The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-01
MEAN SWEEP \ FOR WILSON
Democratic Gains In Vermont
 and Maine Impressive.
OTHER PARTIES IN PLIGHT.

Third Formers 60 Poll Their Entire
 Strength From the Rapidly Thinning
 Repuhlican Ranks = Indications Arc That Taft Will Carry but Two States,
 Roosevelt None.
 That the results of the state elections in Vermont and Maine mean tremen- dous Democratic victory in November is freely admitted by all except the bit terest partisans. Political experts. have done much analysing, and some claim to have reached novel conclusions. But these facts stand out:
 On Monday. Sept. 9. 1912. the Repub- Hcan and third term parties combined elected William T. Haines governor Of Maine over Frederick w. Plaisted, the present. Democratic incumbent, by 3,O23 plurality; in 1908, a presidential year, a Republican was elected gover- nor by 7,653 plurality; in 1904 the plu- rality was 25,9OO. and in 1900 it was 34 132 In other words, in twelve years the Democrats have cut down the Republican plurality in state cleo tions by 31.1O9.
 In this period the. Democratic vote has increased from 39,OO0 to 68,O00. whereas the Republican vote has de creased from 7A,OOO, to 71,00O. The Democratic vote of this year exceeds that of September. 19Os,~ by 1000, but the Republican vote Is about 2.O00 less than that party cast four years ago.
 The split in the Republican ranks. following the election of William F. Haines, is pronounced. If the divi- sion in Maine in November Is as 1t was in the recent Vermont election six-tenths of the Republican vote will go for Taft, three-tenths for Roose- welt and one-tenth for the Demo crats. 1t is significant that the latter party has to date suffered no losses. as compared with the vote in previous years, from the third term move ment- On the contrary, 1t has gained. The result in Maine may be expected to be something like this: Wilson, IA GOO; Taft, 42.6OO; Roosevelt. 21.30O.
 The returns from the recent Vermont election show in round figures that the joint Republican and third party vote was 8 per cent short of the Re publican vote four years ago, while the Democratic vote in that state shows a gain of 25 per cent oyer that of 1908. It Is of special interest to speculate what will happen next Mo- vember, throughout the nation if the
 
 the national tickets happens to be af- feetSas the gpbernatorial vote this month in Vermont has been affected The New York Post. has done some in teresting figuring along this line, and as net result it is shown that under the contingencies mentioned President Taft would carry only two. states in November, Rhode Island and Vermont, all the others going for Governor Will son. The conclusions reached by the Post fellow: x a ,
 To compute this result we should have to deduct 8 per cent from the vote cast for Taft four years ago and apportion the remaining vote in the ratio of @ to 3S between Taft and Roosevelt. and we should have to add 35 per cent to Bryan's vote in 1908 and, give the 'tdernnition total" to Woodrow Wilson-in other words, give Taft 57 per cent andARoosevelt S5 per cent of Taft's vote four years ago and give Wilson 125 per cent of Bryan's vote four years ago.
 The result in round numbers would be as follows, SO far as regards Taft and Wilson: