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Maine. Though its presidential vote has been chronically Republican since the Civil War, with the exception of the split-year 1912, there is a certain post-mortem parallelism between Maine's state-election votes in September and the nation's presidential votes two months later. There was, accordingly, nationwide Republican whoopee when William Tudor Gardiner, Republican, was elected Governor of Maine by an 82,000 majority over Edward C. Moran, Jr., Democrat. It was the largest G. O. P. margin in Maine history and was shared generally by the full ticket for Senator and Representatives...
...Panama Canal and Bermuda: "I should be obliged if you would note that all press reports concerning his Royal Highness Prince George during the visit are without foundation and are unauthorized." Seemingly this blanket statement was intended to smother an A. P. story that H. R. H. had split his trousers in Santa Barbara, while performing the "varsity drag...
...Fisher is a director and president of the G. M.'s Cadillac division, William A. a director and president of the Fisher Body division. The $36,000,000 G. M. stock that they received for their business has increased manyfold from G. M. extra dividends and stock split-ups and stock market offers...
Perhaps Governor Zimmerman's endorsement by the W. C. T. U. and Anti-Saloon League helped ruin him. Wisconsin is an oldtime Wet. Perhaps the Hon. Zimmerman's former membership in the La Follette contingent helped split Candidate Beck's vote. Perhaps the La Follette grasp on Wisconsin is slipping in the second generation. Or, perhaps Nominee Walter Jodok Kohler is a wealthy manufacturer with a real flair for politics, a convincing program...
Other circumstances under which a state's electoral vote can be but seldom is split are: 1) when two weak parties join forces and present a fusion ticket sharing the electoral votes according to a predetermined arrangement, 2) When enough voters go out of their way to "scratch" the names of individual electors...