Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-09-12
THE MAINE ELECTION. =
RcpubIicans Roll Up n Big Plurality
for Gov. Hill They Also Elect AIs
Their Senator's and Four-fifths OF
the Candidates for Legislature.

for Gov. Hill They Also Elect AIs
Their Senator's and Four-fifths OF
tho Candidates for Legislature.
Portland, Me-, Sept. 9.--Maine rolled
up big off year plurality for the
republicans in the election Monday,
1t approximating 27,000, in compare
son with $4,000 for the average Of
other years. Complete returns viii
be very late, owing to the remoteness
of many towns. Figures from $40
cities and towns give Hill (rep)
t0,962 Gould (dem.) 24,5ss. The same
towns two years ago gave Hill (rep.J
t7,431, Lord (dem.) 27,754.
The Legislature, while as usual
strongly republican, will have an un-
common number of democratic mem
bers, some of the strongest republi-
3an towns of the state electing repre-
sentatives of that party. The senate
will have one democrat in 81 members,
L. ". Staples, of Knox county.
In the First congressional district,
Congressman Amos L. Allen, republi-
can, was reelected over DR.. Seth C.
Gordon, of Portland, democrat, and
Fred Il. Irish, socialist, with plu-
rality of about $780, as against plu-
raGty of 1000 two years ago. Mr.
Allen, who succeeded Hon. Thomas B.
Reed, for whom he was secretary, ran
behind his ticket in York and Cumber-
land counties. DR.. Gordon's personal
popularity contributed to this result.
An incident was the increase in the
socialist vote, increasing from 20 of
two years ago, to 300 this year in
Portland alone.
In the Fourth district. owing to it's
great area, the returns will not be
completed until late to-day, but the
estimate is that Congressman Llewel-
lyn Powers, republican, has been re-
elected by a plurality of 1000 over
Thomas White (dem.). In the Third
district Congressman e. c. Burleigh
got the prohibitionist vote and ran
slightly ahead of his ticket in defeat
ing Z. H. Henson, the democrat.
In the Second district Congressman
c. A. Littlefield had no difficulty in
defeating his democratic opponenG,
running well ahead of his ticket.
The city and county contests nearly
all presented features, but the most
interesting was that in Cumberland
county, of which Rev. Samuel Pear
son was sheriff. The shrievalty fight
yesterday was won by Pennell, the
democrat, by 1000 in Portland and
nearly 1000 in the county.
Chairman Simpson, of the state
committee, last night sent message
TO the president saying:
''Maine has gone republican as it
once went for Governor Kent. We
have carried the state by plurality
of $4,000. We have elected the entire
! delegation in congress by large ma
| jority. Have chosen every senator
with one exception and nearly, if not
quite four-fifths, of the legislature.
The platform endorses your adminis-
Grafton with no uncertain voice."
Portland, Me-, Sept. 10.-At 10
o'clock last night $50 of the 52I
towns gave Gov. John F. Hill, repub-
lican, a plurality of 23,617 votes. The
Indications are that the 100 towns yet
to report will increase the republican
plurality to 26,0O0. With only one
senatorial and half dozen repre-
sentative district returns missing, the
republicans have elected all but two
senators and 90 representatives. In
Lincoln county. Luther Maddocks, re-
publican candidate for senator,
claims safe plurality. If he is elect
ed the senate will stand 80 repub-
hcans and one democrat, as two years
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