Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-11

DEMOCRATS ADMIT
STATE is IN DOUBT
Hughes Backers Expect to Elect Gov
ernor, One Senator and Three Con-
gressmen-Hale Drag on Ticket
Election to Be Barometer Of What
Will Happen in November Election

Portland. Maine, Sept. 11.-Now that
the tumult and the shouting in the
campaign have died away, Maine, on
the day of casting her vote, seems de-
termined to xeassert her adherence to
republican principles.
This is not merely the belief of re-
publicans and the expectation of om-
partial observers, but it is the admis-
sion of democratic politicians them
selves.
Both republicans and democrats
realize the time has gone by to spread
rosy publicity tales, and they are will
ing to reveal the truth The republi-
cans expect a majority of from 5000
to 10000 on the governorship and are
certain of one senatorship. that for
the short term, and of three of the
four congressman.
Hale Weight on Ticket.
The democrats believe they will re-
tain the long-term senatorship and
perhaps win in one congressional dis
trict. A few of them, who admit they
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will carry the state by from 5000 to
5000. One Of them, and he is leader,
puts the democratic plurality on the
governorship at 3,S35-no more, no
less. He asserts reputation as
political mathematician.
II the republican majority on the
govern orship should be higher than
10000 the republican senatorshlp
short term candidate, Frederick Hale,
undoubtedly will be swept into office.
Attractive as Hale is personally, his
campaign managers admitted today
he had been the weight on the ticket.
They expect his name to cut a figure
in favor of the present senator, john
son, the democratic candidate running
against him. A conservative estimate
is that 5000 voters will scratch Hale
in favor OF Johnson, and in close
ELECTION this will have serious conse-
quences for him
Election to Be Barometer.
To the people Of the country the
election will be important, because II
will be a barometer, to some extent. to
indicate what will happen in Novem-
Der.
II must be reiterated that local Is
sues will not figure in the decision Of
the voters. These have been swampeo
by campaign devoted almost en-
tirely to national questions. Every
voter in Maine knows that when he
casts his ballot on the governorshir
he will be expressing his choice for the
presidency, tho the election in con-
nection with the latter office does not
take place here any more than it does
elsewhere until November.
Think on National Lines.
And everything the democrats and
republicans have done has intensified
this conviction Of the Maine voter.
The hundreds Of professions, rallies
and meetings which have been held
have been significant because Local
questions, such as the democratic ad-
ministration Of the state, have been
lost in the entanglements and Olsen
tanglements of the public mind with
reference to national occurrences.
Under the circumstances the aver
age Maine citizen is thinking on the
broad national lines. Moreover, he is
proud Of the unique situation in which
he is placed, and is not chary. Of ex-
pressing his belief that the Pine Tre'
State is the hub Of the political mi
verse.
81 If the republican majority should be
less than 10000 the republicans ad-
NIT they will have little to brag about
and that they will not be able to base
their confidence Of a Hughes victory
in November on the result here