REPUBLICANS LEAD

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 301, 16 September 1936, Page 9

REPUBLICANS LEAD

4 ■ Preliminary * Returns In Maine Elections — MODERATE MAJORITIES By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received/September 15, 10.35 p.m.) New York, September 15. Preliminary returns in the Maine elections Indicated clear Republican majorities in four of five important offices, but apparently the victory is not sweeping enough to indicate the national trend toward Mr. A. M. Landon that the Republican Party leadership hoped for. With approximately hajf tbe votes counted the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Barrows, has an over 20,000 votes lead over the Democrat, Mr, Dubord. On the other hand, the Republican, Senator White, has only an 8000 plurality over his Democratic opponent, ’Mr. Brann. The Republicans appear to have elected the State’s three representatives with moderate majorities. A cable published on Monday stated that although no national issues are involved in the Maine election's, for a historical reason they are of tremendous psychological importance since h is tbe only State holding elections in advance of the national elections. The proverb has arisen, “As goes Maine so goes the nation,”-although this often hfis not been the case. The Governor and three Congressmen are being elected with the Republicans considered before the election as the likely victors, and the Democrats are trying to minimise the majorities in an attempt to counteract the Republican trend. The Democrats have revealed that some dozen wealthy individuals, including several members of the Dupont, and Rockefeller families, have donated in excess of 50,000 dollars, for the Republican campaign, although none of the donors is resident in the State of Maine.