Evening star., 1928-09-11
c. 0. ?. HEARTENED
BY MAINE RESULT
Sees Vote as Forerunner of
November Victory in
New England.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
STAFF CorreSpondent of The Star

stan correspondent OF Inc SlaT.
PORTLAND. Me. September IL
! Maine has gone hell bent" for Gov.
Gardiner. and by implication for Hoover
and Curtis. The Republican sweep in
the Pine Tree States election yesterday
has been such as to put heart into the
party leaders in all of New England,
and, indeed, in all the country.
The Republican plurality in Maine is
larger than ever before in the political
history of the State. When all the
votes are in. it will be in the neighbor-
hood of 10000 votes. and may go be-
yond that figure. The greatest plur-
ality the c. o. P. ever had in the past
was something over $4,000, in 1920.
w. Tudor Gardiner, Republican NOM
inee for governor, has won the election
over his Democratic opponent, E. Carl
Moran, jr., with plurality of about
10000. Mr.. Gardiner will succeed Gov.
Brewster, who sought this year the Re-
publican nomination for Senator and
failed.
Senator Frederick Hale, Republican,
has been reelected over his Democratic
plurality estimated at 10000.
Elect Representatives.
The Republicans also have elected all
four members of the House, and will be
represented in the next Congress as fol-
lows: First district, Carroll L. Beedy:
second district, Wallace Fl. White: third
district, John E. Nelson, and fourth dis
trict, Donald F. Snow. Mr.. Snow de-
feated Representative Hersey for the
Republican nomination in the primary
election. The other Republican candi-
dates for the House are all serving in
the present Congress.
The second congressional district was
reckoned the. only real fighting ground
in the election this year. where Mr..
White was seeking reelection and was
opposed by Col. Albert Beliveau, a popu-
; lar young attorney of French descent.
But the Republican sweep proved too
great for the Democratic candidate to
overcome.
The Republicans apparently went to
the polls almost with their full strength,
while the Democrats made no such
showing. For example, the Republicans
in 1924 elected Gov. Brewster by 145.28l
to 108,626 for Judge William r. Pat
| tingall, Democrat. In the election yes
terday the Republicans cast about the
same number of votes, but the Demo-
! cratic vote fell off by many thousands
| from their vote of 1924. In 1924 the
Ku Klux Klan was an issue, with Judge
Pattangall attacking the Klan vigorous
| ly. This year the Klan issue was not
! involved, and Judge Pattangall has an
! nounced his intention of supporting
! Hoover, the Republican candidate
against Gov. Smith in the presidential
| election
| Two years ago Gov Brewster was re-
| elected with vote of 100,776 to 5O,746
i for his Democratic opponent, Mclean
/ Vote Is Phenomenal.
| The Republican vote rolled up in the
towns and rural communities yesterday
| was phenomenal. The cut in the Demo-
| cratic strength and the correspondents
| increase In the number of Republican
votes cast in the towns were largely re.
sponsible for the big plurality which
the Republicans produced throughout
the State. AS it is in the towns ano
rural communities of other New Eng.
land States, not to mention New York
that the Republicans hope to dowr
Gov. Smith in the November election
the results in Maine are looked upor
with particular interest by the G. o. P
J.
can repeat in November and in thu
towns of Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
Connecticut and New Hampshire wha
they did in Maine yesterday. these
States will remain in the Republican
column this year. just as they were il
| 1925 and in 1920.
Examples of the turnover in some
of the towns and cities in the election
yesterday as compared to the election
in 1926 are found in Augusta, where
the vote yesterday was Gardiner, 1921
Moran. L156. while in 1926 the vot
was Brewster. 2055: Mclean, 2,609
York. where the vote yesterday wa
Gardiner 6l3, and Moran, IS. Will
in 1926 Rrewsters vote was 397 ant
| McLean's 95: Bath. where the vot
Yesterday was Gardiner, 1,773 and Mo
ran, 666, while in 1926 Brewster's vot'
was LAPS and McLean's 866.
Democrats will argue that Gov. Smitl
was not involved in the Maine election
Yesterday: that the State was not vot
ing on the presidential race, but on TIT
election of State officers and member
Of Congress. They will urge, too. tn
fact that the Democratic national or
ganization practically washed its hand
of Maine. while the Republicans sen
many speakers and money into the Pin
Tree State from outside. They will b.
correct in their statements But tn
fact remains that it has been eviden
for weeks the Republicans were strain
ing every nerve to get out their vot
!; in Maine in order to make a showing
which might be interpreted Throughout
the country AS ground-swell of sen
timent in favor of Hoover and Curti
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