New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-13

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| 1906 ........ IS sos 6o.93o 7a6s C7)
1905 ..-..... 1928 66.o75 1853 CR)
Denotes Presidential year
| In the I'd District. which was for
merly represented by the late Nelson NJ.
! DingIey. father Of the Dingley law
| Daniel ]. McGil1icuddy was elected Con-
gresham by 5000 over John P. Swasey,
the present incumbent, and Congress
man Edwin c Burleigh. who has repre-
scented the Sd District since 1892, was
defeated by Samuel II. Gould. another
Democrat, by a small margin.
Kinds and Guernsey Win
The Republican leaders in the LIST Dis
trict claimed Asher c. Hinds's election
late tonight by 200 over Pennell,
Democrat In the 4th District late re-
turns indicated Frank Z. Guernsey's re-
election over Hanson by about 400
The 1st District seat was formerly oc-
cupied by Speaker Thomas z. Reed. wi1il-
the late Charles A. Boutelle was distin-
guished for many years as the 4th Dis
| trict Representative.
Governor elect Frederick W Plaisted
made the following statement tonight:
The fight for the people has been won
at last The independent voter was
much in evidence in the election and
| thousands of Republicans deserted their
party as the vote will clearly show. As
I have said on the stump, I have made
no pledge or promise TO any man or set
of men and 1 will conduct the affairs
of my office 10 the best OF my ability"
! Democrats Won in 1853.
| Not since 1853. when the Democrats
of the state defeated the Wings by a
narrow margin, has Maine elected a
| Governor on a straight Democratic
| ticket. Only once in that time has a
Republican state ticket been defeated
! SingularIy enough. the successful candi-
| date on that occa sion was Harris Mer-
| riu Plaisted father OF the present Demo-
cratic candidate. Running in 1880 on a
| fusion ticket, he defeated the Republican
! candidate by only 1S9 votes. while the
Republican national ticket in the state
was successful by a comforta BILE mar
-
was organized. Governor Paisted. il
might be added. ran for the United
States Senate in 1883 and in 1889 on the
Democratic ticket and was defeated both
times. The conditions that have caused
falling off in the state Republican
vote in Maine are local in their nature
and political leaders see in the results
emit inn ar
large State prohibition has been so
PLAYED on by the Democratic campaign
managers as 10 make it the principal
issue The anti-liquor measure was in
corporated into the constitution several
decades ago. In the cities and in many
counties there w strong opposition TO
this provision, and Democratic officials
were elected who were pledged not to
interfere too much with liquor selling.
State Enforcement Commission.
Then. five years ago, the Republicans
took the enforcement Of the law out of
the hands OF the local officials by pass
ing a state enforcement commission act
This irritated a large number of sur
reptitious liquor dealers, who have been
hard at work ever since among the grow
ing foreign population in the cities and
towns TO defeat the Republican state
organization and get back to the good
old DAYS of local enforcement or rather
non-enfOrcement, of the constitutional
provision against liquor selling.
This feeling has been greatly aggra
waited by recent excise raids by state
officials in Portland. Lewiston, Bangor,
Riddeford Waterville and other towns.
There are several thousand arrests in
Maine every year for Illicit liquor sell
ing, and large part of the persons thus
prosecuted are influential in local poll
tics
How important this issue has seemed
in the present election is illustrated by
the fact that the Democratic campaign
managers have made only a passing ref
erence in their campaign literature 10
the tariff. high cost Of living and other
national issues while they gave much