New Britain herald., 1924-09-08
MAINE ELECTION. 0F GREAT INTEREST
 ID POLITICIANS
Result Of Today's Voting Con- Sidered an Indicator Of How
 Country Will Go in Fall
HEAVIEST VOTE
 IN HISTORY FORECAST

Pattangall and Brewster Fighting
 Out at Polls Question of Who
 Shall Be GoyernOr--Klan Issue
 Likely to Have Great Effect
 Stock Market Watches the Result
 Closely.
 Portland, Me, Sept. S--The lar gest vote in the history of Maine was expected 10 be cast In today's bien- nial state elections in which the con- test for governor, waged largely on the Ku KluX Klan issue, Overshad- owed all other considerations. AS a result of the spirited campaign just closed and the fine weather prom ised for polling day, party leaders expected all records to be broken in numbers voting.
 Officers of the democratic state committee today predicted that Will liam R. Pattangall, former state at- torney general and democratic can didate for governor, would carry off a plurality of from 15,000 to 30,O00 In his campaign speeches MT. Pat tangall denounced the klan pointing to the fact that State Senator Ralph o. Brewster, his republican oppon- ent, was supported by the klan in his primary campaign.
 Brewster Victory Predicted.
 Chairman George L. Emery of the republican state committee on the other hand predicted for MT. Brew ster victory by from 25,000 to 4O,' GOO votes. The republican candidate in his campaign made no mention of the klan, but emphasized national issues and his support of President Coolidge. Leaders of both parties declared that careful canvass oi the state indicated that thousands who never before took an interest ir political affairs would appear at the polls today. The largest vote cast previously in Maine was 205,4OO 1T the 1900 gnbernatorial elsction.
 ' U. S. Senator Bert M. Fernaid ant all the four congerssmen from Maine have been renominated by the re publicans. Considerable interest at tached to the result of the congress sional elections because of Its pos sible bearing on national politics.
 Recalling the old political pro- verb: AS Maine goes so goes the country" democrats everywhere watched the result of todays voting with keen interest. Two years ago when MT. Pattangall was democratic nominee for governor, he was de- feated by Percival P. Baxter, repub- lican, by a plurality of 28,457 votes in total vote polled of 1TS,969. In 1920, the republican candidate for governor was elected by margin of 65,S46 and the state gave Harding for president later in the year a plurality of 67,040.
 Close District Vote in 1922.
 The closest vote in the congress sicnal conteses of 1922 was in the second district where Congressman Wallace H. White, Jr., received @ plurality of 3,5G9 over Bertrand C. McIntire, who also is the demo- cratic candidate this year, SenatIA Fernald is opposed by Fulton J. Red man, who once was elected to the state legislature as republican.
 New York, Sept. S.-Unusual in- terest is being centered on the Maine election today by the financial dis trict. With considerable uncertainty existing as to the result of the presi- dential campaign professional trad CTS are keen to catch the drifts of political sentiment in order to deter mine the course of their market op- erstions. The Maine vote, while it will not be regarded as conclusive and probably will be subjected to various interpretations, nevertheless furnishes the first official indications of the way the political wind is blowing. The old saying "As Maine does so does the nation has lost many of its believers, but Wall street however, will closely scan the re-