Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-07
ALLEN ELECTED
To Succeed Ex-Speaker Reed
from list District.
With But One Town to Hear from,
Dayton, York County.
Mr.. Allen Has a Plurality Over Mckinney
Of 4657.

Portland. Me-, Nov. 6.-Amos l..
Allen. Republican candidate for Con-
gress. in the LIST Maine District, was
elected, today, by n majority of more
than 1900 votes over Luther Mckinney.
the Democratic candidate. With the
town of Dayton, in York county, to
hear from. the returns from which will
probably not be known until tomorrow,
MIR. Aliens majority is 1851 Dayton
will doubtless reduce this by 80 or 40
votes. but not enough to bring il below
1000
The surprising feature Of the election
was Mr.. Aliens majority in York
county, which was 30S9. The majority
in Cumberland was 1865. which came
largely from the city OF Portland.
York was MIR. Aliens home county and
Il was there that he was attacked more
vigorously by his opponents. ana IL was
there also that his friends rallied To his
support in large numbers. He even
carried the city of Biddeford by a good
margin.
Mr.. Reeds plurality in York. last
year, was 2236. In fact. the contest.
| this year. was largely centered in this
| county. as in Cumberland there was
| little interest shown in the canvass.
and II was here that the total vote fell
IN the more. Last year the total vote
| in the district was $3.50. This year,
| il amount 10 less than 10000. the fall
| ing of coming largely from Cumber-
| land county. where Mr.. Reeds plural
| ity. last year. was 3290. In the whole
| district. last year. Mr.. Reeds plurality
was 5526 over Mr.. McKenney: but there
was a Prohibition candidate who polled
$40 votes, thus reducing his majority
| to 479l.
There We're only two candidates. this
year. but ii is evident from spoiled
ballots that a considerable number OF
Prohibition voters made the mark IN
the Prohibition square on the official
ballot, although they had no candi-
date In few cases they even wrote
! in the name of candidate but these
We're so few that no account of them
has been made in the returns. A
small vote is always expected in an off
year and especially in an off year spec
| ial election and the surprise. to both
parties in the contest is the vote of
York county, where the Republicans
came to the polls in about the usual
numbers.
Dayton, the only missing town, is far
| from Geographic communication and it
will probably be late tomorrow morn
ing before the returns are received
from there.
Amos l.. Allen of Alfred. who was,
today. elected representative to Con-
gress to succeed Thos. b. Reed. was
born in WATERFORD, March Z. 1897. He
graduated from BoWdOin College in the
class of 1860. the class of Mr.. Reed. He
studied law and was admitted to the
York county bar. but never practiced
his profession. He was for some years
a clerk in the treasury department at
Washington, was chosen clerk of courts
Of York county in 1861, and served Il
years when he became clerk of the jul
dietary committee in the 41th Congress-
of which Mr.. Reed was chairman.
When Mr.. Reed was elected Speaker
in 1888, Mr.. Allen became his private
secretary. He was a member of the
Maine Legislature in 1857. He was
married to Hester Maddox of Water
town. in 1860. He has two sons and a
daughter