Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-12
REPUBLICANS ARE
WINNERS IN maine
ON EARLY COUNT
With nearly Half Of Precincts
Heard From, G. Q. P. Can
didate Has Lead of About
Five Thousand Votes.
LIKE VOTE FOR SENATOR
Returns Show Milliken has 40,
202 and Democratic
Rival $3.50.
sos PRECINCTS COUNTED
BULLETIN.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 11.-lf the
ratio of gains in the state is main-
tanned, the republicans will elect a
governor by a plurality OF about
1900, pne senator by ABOUT $500 and
second senator by about $500.
Indications at 10 o'clock were that
the republicans had elected three con-
gressmen, with the Second district,
now represented by Daniel ], McGil-
licuddy, democrat, in doubt.
Portland, Me-, Sept. ll.-With more
than half the precincts in the state
heard from, the returns indicated a
republican gain over the vote OF 1914
of more than IS per cent and demo-
cratic gains Of about per cent. ke.
turns from $50 precincts out OF o3s
in the state for governor give:
Milliken, republican, 46,455; Curtis
democrat, 40,456.
For Senator - Hale, republican,
4s,s3o; Fernald, republican, 46,022;
Johnson, democrat, 4l,l6l; Sills,
democrat, 40,962.
Portland, Me-, Sept. ll.-Returns
for governor from 303 precincts out OF
635 in the state, give:
Milliken, republican, 0,202; Curtis,
democrat, 35,25o.
4 For United States senator the vote
, in these precincts is:
Hale, republican, 1886; Fernald,
republican, $4,000; Johnson, democrat,
35,88l; Sills, democrat, $3.50.
Portland, Me-, Sept. 11.-Returns
from I'll precincts out of 63S in the
state give for governor:
Miliiken, republican, 26,654; Curtis,
democrat, 2a,55.
The same precincts in 1914 gave:
Haines, republican, 1919; Curtis,
! democrat, 22,057; Gardner, progress
i've, $500.
For United States senator sixty
three precincts give: Hale, repub-
lican, 26,163; Fernald, republican, 20
378; Johnson, democrat, 24,l78; Sills,
democrat, 23,878.
Portland, Me, Sept. l1.--Returrs
from i13 precincts out of 635 IN the
state give for governor; Milliken, re-
publican, 1882; Curtis, democrat,
5,o72.
In 1914 the same precincts gave:
Haines, republican, $3.50; Curtis,
democrat, 8,985; Gardner, progressive,
2,45l.
For United States senator the same
precincts give:
Hale, republican, 12,l54; Fernald,
republican, 1928; johnson, democrat,
o,o5l; Sills, democrat, 1891.
Portland, Me-, Sept 1l.-Returns
from thirty-seven precincts out OF
635 in the state give for governor:
Milliken, republican, 1851; Curtis,
democrat, 2,oa.
The same precincts in 1914 gave:
Haines, republican, 1864; Curtis.
democrat, 2,8l9; Gardner, progress
Portland, Me-, Sept. 1.-THE first
four precincts heard from in the
state election today give:
For governor: Milliken, republican,
162; Curtis, democrat, 283. The same
precincts in 1914 gave: Haines, re-
publican, l2l; Curtis, democrat, 27O;
Gardner, progressive, IA.
Portland, Me-, Sept. 1ls-A close
contest for congress in the second
district, represented by D. ]. Nc
Gillicuddy, democrat, was indicated
in the early returns of the vote in
today's election. Forty-two out Of
l47 precincts in the district gave Nc
Gillicuddy 4,076 and w. H. White,
jr., republican, 4062.
Portland, Me-, Sept. 1l.-Congres-
sional returns from eighty-two out of
l47 precincts in the Second district
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