The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-14
MAINE LIKELY TO
Be LICENSE STATE
Democratic Legislature Certain
to Re-Submit Prohibition
Amendment to People.

Portland. Maine. Sept. Incomplete
returns Of the vote for senators and
representatives in the state election
yesterday gave the Democrats substan-
tiai majorities in both branches Of the
Maine Legislature which. at the begin
ming Of the new year. will elect a
United States senator to succeed Eu-
gene Hale. a secretary Of state. state
treasurer. attorney general and a com
missioner OF agriculture
The new legislature probably will be
called on 10 carry out the declaration
OF the Democratic party platforms OF
recent years and re-submit TO the peo-
pie the liquor prohibitory amendment
! 10 the constitution and to repeal the
Sturgis liquor law enforcement act.
According to the unofficial complete
returns the legislature viii have a
Democratic majority OF SO on joint ball
Z lot. The senate will consist OF Fl
/ Democrats and 10 Republicans. while
/ the house will have SIS Democrats and
The last legislature consisted OF 122
/ Republicans and 50 Democrats, the Re
/ publicans having q majority Of IS In
! the senate and a. I'm the house.
/ Practically complete returns tonight
I on the vote Of the state for governor,
| gave Col. Frederick ". Plaistcd. Dem
/ ocrat. 73.6f4. end Gov. Bert NJ Fcrnsld
I Republican. 6f.9t2, a plurality for
/ Plaistcd Of S.732. as against a plurau-
/ ~ OF S.O6f FOR Governor william T.
| Cobb. Republican,. four years ago.
! The total vote OF the two leading
parties yesterday was 1885. -Four
/ years ago &C was 130.190.
/ Doubt stin exists tonight regarding
/ the result in the Fourth congressional
/ district. Congressman Frank =. Guern-
| sey. OF Dover. Republican candidate
/ and George n. Hanson OF Calais. Dem
ccrat. each claiming victory by small
/ plurality.
In the Fifth district. Asher c. Kinds
| Republican, is elected by plurality
| or about 800 over William TT. Pencil
l Democrat. ard will occupy the seat IN
] Congress once held by Thomas B. Reed
| The Second and Third districts vii
have Democratic congressman, as Wal
| shown by the returns last night. u. J
| MCGillicuddy or Lewiston, succeeding
/ Congressman John =. Swasey, RepuOli
/ ley OF Dingley law fame formerly rep
| resented. while Samuel W. Gould. Of
/ Sk0whcgan will be the successor e
| Congressman Edwin G. Burleigh. Re
publican. who has represented the Third
district for the last IS years.
| While revised returns give Asher g
/ Kinds a24 votes over William NJ. Pen
nell. Democrat. for Congress in the
/ First district. the vote being 1882 q
| 1905. the Democratic leaders an
/ nOunced that the ballots would be ex
amined In every city and town. II nee
cssary 10 make certain OF the result
/ McGillicuddy's plurality I nthe Sec
ond district Is 1921, with only Is small
| Firures FOR the Third district ver,
| still incomplete tonight. but Congress
man Edwin g. Burlcigh found no rea
son TO alter his earlier estimate tina
I Samuel W. Gould (DemOcrat) had de
feated him by approximately 1000 plu
The defeat Of state Auditor Charles
p. Hatch by Lamont A. stevens.
| Democrat. was conceded by Repub
leans tonight.