The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-25
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF
MAINE ELECTION RETU rms
(By A. 7. Edmonston)

| lJNO, l'VN anu 4'l"' I'LlNdNtN t'"'
most Of the yougncr clement when
old enough to vote and a good por-
ton Of the Prorrcssyes Of two years
Of that state, realizing that the Dem
ocratic party Is really the only progress
sive party in existence, have and are
becoming Democrats With condi-
| lions Of this nature existing in a state
rs strongly Republican as Maine was
in past years, it stands to reason that
similar state Of affairs exists in
every other state of the union. Pro-
gressivcs, instead Of returning to the
Republican party, are lastly becom-
ing Democrats and most young men,
when they attain their majority are
casting their lot with the party which
has discovered that "Watchful wait
ing" wins, The further prediction is
made that what is now left OF the
Progressive party will be Democratic
IN 1916, and this assertion apple to
Missouri as we'll as elsewhere.
With Curtis, the Democratic can
date for Governor Of Maine elected
by a plurality of about $500 over the
next leading aspirant. the Republi-
can candidate, II means a Democratic
gain since 1900 Of over II per cent,
comparing the Bryan vote of that
year with the recent unofficial Curtis
returns. On the other hand there
has, in the same period. been a Repub-
lican loss Of over ; per cent, compar-
ing the Mckinley vote Of 1860 with
poAlooaI ipu7osI 'IouIoAoD LoJ olpp
-!puuo uuoUqrdoH qua 'sourrH 20 lrql
Figures do not lie. II 1900 McKin-
ley, for President was given a Re
publican vote Of G5 ,435. In 1914.
Haines, the Republican candidate for
Governor, estimating for 81 small
towns and villages, received not over
81, 900 votes, which represents a Re-
publican loss in fourteen years of
3,435, which would indicate no gains
from the younger element which be-
came Of age since then, or from in
crease in population due to the in
fluX Of settlers and Others.
In 1900 Bryan, for President, was
given a Democratic vote Of 36,S23,
and in 1914, Curtis, the Democratic
nominee for Governor, receives APP
proximately $500 votes, a gain Of
about 2s,677.
Two years ago the Progressives Of
Maine pollcd 4S,493 votes as compar-
ed to about $4,000 votes the Progress
sive candidate for Governor received
the other day, loss of about 30,943
votes, or over GO per cent.
Comparing the recert vote with
that Of two years ago, Curtis receiv-
ed, approximately 65,50O and Wilson,
in 1912, 51,1l3, Democratic gain of
1887 votes or 2S per cent in two
years. The Wilson 1912 vote was
gain of over A per cent over the
Bryan 1908 vote. The 1914 Demo-
cratic vote was a gain Of IS per cent
over that Of 1908, a period of six
years.
In 1908 Taft received 65,987 and in
1912 he only polled 26,545 votes, a
Republican loss Of 39,442 votes or
about SO per cent. In 1914 the Re-
publican candidate for Governor on
ly received about $4,000 votes, which,
when compared with the Taft vote
OF 1908, shows a Republican loss of
nearly 1000 or over per cent in six
years.
In 1908 Bryan received 35,403
votes; Wilson, in 1912, 1,113 votes,
which was then the "high water
mark" for the Democratic party, but
in 1914 the Democratic nominee for
Governor, breaks all previous Dem
ocratic records by polling 65,5OO
votes. All these facts and figures go
to show that "Watchful waiting
wins. The following compilation
gives the rise of the Democratic par
ty in Maine since 1900; the decline of
the Republican party since 1908, and
the rise and fall of the Progressive
party in two years, in n nutshell.
1900 Bryan 36,S23
1900 Mckinley G5,435
1904 Parker 1880
1904 Roosevelt G4,437
1908 Bryan 35,4O9
1908 Taft 65,9S7
1912 Wilson Cd. 5l,1l9
1912 Taft 26,545
1912 Roosevelt 48.493
1914 Democratic 65,5OC
1914 Ranublicop eo ao0