The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-19
WHO THE CANDIDATES WE'RE
Powers for Gold and Frank Ran for
Silver.

Augusta, Me-, sept. l4.-Ine success
full candidate for governor is the Hon.
LlewelIyn Powers of Holton. The NOM
inees of the other parties were Hon.
Melville p. Frank of Portland, demo-
crat; Luther c. Bateman of Auburn,
populist; Ammis S. Ladd of Calais. pro-
hibitionist, and Hon. Henry Clifford cf
Portland, gold democrat.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Portland
from the First district, Nelson Dingley
OF Lewiston, from the Second district,
Seth Milliken of Belfast, from the
Third district, and Charles Boutelle of
Bangor, from the Fourth district, who
for four years represented Maine in the
national house, are the cong1 essmen
reelected.
The candidates who opposed them
were: First district, Edward N sta
pies of Biddeford, democrat; j. Il. Cam
pion of Portland, populist; Aaron Clark
OF Buxton, prohibitionist; Second dis
trict, Atwood Levansler Of ThomastOn,
democrat; Charles E. Allen Of Dresden,
populist, and Edward r. OgIer of Cam
den. prohibitionist; Third district. Mel
vim S. Hollway of Augusta, democrat:
Bradford Il. Lancaster of Norridge-
wock, populist. and William S. Thomp-
son of Augusta, prohibitionist.
From early morning 1t looked as if
rain would fall, but ii did not, and
about 4 o'clock the sun came out bright
Everywhere at the polls the organiZa-
tion of the republicans was evident in
the activity they displayed In getting
out full vote at the earliest possible
hour. Scores of hacks and carriages
were in commission to carry the old
and lame voters to the polling places,
and many persons from other states
also came home to vote. The demo-
cratic organization was nearly as good.
There were only a few local contests
to arouse factional feuds, and order
was preserved at the polls throughout
the state without much difficulty.
The campaign, the contest of the
day, was the most interesting Maine
has seen In 20 years, if ever in her his
tory. 1t has presented the unique fea-
ture of son arrayed against father, in
the case of Hon. Harold Sewall Of
Bath, who took the stump to argue
against the principles of Hon. Arthur
Sewall, the democratic nominee for
vice president. But in all the strife
and contention, the contest was re-
markably free from personalities. The
most effective work was done from the
stump, and never did a more formidable
array of campaign orators expound
republican doctrines in a New Eng
land state. But the struggle was not
entirely one-sided.
With internal dissensiOns and a lack
of funds to contend with, the demo
Gratis made very strong fight, espec-
tally in the cities Candidate Frank
did good work on the stump, and while
the speakers generally from outside of
the state were not orators Of great
fame their work was productive of
some good results. In the last two
weeks the gold democrats took a hand
in the struggle, and several of CheiI
leaders addressed large audiences i'm
the cities but the returns tonight in
dictate that the principal effect of their
participation in the campaign was tc
strengthen the republican ranks II
the names of the nominees Of the gol
democrats had been on the ticket
however, it is believed a very good
showing would have been made
Candidate Bateman was the main
strength of the pOpulists in their be-
half, his efforts being mainly devoted
to keeping the members of his party
who favored free silver out of the dem
ocratic ranks. His opposition has beer
based on the candidacy of Sewall foi
vice president, which he maintains is
inconsistent, and his objections to the
democratic ticket on that account have
been most strenuous. The figures az
hand tonight indicate that there has
been some decrease in the populisi
vote. 1t is believed that some of this
loss has been added to the democratic
strength.
The prohibitionists conducted their
campaign on practically the same lines