New Britain herald., 1924-09-09
BREWSTER ELECTED
 BY ABOUT 36,000
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 The total vote was the largest In the history ot the state. The total Of 2al, for governor was nearly 46,OOO more than the previous high record at the gubernatorial election of 1920. The total vote for U. s, senator was 244,2Sl,
 The four republican 'congressmen were reelected by safe margins.
 Illan The Issue
 Pattangall, former attorney general of Maine, conducted his campaign against Brewster princi- pally on the issue of the Ku Klux kan. In the primaries Brewster was endorsed by the klan for the republican nomination, although he asserted that he was not member of the klan and never had sought its support, On the face of the pn mary returns, Brewster was defeated by President Frank G. Harrington | of the state senate by small mar gin, but on a recount Brewster was given the nomination. The first telegram of congrstulation which he received last night came from Far rngton.
 HIS oq 4 noluo el peoI5r 1ou
 Brewster spoke chiefly on state issues during his election campaign, making no mention of the klan. Republican speakers of national prominence who came into the state in support of Brewster and Fernald and the four republican congress- men, however laid their emphasis on national issues and joined the republican state committee in in- sisting that vote for Brewster meant endorsement of President Coolidge.
 Brewster is a lawyer and has served for six years in the legis- lature. He is 36 years of age and was educated at Bowdoin college and the Harvard law school. Al the last session of the legislature he was chairman of the committed on legal affairs. He was chairman of the membership committee ot the American Bas Association fol Maine from 1921 to 1923. Pattansall was the democratic nominee for governor in ls2. against Percival r. Baxter, repub lican, and was defeated by plu rahty of 2S,457 in a total vote 60, 900 less than that cast yesterday In 1920 the republican plurality fol , governor was Gj,946 and the tota , vote was eoout S5,0O0 smaller thai that of yesterday.
 Congressional Vote. 7 The songressonaB vote was a . follows:
 First district, with 39 out of g. precipcts missing. Carroll N. Beedy republican, 16,33S; William NJ. In graham. democrat, 1,729.
 Second district, with A out o
 146 princts missing, Wallace H
 White. Jr., republican. 27,477: Der | trand G. McIntire, democrat, 17,66t ' Third district with 61 out of 22
 precincts missing, John E. Nelson
 republican, 31,731; Leon c. Tet n betts, democrat, 20,5S9.
 Fourth district. with 29 out (
 t73 precincts missing, Ira c. Her
 sey, republican, 27,155: Clinton (
 Stevens, democrat, 16.354. k A feature of the vote for gover h ner was the fact that in his hom s ward in Augusta Pattangal receive n only 27S votes to 421 for Brewste y Of the twenty cities of the stat y Brewster carried all except Bango '. Riddeford, Hallowell, LewistoA J. Old Town and WatervilEe. Of tf n sixteen counties Brewster carrie n all except Androscoggin, which W; 10 also the only county carried by Rec
 man for senator
 h The returns from eight sma e. towns in Somerset country were Ill T. obtainabe because road cor H. struction gang in the course of