Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-15
The RETURNS FROM MAINE.
Indications Of a Republican Plurality
Of About $4,000.
the Largest In the History OF -
statt-Uains In Almost Every
Town.

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. i6.-ReiC-ns
from email towns and plantations In
distant parts Of tho state are ~ usual
coming In slowly. IL Ia not probable
that all Of them will be heard from be-
fore tomorrow. The vote from the
cities and towns which poll more than
two.thlrds Of the entire vote. indicates,
towover, that this Republican plural.
J will be- between -, 900 aud 10000,
the lafgesi In the history OF the STATE.
Ia every county the Republican ticktt
was successful. Almost every town
showed Republican gain.
the Democratic vote was ~ reT cant
lea, than Ia 1902, and about 20 por cent
OF this has gone 10 this Republican
ticket; tho other half are stay at. h omes
The vote Of the Populists aud Pfohibi-
uonitia throughput tue state shows n
loes from 1897 OF about 20 psr cent.
The vote IRON 200 OF $40 cities, towns
Aru plantations 10 OB,0sl Tor Powers,
.7,l4S for Frank. In 1894 whon
Graves was elected by the tucn un.
towns gave the Republican tickdi
RspuOlican gain In plurality 10 2,Ul8
this yesr, " this proportion Of gain ~
kspt Ut. The total vote ~ estimated at
1910 In round number; Republican
sS,l0J; democrats 3i,3iU; scattering
0,bUO. Rsnubilean pin ALLY $3.50.
In the ftst congressional district,
Reed's plurality " 10. 500. Diugley mas
about II 200 plurality In the second aud
Miiliken nearer l..OJJ in the tDird.
| Ffom figurrs at ha"d u IN eitimatrh
tina Bout ! Is plurality Ia the fourth
will b. almost l0,OuU. In fspfs sentA.
tive districts heard from tbs election u
but i've Democrats la tbs house IL
shown aud In ono of these there Ia
doubt All Ihirty-ono senators ate
| Republicans.
TuE EFfECr OF N.
MADISON. Neb., Sept l6-Ssnstor
William V. Allen, temporary chair.
niun OF tho 81, Louis convention, ami
later chairman OF the Populist noiifirA.
| lion committee said today. "rhe TO.
suit In Maine was anticipated as that
siatc was believed TO hU under the
/ complete domination OF the mouey
| pow or. 10 VIII have the effect Of
largely increasing tue silver vote Ia
the woit and uniliug all discsrdanl
elements.
MIusLkY coSoRAIULATED.
CANTON, OHIO, Sept. 10 Major
] Mckinley received the following telo.
gran, from Augusta, Me. this morning:
softer ycu hearty c0nsralulation. This
10 your triumph. The Republican
psfty has uchieved the most sweeping
anu mag al ilcent victory ever accorded
any party In the history OF Maine. We
cairiud every county Ia the state,
elected every state senator anu al
least 40 out Of 1855 members OF
tho house OF representatives and
ieourod every county official; II has
given each member OF our mag nificent
delegation ~ the national House OF
| representatives the lsfgett majority
ever recorded; elected our candidate
Tor governor by the greatest majority
ever gwen n candidate for that high
oflict; endorsed the 81. Louis platform
and declared for Mckinley and
Hobart by 10000. Tho Republican
vote exceeds by several thousand the
largest RupublinAn vote heretofore
given anu the vote for the Dem scratic
candidate Tor governor IL the smAliest
ever cast with the exception OF tho
vote OF 1894, which was ouly 80. 600
less. We have kept pace with Yer.
mont aud proven ~ tno country that
the platform adopted In Chicago Will
not prevail when met by argument
aud reason. We have boon aided In
this great contest by many Democrats
who placed uouutry above party anu
who believe you caunOt divide thu
| PEOPLE intO parties on n question OF
| ample morals snd honesty. They
SHARE cur victory with US. What
more could Maine hAvs done for the
cause OF good government, hones,
morey and protection?
j. III. MASLEy."