New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-11
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Maine Closes
$4,000 Expected to Regis
ter for State Election ON
WI on day; Republicans
Confident of Big Victory
Workers Are Enthusiastic
Attacks ON Col. Parkhurst.
Cubernatorial Candidate.
Called Political Blunder
By Charles T. White

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AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 10-The most
thorough campaign in the history of
the State of Maine will close tomorrow
night, with the Republicans confident
Of sweeping the state by plurality
of from 10000 to 10000 Monday next,
the latter figure depending on the
weather.
This large expectation is based on
two main facts-the success of the Re-
publicans in rallying the new woman
voters to their cause and general
apathy on the part of the Democrats.
Four years ago the Republicans cast
In round numbers $4,000 votes. State
Chairman Frank J. Ham, after checking
up to-day, said that it was a safe guess
that 10000 Republicans would 90 to
the polls Monday. This vote, together
with accessions from the Democrats, is
counted on to carry the Republican
Congressional, state and county tickets
TO victory with record breaking plu-
ralites.
Republican managers estimate that
$4,000 women will have registered bv
Tomorrow night, and that of this num-
Der they will have nearly four-ffths.
Forty thousand Republican women are
enrolled.
Chairman Ham to-day sent to 700
workers throughout the state the fol-
lowing reminder that every Republican
IS expected to do his duty Monday:
The results of the election depend
upon your. activity from now until the
last man and last woman vote in YOUR
county Monday, September 49,"
Voters to Demand Change
The chairman made the following
statement to The Tribune correspond
emit:
II believe this is a Republican year.
belleve very large majority of the
voters of this stae want and are de-
termined to have change in the con-
duct of national affairs, and that they
are awaiting with increasing impa-
thence September ID to register their
protest against the present Democratic
administration This will be voiced in
tremendous Republican vote for state
and county candidates as an express
sion of Names verdict.
Il believe that on September 10
every Republican and a great number
OF Democrats throughout the country
will be proud of old Maine.
Mrs. Guy P. Gannett, of Augusta,
chairman OF the woman's division of
the republican State Committee; Colo
mel Frederic H. Parkhurst, of Bangor,
kepublican> candidate for Governor
and | have visited every county and
practically every town in each county
IN the state. And after this tour Of
1000 miles by automobile l am pre-
pared to say that l have never seen
50 great an interest on the part of
Republicans or SO much enthusiasm
in the work Of organization and prep
aration for getting out the vote as in
the present year.
Strong Republican Organization
"Republican men have splendid or
ganization, never in my memory so
complete and active as now. The
women have duplicate organization,
practically complete in almost every
county, and find them everywhere in
tercsted in the result of this election.
After making careful polls in many
sections of the state, | believe a ma
jority of the women will vote the Re-
publican ticket.
"If September 13 is a pleasant day
and the women vote, as I am now CON
vlnced they Will vote, | predict that
Frederic H. Parkhurst will be elected
Governor by majority of 10000 to
$4,000 votes, and with him the election
of four Republican congressman,
Republican Legislature and victory in
every county but one.
"Our Democratic friends have failed
in their attempt to befog the issue
with their shouts about slush fund
and by their attacks an the personal
integrity of Colonel Parkhurst. In
fact their attack on Parkhurst will
go down in state political history as
one of the worst blundcrs ever made
by politicians. 1t has reacted on them.
A Democratic woman Of Augusta, after
reading the -slinging against Colo
mel Parkhurst, called on me and told
me chat she had been converted, and
tt en- she rallied nineteen of hcl friends
and got them to register. The Demo
Gratis four years ago had a slush fund