Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-04

crat, was reelected to a fourth term
by plurality in excess of a quarter
of a million votes over Ogden l..
Mills and carried with him to victory
at least three companions on the
ticket These were Supreme Court
Justice Robert F. Wagner, who dis
placed James w. Wadsworth, Jr., for
the United States senate; Edward
Corning, chairman of the Democrat
ic state committee. who wrested the
lieutenant governorship from Sey-
mour Lowman. and Morris fireman,
who defeated Comptroller Vinvent B
Murphy Republican candidate for
re- election.
The Democrats won two seats In
the state senate and eight in the as
senbly. The incoming legislature
will be made up of q Republicans
and "a Democrats in the senate, and
81 Republicans and 81 Democrats in
the assembly.
The governors plurality was more
than twice as great as IN 1924. when
| he was opposed by Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt.
Lata returns from upstate New
York on balloting for attorney gen.
| eral indicate the reelection of At
torney General Albert Ottinger, the
only Republican on the state ticket
| to survive the Democratic food
which covered the state.
Although Ottinger was 1906 votes
behind Benjamin StolZ, his Demo
| cratic opponent, on the face of re-
| turns at hand, it was believed the
165 unreported districts, all of which
are In territory that is normally Re-
publican by overwhelming pluralities
would carry him to victory by a
small but safe margin. At the cam
paign headquarters of Mr.. Ottinger
it was claimed that he was victor
by a plurality between $4,000 and
10000.
The returns that filtered in from
the isolated upstate districts did not
appreciably cut down the pluralities
of any other Democratic candidates.
Governor Smith had a lead of 251,-
3S5 over Representative Ogden l..
Mills, his Republican opponent. The
vote with only as scattered districts
missing was:
Smith .-............... 1,514,S63
Mills 1,263,44S
United States Senator James w.
WadsWorth, Jr.. failed of re election
by 121,7S1 votes in his contest with
Supreme Court Justice Robert F.
Wagner. the Democratic nominee.
With the entire state heard from, ex-
cept for 81 scattering districts. was:
Wagner .............. 1,319,909
NadSWorth ............ I19S,l22
Another Republican candidate for
reelection, Lieutenant Governor
Seymour Lowman. was trailing 1885,
SSS votes behing Edwin Corning,
chairman of the Democratic state
committee. With 253 districts not
reported, the totals for lieutenant
governor We're:
Corning .-...........,. l,3TS,097
LoWman .......,...... 1,252,209
Morris Tre1naine Democratic can
didate for comptroller, defeated Vim
cent B. Murphy, Republican, who
sought second term, by 101, S45
with 2S4 districts not heard from.
The vote was:
Tremaine ...... l,33q.2S2
Murphy ........ l,231,437
Returns from the wet and dry ref
erendum showed d majority of more
than million in favor OF modifica-
ton of the Volstead act The vote,
with 436 districts missing, was:
Yes l.6S42Si
No .-.............. 5il,133
More. than half million voters
who cast their ballots for governor
did not express any preference on
The modification proposition. This
was in accordance with the plea OF
the organized dry interests that
friends of prohibition refrain from
voting on proposal which they
characterized as ineffective.