Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-13

MAINE CAUSES
 DEMOCRATS JOY
Gains There Indicate Great Democratic Victory, If
 Rule Holds Good.

Washington, Oct. l1.-Sufficient tune has now elapsed since the elcc- ten i'll Maine to enable the political experts to make their deductions from an analysis of the result of the voting in the Pine Tree state.
 The effect of this analysis has been depression, Encouragement and dis Iiay in the Republican ranks and d corresponding feeling of optimism and rejoicing on the part Of the Dem ocrats, Both effects are warranted by the showing made. In addition to the election of a Democratic governor and a Democratic legislature. which means tne control of the state govern ment, tho flat increase in the Demo- cratic vote as compared with the Democratic vote for president in 1912 Is more than ten times the fiat in crease in the combined republican and Progressive vote for president i1 the same year. In c:aer words the Democratic total was an increase oi more than 10000, while the combined Republican and Progressive increase was only about 1,000 The vote of 51,- 900 for President Wilson in 1912 was increased ot more than 61000 for Mayor Curtis, the Democratic nomi- nee for governor, or about 20 per cent.
 These figures have staggered the Republicans, for their significance IS omlnous for them. Few, if any, Re publicans have ever expected that their party would carry the next house of representatives The most that the have hoped for has been to cut down the big Democratic ma aority in the present house, but the vote in Maine has sent that hope glimmering. The rate of increase i'll ried out and applied to the congress SiOnal vote in othe1 states would show most astounding result and one which even the Democrats have never considered, but which speaks for itself
 An increase of 20. per cent in the Democratic vote, as was made in Maine, applied to the congressional district elsewhere, would not Only elect a Democrat from every district now represented by a Democrat, but it would, in addition, result in a net Democratic gain of upwards of forty members ill the house. This is some thing which has given the Republi- cans pause and has greatly added to the aggressiveness of the Democrats.
 Another significant showing in the Maine election is the fact that for the first time in seventy years, with one exception, the combine vote cast for Democratic candidates for congress exceeded the combined vote cast Tor Republican candidates for congress, which is clearly an endorsement or the national administration and It's policies. Representative McGillicuc- dy the Democratic member from Maine, based his claims for re-elec- tion upon the fact that he had been consistent supporter of President Will son and the measures put forth ana enacted by the Democratic conGl ess. The result of a campaign along these lines was far better than the most optimistic Democrat had expected. MT. McGillicuddy's plurality was ln- creased more than four times what IL was two years ago. In 1912 he had a plurality of less than 1900, where as this year his plurality was ap- proximately $500, which was in eS- cess of the combined apluralties oil the successful Republican candidates for congress. Only in the election of 1910. when there was a Democratic landslide in Main, has the party been able to accomplish this result.
 Tine showing was that the Democrat who stood for the Wilson policies was inc man who gained tremendously i'll the esteem of his constituents.