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The Washington times., 1920-11-04
BIG. MAJORITY
FOR RCONGRESS
Republicans Get 1877 Lead in
House and 20 Margin
in Senate.
VICTORY RECORD BREAKER
VICTORY RECORD BREAKER
BY GEORGE X. HOLMES,
International News Service.

NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-The un-
precedented Republican victory
growing by leaps and bounds hour
ly since the polls closed Tuesday
night, reached its maximum proper
tions today. when late returns dis
pelled the doubt that fingered over
Tennessee and New Mexico and
definitely placed these States in the
Harding Coolidge column.
4. .. 4. DREAMS kEALiz1D.
Latest returns show that the Re
publicans will have a majority Of 1877
in the House and 20 in the Senate.
The House will be composed Of 2S6
Republicans. las Democrats, and 4
whose votes will be scattering. The
Senate will be composed of So Repub-
licans and 80 Democrats.
With only three counties in Ten
nessee missing. Senator Harding has
. lead. Of some 10000 votes over Gov
ernor Cox. Inasmuch as three coun-
ties yet to be heard from went Re-
publican four years ago. returns from
these are expected merely to increase
the size Of the Harding plurality.
Thus Is the Republican dream Of half
a century realized. The solid South
has been broken.
In New Mexico. with only two coun-
ties missing. Senator Harding has a
lead in the returns today Of 5000.
The partial returns yet to come in
from these missing districts cannot
change the result.
Along with Arizona. Missouri. and
few sother States, which the Demo
Gratis did not give up until the last
mn thu oadtfinn NJ NAw Maxicn
and Tennessee gives the Republicans
a victory so gigantic that even today
the G. o. P. leaders found 1t hard
to realize.
4O4 ELECTORAL VOTES.
Senator Harding and Governor
Coolidge will have 4O4 votes in the
history Of the nation has this electoral
vote been surpassed. That was in
1912, the year Of the Republicans
schism, when Woodrow Wilson rolled
up 435 votes in the college.
Before that memorable year. 'Theo-
dore Roosevelt held the honors, hav-
ing received 338 votes in 1904, the
year which Republicans have always
proudly pointed to as representing
the high water mark Of political en-
deavor and victory.
k18T0lnB ana COOilQBe CHTrleu 90
states, taking along with them to
triumph the governorships of 26
states and numerous senatorial and
congressional candidates. They even
shattered some Democratic institu-
tions like Champ Clark in Missouri
and Senator George Chamberlain in
Oregon.
N. Y. PLURALITY GREATEST.
Even Texas elected one Republican
Congressman, and several Texas
towns gave Harding a plurality, al
though the State. OF course, was
traditionafly Democratic.
Cox and Roosevelt will have but
1877 votes in the electoral college.
While 1t probably will be some
days before the popular plurality Of
Harding and Coolidge will be defi-
nitely known, It appeared certain
today that 1t would be around 7.000,-
900 votes at a conservative estimate.
The greatest plurality given Hard
ing was from New York, 1,0S0,000,
and the smallest probably from
Arizona, New Mexico, or Nevada.
where the Republican plurality will
be from 5000 to 5000.
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q large crop of candidates for Cabi-
net positions and Senator Harding
will have no easy task in making
wise selections for those positions.
Much will depend. as to the success
OF the new Administration, on the
character OF the men who compose
the Cabinet.
WILL RELY ON CABINET.
Under Senator Harding. 1t is ex-
pected the Cabinet will be a real
factor in affairs. 1T is weii-known
that President Wilson has SO domi-
mated his Cabinet members that they
have done little in the way Of advis-
ing the President as to his course of
action. For many. months there
were no Cabinet meetings. while the
President was most seriously i'll. Be-
cause he called the Cabinet together
while the Presidents illness was most
serious, or at least ostensibly for
that reason. Robert Lansing was
compelled to quit the Cabinet as Sec
retary OF State.
1t is common talk in Washington
that Cabinet meetings under Mr.. Will
son have been In large part sessions
wherein the President simply made
known his decisions to the Cabinet
members.
Senator Harding. 1t is generally
assumed, will want Cabinet with
each ,and all Of whose members he
can advise and counsel freely. He
men he can obtain. This applies both
to the conduct of international ar
fairs and domestic affairs.
Moreover. Senator Harding is COM
mitted to the creation of a new de-
partment of government. a depart
ment Of public welfare. Under this
department would be all bureaus or
divisions having anything to do with
social justice.
1t is not at all impossible that a
woman will be chosen to head this
department, provided. of course. 1t
is created. That the women of the
country will ask to have one Of their
sex at the head OF the proposed new
department Is expected. However, II
Is not a certainty Congress will be
willing to provide the new depart
ment. It will mean increased ex-
penditures and the party will be COM
mitted to q program OF economy. On
the whole, 1t. is assumed that mas
much as Mr.. Harding In a sense has
committed the party to the new de-
partment, Congress will feel inclined
to establish 1t.
Today, there was increasing gossip
In political and other quarters about
the prospective secretary of State.
The choosing of this official will not
be an easy task for Senator Harding.
The three men most mentioned today
are Senator Lodge, Senator Knox and
former Secretary OF State Elihu Root.
The probabilities point to the selec-
tion of either Senator Knox or Sem
ator Lodge.
OPPOSITION TO R0OT.
Strong opposition is already be-
ginning to appear against the selec-
ton Of Mr.. Root The reasons for
this are not far to seek. They do not
relate to the ability of Mr.. Root for
that ability In admitted.
They do relate to his attitude to-
ward the league of nations covenant
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GIRL DIVES FROM BRIDGE
TO PAY ELECTION WAGER

