The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-10
FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1920
MAINE FIRST STATE TO HOLD r. ELECTION

AS goes Maine, so goes the cOun try" it has been said, and political interest for the moment is largely oc- cupied in speculation on the outcome of the election in that state on Sep tember 13. A campaign that began in earnest on August 23 is being fought without let-up through the final week The usual predictions of success are being issued by both Republicans and Democrats
 Maine is unique in it's constitutional provisions for state elections, which are held in September instead of Nov ember, and in presidential years the local contests are viewed as of spe- ial importance. On these years the fighting is no less for the possession of state offices, representation in islature than for the psychological ef- feet of the outcome on the rest of the country.
 To what extent if any the national drift may be forecast by victory or an increased or decreased majority there has long been a matter of dis pute with politicians but certain it is that national leaders have taken the tradition seriously and have brought as many of their political big guns into the campaign as possible. Four J11ol up the campaign for the Republicans. This year both parties have had big representation of state campaigners and have drawn heavily on the na- tional committees for speakers of na- tional prominence.
 A governor state auditor, four mem- bers of congress, a state legislature and county officers will be chosen. Maine does not elect senator this year.
 For the governorship, Frederick H. Parkhurst of Bangor, who defeated Governor Carl E. Milliken and Judge John F. Deering in the Republican primaries, is opposed by Bertrand G. McIntire, of Norway, whom Milliken defeated two years ago by 5,545 votes
 A typographical error in the Maine Register of 1919-2O makes the vote of Mcintyre appear as 4,OO0 less than it was.
 Three Republican members of con- gress are candidates for reelection. They are Representative White in the Second district, opposed by Wallace N. Price; Representative Peters in the Third district opposed by Archie c. Towle; and Representative Hersey in the Fourth district, opposed by leon G. Brown. Price, Towle and Brown are Democrats. Tn the First district, where Representative Louis B. Goodall has announced his inten- teion to retire at the close of his present. term, the Republicans have terminated County Attorney Carroll l.. Beedy, of Portland, and the Democrats Frank H. Haskell, also of that city.
 Both parties and gubernatorial can- ~ dates have made the League of Ma tiOns fighting issue.~ Local ques- tions have received less attention, even prohibition, which for more than years has figured largely is state cam- paign and particularly in contest for county attorneys and sheriffs, as vir-
 
 state convention approved the refusal of the United States senate to ratify the treaty without reservations de- signed to protect the safety and sov- erignty and independence of the Uni ted States" The Democratic state platform declared for prompt ratifi- cation without reservations destruc- tive to the spirit, and effective opera tion of the treaty"
 Both MT. Parkhurst and MT. Nc Intire endorsed their national and state resolutions on the stump The complexion of the new legislature is a matter of some concern as it may be called upon to redistrict the state and, under the new apportion- ment Maine may lose one of it's four representatives in congress.
 If there is any virtue in compari- sons, the results of previous state elections may be of interest. A series of Republican victories beginning in 1882 was broken in 1910 when Freder- ick W. Plaisted, Democrat, defeated Bert M. Fernald, Republican, by S,660 votes. Two years latter Governor Plaisted was defeated by William T. Haines, Republican, by a little over 5000. Haines in turn failed of re-elec- tiOn in 1914 the Democratic candi-