The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-16
MAINE OVERTURE.
Democrats VIII C0ntr0l t.3
Next Legislature.
hAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES.
Election Of Democratic United States
Senator to Succeed Engene Hale
Insured on Joint 8allot-Ascher
c. Kinds Wins Out.

Portland. Me-, Sept lathe Demo
Gratis of Maine, I'm addition to electing
the governor and two congressman.
have landed in Office twenty-one state
senators and eighty-four representa-
tives I'm the lower house, which gives
them control of the legislature and the
choosing OF Hale's successor i'm the
United States senate. The man who
succeeds Hale will be the first Demo
crat from Maine to sit in the United
States senate since 1869.
Returns received give the Democrats
control OF the Maine senate, with TWEEN
ty-one out Of the thirty-One seats. The
Democrats also have elected eighty
four representatives out of total
membership Of 151. The Republicans
have elected siXty-three representatives.
in the districts thus far complete
Only four of the representative dis
tricts are missing, so that the Repub-
leans, even if they get these, cannot
make a better showing than 67.
The Democrats of Maine are not less
astounded than the Republicans over
their great victory in the elections. in
which the Democrats carried the rock
ribbed Republican state for the first
time in thirty years. With only few
scattering backwoOds towns to be
heard from. revised returns give Colo
mel Fred w. Plaisted, Democrat, may
or of Augusta, 73,S49 votes for gov
ernor, and Governor Bert NJ. Fernald
of Poland, Republican, 64,726 Plaist-
eds majority over Fernald is 9,123
Revised returns show the election of
Asher C. Kinds, Republican, in the
First district by 734, of Daniel ]. Nc
Gillicuddy, Democrat, In the Second.
by 1900; of Samuel w. Gould, Demo
crat, in the Third, by 2,2O0, and of
Frank E. Guernsey, Republican, in the
Fourth, by 300.
The Democratic leaders dispute the
figures in the First and Fourth dis
tricts and insist that all four of their
candidates were successful. Recounts
! are likely in both districts.
The capture of the legislature by the
Democrats probably will mean the re-
submission to the people of the vexed
prohibitory law and a chance for local
option in the sale of intoxicating liq-
uors. The Sturgis act, which has
proved so obnoxious to many and was
denounced in the Democratic party
| platform, can be repealed. Certainly
the act can be made imperative by
Plaisted withdrawing the present com
mission and neglecting to appoint their
successors.
The next legislature will have full
charge of redistricting the state.
Control of the legislature is of more
| importance in Maine than In some of
the other states, because under the
constitution a number of the highest
state offices are appointed by that
body. The legislature elected shortly
after convening in January will elect
the state treasurer, attorney general,
secretary of state and commissioner of
agriculture.
Among the appointments which rest
with the new governor are a judge of
the Kennebec superior court, state
commissioner of industrial and labor
statistics, state commissioner of
highways and warden of the state
prison.
All these offices are now filed by Re
publicans. The Democratic Overturn
extends even 10 minor state offices.
The figures show that the Demo
Gratis elected thirteen Of the sixteen
high sheriffs in the state. Republicans
elected their shrievalty candidates in
AroOstook, Franklin and Washington
counties. In five of the counties Dem,
ocratic sheriffs were reelected, IN
eight other counties the Democrats
gained the office.