Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1916 — G. O. P. SWEEPS PINE TREE STATE [ARTICLE]

G. O. P. SWEEPS PINE TREE STATE

Republicans Make Clean Sweep In Maine, Wresting National and State Jobs From Dems.

Maine republicans, reinforced by returning progressives, won a signal victory qt the election Monday. They elected a governor, an auditor, two United States senators and four representatives, and wresting control of the state house of representatives from the democrats, will be able on a joint vote of the legislature to elect the other state officers not chosen by popular vote. Carl E. Milliken, defeating Governor Oakley C. Curtis, who sought reelection, by a plurality of approximately 13,000. The republican drift extended to county officers, the greater number of counties choosing republican county attorneys and sheriffs. These offices are important locally because the holders arc charged with enforcing the prohibition law. The vote was as heavy as expected, for the campaign had been waged with a determination not seen in recent years. The country was searched out for speakers of national prominence and the greater number of these battled on national issues, The fight was particularly hot for the two United States senatorships and the four places held by Maine in the lower house at Washington. National defense, the tariff I and the eighthour law for railroad men loomed large in speeches. United States Senator Charles F. Johnson, whose wide personal popularity had given the democrats great hope of his return, was defeated by Frederick Hale, son of ex-Senator Hale, by approximately 9,500. United States Senator-elect Hale Monday night sent a telegram to Charles E. Hughes who had share ! in the campaign, claiming that vote was indorsement of Hughes’ candidacy for the presidency. The message was as follows: Maine today has blazed the way for the rest of the country. We have elected our governor, two United States senators and the indications point to a soldid republican delegation in congress. The progressive party today supported the republican nominee. A reunited republican party has become a reality in Maine. The campaign has been waged and won largely on national issues, and the results are a triumphant endorsement of your candidacy for president.”