PORTLAND. Me-, Nov. 4.-Two
weeks ago Miss Rose Startling dared
any Republican to jump forty feet
from Portland bridge into the har-
Dor and swim a third Of a mile to
the nesrest float IL Harding was de-
feated.
No woman took the dare, but q
schoolboy athlete accepted. Miss
Startling paid the bet on Cox's de-
feat while 1000 persons watched.
The water was icy cold and IL took
the girl 90 minutes to make the
swim. The crowd thought she had
been killed when she struck the
water on her side, but before boats
reached her Miss Startling piuckily
continued without help.
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TODAY

England, indeed, is not ready for
a revolution. II takes much think
ing to prepare nation for sue
cessful revolution, such as this
country had in 1875 and France
about fifteen years later. II was
the educating OF jefferson, Frank
lin and others, by French writer's,
that prepared our revolution
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WILL RENAME GERMAN SHIP

MONTREAL. Quebec, Nov. Am
other addition to the fleet OF the
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services has
been made by the purchase of the
former Hamburg American liner,
Koenig Frederick August. II Is pro-
posed TO rename the vessel the
Montreal, and in all probability she
will make her runs to this port. The
liner Is 478 feet long, 55 feet, wide,
and has a gross tonnage OF 0,482.
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BRYAN DEMANDS WILSON RESIGN AT ONCE
Senator Lodge Outlines Program
Of Republican Party

BOSTON, No. 4.-Now that the c. O. P. is in the
saddle again, here of the things the Republicans
plan to do, according to United States Senator Lodge
1-Readjut the present tax laws.
make alteration IN the tariff.
3-Reduce expenses of Government.
4-Make peace with Germany
5.-Repeal some sixty measures (which 20 be-
yond all Constitutional limits"
6.-Make arrangement with sister nations looking
to the peace Of the world, mot alliance"
1--WE shall not bring about any millennium, but we
will do the best can," he sad adding, q" want to ask
the American people to be patient and to remember these
things cannot be done in moment"
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Gossip Places Lodge,
Root, Hoover andKnox
In Cabinet of HARDING
BY JOHN SNURE.

Not waiting for any grass to grow under their feet
the friends of various aspirans for Cabinet places have
already begun to besr themselves in behalf of those
pirans
The Washington times., 1920-11-04

The names Of members
of the Senate and House
who will constitute the
Sixty seventh Congress
after March 4, will be
found on Page 3.
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Plenty of Room at
the Top.

Each new generation Is apt 10
feel that the great opportunities
are all Of the past, that the man
of energy and ability is unable
to climb as high as his father.
Experience is opposed TO this
conclusion. Opportunities were
Hotel Lincoln recently needed
a young man for office work.
work that offered future.
They put a help Want-ad in The
Times and report, 1--WE never
had such a number OF intelligent
looking young men apply for n
position before." OF course YOU
can get Intelligent help in the
same way. Just phone q WANT
nd TO The Times-Main 0260.
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Strong opposition is already be-
ginning to appear against the selec-
ton of Mr.. Root. The reasons for
this are not far to seek. They do not
relate to the ability of Mr.. Root for
that ability In admitted.
They do relate to his attitude to-
ward the league of nations covenant
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Chance for MarshaIl7
A cataolysm, Truly.
What viii Harding Dot
Nothing Like Ancestors.
ARTHUR BRIsBAN
tCopyright. isse.D

II Is rumored In Washington
that President Wilson will rssin
before the end. Of his term. giving
Mr.. Marshall q few weeks or
months or interesting sensations.
II the. President should DO this.
II would be one OF many things
done by him that no other Presi-
dent ever did.
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PINCHoT II POSSIBILITY.

