New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-11
MAINE BULL MOOSE
READY TO FIGHT TAFT
Follow Republican Victory with
Petitions for Nomination OF
Presidential Electors.
uAINES'S PLURALITY 1852
psnublicans Have Majority of
% on Joint Ballot of Legislat-
ure-Elect 3 of 4 Repre-
sentatives in Congress.

por,land. Ne, Sept. 10.--Maine emerged
tho state election Of yesterday. in
,,cb the Republicans were victorious. 10
-, herself facing another political con-
80, with five parties instead of four in
-. race for the SIN Presidential electoral
.,.,s The Progressive party. whose
oasrs had Joined with the Republicans
- tho state election, came inCo being to-
s,v after the announcement OF the cleo
nan Of William T. Eaincs for Governor,
,,ros ont of four Representatives. 10 Con-
.r.ss snd a majority in the Legislature,
hitch will choose a United states Sem
o,or Elk Representative Edwin c. Bur-
,.iyh received the Republican preferential
,o,. for Senator at the recent primaries
and will probably be chosen 10 succeed
United States Senator obadiah Gardner.
The attitude Of the Progressive party
vas made known by HalbeTt p. Gardner,
4. national committeeman in Maine, who
aid the Progressives were nov a sep
rate organization and that they took no
.redit as a party for yesterdays Republi-
IAN victory
Revision and addition Of some Of the
missing towns did not alter materially
Tho dcures of Yesterdays election.
= Revised returns for Governor, with only
NO small plantations missing, which in
,ql0 cast - Republican votes and a Demo
ratio give: Haines RepD, 70&0; Plai-
lied Ocml. G7,S4S: Haines's plurality,
sGs Plaistcd's plurality in 1910 was $3.50.
complete unofficial legislative returns
,o.uight show that there will be % Re-
yubllcans TO Democrats in the Senate.
ard = Republicans and - Democrats in
The House, giving the Republicans TO- on
ioirt ballot and the Democrats so
representative Asher G. Kinds. LIST Dis
,rc,. and Frank I. Guernsey. 4th District.
10Th Republicans, were reelected by in
creased majorities, and Forrest Goodwin,
Republican. supplantcd Representative
SAMUEL W. Gould, Democrat. in the Sd
District. The Democratic candidate in
The ID District, Representative d. J. Nc
Ginicuddy. was reelected
Prooressives TO Nominate Electors.
Interest to-day centred in the action of
The Progressive leaders Republicans and
Democrats have already nominated six
Presidential electors The Progressives,
Prohibiuonists and Socialists, not being
.ecoguized officially, viii make their
nomination Of electors by petition. These
papers began to be circulated to-day.
Halbert P. Gardner. in announcing the
position OF the Progressives, said;
The Progressive party, as a party. does
rot take credit for the result of yes
srday's election. although the Progress
s've element in the Republican party won
The fight for Mr.. Haines. II did this In
order 20 carry out the agreement made
With the Republican leaders, and also
btcause the PrOgressivps had taken part
n the Republican primaries and felt
bsJnd 10 abide by the verdict then
rendered.
The Progressive party Of Maine came
into existence for the first time this
morning From now on II will seek cleo
lion for Roosevelt Presidential electors
in Maine. with the hope Of obtaining sup
port from the Progressive element in
both the Republican and Democratic
parties
John p S. Wilson. chairman Of the
Emocratlc state Committee. declared
jiat the results Yesterday we're encour-
aging. He said that Maine vas naturally
Republican state. bot that the Demo
crats, WHO von two years ago. would have
Won this year had not tho Republicans
besn 50 thoroughly united He said a
9'it IN The Republican party meant the
election in Noycmbcr ~ the Democratic
Presidential c'cct0r