Show TIE 1 U1iE ELECTION Maine ha gone Republican gone Republican Re-publican as she went on a certain historical his-torical occasion Throughout the land 1 the goldbugs will shout for joy for a I Republican victory means a gold victory I vic-tory The plurality is the largest in the history of the state I makes it certain that the state will be overwhelmingly I over-whelmingly for McKinley in November but that we believe is all that can be I predicated on this victory As we said whun commenting upon the result of the Arkansas election it simply means that the people are deeply interested in the great Issue that is before them this year the financial issue and that they j i are turning out to the polls to give i expression to their views No doubt the opponents of free silver will try to j make much of the fact that Maine is Mr Sewalls state and that Mr Sewall is the vicepresidential candidate of the I Democratic party They will also point to the fact that there has been a loss I in the Democratic vote All this does not amount to much that is so far as I other states are concerned When any state that is surely Democratic or Republican I Re-publican by a very large majority increases in-creases its majority no great stress should be put upon that fact This has been the case with Maine in the i present election I makes one thing j i sure which is that Tom Reed will i 1 again be speaker of the house i i shall i i be Republican The Republicans are i entitled to do some crowing over the result In Maine and they will do i No one can forecast what will be the refutt of the election from any or all cf the state elections that have thus far occurred The Republican party gains this advantage the speakers who have been in Maine are now free to devote i their time and services to other states |