The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-09
MAINE IS ALL RIGHT.
One of the Biggest Republican
Majorities Since War.
REEDS PLURALITY DOUBLED.
The Free Trade Party Meets Most
Complete, Crushing Disaster.
Speakers Plurality the Largest Ever
REEDS PLURALITY DOUBLED.
Speakers Plurality the Largest Ever
known in That District-Magnificen
Endorsement of the Republican Ma
tional Administration.

An election was held yesterday in Maine
to choose state officers and members of the
legislature. Harrison's plurality in 1888
was %. .253. The last legislature stood:
Senate, Republicans 81. Democrats o:
House, Republicans 125, Democrats 26 a
Republican majority on joint ballot of 100.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. S.-Chairman Man
ley, of the Republican state committee,
sent at midnight the following dispatch to
President Harrison:
Maine gives the largest Republican majority
known in an off year since 1866, and larger
majority than given in a presidential contest
since 1868, with the single exceptions of 1884
and 1883 Governor Burleigh is reelected by
a majority exceeding 10000 Speaker Reed
is reelected by the largest majority he has ever
received, exceeding 4.500. Representatives
Dingley, Boutelle and MilIiken are elected by
msjorities of from 5000 TO 5000. The Pine Tree
state endorses your administration, firm in its
advocacy OF protection to American industries
and American labor.
PORTLAND. Sept. S.-One-hundred and
twenty towns give Burleigh. Republican,
26,oS1, Thompson. Democratic, 1914,
scattering 1.275; Burleigh's s plurality, 10, 167
The same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh, 49,
476. Putnam "a, ,546. scattering 1925; Bur-
leigh's plurality. $3.50.
Figures received up to midnight indicate
that the plurality of the Republican state
ticket will be about $4,000. gain of $500
over 1886 and 900 ahead of the presiden-
tial year. The Prohibition vote comes
united with scattering or is omitted, so it
is classed as scattering and may be consider
ably larger. The members of congress are all
reelected by large majorities, Reeds be-
ing doubled. The county officers are
mostly Republicans. The senators are
probably all Republicans, as in the last leg
islature. and the representatives must
stand fully as strongly Republican, namely,
125 Republicans to 26 Democrats.
PORTLAND. Me-. Sept. s-The election of
contested, the Democrats making q strong.
but unsuccessfull effort to defeat Speaker
Reed. In 1883 the returns showed:
Thomas b. Reed Republican. Is. .oss
VIM. Emery, Democrat. 1885
I. B. Hnssey. Prohibition. n.............. sos
X. A. Williams. Labor. or..s.............. S
Keed over Emery .-...-..".......... 2,433
Portland gives Burleigh 1878, Thomp-
son 2.l46, Clark 15S, scattering So: Reed
3.715, Frank 21ss. scattering 1873; Reeds
plurality 1853. the largest ever given
member for this district. Forty-eight out
of ffty-three towns give Reed 1901, Frank
1888; Reeds plurality 4752, against
2,439 in 1883. The remaining towns are
small and will not materially change the
figures.
Four Republican legislators are elected
and one Democrat. the latter on account of
local dissatisfaction.
There is great enthusiasm in the city
over the result of Reeds election, and a
big meeting was held in the city hail. with
an address by Reed, under the auspices OF
the Young Mems Republican Club.
LEWISTON, Me-, Sept. s.-Returns from a
large portion of the cities and towns in the
Second district show that Ex-Governor
Dingley is reelected to congress by nearly
1900 majority over Allen (Dem.)