Political experts this week watched Maine for a forecast of political weather. The accuracy of the barometer was questionable. No one doubted that the State would go Republican in its elections. Question was how large a majority Republicans would roll up.
Political experts long since revised the wheeze, "As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation." (James A. Farley's revision: "As Maine Goes, So Goes Vermont.") This year, scandal in the State House involving Republican Controller William A. Runnells spread a haze in the sky. The personal popularity of Louis Jefferson Brann, former...
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