Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-13
ALL coNGREssMEN ARE RE
ELECTED BY VOTE IN THE
STATE OF MAINE
FIGHT ON LITTLEFIELD
Democrats Poll Heavy vote-Leoders
of Both Parties Assign it to the Un-
satisfactory Working Of the Liquor
Law Now in Force.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 11.-With fifty
towns and plantations missing out $40
in the state, unofficial returns show
Governor Cobb received a plurality OF
1856. In the Second congregational
district ia out Of 1923 towns gave
Littleheld 1887 against 17,201 votes
for McGillicuddy, democrat. The re-
publican plurality shows net loss Of
4,152 compared with four years ago.
In nearly all of the sixteen counties
the democrats elected at least por-
ton of the local tickets. In some they
made clean sweep.
Plurality Reduced.
Portland, Me, Sept. 1.-THE result
Of the election in the state yesterday,
when the republican plurality for gov
ernor which usually approxinates 25,-
600, was reduced to 5000, while at the
same time the total vote was greatly
increased over the figures of four
years ago, is attributed by leaders of
both republican and democratic par
ties to the popular feeling over the op-
Grafton of the prohibitory liquor laws.
Both Governor Cobb and Congress-
man Littleield, in whose district was
the most vigorous battle Of the CAM
paign, are of the opinion that the
Sturgis law providing for the enforce
ment of the existing prohibitory law
by state liquor deputies was the lead
ing factor in the result. Governor
Cobb failed to carry his home city,
Rockland, where Davis received q
plurality Of II. Augusta, the capital
Of the state. went democratic by a
small margin. Sixteen out Of twenty
cities of the state went democratic.
Largest Vote In History.
Cyrus w. Davis of Waterville, the
democratic candidate for governor,
polled one Of the largest votes in the
history Of the party in this state. His
issue in the campaign was the re-sub,
mission Of the liquor question, which
was Incorporated In the state legisla.
ton four years ago.
More interesting, from certain
standpoint, was the reelection of Con
gresham Charles E. Littlefield, re
publican, of the Second district, by q
greatly reduced plurality. Congress-
man Littlefeld's candidacy was the
subject of bitter opposition on the
part of Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation Of Labor,
who asked for his defeat on the
grounds that he had voted against Ger.
tain labor measures at the last SEES
sion of congress.
Gompers and LittIefieId.
The issue between Gompers and Lit
tlefield was taken up by the republic
can congressional committee and for
three weeks the district has been the
scene Of a hard fight in which Score
tary of War William H. Taft, Senator
Lodge and Senator Beveridge and sew
eral congressman we're pitted against
the head of the federation of labor
Mr.. Littlefeld's plurality was estimat
ed last night at about 1000.
Congressman Edwin G. Burleigh Of
Augusta, republican, was reelected il
the Third district by an estimated
plurality OF 1000, and Congressman
Lewellyn Pewers of Houlton. republi
can, in the Fourth district. by plu
rality estimated at 2,O0e. The re-elec
ton Of Congressman A. l.. Allen o.
Alfred in the First district is claimed
by the republican leaders,
The legislature will be republican
by a safe margin.