Show 5 it ii w VI tw As Goes Maine S Goes i 0 4 via 10 i I s- s I x y i If it is true t that at As s M Maine fue goes so so sog g goes s the nation then this is definitely going to be a a. Republican year in the United Stat States s. s Th The R Republicans 1 is wept swept the Maine general election Mon Monday Monday day winning every every major majo office from governor and U. U S. S 5 senator on down by large majorities At last counts Senator Owen Brewster Republican running for reelection had approximately 70 per per dent cent of the votes cast Governor Horace Hildreth also running for reelection on the G GOP 0 P ticket had almost a two two-to two one one lead Republican congressional congressional congressional c candidates were leading by votes of two or three e to one over their Democratic opponents The plain truth however is that the old adage As Maine goes so goes the nation has not been tr true e for more t than an half halfa 1 a century The he phrase was coined during the period immediately following the Civil war when for 20 years it was was' true that Maine Iain pointed the way in every elect election on Since 1880 however M Maine has gone Republican in six presidential elections and in a number of year off-year general elections while the nation has gone Democratic So a a. Republican victory of itself in Maine has little s significance any more What is sign significant significant and ican and and what the political experts watch closely in the Maine election election is is the size of the Republican ma roa- When the Republicans barely sq squeeze through in Maine then it looks looks' like a good year for th the Democrats nationally That was the case in th the 1934 1936 1934 1936 and 1940 elections for in in- stance But when the G GOP 0 P scores a a. smashing victory in Maine then the Democrats had better look out In 1928 the Republican senatorial candidate in Maine received 70 TOper per cent votes votes votes- and nationally there was a a. Republican landslide In 1942 the Republican an senatorial received 67 per cent of f the votes and in that presidential off-presidential year election the Democrats saw I their majority in the house of representatives pared down to nine If the final figures on the Maine election show that the Republicans polled from 60 to 70 percent of the vote as indicated in the incomplete returns it would on the basis of past experience be a good sign for the Republicans nationally It wilt will be interesting to see ee in another couple of months mantas whether Maine still can be regarded as a political barometer for the thena na nation on I |