The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-06


and on the ratification and seventy
eight thousand on the Crabbe prohibi
ton enforcement act.
Returns from the missing districts
were expected TO make the ultimate
result very close, with the passage OF
the Crabbe act questioned by the
"wets."
Columbus, Nov. 6.-Late returns to
day from Tuesdays prohibition elec
ton in Ohio seemed to shatter the
election-night prediction of Secretary
OF State Smith that the "drys" had
carried four prohibition proposals by
majorities ranging as high as seventy
five thousand.
Boston. Nov. 6.-Final returns OF
the election show that Governor
Coolidge received 1868 votes as
against 193,335 for Richard II. Long
His plurality of 124273 is second only
to that of Governor Wolcott in 1896
who defeated George Fred Williams
Democratic nominee, by a55,000. An
other impressive feature of the vic
tory was the fact that the total vote
$4,000, fell only about 5000 snort OF
the 1916 record vote
Governor Coolidge's big vote not
only carried in the entire Republican
State ticket but also enabled the Re
publicans to win in all but five OF the
thirty-seven cities, including nine
that went for Long last year and 3l1
of the 316 towns, and added three
seats in the Senate The Republic
cans lost four seats in the House,
which does not affect their control of
that body.
Much credit for the ouecome of the
election must be given to the soldiers
and sailors who returned TO their
homes since the State election of 1918
They voted for the Governor yester.
day without thought OF party affilia-
ton.
Baltimore, Md, Nov 5.-Indica.
tions tonight. with practically all coun
ties accounted for, are that Albert c.
Richie, Democrat has been elected
Governor of Maryland over Harry w
Nice Republican, by the narrow mar.
gin of 327 votes With Garrett coun
ty only estimated, the total unofficial
vote follows:
Ritchie, (Democrat,) 111,l45 Nice
(Repubican). 110,9l9.
Galen l.. TAFT, Chairman of the Re
publican State Central Committee, to
night in formal statement, refused
to admit Mr. Ritchie's election. de
claring that when the complete re,
turns were at hand they would show
the election of Mr.. Nice and his as
sociates on the State ticket by "sey
eral hundred plurality
The Legislature appears to be Dem
ocratic. The Democrats have a ma
jority in the Senate and have convert
ed Republican majority in the last
House of Delegates to a Democratic
majority.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 5.-Kentucky
Republicans, jubilant over the ava
lanche of Republican. Independent
and Democratic votes that swept Ed
win p Morrow into the Governorshil
Tuesday, today were planning elabor
ate ceremonies for Inauguration day
which will be Dec. 9.
Morrow's election was assured by
the heaviest plurality ever given Re
publican nominee for Governor in Ker
sucky, With only five counties ou
of 120 missing, his plurality is placed
at 26,000 and it will go at least 5,
600 higher. because the five missing
counties are rockribbed Republican.
The House of Representatives i!
Republican The State Senate will re
main Democratic by two holdovel
votes. The prohibition and anti-lyncl
law amendments are believed to have
been carried.
New York, Nov 6.-Complete re
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