Show Lesson Taught by Maine aine who profess to obtain n much D DEMOCRATS satisfaction by explaining that the tho thoI j to have havo been I Maine Maine election results were core Republican Republican Re Re- I because Maine Is la normally the tho to comprehend publican tb do not appear significance of ot their confession conCession ReI Re- Re Maine alno is normally B By the tho phrase I Maine is Ro- Ro Republican mean that publican they is isI I Republican party j publican when the tho united as l It Is b this year and as It was prior priort I be said aid id of the United j t to 1012 1912 As much can Democratic but twice inthe Inthe in inthe States which went I the halt half l century previous to 1912 As much of the important also algO can be aid eaid of most roost I northern states which figure permanently in the electoral college Being normally I Republican prior to 1912 with th the Republican normally Republican ReI Re Re- lican part party united thc they are ore I normal Ret ReI Republican Re Re- and this car publican again year i be confidently exI ex ex- t I publican results ma may I ed which v. may properly be he beI Tho Those c states I j normally Republican are aro Call- Call said aid to be I fornia Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa I J Mn Massachusetts Michigan Minnei Minne- Minne Kan Kansas s 9 vl V i T i J f sota sola Montana Now New Ne' Ne Hampshire New i tJ ew jer- jer er- er Ohio Oregon Ore Ore- North Dakota I scy e CY New N w York Tork I gon son Pennsylvania Delaware Rhode Island I South South Dakota Utah Vermont Washington I West rest Virginia Wisconsin ln and nd W Wyoming or Of states otate California has thirteen dee clec- J I toral toi votes ote Connecticut seven cv n. n D Delaware Jawaro Indiana fifteen I three Illinois twenty nine j Iowa I wa Kansas ten Massachusetts M I el eighteen Michigan fifteen Minnesota twelve Montana four New nr IN New W Jersey fourteen New York Tork forty five North Dakota five Ive Ohio twenty four Oregon Oregon Oret Ore- Ore t gon five tie Pennsylvania thirty eight Rhodo Island five nn South Dakota five Utah four tour I Vermont four Washington seven West lest VIr- VIr eight Wisconsin thirteen Wyoming j t three Adding to 1 these the lie six Ix electoral votes or of Maine Maino the normal states tat cast cart casta carta a total electoral vote voto of ot 39 3 As only I electoral votes are necessary to a choice it itIs Itt itIs t Is seen licen that If It the normally Republican states tates go as the normally Republican state I of at Maine went Mr Hughes s will wm have o sixty three more electoral votes than ho requires I I even cn without any of ot the called so-called doubtful j states s where whore he has a ac chance a c I Among thc these doubtful states can bo DO DOI placed Colorado with UK Itt six i electoral yoleS votes I which elected a a. Republican governor go tot two to t years euro ago o by b a a. majority of although there were both a 3 Democrat and a Progressive Pro Pro- I o c candidate in the field fleM the tho Republican Republican lican candidate securing more moro votes than the Democrat and Progressive together I Idaho with Its four electoral votes which went Republican in 1904 4 and 1908 1903 MaryI Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land Jand with its us eight el electoral votes Vote which I went Republican In 1896 and 1900 divided it Its Us cJ electoral vote vole in 1904 an and 1908 and went I Democratic in 1912 Missouri with eighteen eight eIght- I een can electoral votes which was Democratic i until 1904 t but went Republican In that year ear I and four years later Nebraska with eight electoral votes totes which has gone Democratic I only three times since 1868 Nevada with t three electoral votes otes that has gone gona Republican lican more more- often than Democratic Tho The t electoral votes of or these states total forty forty- seven and It is probable Mr Hughes willI will get at least half of or them and perhaps more rendering even more mor certain his majority I In the the electoral college Measured by by the tho Maine standard set sot up upI I t I b br by our Democratic friends who call Mal Maine MaIe o oI j I normally normaJ Republican California is entitled I I to bo called normally Republican because it ft always goes Republican in a presidential year when the tho putty is united Connecticut went Republican in 1896 1900 19 1904 and 1908 1 10 08 Delaware rc went Republican In 1872 1896 1900 1300 1904 and 1908 Illinois went Republican In la 1868 1872 1876 1880 1860 1884 1888 1838 1896 1900 1904 and 1908 Indiana went Democratic but three times between f I 1868 1863 and 1912 Iowa never cast a a. DemoI Demo Demo- I electoral vote ote until 1912 2 Kansas has ha hast hasI I t gone Eon ono Populist once and Democratic Democratic twice sinco 1868 Massachusetts has gone Demo Demo- DemoI Democratic cratic but once ones In hi a national election and that thai was was in U 1912 2 through the Republican party patty I schism Michigan has never gone Democratic Demo Demo- cratic cralle In Ja a Q national election cl Uon and went Progressive Prot Pro Pro- t In 1912 1012 has never nevert t failed to cast t her electoral vot votes for tor a a. Republican ReI Re Re- I publican president except in Sn 1912 du when hex her rotes went to Colonel Roo Roosevelt on th the Pro Progressive ticket Of Ot the ot other cr states stales entitled to be called I normally l Republican practically cally the tho same I can bc be said Raid I They ey arc are normally when the Republican party Is united and a athey at ai they form the greater part of ot the States the United States also is Republican when whon the party Is united I I Those Thos eastern bakers who are arc socking seeking t ti tc 0 advance the price of ot bread thus I the tho attention of t tho Department of oC Justice I mG may ultimately wish they had adopted tho the r policy polley of oC their Salt Snit Lake brethren who havo the Ute abandonment of at the rivo- rivo decided to put cent loaf loa up to tho consumer |