New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
AIN CONNECTICUT TUESDAY,
SWEEPING VICTORY
 FOR MAINE i. Q. P.
Milliken Elected Governor Over
 Curtis by 13,S55 Plurality

Gurus by 15,300 Plurality WIN ALL SEATS IN CONGRESS Republicans Will Control Both Houses
 in Legislature-Twenty Cities Re
 duce Plurality for Curtis from
 6,OOO to Fifty-one.
 Portland, Me-, Sept. 12.-The thor oughness of the republican victory at the polls yesterday was emphasized as the return from isolated towns and plantations struggled in today.
 Revised figures place the plurality of Governor-elect Carl E. Milliken, re- publican, over Governor Oakley C. Curtis at IS, ,355. Returns from the border show that the members or the second Maine Infantry cast a total vote of 47O of which Milliken received 300.
 The pluralities for the republicans who will send a solid delegation to congress were practically unc1lalseo from figures of last night were the pluralities of Frederick Hale ana former Governor Bert M. Fernald, who were elected to the United States senate.
 The republicas, who have held majority in the state senate, will con- trOl both houses by a good Wofklns majority. A study of the returns Tor the legislature show that Franklln county completely reversed it's repre- sentation in both houses, returning all republicans to replace the solid demo- cratic delegation. Oxford, which was represented by one democratic senator and four democratic representatives, elected all republican candidates.
 Four democratic sheriffs and five democratic county attorneys failed of reelection. Somerset county had not reported early today and Penobscot county, which elected a republican county attorney, was in doubt in the ma alter of the sheriff chosen. In the other fourteen counties the democrats saved only two candidates, Knox county electing both democratic sher- if and county attorney.
 Revised Figures.
 The revised vote for governor, United States senators and congress- men follows:
 Governor-Milliken republican, 79,- 9O2; Curtis, democrat, 66, 547
 United States senatOrs-Hale re- publican, 78,O44; Fernald, republican, 79,368; Johnson, democrat, 68,273; Stills, democrat, 66,832.
 gressmen-GoodaH, republican 19, TAP; Stevens, democrat 6,103; White, republican, 19,157 McGilli- cuddy, democrat, 1S,77O; Peters, re- publican, 21,S20; Bunker, democrat, 18,277; Hersey, republican, 15,O66; Pierce, democrat, 11,O13.
 An interesting feature of. the elec- ton was the vote of the twenty cities, which two years ago gave the demo- crats a majority of 5000. Yesterday they gave Governor Curtis a plurality of 51; Senator Johnson a plurality of 1,286, and Stills a margin of only 35 The republican pluralities therefore were accumulated in the 5O2 towns
 The forty towns, returns from which had not been received early to- day cast a total vote of less of less than 2,5O0 in 1914
 Party leaders were especially inter- ested in the vote cast by the Second Maine regiment at the border, the result of which was received here to- day. It stood: Milliken, 300; Curtis, 467; Hale, 297; Johnson, 167; Fernald 3O5; Stills, 161
 A referendum measure limiting the employment of women and children to hfty-four hours a week was car lied overwhelmingly.
 The complete vote in the first con- gressional district gave Goodall, re- publican, 20,350, and Stevens, demo- crat, 16,799
 With seven seats in the senate and eight in the house not reported on. thes democrats had only two members Cf the upper branch and forty-six in the lower. branch of the legislature. On joint ballots the republicans will have at least 119 votes and the dem