Show DEMOCRATS WIN IN INSTATE STATE Of MAINE Barometer State Gives The Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic Candidates s Slight Majority Majority Major Major- it ity Election Results Taken As AsGood AsGood AsGood Leaders Leaders Lead Lead- Good Omen By j Party ers As Maine goes so so goes the Nation Nation Nation Na Na- tion has been a saying as long longas as we can remember According to the knowing ones the election In ill Maine which always occurs in inI I September is significant as an index of the party trend in the coming coning presidential election when it occurs in a presidential year As Maine has always been a rock-ribbed rock Republican state the size of the Republican majority has been considered the index as asto asto asto to the weakness or strength of the Republicans in the Presidential ial election following In the election in Maine last Monday the Democrats elected their governor and two of the three representatives That has not hap happened pen e d sin since c e the r Civil War The Democrats are very jubilant over the results in Maine and are re confident that it means a strong Democratic trend throughout the nation We Ve will know better after the election in November whether the result resul t in Maine is a true index of the coming presidential election It has been considered so in the majority of cases The candidates for congress on the Democratic ticket declared In their campaign for the repeal of the amendment and the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican candidates run as drys Main has always been considered a very dry state but the results show it somewhat damp |