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Show REPUBLICANS ?TE VICTORS in the f.!;i.iE election Candidate fr Congress Receives a Vott 1CT Per Cent Greater Than the Vote Caet for Taft. Portland. Me. Speaker John A. Peters, Republican, of Kllsworth, as on Monday chosen to All the vacancy va-cancy In the, Third congressional die-rtct die-rtct caused Uy'the death of Forrest (Goodwin, Republican, -by a plurality of (51 over Mayor William A. Pattau-Call, Pattau-Call, Democrat, of Watervllle, with Edward M. Lawrence, Progressive, of Lube, a poor third In the race. The returns In this special election from all but a small Island plantation gave: Petera, 15.108; Pattangall, H.553; Lawrence, 6.487. , ' The vote for president in November Novem-ber was: Wilson. Democrat, 14.692 .Roosevelt, .Roose-velt, Progressive, 13,236; Taft, Republican. Repub-lican. 7.159. The Progressive vote showed falling off of more than CO per rent from that given Colonel Rooosevelt last November. On the other hand, the -Peters vote waa 108 per rent greater than the Taft vote, while the Pattangall and Wilson vote showed Very little variation. |