Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1908 — BIG DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN MAINE [ARTICLE]

BIG DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN MAINE

Only a few figures about elections In Maine are necessary to show how strongly the tide Is running this year In favor of the Democratic party. Taking the result of elections for governor within the last twenty years, we havs these figures: 1890 —Republican plurality. .18,883 1894 —Republican plurality. .38,978 1898—Republican plurality. .24,769 1902 —Republican plurality. .27.490 1904 —Republican plurality. .25,800 1908—Republican plurality.. 6,000 The small plurality of 6,000 this year, after an exciting contest that brought out a heavy vote, shows how the political wind is blowing. The Republican national committee attempts to break the force of the Democratic gains by saying that only state issues were involved. But as the Republicans carried the state for congressmen by than «oo« on the ♦"’s’ vote. It must be clear that national Issues were equally as powerful as state Issues in bringing about the result.