Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-14
FROM
MAINE To Be
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICANS LOSE BOTH
HOUSES OF LEGISLATURE
ReSubniSSion of Prohibition
Law Another Result of Mon
days Political UpheayaI In
Pine Tree State,
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Portland, Me, Sept, l3.--Complete
returns of the vote for senators and
representatives "a the state election
yesterday gave the democrats suhstan-
tal majorlties IN both branches Of the
Maine legislature. which ut the begin
ming of the new year Will elect a
United states senator TO succeed Eu-
gene Hale, secretary OF state, q
treasurer, an attorney general aud a
commissioner of agriculture,
The new legislature also proba bly,
will be called upon to carry out the
declaration OF the democratic party
platforms Of recent years and re-sub-
nit to the people the liquor prohihi~
tory amendment to he constitution
and to repeal the Sturgis liquor law
act
According 10 the unofficial complete
returns the legislature viii have a
democratic majority of thirty-siN on
Joint ballot. The senate viii consist
Of twentv-one democrats and ten re-
publieans. while the house will have
lightweight democrats and siNty-three
republicans,
The last legislature consisted OF -
republicans and sixty democrats The
republicans had a majority of fifteen
in the senate and forty-seven in the
house.
Practically complete returns tonight
on the vote of the state for governor
gave Colonel Frederick W. Plaisted
democrat 73.644. and Governor Bert
NJ Fernald republican, 64,9l2, plu-
rality Of s.73g for Plaisted, as against
plurality Of s.06i for Governor Will
liam r. cobb, republican, four years
ago.
The total vote of the two leading
parties Yesterday was l3s.5dB. -Four
years ago it was 13o'190.
Doubt still exists tonight regarding
the results in the Fourth congress
sional district Congressman Frank r.
Guernsey Of Dover, the republican
candidate and George NJ Hanson Of
Calais. democrat each claiming VIC
tory by a small plurality
In the First district Asher c. Kinds.
republican, is elected by plurality OF
about 500 over william H. Pennelh
democrat and will occupy the seat
in congress once held by Thomas d.
Reed.
The Second and Third districts VIII
have democratic congressman as was
shown by the returns last night. ID.
4. McGillicuddy Of Lewiston, succeed
ing Congressman John p. Swasey re-
publican. in the district which Nelson
Dingley Of Dingloy law fame formerly
reprcsented. while Samuel w. Gould
Of Skowhegan viii be the successor to
CONGRESSMAN Edwin c. Burleigh, re-
pubIican. who has represented the
Third district Tor the last eighteen
years.
while revised returns give Asher Z.
Hinds aga votes over william Pennell
donnncrat. tor congress in the first
district. the vote being 1889 10 IT,
oOs the democratic le0ders announced
thst the ballots would be examined
IN every city and town il necessary TO
make certain Of the result.
Figures for the Third district were
,tiu incomplete tonight but Congress
man Edwin c. Burleigh found no rea-
son TO alter his earlier estimate that
Samuel W. Gould. democrat had de-
tented him by 1000 plurality.
McGnucuddy's plurality IN the sec
oud district is 8.421 with only iiileeh
small towns missing.