Show STA STATE OF MAINE GOES GO L 1 It t. t PINE TREE STATE GIVES G. G J oJ O. O P P. LA- LA LARGE OVER OP J PO I G P PARTY I ft 4 n It I I f 4 I Ralph Rlph 0 O. Bre VIter Overwhelmingly f I Defeat ji am m r it Democratic Ticket t tt II J 1 Leader eader 1 I I I i i. i I I Ip rf I p I t 1 Portland Me R Ralph lph O. O Brewster Of of f Portland Rep Republican a member f state senate was elected governor governor gov gor- of Maine by a plurality of f more mor more than over over William Willian Pat Pat- of Augusta Democrat With returns received from more tian election precincts o out t of in the state the vote stood Brewster The missing precincts included a number of towns which have too oo small a total vo vote e to affect the result re reo suIt sult materially With practically the same lame precincts United States Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Bert M. M Fernald Republican received received re reo re- re a revised vote of to for Fulton J J. Redman Democrat Demo crat erat The four four- Republican congress congressmen congress congress- men were reelected by safe lafe margins a former attorney general gen gen- eral of Maine conducted his campaign campaign cam cam- against Brewster principally on the I issue ue of the Ku Klux Klan In the primaries Brewster was in indorsed in- in domed by the klan for the Republican can nomination although he asserted asserted assert assert- ed that he was not a member of the klan and nd never had sought its sup sup- port On the face of the primary returns s Brewster was defeated by President Fra Frank U. U Farrington of the state senate by a emaIl margin but buton buton buton on a recount Brewster was given the nomination Brewster spoke chiefly on state issues is b. sues lues during his election c campaign making no mention of the klan Republican Re publican speakers speaker of national prominence ence who came Into tie the tate state in support sup sup- port of Brewster and Fernald and the four Republican congressmen however laid their emphasis on national national na na- na issues and joined the Republican can state committee in insisting that thata a vote for lor Brewster meant indorsement indorsement indorse indorse- ment of President Coolidge was wal the Democratic nominee for governor in 1922 against agaIn at p Pereival Percival P. P Baxter Daxter Republican and was defeated by a plurality of 2851 In a total vote less lesl than that cast Tuesday In 1920 the Republican can plurality for tor governor was 65 05 and the total vote was about 35 smaller than that cast this year |