Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-05
Harding and Coolidge Elected
Ey Land Slide That Breaks
"SOIid South"
STRAIGHT REP. TICKET
WINS IN WISCONSIN
SOCIALISTS Lose i'm Milwaukee and Non
Partisan League Gets Solar
PieXus Blow

Tuesdays election was one of the
greatest Republican land slides in
the history Of the country. The mag
ntude Of the victory rolled up behind
Harding and Coolidge as Standard
,earers exceeds the expectations of the
aGs: sanguine partisan of the G. O. p.
ana is a crushing reputation Of the
policies of the Wilson administration.
The republicans have not only elect
ca the president and vice-president, but
will have a safe working majority in
Doth senate and house of representa-
tives
Over four hundred electoral votes
cen probable for Harding. Even the
solid south has been broken into,
not only Missouri but Tennessee as
well having gone into the republican
column. this being really the outstand-
ing sensation of the election.
Heretofore, the highest plurality ever
recorded in any state has been half
million, but Harding has exceeded this
figure in three states New York, Penn
sylyania, Illinois, obtaining i'll New
York the stupendous majority Of /, ,250,-
000 votes.
Uusk county and Wisconsin were
right in line, not only giving the head
of the ticket big majOrities, but follow
ing this up consistently by electing the
straight republican ticket. Blaine, for
governor, has a majority Of over
80, 900. and the entire republican state
ticket is elected by large majOrities.
Lenroot, republican nominee, had a
hard fight for reelection as senator,
but has won out with a plurality prob
ably in excess of $4,000.
Rusk county gave liberal majOrities
for every candidate on the republican
ticket. VIM. DodsOn, running inde-
pendent for sheriff, was defeated by
Gerald Maloney, the nominee, by over
three hundred majority.
The detailed vote of every precinct
in Rusk county will be found on page
II Of this issue.
On all sides the Townley political ma
chine met disaster in Tuesdays cleo
ton. The so-called nOn-partisOn leag-
uers have lost out in every state III
which their ticket was factor. Min
nesota has demonstrated that it has
had enough already of TOWnleylSm,
and the newly-enfranchised women
voters proved a hard foe Of this brand
Ine oil
governor of Minnesota and the leag-
| uerS have lost strength i'll the gopher
| legislature
Representative Volstead, author OF
| the Volstead enforcement act, and on
whom the leaguers and vets centered
the hardest fight in their power has
defeated his nOn-partisan league Opp0-
nent, Kvale.
Control of the North Dakota lower
house by the independents, or Oppo-
| nents of Townleyism, now appears GER
| tain on the face of the returns. The
only real hope or ray Of comfort OF the
Townleyites lies in the possible re-elec-
| ton of Lynn ]. Frazier as gOyernOr
| although with the vote of 1,4O5 out OF
| 2.O91 precincts available, their candi-
date was trailing J. f. L. O'Connor, in
dependent, by S,S73 votes.
Not single league candidate was
| elected in Nebraska and in Colorado,
| Washington and Montana the repub-
licans defeated the candidates of the
league.
Oklahoma has been carried by
Harding.
Cox has carried eleven southern
states that he can be sure of. with thir-
teen states as the highest possibility.
Whate the Leaders Said
| With majorities piling up in what
Democratic leaders said was a sol
emn referendum Oh the League of Ma
tions. President Wilson withheld any
comment Bainridge Colby, secretary
of state, expressed disappointment
Senator Johnson, of California, lead
ing ''irreconcilable" stated that the
election meant the end of the League
, and another. Senator Reed Democrat
. Missouri. declared that the fight on the
League issue was tragic mistake
/ and had split the Democratic party.
Defeat Of former Speaker Clark was
one Of the election surprises. He has
. served in the House continuously since
1870 as one of the Democratic stal
warts and received a majority of votes
for the presidential nomination at Bal
} timOre when President Wilson was
chosen. He probably will be succeed
. cd as minority leader by Representa-
t tive Kitchin, Democrat, North Carol
ina.