The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-14

AUGUSTA, Mnine, Sept. l3.-1f tho
weather IL fair Tomorrow, Hon.
Llewellcn Powers. Republican, Will be
elected governor OF Maine by over 10000
with n strong possibility that the tIg-
urcs will be nearer 10000. At least that
Is what the prophets. OF both parties
who have been figuring the vote for
the last three weeks declare.
Final instructions have been given,
oil plans are completed ma the ranks
nre closed up for the battle of ballots
which will show 10 what extent the
people OF the state favor the gold
standard and how many are enlisted
In the cause OF free silvcE
Chairman Mnnley. OF the Republican
state committee. believes TINT the fig
ures will be the largest ever given In a
presidential year and his Democratic
opponents practically agree with him.
Not In twenty years has the Pine
Tree state seen such vigorous can
| vas, with so much interest manifested.
| During the last three weeks It Is e5tl-
| mated that over seven hundred speech
es have been delivered In all sections
OF the state by orators OF local and ma
tonal fame, In behalf OF both parties.
Tons OF campaign documents have
been distributed.
The Republican canvass has, of
| course. been conducted under the more
| favorable circumstances.
Maine has never heard so many dis
| tinguished Republican orators as dur
| ing the past few weeks On the other
hand the Democratic host has had
many dissGnters within It's lines and
| the number Of prominent deserters has
| been large Six weeks ago all was
confusion and dlsorganization In the
Democratic camp. The fighting fund
was small and victory was practically
| impossible. But the supporters OF free
| silver rallied the faltering army and
took up the contest determined to
make the best fight possible and until
the last gun was fired they resisted
stubbornly.
| The Democratic managers maintain
that the doctrine OF free silver was
| practically unknown In Maine two
months ago, md they argue that the
democratic vote which will be cast to-
morrow means that thclr policy has
| made great gains in the last few weeks.
| They declare that X the Republican
majority falls below 10000 It will be 4
| Democratic victory.
The governor IS the only state officer
elected by tho people In Maine. all
others being chosen by the legislature
| The candidates on the official ballot
tomorrow will be Hon. Llewellen Pow
ers, OF Eoulton, Republican; Hon.Mel-
win p. Frank. OF Portland, Democratic;
ANN! S. Ladd. Of Calais, Prohibition,
and Luther C. Bateman, OF Auburn.
PopulIst The name OF William Henry
| Clifford. of Portland, the nominee OF
the gold Democrats, is not on the ticket
and those who wish to vote for him,
must write his name on the ballot.
Candidate Batcman has waged hot
| fight for the PopulistS but as many Of
| that party favor free silver and desire
to be counted on that side tomorrow,
hSs vote Ia likely TO be less than It was
two ycnrs ago. The dlssens!ons among
| the Proh!bItIonIstS over the currency
have not affected the party In this
| state and the voting strength will prob
| ably be the same ms In the Inst election.
II Is not expected that Clifford, the
gold Democrat, will receive more thnn
1000 Votes. In a,l the congressional
| districts. increased Republican major
tiles are looked for. Speaker Thomas
| Il. Reed, In the first district. Will prob
! ably be honored with the largest ma
| jority lie has ever received, as il Is
| expected that many Democratic bal
| lots will be cast tor him, His Demo-
cratic opponent, Edward W. Staples,
! of BddefUrd. has not conducted n very
thorough canvass.
In the sccopd district the majority
for Hon. Nelson Dinglcy VIII probably
| be increased several thousand.
Hon. Seth L. Milliken, of Belfast, In
the third district, Republican, Is ex-
pectcd to obtain majority Of over ten
thousand. Two years ago 1t was 1900.
In the last election. Charles II. Bou-
| tellc, Republican. Ind q majority OF Il
| llttln over 5000 IN the fourth district.
| There is n representation In Bangor
which may have some effect on his
vote tomorrow. but 1t Is thought that
mnny Democrats will declare for him
and increase his lead.
It Is unlikely that more than Ten
| Democrats Will he elected to the house
OF representatives and only hnlf that
number are regarded as sure Of sue
cess. In Bangor unl liiddcfOrd the
contests over representatives are hot
md the result Is very doubtful.
1t Is not expected that II single Dem
ocrat viii secure Il seat In the senate,
In 1870. at the state election the Re-
publican plurality in Maine was lSSS3:
total vote 1854. In 1892. at the pres
| idGntlal election, the Republican nlu-
| rnlity was 1899; total vote, 1lB,4ll, In
| 1904, at the state election, the RepublI-
cnn plurality was 3S.97S. but tht total
vote was only l0S,27l. the Democratic
not turning ont. rs they only cast 2S
per cont OF the vote. The vote this
ycar Is compared with the vote of 1892,