Show It Is very surprising to see an old State like Maine hold up so well to the Presidential election figures as Maine has done In this off year The Republican Republi-can plurality in that State at Mondays election is given at 23000 and asj I the plurality for McKinley ins moo was 25C11 it will be seen that Republicanism Is In pretty EcenI full I vigor there A falling off in plu rallty of about half In an off year compared com-pared with a Presidential year Is not uncommon but to hold up to the higher high-er figures Isunusual It must be that the Maine Yankees have rejected the dry husks of antiImperialism and the thorny nettles of slander in favor of the pleasant pastures of patriotism and prosperity i |