South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-13
MAINE VOTE IS
WILSON VICTORY
Will Carry Nation if Same
Rate is Maintained in
Other States.
News-Times Special Service :

News-Times Special Service:
NEW YORK. n. Y, Sept. Ia
That the democrat candidates in
Maine polled a percentage of the
progressive, independent and stay at
home vote Of former years adequate
to enable Woodrow Wilson to carry
the country by large majority, if
the same percentage is maintained
il other states, is conclusively
shown by the final returns from
Maine.
1t is also true that the democratic
candidates for senator in Maine. the
vote for whom undoubtedly was cast
upon national issues solely, scored an
increase over the vote for president
Wilson in Maine. which if maintained
at the same rate throughout the
country. would give President Will
son a majority of the popular vote
of the country and assure his safe
reelection in November.
Poll More Than Wilson.
Johnson and Sills, the two demo-
cratic candidates for United States
senators. according to the unofficial
returns polled respectively 17,16O and
1913 more votes than Woodrow
Wilson pOlled in Maine in 1912. In
1912 Wilson got 51,113 votes in
Maine.
Taft got 26,545 votes and Roose-
welt got 4S,493 votes. This repre-
sents a total of 126,151 votes cast
for the candidates q the three prin-
cipal parties.
In 1916 for senator Johnson polled
6S.273 votes; ana SilIs pOlled 66,S32
1865 for Fernald JohnsOn's gain
over Wilson was thirty-three pei
cent and Sills' gain was about thirty
one per cent. This shows the ire
mendous addition TO the normal
democratic vote in Maine, due to the
strength of Woodrow wilson's case
before the people.
See 100000 for Wilson.
Fernald polled the highest vote OF
all the republican candidates in
Maine and his total 1865. represents
a gain of 1880 over the Taft-ROose-
welt vote combined in 1912, about
six per cent. A gain of thirty-one
per cent for Wilson carried through
out the nation upon the basis of the
1912 total popular vote would give
MIN "a plurality of over 100000 over
the total nation-w wide Taft Roosevelt
vote, plus a six per cent increase.
The johnson gain Of thrity-three
per cent would give Wilson nearly
100000 popular plurality
The vote in Maine was an abnOr-
NAL one and the assumption that the
republican ticket in the nation at
large will poll six per cent more than
the Taft Roosevelt total Of 1912 is
absurd. but even on this basis VIII
son would win. Elsewhere the large
percentage Of the progressive vote
certain 70 be cast for Wilson will
add 20 the democratic vote proper
tionately and cut the republican to-
tails far below the combined aggre-
ate Of the Roosevelt and Taft vote
of 1912
There are factors which make il
difficult 10 estimate the precise pro-
portion OF the progressive vote which
went 20 either ticket in Maine. II
would seem fair. however. 10 regard
the vote for Roosevelt in 1912, plus
the increase in the total vote cast
last Monday over the total vote in
1912 as representing the maximum
progressive. independent and 1912
stay-at-home vote which went 10
the polls in the Maine state election.
ON this basis of the vote cast for
Johnson and Hale. the total demo
crat-republicaE vote last Monday in
Maine on national issues was 1887
or 2O.166 more votes than were
cast for Wikon, Taft and Roosevelt
in 1912
The Roosevelt vote in 1912 plus
the 2O.166 additional votes east this
year. comes to $3.50. OF which the
gain made by Johnson over Wood
row Wilson's vote Of 1912, 1850. is
approximately one-fourth-