Evening star., 1912-09-03
Maine Moosers and Republic
ans Unite on State Ticket.
BATTLE FLAG is FURLED
Warfare Will Be Waged Over
Presidential Electors.
ROOSEVELT KEEPS HANDS OFF
Democrats Out for Local Option.
While Republicans Are Trying to
Hold to Two Courses.
From a Stan Correspondent.

From STAFF Correspondent.
PORTLAND. Me-, September Swell.
what do You think of this? Here are the
". y. +. elephant and the progressive
Dull moose yoked up together and pull
ing might and main to drag the republic
can party out of the mire I'm the coming
state election. Absolutely, II is a fact:
they are working I'm good faith 10 a
common end and each one doing his level
best
But hold; restrain your enthusiasm.
Ihere Is string to the incongruous
combination. 1t is not for keeps, but
Just for this one occasion The state
election comes off September o. II Is
Wei understood that the very next day
the gentlemen's agreement between the
regulars and the bull moosers In to end
and the factions will enter upon a war
fare to try to cut each others threats
in the November election. when the pres
idential electors are chosen.
Split of the Republicans.
Here is the story: 1t will be remem-
bered that two years ago the democrats
| carried the state. electing a governor and
| United States senator. as result OF a
factional feud In the republican party
1t was not then question of Roosevelt
versus Taft. but a fight of the young
bucks of the party against the old or.
ganzation, which. under the leadership
OF Senator Eugene Hale, had dominated
the republican party of Maine for years.
In vain had the murmurers tried to
throw off the yoke Of that leadership.
1t was too securely fastened upon the
party.
The way to clear the barn was to burn
II down. and they proceeded to apply
the torch.
SO did all the wheat and fodder and other
contents. That is to say, in ousting the
old organization the insurgents also de-
stroyed some hundreds of thousands
| been in the republican family for half q
century.
| A hard winter set in next season and
all hands found themselves out in the
cold. peering through the statehouse win
dows and watching with woifish eyes tho
famtshed democrats enjoying the sp0ils
| of their feudal hari-kari. Twas a bitter
| sight and set the boys wondering wheth-
er the game had been worth the candle
Getting Together on State Ticket.
So. as this campaign approached they
got their heads together 10 frame up a
campaign to win back their state Of
the lines of the two former factions had
| merged SO that division could not now
be marked between the Taft and the
Roosevelt men.
Lets get together for the state cam
paign." they said, ''and IL We win We
can fight it out between Taft and Roose-
welt in November
Therefore. behold them. for the occa-
| sion. marching boldly against the enemy
"a n, k~I xAfN q I'd hA
noted, did not come into Maine. although
he was nearby. In Vermont last week
| and down Connecticut way this week.
Neither did he send Beveridge or john
son or any of the bull moose s eli
binders into the state campaign. He
was content to let his part sans get cir
share Of the state patronage II eN
could, clearly understanding that IL de-
not involve an alliance on the choice OF
presidential electors next November
Some cynical and coid-blooded pol &c ans
hereabouts say that in this arran gem nj
the bull moosers have everything II wn
and nothing to lose. In the pr :, les
| last spring the Roosevelt men were. on
the surface, in the major ty in the state.
and these politicians prophesy that II ne
republican state ticket goes through ne
bull mooserS will take the bulk or the
patronage, and IL it loses they will blame
| ii on the Taft men.
Mondays Election Not Significant.
Careful analysis of this situation. there
fore, takes away some of the significance
of the Maine election being barometer
Of country wide conditions.
But the contemplated cut-throat strug-
gle in November to follow the present
amicable agreement augurs the almost
certain and overwhelming election OF the
Wilson presidential electors. and the plac-
ing of Maine in the democratic presiden-
tial column. So. If the republicans by
their united front now should carry the
state ticket. the conditions do not by any
means warrant the republican party at
large, having the presidential election In
view, to claim that the pendulum Is
swinging back and that Maine has been
reclaimed.
The democratic leaders are worried, OF
course, over the reunion of the republican
factions, but in point of fact that's about
all there is to worry them. Otherwise they
are In splendid shape. They need only to
hold their majority of ten thousand. ana
they have plenty of good reasons to call
upon the voters to sustain them. The ad-
ministration OF Gov. Plaisted, they claim,
has been without fault and they feel they
have a right to ask Endorsement by the
voters.
The Liquor Issue.
OF course, no review OF the Political
situation in Maine would be complete
without reference to the chronic issue
the liquor question. Well. Gov. Plaisted.
the democratic candidate. meets 1t square,
ly. He is out for local option. The re-
publicans are trying to ride two horses
going in different direction. catering to
the rural communities on prohibition and
keeping quiet on the subject in the cities.
In another chapter the details OF the
democratic situation will be presented.
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