San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-15
MAINE is OURS !!
A CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE RE-
PUBLICAN TICKET.

distant parts OF TINS state are as us
ual coming in slowly and it is not
probable that all of them will be
heard from before tomorrow.
The vote from the cities and towns,
which poll more than two-thirds of the
entire vote of the state indicate, how
ever, the Republican plurality will be
between $4,000 and $4,000, the larg-
est in the history of the state.
In every county in the state the Re
publican ticket is successful and al
most every town showed a big Re
publican gain. The Democratic vote
is about forty per cent less than in
1892, and about 20 per cent of this
has gone to the Republican ticket and
the "stayed-at-home" is responsible
for the other half.
The vote of the Populists and Pro
hibitionists throughout the state
shows a loss from 1892 of about &c
per cent The vote from 300 out of
1.5OO cities, towns and plantations, is
66921 for Powers and 21,143 for
Frank In the last election in 1894,
when Cleaves was elected by the I'M
precedented majority of 10000, these
towns gave the Republican ticket
sc, 400 and the Democrats 24,230, a
Republican gain in plurality Of 2,913
this year.
Anything more than a rough esti-
mate of the plurality based on figures
of last year in the missing towns is
impossible. In the first COMPRESSION
al district Reeds plurality is 1886.
Dingley's plurality in the second dis
trict is about 1000 and Milliken is
nearer 1900 in the third. There
are more missing towns in the fourth
district than in any other, but from
figures at hand it is estimated that
Boutelles plurality will be almost To-
600. In the representative districts
heard from the election of but five
Democrats in the house is shown and
in one of these there is doubt. All
the 81 senators are Republicans.
Madison, Neb., Sept. Ex-senator
VIM. F. Allen. who was temporary
chairman of the st. Louis convention
and later chairman Of the Populist
notification committee, said today:
"The result in Maine was anticipated
as that state is believed to be under
the complete domination of the mon
ey power. 1t will have the effect Of
largely increasing the silver vote in
the west and uniting all discordant
elements"
Canton, Ohio, Sept. 15.-MajOr Nc
Kinley received the following tele-
gram from Augusta, Maine, this
morning: 81 offer you my hearty con-
gratulations. This is your triumph.
The Republican party achieved thu
day the most sweeping and magnif-
cent victory accorded any party in
the history of Maine. We have car
ried every county in the state, elect
ed every state senator and at least
40 out of 155 members of the house
of representatives; secured every
county official; given each member of
your magnificent delegation in the
national house of representatives the
largest majority ever recorded; elect
ed our candidate for governor by the
greatest majority ever given a candi-
date for that high office; endorsed
the st. Louis platform and declared
for Mckinley and Hobart by $4,000.
The Republican vote exceeds by
several thousand, the largest Repub-
lican vote heretofore given, and the
vote for the Democratic candidate
for governor is the smallest ever cast,
with one exception, the vote of
1894, which was only 5000 less. We
have kept pace with Vermont and
proven to the country that the Dem
ocratic platform adopted in Chicago
will not prevail when met by argu-
ment and reason. We have been aided
in this contest by many Democrats
and reason. We have been aided in
this great contest by many Democrats
who placed country above party and
who believe that you cannot divide
the people into parts upon a question
of simple morals and common hon
esty. They share our victory with us.
What more could Maine have done
for the cause of good government hon
est money and protection"