The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-13
DEMOCRATS
!. WINNERS
IN MAINE
ELEcT PLAIsTED GOV.
ERNoR BY DECISIVE
MAJORITY
LEGISLATURE LIKELY
WILL Be DEMOCRATIC
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First Defeat Experienced By
Republicans 10 Thirty
Years
tBy Associated press.l

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no uncertainty ia the voice with
which Maine Monday recorded her
preference for governor and her atti-
Iude on the Issues Of the campaign
generally, the plurality given to Fred
erick III Plalated of Augusta (Dem.)
being declslvely large, while three Of
the four congressional distrlcts which
are ordinarily strongly Republican, re
turned Democratic candidates
Returns also Indicated that the leg
islature might be Democratic and
elect a Democrat as q successor to
United States Senator Hale.
In the face OF sweeping Democrat
ic vtctory.the Republican Leaders were
overwhelmed and the magnitude OF
their successes astonished even the
most sanguine OF Democrats
1t was the first beating the Re-
publIcans OF Maine, the state OF Blaine
and Reed. had suffered 10 30 years.
and by coincidence Harris NJ Plaist
ed. father Of the present successful
candidate. was Maine's last Democrat
ic governor In the year 1881.
Asher G. Hinds Of Portland, parlia.
mentary clerk OF the house or repre-
sentatives, was defeated for congress
In the First district while Congress-
man Burlelgh In III eThlrd district and
Congressman Swasey In the Second
also went down TO defeat.
Colonel Plasted, the governor-elect
has plurality larger than that Civ
en- two years ago TO his defeated Re.
publican opponent. Governor Bert M.
Eernald, OF Poland.
Colonel Plalsted was born in Ban.
gor In 1864 He ran for mayor OF
Augusta five times and won four ell.
ecti0Ds.
Republicans at Sea.
y The Republican leaders as a rule
we're at q loss TO account for their
overwhelming defeat Tne weather
was perfect, and they offered no ex-
crse on that line. The issues were
well understood and most OF the
speakers had confined themselves to
state matters scarcely mentioning
national affairs.
Close political observers, however,
eayly heard mutterings not loud, but
deep. The ~c-called "old guard had
10 stand lot OF party criticism and
even the leaders were out OF harmony
With a new element which had begun
to manifest itself especially in the
western part oil the state.
insurgency In Air.
But insurgency was in the air. The
rural voter had been absorbing ideas
out OF the state as well as in il, and
this was particularly manifested In
the Third district, where Congress.
man Bur1eigh, with an Is years re-
cord at Washington, found himself
defeated by his old-time opponent
samuel W. Gould of owowhegan.
The victory of Daniel j. McGili-
cuddy, of Lewiston, In the Second dis
frict. was not so surprising as Con
aressman John p. Swasey OF Canton
who narrowly missed Idefet In his
election two years ago.
In the First district Asher c. Hinds
whose talents as a parliamentarian
were discovered years ago by Thomas
Is. Reed. and who sat behind half a
dozen speakers. including Joseph G
Cannon, was given a hard fight by
former Sheriff william NJ. pennell
and yesterday the latters election
was also conceded by Mr.. Boyd the
Republican state chairman
Another District in Doubt.
That insurgency has speard as fai
as. the Fourth district and up Into
Ardestook county. where Congressman
Frank r. Guernsey OF Dover. was op
I,osad b. George II. Hanson. was alst
disclosed.
The eIeetioq passed off without Incl
dent. In fact Il was the quietest II
wears The vote was about al average
one Tor an off.yeef and the total vii
run to about 10000.