Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-02
America Chooses New Chief Today;
Both Parties Express Confidence
As Ballots End Cox-Harding Race
Republicans Claim "0ver-
wheIming Victory" "Cox
and Roosevelt Will Win, "
Declare Democrats
Cox or Harding?

Cox or Harding?
AS this edition of The Tri- Weekly
Journal went to press the greatest
question in America today was about
to be settled.
On Saturday, the long battle of
words, with the League of Nations
as the burning issue, formally ended.
The campaigns prosecuted by the
Democrats and the Republicans were
| finished.
True, few minor skirmishes were
the rule Monday. But the contest
| Tor votes virtually ended Saturday
night when Governor James M Cox
and Senator Warren G. Harding de-
| l1vered their last prediction. ad-
| dresses.
Monday heard the final toot of the
| polltlcal horns and saw the ultimate
| flare of red fire.
On Tuesday came the voting.
| AS is usual whenever Uncle Sam
chooses new captain for his ship
OF state, both the Democratic and
tne republican leaders asserted COM
plete confidence in victory.
1.-THE evidence of the overwheln-
ing Republican victory hourly in
creases," was the statement of Will
| II. rays, chairman gof the Republic
an national committee. "It is now
certain that the Republicans will
have minimum total of 1858 electoral
votes. We will have a greatly in
creased majority in the house and a
substantial majority in the senate"
Whites Forecast
This from George White. chairman
| OF the Democratic national commit
| tee:
Cox and Roosevelt will win. They
Will nave a party majority in the
senate and house."
Socialist headquarters, while MAX
ing no claim of electoral votes, pre-
d1cted that the party would poll the
| largest vote in its history-3 ,OOO, 900
some leaders claimed. While assert
| ing that many of these ballots would
represent party converts, Socialist
advocates also prophesied that many
would represent protest vote
against Imprisonment of political
prisoners" including Eugene V. Debs,
their own presidential candidate, now
| In the Atlanta pentitentiary for vio-
| lation of the espionage act.
All parties took into consideration
| swelling of the vote by appearance
of women casting their ballots for
president.
Claims of Hays
In his prediction of victory for
| Senator Harding and Governor Cool
idge, Mr.. Hays laid claim to the fol-
lowing states.
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Idaho, Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Yogk, North Dako
II, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South. Dakota, Utah,
Vermont, Washington, West Virgin
ia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
''In addition" said Mr.. Hays, "the
Republicans have very much better
than an even chance to carry Ari-
IONA, Kentucky, Maryland and New
Mexico, with 81 additional electoral
electoral votes almost certain out of
q total of 531.
Republican victory in Kentucky
is absolutely certain provided the
weather is such that it is practical
ly possible for the great Republican
majority in the mountains Of east
ern Kentucky to get to the polls. This
same element enters into the result
in Tennessee, where there is a splen-
did chance for the Republicans. We
also have splendid opportunity to
carry North Carolina and Oklahoma.
This makes the probability of an ad-
ditional "a votes. 49,
"The only states certainly Demo-
cratic are Alabama. Arkansas, Flor
ida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Vir-
ginia.
1.-THE electorate of America which
isIfor America, first is simply wait
ing for the opportunity to<(voice' a
Nprotest against inefficiency, eXtrava-
gance and autocracy in government;
to express it's complete confidence in
the constructive ability of the Repub-
lican party in a manner that will be
l.
Mr.. White, who declared he
had spent the last three days
checking up detailed reports from
all state chairmen,. asserted he saw
mo reason to alter my forecast in
which 1 predicted a certain victory
for the Democratic ticket" Mr..
White referred to a prediction he
"But, in perfect fairness, l want to
say that this will not be alone q
Democratic victory. 1t viii be vic
tory Of America. victory over dis
loyalty and partisanship, victory
over the councils of selffshness.
"This nation wants to establish
and maintain world, peace in con-
cert with those nations which were
our allies in the struggle against
imperialism. IT. wants to extend
the Monroe doctrine to the world.
1t wants to secure peace in the east
and to spare future generations of
Americans from the necessity Of lay
ing down lives abroad to save man.
kind from military domination.
1--WE have won the argument for
peace. We have won it despite the
fact that an absolutely clean and
fair campaign 'on our part has been
conducted in the face of campaign
that bore every other semblance but
fairness and cleanliness"
President Votes by Mail
The,presidential NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
up their campaign travels in the
west The senator chose Columbus
as the city in which he would deliver
his last address before election day,
while his opponent ended his cleo
ton activities with an old-faShioned
torchlight parade in Chicago and an
address at Coliseum, where hiS~riVal
was nominated.
The vice presidential candidates
selected the east for their final cleo
ton addresses-Boston for Governor
Coolidge and New York for Franklin
d. Roosevelt.
Farley P. Christensen, presidential
! candidate of the Farmer-Labor party,
running with Max Hayes, today car
ried his campaign into the state OF
| Washington. Although his ticket
mate, Eugene v. Debs, was forced to
conduct a unique campaign in the
| form of statements issued from be-
hind prison walls, Seymour Stedman,
vice presidential choice of the So
cialist party, carried his appeal for
votes personally throughout the
country. Aaron s. Watkins and Leigh
| Colvin, leaders on the Prohibition
ticket, and Robert c. MacAuley and
Richard c. Barnum, Single Tax can
didates, also have carried on their
| campaigns aggressively.
And. while presidential candidates
| toda& were matching plea with plea
| for the right to occupy the White
| House for the next four years, the
| present occupant cast his vote.
| Neither President nor Mrs. Wilson
went to Princeton, where they are
registered, but mailed their ballots
| to New Jersey.