The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16
NAMES GOOD WORK
LATEST RETURNS Do NOT LESSEN
THE REPUBLICAN PLURALITY.
With Over 100 Towns to BE Yet Heard
From Powers Has 46,425 More
Votes than Frank.
TOTAL MAY RUN UP 10 $4,000
REPUBLICAN VOTE WAS GREATEST
EVER CAST IN THE STATE.
Every County in the State Was Car
ried, and the Popocrats Elected
Only Four Five Legislators.
COMMENTS ON THE RESULT
CHAIRMAN JONES THINKS SILVER
ISM REALLY MADE GAINS,
And Popuiist Washhurn Says 1t Was
Reputation of SeyyaII and that
He Must Be Bounced.
Every County in the State Was Car
ried, and the POpocrats Elected
Only Four Five Legislators.
COMMENTS ON THE RESULT
CHAIRMAN JONES THINKS SILVER
ISM REALLY MADE GAINS,
And PcpuIist Washhurn Says 1t Was
n Reputation of SewaII and that
He Must Be Bounced.

AGUSTA, Me, Sept. 15-With over one
hundred towns to be yet heard from, the
Republican plurality for Governor in Maine
figures up 46 425 and will probably be $4,000
when all of the towns are in. The returns
are complete from 41S towns, cities and
plantations in the State, and from ten of
the counties. The AIS towns heard from
give Powers, Republican, 7S,940; Frank,
Democrat. 32 SIS; Ladd, Prohibitionist. 2,746;
Bateman Populist, LIB; w. H. Clifford,
National Democrat, SO. Over $1,000 Repub-
hcan votes it is estimated, We're thrown
and about $4,000 Democratic. The Repub-
lican vote has exceeded anything ever be-
fore known in Maine, the nearest approach
to it being the 49, 9401 received by Governor
Burleigh, in 1888.
In every county in the State the Repub-
lican ticket was successful and almost
every town showed Republican gain The
Democratic vote is about 40 per cent. less
than in 1892, about 20 per cent. of this has
gone to the Republican ticket and the stay
at-homes are responsible for the other half.
The vote of the Populists and Prohibition
lists throughout the State shows loss
from 1892 of about rs per cent.
In the first congressional district Reed S
plurality is 1866; Dingleys about 11,000 in
the Second district, and Mlliken's nearer
Il 900 in the Third. There are more missing
towns in the Fourth district than in any
other. but from the figures at hand it is
estimated that Boutelle's plurality will be
almost 1900. In the representative dis
tricts heard from the election of but five
Democrats in the House is shown and in
one of these there is doubt. All of the
thirty-one Senators are Republicans
The corrected vote has been received
from all of the towns in Kennebec coun-
ty 1t shows a Republican plurality of A.
243, the largest ever given in the county
Powers has 6,697 and Frank 2,4O4. Mill
ken's vote is about 60 more than that of
Powers. The Republican plurality in this
county in 1882 was 1,5S2, gain yesterday
of ALL
The complete vote of Knox county. with
the exception of one small plantation
which last year gave a majority of seven
for the Republican ticket. is in, and gives
Powers 1904 Frank 1868
The vote from twenty out of forty-six
towns in Wald county gives Powers 1928,
Frank ,359. The missing towns in 1892 gave
a Republican plurality of over 200 Esti-
mates of the complete figures make the Re
publican plurality about 1,500. In 1892 ii
was 43S.
The complete returns from twentysix out
of twenty y-seven towns in York county give
Powers 1850, Frank 3,50S a Republican
plurality of 1872 In 1892 the missing town
of Limington gave the Republican candi-
date for Governor 12s to 123 for the Demo-
cratic candidate. The Republicans have
gained in plurality this year 1920.
The complete vote of Androscoggin eoun-
ty gives Powers SOL, Frank 2293, a Repub-
lican plurality of 3,31S. Republican gain in
plurality over 1892 2715.
Twenty-Five of the fifty-two towns in
Washington county give 3,214 votes for
Powers and 1922 for Frank. In the last
election the missing towns gave the Re
publican ticket a plurality of 703, and it is
estimated that the complete vote this year
will make the plurality 2,700. In 1892 it was
but 900.
The complete returns from Cumberland
county give Powers 10,91S; Frank, 5107; a
Republican plurality of ssh. In 1892 this
county gave the Republican ticket 9,9S7;
Democratic. S,sSS; Republican gain in plu-
raity of 4,S12.
Out of the eighteen towns in Franklin
county fifteen voted follows: Powers,
2,222; Frank 7O7. The vote in the missing
towns in the last election assures a Re
publican plurality of 1900, a Republican
gain of 1,2I3.
One hundred out of about 2o6 towns and
plantations in the Fourth district give
Powers 16,153 and Frank $685. This indi-
Gates d Republican plurality of between
1900 and 14O00 in the district. Boutelle' s
vote for Congressman is slightly ahead of
the vote for the head of the ticket Re
turns for Penobscot county are not com
plete, but thirty-seven out of sixty-four
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