Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-16
REPUBLICANS WIN
.|NMA|NE ELECTION
BY BIC MAJORITY
G. 0, P, Candidates for
Governor and Congress
Pile Up Greatest Plurality
in History of State

| PORTLAND. Me-, Sept. 14.-Maine
gave an overwhelming plurality to
the Republican ticket in the state
election yesterday. With total
vote larger by 5000. than the high
est ever previously cast in the state,
Frederick H. Parkhurst, of Bangor,
was elected governor by margin
of $4,000 over his Democratic oppo-
nent, Bertradnd G. Mcintyre, OF
Norway. The plurality was 1900
more than the largest obtained by
any other gubernatorial candidate In
the history of the state.
Four Republican congressman
were elected by large pluralities-
Congressman Wallace II. White, Jr.,
John A. Peters and Ira G. Hersey,
retained tehir seats and in the First
district, where Congressman Louis
B. Goodall, Republican, did not seek
reelection, Carroll L. Beedy, of
Portland, Republican, was chosen.
Every member of the state senate
will be a Republican, while of a
membership of ISL in the state
house of representatives the Demo-
Gratis succeeded in elccting fifteen
In the last legislature there were
two Democratic senators and forty
one Democratic representatives.
Women Vote Eagerly
The vote of the state for gov
ernor, with returns from forty
small towns and plantations in re-
mote ditricts missing, was: Park
hurst (RepublicanJ, 1887; Mcln-
tire Democrat), 69,249.
The increase in the total vote was
very largely accounted for by the
presence of women at the polls for
the first time. All over the state
women showed themselves eager to
grasp the opportunity of exercising
their new. privilege and they were
undaunted by a heavy downpour of
rain in the afternoon. The result
showed that most of them voted the
Republican ticket.
AS the returns came in, showing
from. first evidences of a tremen-
dous Republican sweep, Democratic
state leaders were silent as to the
possible significance OF the vote with
relation to the presidential election
in November. Colonel Parkhurst,
after being assured fhis election.
gave the viewpoint of the Repub-
leans in a statement in which he
pointed out that the campaign had
been vigorously contested by the
Democrats on national issues, and
said the outcome gave most con-
elusive evidence that the voters Of
Maine resent the autocratic and I'M
American administration that the
Democrats have given u.s." He de-
clared that it was equally an in
dorsement of Harding and Coolidge"
Matters of merely state impor-
lance were hardly touched upon in
the camapign. The leading speak
ers were men of national promi-
nence, both parties striving to eff
feet a good showing in the "barom-
eter state" the only state in the
union to hold it's state election in
advance of the voting for president
For the Republicans, addresses were
delivered by Governor Calvin Cool
idge, of Massachuett, vice preiden-
tlal nomlnee; Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Senator Joeph S. Frelinghuy
sen and others, The Democrats sent
into the state Franklin D. Roose-
welt, candidate for vice president;
Secretary Daniels, former Secretary
William G. McAdoo and Homer S.
Cummings, former chairman of the
Democratic national committee.
League the Issue
The chief theme of all these
speakers was the League of Nations,
upon which they upheld their re-
spective national party platforms.
The only woman who was a can
didate for public office at the cleo
ton yeterday was defeated Mrs
Margaret Dyer, of Bar Harbor, was
the Democratic candidate, for regis
ter of probate in Hancock county.
She was nominated to fill va
cancy On the Democratic ticket, and
as her name did not appear on the
ballot it was necessary for those
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