The Detroit times., 1910-09-13


the third district. where Rep. Burleigh
With an ls-years' record at Washing
ton, found himself defeated by his old,
time opponent. Samuel w. Gould, OF
5kowhegan.
The victory OF Daniel @. McGilli-
cuddy, OF Lewiston, in the second dis
trict, was not SO surprising, as Rep.
John p. Sway. OF Canton. narrowly
missed defeat I'm his first election, two
years ago.
Mr.. McGillicuddy served two terms
as mayor OF Lewiston. and has been
prominent in party affairs for many
years. He was chairman of the last
state convention, and delivered the
battle cry of extravaganza, which
proved one OF the most effective In
the campaign. 49, i
In the first district, Mr.. Kinds,
whose talents az a parliamentarian
we're discovered years ago by Thomas
b. Reed, and who has sat behind half
dozen speakers. including Joseph G..
Cannon, was defeated by former Sher-
In William b. Pennell.
That insurgency has spread as far
as the fourth district and up into
Aroostock county. where Rep. Frank
Il. Guernsey, OF Dover, was opposed
by George NJ. Hanson, of Calais, was
also disclosed by the early returns.
The result is as yet In doubt.
The fourth congressional district,
now represented by Frank z. Guern-
sey. a candidate for reelection, Is In
doubt. His opponent is George NJ.
Hanson, of Calais. The chairman OF
the Democratic state committee
claims that Hanson has been elected.
Late returns, however, indicate Guern-
sey may win by 400.
Republicans Silent.
The Republican leaders decline to
comment on the result. As In every
election held since the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich bill 1t was the Silent
vote" that determined the result. AS
late as Sunday night, Congressman
Mckinley, manager OF the Republican
congressional campaign, assured Pres
ident Taft that his figures indicated
the election OF all four candidates OF
his party.
The last Democratic governor In
Maine, elected In 1880, was Harris M.
Plaisted. father OF the governor-elect.
He was the candidate OF the Green
back and Democratic organizations.
His plurality In the state was 1879
votes. Prior to that time Maine had
Republican governors since 1855.
AS result of the election there Is
possibility that the Maine prohibi-
tory law may be re-submitted to the
people 1t is also certain that the
BALLAD 0turujc u,hfnh a
governor the power to send liquor en-
forcement deputies into county with
out consulting the county authorities,
will be repealed Immediately.
Returns thus far indicate the Demo
Gratis have elected 20 out of 81 state
senator's. Three districts are In doubt
and the Republicans were successful
in the other eight. There are miss.
ing house districts, owing to their re-
moteness, but indications are that the
Democrats will control the lower body
also
The last Democratic United States
Senator from Maine was elected In
1847. He was James w. Bradbury.
Governor-elect Plaisted this morn
ing claimed his official plurality would
probably exceed 5000. Complete re-
turns from 476 of the 521 election dis
tricts in the state showed that Plaist-
ed leads Gov Fernald, by $3.50
1t is admitted that Plaisted out-gen-
eraled his opponents in the conduct
Of his campaign. Realizing that he
must depend upon the cities for his
vote, he concentrated his efforts upon
them. The result Is that the Democ-
racy swept every city In the state ex-
cepting Belfast and Calais
The sentiment spread from the
cities to many OF the smaller towns.
with the result that Democracy has
captured four out OF five OF the minor
Offices.
Dems. In Full Control.
With complete returns from 613 Of
the 628 election districts affecting
legislative candidates II IL certain the
Democrats will have control Of both
houses of the legislature. They will
elect the successor to United States
Senator Eugene Hale, thus emphasiz-
ing the utter collapse of the Hale
machine in this state. The Repub-
lican leaders conceded today that 80
Democrats had certainly been elected
to the legislature. There are 151
members of the house and 81 sena-
tors necessitating 90 members to elect
on joint ballot.
CannonIsm Helped Landslide.
Local conditions were not respon-
sible for yesterdays Democratic VIC
tory. The people OF Maine voted on