The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-14
RESULT IN MAINE
AROUSES MINORITY
PARTY To ACTION
Election Figures Indicate Prob
able OBJECTIONS in Other
States.
STRIKING FACTS REVEALED
Democrats Inclined to Pin Hope
on Republicans Diminished
Vote.
STRIKING FACTS REVEALED
BIZ ROBERT j. BENDER
it'd Npfre Cfnd Tor.-aoto,t y %

sharp reduction noted in the Repub-
lican vote cast in the Maine general
elections has an important bearing
upon close senatorial and congress
sional elections which will be held
Nov. Z. It is the more noteworthy
because of a general, though natural
and expected falling off, during the
primaries this year. in the Republican
vote as polled in 1920,
Because Maine holds it's general
elections before the other States, the
results of the main vote are always
scanned with great interest by lead
ers of both major parties. OF course,
the State returned this time, as it
always does. a Republican delegation
to Congress.
But Mondays election revealed
these striking facts:
Difference OF $4,000 Votes
I. Senator Hale was reelected by
a majority of approximately 10000
votes, whereas President Harding car
ried Maine over Governor Cox in 1920
by over 1900 votes.
q Although a presidential election
always brings out a heavier vote than
a bi-election, Mondays election showed
that only 20 900 less votes were polled
than in 1920. II all OF these were
Republican It would still show Hale
winning by $1,000 votes less than
Harding's majority two years ago.
8. The total Republican vote polled
for Hale was over 10000 less than
the total polled by Harding in 1920,
whereas the total vote polled by Oak
ley Curtis, his Democratic senatorial
opponent, was over $1,000 more than
that polled by Cox two years ago.
Republicans Are Confident
Two years ago Harding carried
eleven States In which Democratic
Senators. elected in 1916. are up for
reelection this fall For this reason,
Republicans have felt sure that they
would make gains in the Senate.
Democrats are inclined to pin hope
on the reduced Republican and in
creased Democratic vote in Maine.
Curtis polled approximately 10000
votes more than President Wilson
polled in Maine in 1916. when he lost
the State to Charles Evans Hughes
by a scant 5000 votes.
In Light of Landslide
How pointed is this hope may be
realized when the plight Of present
Democratic Senators running for re.
election is judged in the light Of the
1920 Republican landslide.
Senator Ashurst, Arizona, was
elected in 1915 by 5000 votes while
Harding carried the State an 1920 by
1900. Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska.
was elected in 1916 by 1900, while
Harding carried the State by 27,000.
Senator King, Utah, was elected by
1900 while Harding carried Utah
four years later by 5000. Senator
Pomerene, Ohio, in 1916 won his seat
by $4,000 and Harding carried Ohio in
1920 by 400, 900. Senator Reed, Mis-
souri, won a majority Of $4,000 in 1915
while Harding rolled up a $4,000 ma
jority in the State four years later.
Senator Kendrick. Wyoming. squeezed
through by 5000 votes in 1916 AMI
Harding carried the State by $4,000.
Senator Jones'. New Mexico had a
5000 vote margin in 1916 ana now
contemplates IIarding's 1900 ma
iority in the state in 1920. Senator
Gerry, Rhode Island, who admittedly
has hard shedding ahead for re-elec-
ton, won by 5000 in 1916, only to see
Harding sweep his little State by 52,-
900 four years later. Senator Nc
Kellar, Tennessee, ---as elected by 49,
600 votes and then Harding turned
this Democratic State into the Re
publican column by exactly the same
number of votes in 1920. Senator
Key Pittman had only a 1000 vote
margin to get into the Senate and
Harding carried Nevada by $500.
Senator Myers, Montana, was elected
by 12.500 He is not running for re-
election this year. Harding carried
Montana by SO 900.
From this it viii be seen that the
Democrats are counting on a tremen-
dous turnover in the great Republic
an vote Of 1920 when the people go to
the polls Nov. Z. Their first definite
ray of hope has been accorded by their
vote gains and Republican vote losses
in Maine