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Show REPUBLICANS WIN IN MAINE Elect Governor and Carry Three of Four Congressional District!, Gaining Gain-ing Control of Legislature. Portland. Me.-Tho fight for tbe control of the mate government between be-tween tho combination of all brand of ltuhlirup and tbe Iktmocrats resulted Monday In a victory for the llopubllcaiiH. The latent available figures Indicate r. plurality of about 4.ii)0 for William T. Haines. Hepubll-ran. Hepubll-ran. for governor, over Frederick W. Plalsted, lh present Democratic governor, gov-ernor, I he flection of three out of f.iir Republican candidates for con-Rrcsa, con-Rrcsa, practically insuring Republican control of tbe legislature. lloth the Roosevelt leaders, who control the machinery of the Republican Repub-lican party In the state, and the Taft men are claiming credit for success of their combination ticket. With the ending of tho truce prevailing pre-vailing during the atate campaign, the rival leaders will take up tho cudgels against each other and fight for the six electors that each lias put Into the national content. |