One OF the most difficult positions
in the Cabinet to fll will be that
OF Secretary OF the Interior. 1t may
prove to be a very troublesome aucs-
ton for the new President. Reasons
for that are that there is much puyy.
ing and hauling as to the water
power policy which should be fol-
Scontinued on Page 2, Column 81
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FINAL COUNT SHOWS HARDING HAS 4O4 ELECTORAL VOTES
WEATHER

EAtr toosoaS ans
TAursaay. FPsst TO-
nlghtI rtsisS tsmpsrstsre
Tbuss1sy. Fresh West
anl Sesthwest wiAas.
TsaDeraturs st D Q. ~.
- degrees.
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ADDITIONS TO GREATER WHEELING,


Of thought
probably and
Wheeling
rke territory opposition In those
nnaly thTcshed
Inc
annexed t"
Utterly impossible reavd
Wheeling
organizations 10 one large
already Wheeling hav"
and tho
perhaps to be made
Of Of
their advantage
industry and in municipal
life has nvarabe that adjacent communities
having stable
That
Brooklyn suburbs
Bronx and Richmond That
and
thes cases Benwo McMhen
IS concerned
owners
If
Wheeling
the thoroughly
- considered public approval
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THE INTER-CHURCH MOVE
MENT.

MANAGERS OF the Interchurch move
unent have decided 10 continue on a
more limited scale. 1t is encouraging TO
those who look forward TO church unity
that this great movement will not be
allowed 70 die entirely. II promised a
great deal for the various branches Of
the Protestant church in this country.
and in Europe, and while the effort to
raise q large sum of money for the pro-
posed movement was not alto gether sue
cessful. the effort certainly did develop
a sentiment favorable 10 the cO-opera-
ton Of the churches and 10 union for the
general purposes Of missionary work.
Men everywhere are recognizing the
value OF cooperation as we'll of COM
petition, tho ADVANTAGES 10 be derived
from united effort as against dscord-
ant and unharmonious organization.
These advantages are just as certain In
church work as in industry, or IN bust
ness.
The great Protestant denominations
in this country with very little 10 divide
them, have each through the past CEN
tury pursued their own lines OF work.
often conflicting with each other, and
often restraining from giving help
whore help was needed because OF lack
of centralized direction. The Inter
church movement promises TO bring
them together for the work OF, the Mas
tar enable them 20 use 10 best adyan-
tAEe, the men and resources within
thsir hands. and while II seems that
ehPefe Is stu too much Of individualism
among the churches: too much Of rivalry
and human jealousy 70 permit OF all
that the organizers OF the movement
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CONSULTATIONS IN
ENGLAND.

w. think We have some big corpora
lions in this country and some DIG ouSl-
pes,es. We have been amazed al the
on,ckness with which consultations
havr been formed and many small com
panies merged into big ones. But Eng
land can give America lessons In inc
Art OF mergers. Al the present 'lu'e'
prscu,.ily the entire banking business
Of Great Britain IS IN the hands Oh s4A
great banks, which maintain numerous
branches ali over the Empire. The snip
building interests have been conferred IN
three or four corporations. and the ten
dency toward consolidation has reached
ordinary merchandise Four bis indie
nendenr establishments with their
branches. now conduct most OF the re-
tail merchandise business OF England
and some OF these establishments are
extending into foreign countries. har-
rods Of London. operating Il chain OF
retail stores, has just Increased ITS cap
ital ten milton dollars 70 purchase the
Gath and chayes chain OF retail stores
IN Argentine and Chile. and other indus
trial and other industrial and mercan-
tine concerns arc iS"Nh'hN
South America and South Africa IN par
tcular.
Ranks. insurance companies, cotton
ard WOODEN mills, steel plants and now
retail stores. are being merged at a rate
never dreamed OF before. Consolidation
means, ordinarily. economy and efficien-
cy. British business men are putting
themselves IN a position TO compete with
the world: 10 night for the trade which
Germany. before the war was taking
from them. and for tho trade which the
United States was almost compelled to
take during the war. SO far in Great
Br.tain. there has been no cutlery against
com bfnations and trusts such as was
heard in this country. and no effort by
legislation TO hamper their operation
II the corporation managers are wise
enough TO make their great combinations
serve the purposes OF the people. divide
I'D their savings with the public instead
of trying TO absorb them all themselves
they may escape from the restrictive
LEGISLATION which was enacted in this
country. In the meanwhile the phenom'
enon OF extreme consolidation IN lines
of business which, were heretofore most
intensely competitive. Is 4 thing thai
American business men must seriously
take note OF.
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.BENWOOD TAXPAYER
WANTS MILL TOWN
ADDED. TO WHEELING
Convinced IL Is in Interest OF Benwood
to Merge with Greater
City

