The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-14
indications of an Over
Whelming Sound Money
Triumph in the Pine
Tree State.
BRYAN's SPECIAL TRAIN
The Popocrat Shouter Off for a
Spellbinding Tour in
Kentucky.

AUGUSTA. Me-, Sept. IA, 1Sss.-Maine
today elects a Governor, Congressman,
members of the Legislature and county
officers
Reports from all over the State give
the weather conditions as cloudy and
Threatening rain.
The candidates. of the various parties
are
Republican-For Governor, Llewellyn
district, Thomas B. Reed of Portland;
Second district, Nelson Dingley of Lewis
ton; Third district, Seth L. Milliken of
Belfast; Fourth district, Charles A. Bou-
Democratio-For Governor, Melvin P.
Frank of Portland. For Congress-First
district, E. w. Staples of Biddeford; /;
Second district Atwood Levensaler of
Thomaston; Third district, Melvin c..
Hollaway of Augusta; Fourth district.
A J. Chase of Sebec.
National Democratic Party--For Gov
ernor, william H. Clifford of Portland
Prohibition-For Governor. Rev. A. s.
Ladd of Calais. For Congress-First dis
trict, Aaron Clark of Buxton; Attorney,
John s. White, Portland; Sheriff, Daniel
d. Parker, Portland.
Peoples Party-For Governor, Luther c.
Bateman of Auburn. For Congressman
First district, James E. Campion, Port
land; Second district, Charles E. Allen,
Dresden; Fourth district, o. D. Chapman
of Plymouth.
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept IA, Se6-The
Republicans in this section are feeling jul
bilant over today's election. They. ex-
pect to carry the State by $1,000 to $1,000
plurality, may seSting it at even higher.
1ile Democrats generally concede l5,O00
70 2o,000 plurality for the Republicans.
Knox county is expected to go Republican
by sec. Rockland will give 500 plurality
for the Republican ticket. The silver
ticket will be generally supported by the
Democrats in this section.
II A T Z Cor
yilles vote is coming out slowly. Not one
third of the total has been cast at noon.
The weather is threatening, but no rain
has fallen thus far. The prospects are
good for large Republican plurality
PORTLAND, Me, Sept. IA, 1S96.-Elec-
tion day is cool and rair here and all
conditions are favorable fer a large vote.
In all the wards voting proceeded quiet
ly during the forenoon and it is esti-
mated that the vote will be larger than
IN 1892.
the Democrats in the ratio of three to
one, though the Democratic vote is heav-
lest during the early part of the after
noon. Clifford Is not getting a large
vote, and it is said that he viii not poll
over TWO or three hundred in the city. He
has been at all the ward rooms in per-
son this morning and posged sample
ballot showing how TO split the ticket
in his favor. Both sides have teams
and are making an effort to get voters
out.
ROCkLAND. September IA, 1S96.-Indi-
cations at noon today are that the esti-
mates heretofore given FOR this section
wiz be fulfilled. The Republicans are
hustling and getting out the full vote
Unless rain falls a very full vote IN
Knox county is expected. The Democrats
are thought to be behind the vote of
1892. 1t is not expected that C1ifford's
vote viii cut much of figure in Knox
county Some Democrats on the County
ticket, especially Brice for County Attor-
ney, and Starrett for Clerk of Courts. will
run ahead cf their tickets but wifi prob
ably not be elected.
BELFAST, Sept. "A, 1Sss.-The election
N TINS city is passing off quietly. The
Democrats are apparently making no eff
fort to get out voters The vote is very
light and early as was the case in the
forenoon vote of 1892. Large numbers
usually vote at the noon hour From the
pest indications the vote IS two to one
IN favor of the Republicans Clifford
stickers are prevalent. but the gold Demo-
cratic vote viii not exceed twenty. The
vote will reach about LOO The Repub-
hcans will have about 200 plurality. Re-
puphcan representatives, will have a large
plurality. - -