The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-09-15
In THE SAME OLD RUT
As Usual Maine Piles Up a Comfort
able Republican Majority.
Mr.. POWERS IS GOVERNOR
BY Majority OF Between 5000
and o.ooo-Reed is Elected
Again-rhe Democrats Did Not
Do Well at Any stage.

Augusta, Me-. Sept. 14.-Maine has
followed the example OF Vermont and
declared for the republican ticket by
the largest majority In its history.
According to the latest returns to-
night the plurality for Powers, re-
publican, for governor. will be more
than $4,000 and probably in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Hon. Thomas
b. Reed Is reelected 10 the house by
more than 10000 plurality. The re-
turns show a majority of about TO-
900 for Mr.. Dingley for congressman
from the Second district: more than
1900 for Mr.. Milliken in the Third
district and practically the same for
Mr.. Boutelle in the Fourth district.
In the state legislature the demo-
Gratis will apparently have less than
half a dozen representatives I'm the
house and not one in the senate. As
anticipated the republicans polled a
tremedous vote and secured many
democrats ballots. on the other
hand, many disaffected democrats re-
mained at home and only a few
voted for the nominee of the gold
standard wing. The populist and the
prohibitionists' votes have been re-
ceived from only a few towns, but
II Is evident that neither party polled
as large vote as two years ago.
Augusta, Maine, Sept. 14-The sue
cessful candidate for governor Is the
Hon. Llewellyn Powers Of Houlton
(rep.) The nominees Of the respect
i've parties were: Hon. Melvin p.
Frank of Portland (dem), Luther c.
Bateman of Auburn (pop.). Ammis
Ladd OF Calais (prohib.), and Hon.
William Henry Clifford Of Portland
(gold dem) 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 A. Boutelle of Bangor, from
| the Fourth district, who have for
years represented Maine in the ma
tional house, are the congressman
| reelected.
The candidates who opposed them
were: First district-Edward w.
Staples of Biddeford (dem.), J. F.
Campion OF Portland (pop), Aaron
Clark Of Buxton (prohib.). Second
| district-Atwood Levensaler of
Thomaston tdem.), Charles Il. Allen
of Dresden (pop) and Edward X.
Ogler of Camden (pronib.) Third
district-Melvin s. Holway of Angus
| Ia (dem.), Bradford Z. Lancaster of
Norridgewock (pop.) and William S.
Thompson of Augusta (prohib).
From early morning 1t looked as II
| rain would fall. but 1t did not and
about at 4 o'clock the sun came out
| bright. Everywhere at the polls the
| organization of the republicans was
evident in the activity they displayed
| in getting out a full vote at the
rli vlnScihIn Conraa ~
| hacks and carriages were In COM
mission to carry the old and lame
voters to the polling places and many
persons from other states also came
| home to vote. The democratic Or
ganization was nearly as good. There
were only a few local contests to
arouse factional feuds, and order
was preserved at the polls through
out the state without much difficulty.
The campaign. the contest of the
| day. was the most interesting Maine
| has seen In 90 years, IL ever In her
| history. 1t has presented the unique
| feature OF son arrayed against father,
| in the case of the Hon. Harold Sew
| all of Bath. who took the stump to
argue against the principles of Hon.
| Arthur Sewall, the democratic noml-
nee for vice president. But in all the
| StTlIt anu CDf1ttUtlOn, TIE CoDttsl was
| remarkably free from personalities.
| The most effective work was done
| from the stump and never did a more
| formidable array of campaign ora
tors expound republican doctrines in
a New England state. But the strug-
| gle was not entirely one-sided. With
| internal dissensionse and a lack Of
| funds to contend with the democrats
| made very strong fight, especially
| 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 hand
| in the struggle and several of their
| leaders addressed large audiences In
| the cities. but the returns tonight
| indicate that the principal effect of
| their participation In the campaign
| was to strengthen the republican
| ranks. III the names of the nominees
of the gold democrats had been on
the tickets, however, II is believed q
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
democratic ranks. His opposition has
been based on the candidacy of Sewall
for the vice presidency, which he
maintains Is inconsistent. and his OBJ
| jections to the democratic ticket on
that accoun. have been most strenu-
Gus. The figures at hand indicate that
there has been some decrease in the
populist vote. II Is believed that some
| of this loss has been added to the
| democratic strength. The prohibition
lists conducted their campaign on prac-
ticslly the same lines as in past years.
| In none Of the congressional districts
was there a close contest All the
| democratic candidates for congress
| evidently believed that it was impossi-
| BILE TO defeat the republican nominees
| and their canvass was not very mark
| ed. In Mr.. Reeds district II was con-
| ceded his majority would be larger
than ever and 1t was also expected
that Messrs Dingley, Milliken and
Boutelle would be successful by in
creased majorities.
Powers In q Taikative Mood.
Houghton. Me-, Sept. l4.-Governor-
| elect Powers was seen tonight by a
| reporter Of the associated PRESS and
| asked for an expression OF his opinion
| on the result Of to-day's election. He
| said; Maine has to-day declared in nc
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