Benwood. w Va. July IS, 1890.
Editor lntellIgenCer,
Dear Sir:
wish 10 suggest a step which may
seem revolutionary 10 some Of my Zen
wood friends. but which have thor
oughly considered. and believe IT
would be the best thing for Eenwood
ard all concerned. That is annexation
into Greater Wheeling. At frst blush
people Will think this is impossible be-
cause Renwood IS in a different county
from Wheeling. but that point IS no
difficulty whatever city organizations
and county organizations are distinct.
! The city OF Benwood is not coicrminous
with Marshall county. and the city OF
Wheeling is not cotermlnous with OHIO
county. and Wheeling can incorporat"
Benwood for municipal purposes and
municipal activities. BenHoo can be
joined with. Wheeling without at all
separating IL from Marshall county or
creating any conflict Of authority. We
will simply have our city activities al
the city hhl IN Wheeling aSd pay our
taxes there. while our county activities
should - nj Noundsvi!le az they ar"
now. and We would pay our county
As CITIZEN OF Benwood who has
/ watched the development Of. Wheeling
and OF Benwood for a number OF years,
] am convinced II is in the interest o.
Ecnwood property owners ma 'aNISy
ers as well as those Of McMechen 10
join in Greater Wheeling and 20 re-
ceive some OF the benefits from the
merger OF the municipal unit. me
greater city can do for all OF us the
things which We ali want done To bet
ter advantage than. individually We
can do them FOR ourselves. Particularly;
| am sure We will have in Benwood and
;hfs entire session better and more or
derly government . more Responsible
administ ration OF city affairs and Will
receive more pablo heDefts from an
nexation than we will have II we remain
independent | am WI ~ mo Ie'ltt
Smnly 10 bring the subject before the
people. no, only of Bcnwood. but OF
wheeling. 10 arouse discussion. and J
believe that the longer the matter Is
discussed. the NOR" advantageous inc
A BEENwOOD TAXPAYER
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WONDER WHAT BRAND.
THEY ARE DRINKING
IN MARIETTA TOWN

I u,r;at,, Ohio. July l3-If the On
ri,nati ZOO or any rambling circus '''"I
| has passed through OHIO nave los. "
/ hrs, class man sized ape, olstul 80 ~
! dents of this town and the N!C'"I.y
80, Rank would like TO have repre-
Snn,',;yes Come here and inQuire. INTO
! tbn urtecedents OF q strange ahihai u'', a.
: Mas stirred the quiet FOLK heredoo"' ~
a nigh pitch of excitement;
Rumors Of what Is declared 10 pe
,,rrs specimen of the African ape seen
q, ~ y heavy woods near Grave n Dam
right miles below here on the oh!S
river have been confirmed by trc 49,
,eHpericnces Of many peop'c' ~
maI is declared TO have on numper OF
n',1.', sIons Assaulted the right OF road
Win persons walking IN the direc'ioh VI
I Marietta. , ..uo arjvn
The other night the strange ANNA
; is declared by Archie GassIu9 lad and
| to have refused to permit CASSIDY any
' his marty TO pass. When Inc va,
offered TO give the animal the rotu. Sns
! ape calmly moved over IN lroht r % re re-
and blocked their passage IheS
turned later with an armed searcnlns,
nxrty, : but the beast had disappeareo'
Another posse was organized aiter peo-
pie on d train, returning home; ndd b Seee
In apc, but though they found nusef
| tracks in the under brush. me animal
eyidentIy had taken 10 the trees
Several persons nave fred at the am
mai. including william Flsh; iHln n,
! living near Gravel Bank. When frigntii
c ,,.e those who have seen the animal
/ reoprt that the ape takes swings mo 10
/ the trees. jumping from prahch 10
! branch. a,a.-.blv
The ape is said 10 be conSideSani
! larger than a man. apparently peihs
| seven feet tall 1t has not Attackeu
|anv pcrsons or livestock and II Is De
I,o;.cd ~ hunts human habitation more
from desire for companionship than
with the purpose d harm. When lSs t
seen the ape appeared TO be well leo
and at home in the woods ne mas SCI
! rctcd as his habitat.
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WEASEL" WORDS.

