The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04
SOLID SOUTH is
INVADED BY The
LANDSLIDE fever
Tennessee and Oklahoma Break
Ranks in Landslide.
Senator Harding Now Assured
401 Electoral Votes.
OTHER STATES HIT HARD
For First Time in History Texas
Elects Republican.
Former Speaker Champ Clark
Loses Seat in Congress.
Tennessee and Oklahoma Breal
Ranks in Landslide.
OTHER STATES HIT HARD
Former Speaker Champ Clark
Loses Seat in Congress.

New York, Nov. Warren G.
Harding probably will have 4O4 votes
in the electoral college and James NJ.
Cox l27.
Rcturns from New Mexico this aft
eraooh indicated that state was go
ing into the Republican column.
which would give Harding total of
81 states leaving Cox IL states.
New York, Nov. Tennessee has
swung into the swelling Republican
columns, shattering Democratic tradi-
tions of a ''solid south" unofficial but
nearly complete returns from the vol
unteer state showed early today.
Her shift from the Democratic
ranks, coupled with a similar upset in
Oklahoma reported late last night, as
sured Warren G. Harding of 4O1 cleo
toral votes as against 127 definitely in
the James NJ. Cox column.
Tennessee on the face of returns
tabulated by the Memphis Commercial
Appeal from SO of 95 counties with so
precincts missing. gave Harding 19e,-
759 votes and Cox 1S9,7S2, a Harding
plurality of 9.977. Governor Roberts.
Democrat was swept out on the Re-
successful candidate for governor
against his brother in 1885, was
elected.
No further actual upsets were re-
ported from the solid south altho
several towns in Florida and Louisiana
and several counties in Georgia and
Alabama broke precedents by piling up
Harding pluralities.
The Republican congressional sweep
assumed larger proportions as returns
NF00 m
S. d. Nicholson. Republican candidate
for the senate from Colorado assured
President-elect Harding a majority of
q least ten in the upper house, ana OF
fives states where senatorial choices
had not been determined, the Republic
can candid ties were in the lead in
four-AriZ, ma; Oregon, Nevada and
North Dakota. In the Fifth Kentucky
Republican leaders still clung to the
hope that late returns would overcome
the advantage held by Sen. J. c. w.
Beckham over Richard p. Ernst, his
Republican opponent. The Republi-
cans had secured 254 seats in house
of representatives to 131 for the
Democrats and four other parties, CIV
ing them a lead of 119, with forty
three contests in sixteen states unde-
termined. Thirty-seven of these con-
tests were in states which gave Hard
ing pluralities or whose uncompleted
vote showed the Republican candidate
in the lead.
Late returns also indicated possible
turnovers in cases of some Democratic
representatives reported elected. A
notable instance was in New York
where three Republican candidates re-
ported defeated-Ryan in the 18th
district, Ansorge in the 21st and Rose
dale in the 2Srd-had forged ahead
of Dooling, Donovan and McKinry,
earlier reported elected.
The house will have one Socialist
mcmber-Meyer London, of New York
who defeated Henry NJ. Goldfogle,
fusion candidate in the Twelfth. The
Prohibition party lost its lone repre-
sentative but an independent prohibi-
Zionist. NJ. w. Shreve, was elected fron
the 25th Pennsylvania district.
Several notable upsets occurred in
the congressional race-among them
the retirement by Missouri voters of
former Speaker Champ Clark of the
house and the election by Texas vot-
ers Of Republican representative,
Harry Wauersbach.
Bryan Blames Wilson.
Post-e!ection developments within
the ranks of the beaten Democratic
party included a tart statement from
William J. Bryan, in which he divided
blame for the defeat between Presi-
dent Wilson and Candidate Cox, assert
ing that the former had laid the
foundation for the disaster" and the
Wynne b. Wheeler, legislative counsel
of the Anti-Saloon League of America
issued a statement declaring a check
of the congressional election in forty
states showed substantial majority
in both houses against any beer or
wine amendment.
Virtually compete returns from the
whole country today showed Senator
Harding probably would have at least
401 votes in the electoral college and
Cox III. The outcome in New Mexico,
with three votes. was still in doubt.
Oklahoma appeared to have gone Re-
publican.
According to these figures, Harding
carried the following states: Arizona
5; California, 13; Colorado, 6; Con
necticut, Z; Delaware. 3: Idaho. 8; III
nois, 90; Indiana, Is: Kansas. 10:
Maine, 6; Maryland, S; Missouri, IS;
Montana, 4; Nevada. 3: Massachu-
setts. s; Michigan, 15; Minnesota, 12;
Nebraska, s; New Hampshire, 4; New
Jersey. "A; New York, As; North Da-
kota, 8; Ohio, "a: Oklahoma 10: Ore
gon. 5; Pennsylvania, 3S; Rhode Is
land. 8; South Dakota. 5; Tennessee,
u; Utah. 4; Vermont. 4 Washington,
.; West Virginia. s; Wisconsin, 10, and
Wyoming, s. Total, 4O1.
Cox has carried Alabama. -; Ar
kansas. 3; Florida. 6 Georgia IA;
Kentucky, 13; Louisiana, 10; Missis-
slppi. 10; North Carolina. I2: South
Carolina, .; Texas, 20. and virginia,
Il. Total. 127.
G. o. P. Governor for n. Y.
Albany. y. " Nov. 4.-Nathan Z,
Miller, Republican. has been elected
governor of New York by a majority
mat VIII run between $1,000 and
$4,000. it was estimated TODAY.
With $50 districts all considered Re-