The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-09
REPUBLICANS VI IN
IN THIRD MAINE
DISTRICT
John A. Peters Elected To
Congress
HAD PLURALITY OF 553
prceresslves polled Only Half what
Roosevelt Get aad DEM
ocrats Lost Few
HAD PLURALITY OF SIS

Portland Me. Sept. aSpeak-
err John A. Peters, republi-
can, of Ellsworth, Me-, was
chosen to fill the vacancy in the
Sd congressional district yesterday
by a plurality OF 55S over Mayer VII
liam A. pattangall, democrat, Of Wa
terVile. with Edward NJ. Lawrence of
Lubec, progressive, q poor third IN
the race The returns in this special
election from all but a small island
plantation gave: Peters, H., l0G; Pat
tangaN. l4,563: Lawrence, GiST. The
vote for president in November was;
Wilson. democrat, 1862. Roosevelt,
progressive. Is 236. Taft republican,
1883
The Sd district las, November gave
President Wilson plurality OF 1859
over President Taft aud 1860 over
Roosevelt Mr. paliangall carried his
own county OF kennehec BY about l0A
plurality. but he ran behind In Han
cock. Somerset and Waldo counties,
aud apparently IN Washington coun-
~. The progressive vote showed Il
falling eff OF about so per cent from
what Col Roosevelt received in No.
Nembcr On the other hand The Re.
ters vote was l0S per cent greater
than The TAFT vote. while the pattan.
gall and Wilson vpte showed very
little variation
Mr.. Pattangall, the democratic can
didhte, gave oul the following state.
ment las, night. From the returns
which have received | should Judge
I..A al.
Congress from this district by a plur-
aldy OF 300 to 4GO III total vote of
about $4,000. The result should not
be construed as q rebuke 10 the ma
tional administrations Il Is wholly 10
be attributed TO democratic treachery
Because certain men rallied Of success
in the primaries they deliberately sac
rifsced the party in this election The
democracy of Maine is loyal to presi.
dent Wilson and viii present unit
ed front in the next four years cam
phign. Personally | want TO thank
The 5000 democratic voters who SUP
ported me al The polls and To thank
~ well the stnie aud national demo
cracy fer the part each took in the
campaign. We all nlade the best
fight we were capable Of making. and,
while The result is disappointing, we
are not discouraged and only tenn
porarily defeated"
llalbert y. Gardner member OF the
progressive national committee from
Maine. said last night. The returns
indicate the election of John A. Pc.
ters in the Sd district. We had no
money. Lack of funds hampered the
progressive working organization and
prevented proper publicity II Is evi.
den, that the voters OF the Sd dis.
trict are absolutely opposed 10 the
policies of the democratic party"
Mayor William II. pattangal of
Waterville, the democratic candidate
Tor the Office. had the assistance of
Secretary OF state Bryan in the clos.
ing hours OF the campaign MIR. Bry.
an urPed Mr. pattangalls election as
the best method OF showing approval
of the Wilson policies. The district
is normally republican. being the Old
James G. Blaine distric,. with the nd
dition OF Washington county. IN spite
OF the possibility OF a split due to the
presence of a progressive candidate
~ the field. republican leaders ex.
pressed confidence Ia the success OF
their standard bearer John a. peiers
Of Ellsworth.