Many pithy political phrases were
coined by the late lamented Theodore
Roosevelt. With particular emphasis
his term weasel words" applies TO the
Democratic platform, as it is full OF
them. For instance. the platform wants
TO do something for Ireland. but this
must not be done so as TO offend the
British. The real friends OF Ireland
demanded the promise OF a recognition
OF the Irish republic. What was the
result: The people Of Ireland were
given the sympathy OF the convention
and the promise that sorne thing be done
for them within the limitations OF in
ternational comfy and usage. There
was another smiling OF the auEurs" Of
those in Washington and in London.
when they read this passage. to which
John Bull himself might subscribe.
One OF the most important pIanks OF
the platform. that relating 10 labor.
was also sacrificed to the weas els
Labor IS entitled 10 adequate compensa-
ton. says the document. but the capital
lists likewise. it continues. Workmen
may strike, but in public service the
rights OF the people arc paramount TO
the rights to strike. Even the league
Of nations plank. which was to fully ac-
cord with Wilson's views. IL full Of the
spirit Of On the one hand q. on
the other hand 5000" We are not to
assume obligations contrary to the con-
stitutton. but Obligations OF this very
kind are laid down in the treaty. Only
on the prohibition enforcement question
the Democrats used no weasel words
They ignored 1t altogether.
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ROMANCE OF CHEMICALS AND DOLLARS
It's the Story of Straightforward Business Partnership
of Vast Present Significance
By WILLIAM HAYNES,
Noted Chemical Authority Publisher of Drug and Chemical
Markets

FIVE years ago conservative American
Bankers and Investors regarded the
stock of new chemical company ABOUT
as favorable as they would have enter
tanned the expectation OF green cheese
to the moon
But few Americans then knew any
thing about the business OF making
chemicals and. 10 any. chemist was
college professor who specialized in tho
least practical OF the sciences. the
energetic. hard-headcd. pra Eical Amer
lean business man had no time for bad
smells and fine theories. which were ap-
p2rently Chcmistry'S stock in trade.
The results OF chemical reaction GER
tainly appear 10 b" quite magical. TO
produce dry powder by passing gas
through 4 liquid seems as clever a trick
as drawing a rabbit from silk NAT,
Chemists talk a strange la2suag" and
write cabaliStiC symbOlS-the mystrieS
Of alchemy still surround them.
The medieval benct in the transmtS
taticn Of haser metals into gold per
slsts in the modern expectation that
high priced products can be made by
chemists very simply from cheap "a"
materials. No substitute for gasoline
can be produced by boiling straw in sea
water. and If il could he price or straw
would advance and the price of motor
fuel would so decline that the pronts
would cease 20 b. eXhorbitent
II is true that chemists have dlScov-
cred many processes which have reduc-
ed the cost OF manufacturing many
things. from steel rails 10 match Ups
but the inevitable economic results IS
that the selling price Of these goods is
sooner or later lowered. so that the in
creased profits must come eventually
from increased consumption.
Aluminium is good example. In
1853 the worlds total production was
only about a hundred pounds. which
sold for about 3+0o = pound An Amer
lean chemist. c. NJ. Hall. invented pro
cess for the separation Of this metal
from one ~ the commonest rocks. In
thirty years the price dropped 10 20
cents pound and the consumption in
this country alone reached the aston
ishing total OF over $4,000. 600 pounds. A
rare chemical curiosity has esGom" al
sorts OF things from saucepanS 70
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RIPPING RHYMES
by WALT MASON.
PARTuG GUESTS

like 10 have my friends come
in. when evenings growing gray,
and talk OF autos made OF tin. or
hens and hogs and hay. Their com
ing does not make me sore; It's this
that makes me grieve: When they
would go. their visit Ger. they take
SO long TO leave! They quit the
dazzling sitting room. At half past
ten O'Clock. then in the halls re
lIgrous gloom they talk and tax
and talk At last they leave my
humble door. but on the porch they
pause, and for another, hour or
more they ply their useful Jaws.
The night is waxing old and Ia'c
when down the walk they go. ana
then they loiter at the gate 10 INK
an hour or so. How grand IS mat
intrequenI guest who says. Al nInt
o'clock, Time flies apace. you want
to rest. so | will take walk. re
takes his YalNing stick ana nat
and when he comes some more. ne
hndS a welcome on the mat that
lies before the door. MY tricndS
are welcomed To my gate, ana
harmless suds shall flow, but when
it's time 20 pull their freight,
wish they'd up and 60
Copyright by George NAtthe"
Adams