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That the result Of the state eleo.
tions In Vermont and Maine mean a
tremendous DemOoratic victory iH No
veHIber. is freely admitted by ali ex
eept the bitterest parJisans Poiiti
cal experts have done SONS snaiy zins
and some claim 10 have reached BoVsI
conclusions. But these facts stand
out
ON Monday. September 8. 1912. the
Republican and Third Term parties
combined elected William 4 hiaines
governor of Maine over Frederick "
Plaisted. the present Democratic IA
elumbeHt, by 1898 plurality in 1905.
a presidential year. a Republioan Was
elected governor b. 1908 plurality ia
1904. the plurality was 25.s00. and ia
1900 II was S4.lS2 In other words. in
~ years the Democrats have cut
down the Republican plurality la state
elections by 3l.los
In this period the Democratic vote
has increased from ~ oO0 TO 6S.0o0
whereas the Republican vote has de
creased from 74,000 To 7l.0Uo. the
Democratic vote of this year exceeds
thdt VI efBtthhbttf is'oH b1 if'NHH but
the Republican vote is about 1000 less
than that party cast four years ago.
The split in the Republican ranks.
following the election of William t.
Haines, is pronounced II the divi-
sion in Maine in Move mber is as il
Was In the recent Vermont election.
six-tenths of the Republican vote viii
go for Taft, three-tenths for Roose-
welt, and one-tenth Tor the Demo
Gratis. 1t is significant that the latter
party has to date suffered no losses.
rs compared with the vote in previous
years. from the Third Term move
ment. On the contrary. II has gained
The result in Maine may be expected
to be something like this; Wilson,
74.0O0. Taft. 42.600; Roosevelt 2l.3o0.
The returns from the recent Yer
mont election show. in round figures,
that the joint Republican and third
party vse was eight per cent short
OF the Republican vote four years ago
while the Democratic vote in that
state shows a gain of twenty five per
cent. over that of 1908. Ii is OF spe-
cial interest to speculate what viii
happen next November throughout
the nation if the Republican and
Democratic vote for the aational
tickets happen to be affected as
the gubernatorial vote this month
in Vermont has been affected. The
New York Evening Post has done
some interesting figuring along this
line and as a net result it is shown
that. under the contingencies mention
ed, President Taft would carry only
two states in November. Rhode Island
and Vermont ali the others going Tor
Gov. Wilson. The conclusions reach
ed by the Post follow,
To compute this result we should
have to deduct s per cent. from the
vote cast for Taft IOur years ago and
spportion the remaining vote in the
ratio of 90 TO 30 between Taft and
Roosevelt and We should have TO add
80 per cent. to Bryans vote in 1905
and give the demnition total to
Woodrow Wilson. In other words, give
Taft 81 per cent and Roosevelt 50
per cent. OF Tafts vote four years
ago, and give Wilson l25 per cent of
Bryans vote four years ago
The result in round numbers would
be ar follows, SO far as regards Taf,
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