The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
REPUBLICANS WIN SWEEPING VICTORY
 IN MAINE ELECTION
larkhurst Elected Governor By ,,.sWhat Appears to Be Larg- q est Plurality in History f of State
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.F Portland, Me-, September 13. spThe republicans swept the state in guhe election today and elected rnF Frederick H. Pnrkhurst as govern fepr by the largest plurality ever 10, given a gubernaforiaI candidate in fiji eMaine. With only forty-two iso- erated towns and plantations to be Ia nheard from, which cast a total vote in i,f about -s3,5O0 in the state cleo f; ;fion of 1816, ParIkhurst's plurality la over Bertrand c. McIntire, demo- crat. was more than 64,O00. The IlesArgest previous plurality was n about 4S,OOO, given the republican Il nominee in 1S96- Aided by the h lwomen's vote, which went very largely to the republican candidate, h the party rolled up a total vote of
 100000 more than that of 1916,
 while the democratic was increased sver that year by only about 2,3O0. 4 Portland, Me, September 13.-Frederit of Parkhurst, republican, was elected sternor of Maine today by pluralit, 1ich at a late hour promised to be the 1igest in the history of the state. His tinocratic opponent, Bertrand G. McIn ae, received approximately half as many A' 'Mes as MT. Parkhurst.
 N,he republicans carried all four con &sssional districts by large majorities Eeiecting Congressman Wallace H ] hite, IT,, John A. Peters and Ira G
 hrsey and electing Carroll L. Beedy oi
 Brtland. in the first district where
 lngressman T.ou1s B. Goodall was no
 Icandidate for reelection. They aist Es- I lao in O sislature and electeo roy l.. Wardei 1 Augusta as state auditor.
 Ehe part played by the new factor ol b women's vote was evident. In al srts of the state women availed them Ives of their first opportunity to vott a state election and the figures show
 a large majority of them voted tht
 publican ticket. The vote for Park
 rst, on returns from more than two
 trds of the state, showed an increase
 more than 46,000 over that cast fol
 sllekil, republican, four years ago, while
 .Intire's vote was less than 1,5O0 more
 an that of Curtis, democrat, in the las1
 esidential year.
 3eturns from 557 election precincts ou
 ss2 in the state (from 453 cities and
 wns out of 5to), for governor give
 Lrkhurst. 124 1ef: McIntire. 64 7as.
 G. o. P. STRENGTH UNIFORM
 
 The same precincts in 1916 gave: Milli
 n. republican. 74,s7s; Curtis. democrat A53. The republican strength was uni s -rn throughout the night. Several Q W cities which showed small defaecratl' # #i,-alities in 1916, returned large plurali Els for Parkhurst today. In many oth gfs which went republican four year ko the plurality for that ticket wa! Neatly increased this year.
 Considerable significance is attached il He outcome in it's bearing on voting fol Resident in November was asserted by 8publican leaders, from the fact tha Ne campaign was almost wholly on na bnal issues, the League of Nations be Eg the chief issre.
 Congressman Wallace H. White, IT. 3 the second district: John A. Peters K the third, and Ira G. Hersey in the urth, were reelected by large majori hs. Carroll L.. Ready, republican, wal kcted to Congress from the fourth dis kct, where Congressman Louis B. Good ! was not candidate for reelection.