The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-13
Governor and Two Congress- men Are Elected and
 Possibly Others Win
LEGISLATURE WILL BE
 CLEARLY DEMOCRATIC
PIaisted Wins By Bigger Majority for Governor Than FernaId Got at Last Election and Some Places
 Are Doubtful

Portland, Me, September 12.-Maine went democratic today. It elected Fred erick w. Plaisted of Augusta, demo- crat, as governor; upset hitherto solid republican congressional delegations in at least two and possibly all four of the districts, and to the surprise of the po- htical leaders, democratic as well as re- publican, the returns late tonight indi- cated the possibility that the next state legislature will be democratic The sen ate will surely have democratic major ity. The house complexion is in doubt.
 Returns from all but 4S of the election districts of the state showed a plurality for Plaisted for governor of $500.
 The missing districts are nearly all in remote parts of Aroostook county and in outlying islands along the coast
 In the second district, formerly repre- sented by the late Nelson M. Dingley, father of the Dingley law; Daniel Mc- Gullicuddy was elected congressman by 5000 over John P. Swasey, incumbent, and Congressman Edward C. Burleigh, who has represented the Third district since 1892, was defeayed by Samuel W. Gould, another democrat, by a small margin. The results in the First and Fourth districts were much in doubt late tonight, although the indications were that Asher c. Hinds, republican. had won over William M. Pennell, democrat. in the former. and that Congressman Frank E. Guernsey, republican, had been defeated in the latter by George M. Han son, democrat, by small vote.
 Legislature Democratic
 The First district seat was formerly occupied by Speaker Thomas B. Reed, while the late Charles A. Boutelle was distinguished for many years as the Fourth district representative. There will be at least 20 democratic senators out of 31 and 58 democratic representa- tives out of 151 in the legislature with in- dications that the democrats will have the rhoosfng of a successor to United States Senator Eugene Hale next win ter.
 The vote for governor with 4S small districts missing was:
 Plaisted, democrat. 72,70S; Fernald, re- publican, 63.715.
 The corresponding vote in 1906. also an off year, was: Cobb, republican, 6S,0S7; Davis, democrat 60,7S4.
 The missing districts in 1906 gave Cobb, republican, 1149; Davis, democrat, 69S.
 In the face of the sweeping democratic victory, the republican leaders were over whelmed with surprise and the magni- tude of their successes astonished even the most sanguine democrats. It was the first beating the republicans of Maine, the state of Blaine and Reed, had had in 30 years. and by coinci- dence Harris M. Plaisted, father of the present state candidate, was Maines last democratic governor in the year 1881.
 PIaisfed,s Big Vote
 Colonel Plaisted. the governor-eect, goes up to the capitol with a plurality larger than that given two years ago to his defeated republican opponent, Gov. Bert M. Fernald, of Poland.
 Colonel Plaisted was born in Bangor in 1864. He ran for mayor of Augusta five times and won four elections.
 The republican leaders as a rule were at a loss tonight to account for their overwhelming defeat. The weather was perfect. The issues were well under stood and most of the speakers had con- fined themselves to state matters, scarce ly mentioning national' affairs.
 Governor Fernald's administration was stoutly defended against democratic criticism of extravagance.
 Close political observers, however heard mutterlngs, not loud but deep. The so-called "old guard had to stand a lot of party criticism and even the lead CTS were out of harmony with a new element which had begun to manifest it. self especially in the western part of the state. It was hoped among the packers of the administration of Cover nor Fernald that this unrest would sub side and much dependence was placed on the old time loyalty of the farming vote in the back counties.
 Insurgency the Cause
 But insurgency was in the air. The rural voter had been absorbing ideas out of the state as well as in 1t and this was particularly manifested in the Third district where { Congressman Burleigh with an 1S-year record at Washington found himself tonight defeated by his old time opponent, Samuel w. Gould of Skowhegan.
 The victory of Daniel J. McGllicuddy of Lewiston in the Second district was not so surprising as Congressman John P. Swasey of Conton narrowly missed defeat In his first election two years ago.
 McGillicuddy served two terms as mayor of Lewiston and has been promi- nent in party affairs for many years.
 He was chairman of the last state con- vention and delivered the battle cry of extravaganza which proved one of the most effective in the campaign.
 Places in Doubt
 In the First district Asher D. Hinds whose talent as a parliamentarian were discovered years ago by Thomas B. Reed and who has sat behind half a dozen speakers, including Joseph G. Cannon, was given a hard fight by former Sheriff William M. Pennell and late tonight the latter's election was also conceded by MT. Boyd, the repub- 1ican state chairman
 That insurgency has spread as far as the Fourth district and up into Aroostook county Congressman Frank F. Guernesy of Dover was opposed by George M. Hanson of Calais, was also disclosed by the early returns and the result late tonight was in doubt.
 The election passed off without any unfortunate incident. In fact 1t was one of the quietest in years. The vote was about an average one for an of year and the total will run to about 100000. Governor Bert M. Fernald of Poland said tonight:
 q have no doubt from the returns at hand that MT. Plaisted has been elected by from 5000 to 500. don't understand why the vote should take such sudden change in all parts of the state."