REPUBLICAN WIN
STATE OF MAINE ELECTIONS DEMOCRATS DEFEATED THE KU KLUX KLAN AND POLITICS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, September 10. (Received September 9, 11 p.m.) A telegram from Portland in Maine says that the elections for the State and Federal officers resulted in a decisive Democratic defeat, the Republicans carrying' the State by a majority of 35,000 in the 225,000 votes cast. This has encouraged the Republican leaders because Maine’s election coming before the other States is generally regarded as a barometer of nation-wide electoral inclinations.
The Ku Klux Klan issue complicated Maine’s gubernatorial election. Mr Ralph Brewster, the Republican nominee, had the Klan’s support and easily defeated Mr William Pattangall, who, as a member of the Resolutions’ Committee of the Democratic National Convention, had vainly sought to incorporate a plank denouncing the Klan by name. Mr Pattangall’s defeat highly gratifies the Republican leaders, who repeat the old cry that the Klan is no issue in national politics.
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Southland Times, Issue 19346, 11 September 1924, Page 7
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164REPUBLICAN WIN Southland Times, Issue 19346, 11 September 1924, Page 7
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