smile last night,
and also those of many Democrats, for there
were number who had pride in the return
of the Speaker of the House.
The polls were quiet all DAY long, and at
no time was there any evidence that very
large vote would be thrown. The vote for
1890 IN the city is 6059, against 1918 in 1888.
showing falling off this year of 1859 votes.
and chat was caused by the Democrats who
failed to support their ticket. Governor
Burleigh's plurality is 1926 this year. In
1888 it was sos.
In the vote for sheriff Mr.. Cram beat Mr..
SWEET by plurality of 1917.
The split tickets were everywhere. Be-
sides the three straight tickets there were
straight splits" and splits that were not
straight. The principal contest was on Cum
was organized in Ward appeared to have
considerable strength. In fact very large
number of the Republicans cut Cunning
hams name and substituted that of Guptill
or Beale. As an offset many Democrats
voted for Cunningham and the entire Re-
publican ticket In Ward Cunningham
| showed considerable strength, although the
| Republicans cut him to some extent Yet
| many Democrats threw the straight Repub-
| lican ticket through his influence. In other
wards there was more or less cutting of Cum
ningham, but not so much as in The eastern
end of the city. He was defeated by nine
votes. A.
OF course the interest conferred largely on
the vote for Speaker Reed. His name was
not cut to any extent Probably not % Re-
publicans failed to vote for him. On the
otker hand the Cunningham difficulty gave
him many Democratic votes in Wards and
2. In ward a man who had voted the DEM
Ocratic ticket for 80 years remarked, "Reed
is good enough for me" and then cast a bal
lot with the head and foot cut off, leaving
only Mr.. Reeds name on it. In one or two
/ wards there were vote distributors with
| tickets having Mr.. Franks name pasted
over Mr.. Reeds, but they had the same
handful OF ballots when the polls closed that
they started with in the NOR ming.
Xxx tho manila uho xuara oofhorad
about the polling place In Ward gave way
to permit Hon. Thomas B. Reed to pass
through TO deposit his vote. He was ac-
companied by his little daughter. who by the
way believes in female suffrage. The Speak
er shook hands with several friends and ex-
planned to Hon. Josiah 81. Drummond that
he had brought the little girl because she
wanted to know how 1t was done. He APP
preached the polls, announced his name, and
the checker replied in the same familiar tone
that has greeted our ears so many times
yesterday, Thomas B. Reed, checked" and
Mr.. Reed deposited the straight Republican
ticket, face up and plainly in view of every
body. He left the ward room Immediately
and walked to his home on neering street.
Among other incidents of the day were
the sudden death of man at the polls in
Ward 2, and the obstruction of the voting by
a man in Ward A.
In the evening as soon as the polls were
closed, there was great rush to the PRESS
Office. Arrangements had been made to
display the returns by a stereopticon, and
the crowded street evidently appreciated the
show that had been prepared for them
Intermingled with the returns were all
kinds of humorous pictures which pleased
| the crowd nightly.
When Mr.. Reed came down to the office he
received the hearty greeting and congratu-
lations from the citizens in and out of the
building He was In the constant receipt of
kilograms from brother COngressm en-, con-
gratulati ng him on his great victory and re-
sponded in his usual witty vein. These are
the returns from the city he had the Oppor-
tunity to see