The herald., 1896-09-15
The Republicans Carry the
Maine Election
POWERS CHOSEN GOVERNOR
Reed Returned to the House Of Rep.
sentatives
o. p. Majority Of Between Forty and
Fifty Thousand
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
AUGUSTA. Me-. Sept. 4.-Maine has
followed the example of Vermont and
declared for the Republican ticket by
the largest majority i'll its history. Ac-
cording to the latest returns tonight,
the plurality for Powers (Republican)
for governor will be over $4,000 and prob
ably in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed is reelected to
the house by over 10000 plurality. The
returns show a majority of about 10000
for Mr.. Dingley for congressman from
the Second district; over 1900 for Mr..
Millken in the Third district. and prac-
tically the same for Mr.. Boutelle in the
Fourth district.
In the state legislature the Demo-
Gratis will apparently have less than half
a dozen of the representatives in the
house and not one in the senate. AS an
ticipated, the Republicans polled a tre-
mendous vote and secured many Demo-
cratic bllots; on the other hand, many
disaffected Democrats remained at home
and only a few voted for the nominee
of the gold standard wing. The Populist
and Prohibitionist votes have been re-
ceived from only a few towns. but it is
evident that neither party poiied as
large a vote as two years ago.
The successful candidate for governor
Is the Hon. Llewellyn Powers OF Houi-
ton. Republican. The nominees OF the
other parties were: Hon. Melvin p. Frank
of Portland, Democrat; Luther G. Bate
man of Auburn, Populist; Ammi 8.
Ladd of Calais, Prihibitionist, and Hon.
William Henry Clifford Of 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 A. Boutelle OF
Bangor, from the Fourth district, VINO
have for years represented Maine IN
the national house, are the congress-
men elected.
The candidates who opposed them
were: First district, Edward N. Sta
ples of Biddeford. Democrat; j. r.
champion of Portland, Populist, and
Aaron Clark, Prohibitionist; second dis
trict. Atwood Levanseler, Democrat;
Charles F. Allen, Populist. and Edward
r. Ogler, Prohibitionist; Third district,
Melvin s. Holway, Democrat; Bradford
e. Lancaster. Populist. and William 3.
Thompson, Prohibitionist
From early morning it looked as II
rain would fall, but it did not, and about
4 o'clock the sun came out prlghtiy.
Everywhere at the polls the orsahlza-
ton of the Republicans was evident IN
the activity they displayed in getting
ont a full vote at the earliest possible
hour. Scores Of hacks and carriages
were in commission to CARRY the old
and lame voters to the polls. and many
persons from other states also came
home to vote.
The Democratic organization was
nearly as good. There were only a Few
local contests to rouse factional feuds,
and order was preserved at the polls
throughout the state without much diff
ficulty. The campaign, the contest OF
the day, was the most interesting Maine
has seen in twenty years, if ever in her
history. 1t has presented the unique
feature Of son arrayed against father,
in the case of the 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 con-
tention the contest was remarkably free
from personalities.
The most effective work was done
from the stump, and never did more
formidable array of campaign orators
expound Republican doctrines in New
England state. But the struggle was
not entirely one sided. With Internal
dissensions and a lack of funds to con-
tend with the Democrats made a very
strong fight, especially in the cities.
Candidate Frank did good work on the
stump, and while the speakers, gener-
ally from outside 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
their leaders addressed large audiences
in the cities. but the returns tonight in
dicate that the principal effect of their
participation in the campaign was to
strengthen the Republican ranks. If
the names of the nominees of the gold
Democrats had been on the ticket how
ever, it is believed very good showing
would have been made.
Candidate Bateman was the main
strength of the Populists in their can
vas, his efforts being mainly devoted to
keeping the members of his party who
favored free silver out of the Demo-
cratic ranks. His opposition has been
based on the candidacy Of Mr.. Sewall
for the vice presidency, which he main
tains is inconsistent, and his objections
to the Democratic ticket on that ac-
count have been most strenuous. The
figures at hand tonight indicate that
there has been some decrease in the
Populist vote. 1t is believed that some
of these votes have been added to the
Democratic strength.
The Prohibitionists conducted the
campaign practically upon the same
lines as in the past. In none of the con-
gressional districts was there a close
contest. All OF the Democratic candi-
dates for congress evidently believed
that 1t was impossible to defeat the Re-
publican nominees and their canvasing
was not very active. In Mr.. Reeds dis
trict 1t was conceded that his majority
would be greater than ever before. and