Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-09-12 | Page 1 | Maine Election on State Issues

MAINE ELECTION ON STATE ISSUES Portland. ' Maine, Sept 12. Well-known Well-known candidates. wolL-undersiood is sues of state, rathvr than of a national na-tional characted and' fvno weather, drew the voters of Maine to the polls today for the biennial state election. Governor Bert M. Feinald. who was seeking a second term, has had lo defend de-fend his administration againtt unusually unus-ually asgresslve attacks by the Democrats Dem-ocrats headed by Col. Fred Plalsted, four times mayor of Augusta, whose battle cry was economy. While insurgency lu the Republican ranks as applying to national unrest Ins not developed In Maine, there has been, nevertheless, metterlng against some of the Republican state leaders j and there was considerable Interest today lo see how far this would mani fest itself