| Show I VMNE KEEPS K S FAITH I > Carries Out its Traditions of Many Long Years GIVES OLDTIME MAJORITY Republicans Cnrry the State by 31 000 Out of aTotal Vote of 115000 Carry Every County Save One Elect More Than 150 Out of the 180 Members of the Legislature Delegation to Congress Elected by Majorities Hanging1 from 7000 to 10000 Largest Majority Save Ono i Portland Me Sept 10 Carrying out its traditions of many years with but one break Maine went Republican In thc State election today 0 good old time majority The Republican Slate ticket was elected with all but four Congressmen anJ J a great majority of i the Legislature There was every incentive in-centive for voting and the campaign I has been 1 spirited one t The vote was not quite heavy as in ISM but exceeded that ot the 1S98 election by thousands The Democrats 1 j I gained much satisfaction from the earlier ear-lier returns showing as they did again gain in four years of from IS to 20 percent per-cent This increase over the 1835 vote djU not apply to any particular locality but seemed to he general throughout The State The Republicans however II rather i I discounted the falling oft in the vote for the Maine district ticket from that I In 1S9G and the managers were not at nil surprised at an apparent loss of 12 I per cont shown by the returns from the I first 150 towns Their entire ticket headed by J P Hill for Governor was elected as were all four of the Congressmen Con-gressmen Allen In Reeds old district I LlttlcJleld in DIngleys old district JBurlelgh in the Third and Uoutclle in the Fourth l The campaign throughout the State i i except perhaps In Cumberland county I was tough entirely on national issues In Cumberland county with Portland asa center there was fought one of the most Interesting contests In the State This was solely on the liquor law Its enforcement or nonenforcement the noncntorcement Republicans representing the latter and ii Prohibition candidate the former issue is-sue The fight was a bitter one Returns Re-turns to 10 oclock tonight Indicate that the Prohibitionists have landed their candidate for Sheriff As to the Legislature there were few Democratic gains This body will maet in January and reelect William P Frye J IF Manley chairman of the Republican Repub-lican State committee sent the following follow-ing dispatch to MA Hanna tonight Maine stands by the splendid administration ad-ministration of William McKinley The voters of the Pine TreeState have given today the largest Republican ma jority ever given in the history of the State to any party with the single exception ception of four years ago when our opponents op-ponents were completely paralyzed and threw the smallest vote they ever cast In a Presidential yar since 1S40 The Republicans against 1 determined and united Democracy have carried every county sac one In the State electing more than 150 of the ISO members of the Legislature They have elected our delegation to Congress by majorities ranging from 7000 to 10000 Ve have carried the State by 31000 majority out of a total vote of 11GOOO |
