Arizona republican., 1920-11-05
ELECTORAL
 VOTES TOTAL 4O4

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-An almost record smashing electoral vote for Senator Harding topping the 400 mark and Republican majorities of more than a score in the senate and 150 in the house were assured from virtually complete returns tonight from Tues days elections.
 With the Democratic strongholds of Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee definitely swept into the Republican ranks by the party's crushing victory. the Harding Coolidge ticket had 3S6 votes, exclusive of the five from Mon- tana, where the Republican ticket was victorious and the presidential ticket ahead
 The Republican landslide tonight had given them 58 senate seats as against S7 for the Democrats. with late returns undermining the seat of Sem ator Beckham, Democrat, of Kentucky. His Republican opponent, Richard J. Ernst, forged ahead in a nip and tuck fight for the only senate seat left un- settled. Of the 34 senate contests, the Republicans captured nine from the Democrats and elected all 15 of their candidates. Among the Demo- cratic senators who today went down to defeat were, Senators Chamberlain. Oregon, former chairman of the mill
 
 zona, who lost to former Representa- tive Ralph Cameron and Senator Hen derson of Nevada, who was defeated by former Governor Oddie.
 Final returns from a few congress sional districts still were belated to- night, some due to close races which upset a few previous announcements and others from isolated sections With these missing districts the Re publican roll in the house had climbed past 2S7 to 140 for the Democrats.
 Among house members whose re- election was reported finally tonight was Representative Volstead of Min nesota, author of the Volstead prohi- bition enforcement act, and chairman of the house judiciary committee, 3 position he is scheduled to retain. In the house contests the Republican sweep gave Ohio an almost solid Re- publican delegation for the first time in it's history one contest being in doubt, in this, the home state of Sen ator Harding and Governor Cox, the Republicans gained and the Democrats lost seven seats, possibly eight. In Missouri the Republicans gained an other block of eight.
 The Socialists, according to revised returns will have one representative l in the state senate and three in the assembly with the election of August Claessens of the Seventeenth Manhat- tan district still in doubt. Edmund s Seidel, Socialist, has been elected fl | the twenty second district. Seidel is l the first Socialist to win 6 seat in tho | senate. Samuel A. Orr. of the fourtl Bronx district and Charles Solomon l of the twenty-third Kings district, tive of the assemblymen elected last veal have been chosen again. Solomon wa: expelled last winter and again, aftel being successful at the special election ! in September, while Orr was expelled 1 last winter, was seated at the extra ordinary session but resigned. Loui Waldman of the eighth Manhattan district, expelled twice, was defeated on the face of late returns by Morris D. Reiss, Democrat, by 153. Benjamin
 Antin. Democrat, running as a fusiol candidate, won the third Bronx distric
 over Samuel A. Dewitt. Socialist, wit
 a majority of SIP.
 The new Socialist member in tn
 lower house of the legislature will b. Henry Jaeger.