New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

said, "is Reputation Of Wilson's ef-
Tort or group control in which entire
BLOCKS OF votes were sought through
official favor as in the Adamson act.
1t demonstrates the keenn6ss Of the
American voter t. eve danger of SOW
ietizing our industries under the cap
tlon of dcmocratization of industry
the best example Of which was the
Plumb plan of rail control 1t also
demonstrated that American labor is
not only sound at heart. but independ-
ent of nominations from labor official
dom: No man hns ever yet delivered
the labor vote in this country, nor is it
likely ever to be so delivered.
Cox Campaign Offended Women
"The enormous Republican plurality
was largely due to the woman vote,
not altogether because of Republican
policy toward woman suffrage or to-
ward progressive measures which ap-
peal to the woman instinct and sense
Of right, but in addition the pronounced
dislike of the character Of the Cox
campaign which was an offense to the
refinement Of the womanly sense of
public service. The composition and
character of all Republican meetings.
which displayed an intelligent cnthusi
asm and tone of refinement unknown
to political campaigns foreshadowcd
the drift Of the woman voter.
THE tremendous vote Of confidence
given the new Administration is not
confined to positive favor toward Re-
publican administration. It included
wofully tired Of Wilson. 1t also in
cluded pronounced conviction Of
business America, not confined to en-
pioyers of labor, who have become
properly alarmed ever tho fateful dis
integration of American enterprise, and
to an official suspicion that every man
who succeeds must be moro or less dis
honest. 1t included respectable por-
tion Of labor, which knows that the
best insurance against unemployment
and low wages is sound business
methods, where both the rights of labor
and capital are respected. In addition.
digni1ed methods of campaigning and
to their sense Of leadership in
America"
Accounts for Huge Majorities
Discussing the remarkable showing
made by the Republican party in piling
up substantial majorities in the Senate
and an overwhelming margin Of votes
in the lower house, Mr.. Fess said:
"The election of President by an
overwhelming majority unlike anything
in the history of elections, backed by
a Senate ma ajority in a contest in which
the Democrats claimed good chances to
win eight seats, but in which they
won nothing and lost ten. giving the
Republicans a majority of % and
House by the incredible majority of
IFS, is an interesting episode in cam
paigns.
"Since the Civil War the partisan
line Of demarcation has been the Mason
and Dixon line, the old dividing line
between the free and slave states.
Democracy's hold upon the Southern
section has ever proved its chief sup
port. Not infrequently the North and
West are strongly Republican, so that
the contest is often referred to as the
solid South against the united North
and West
This election has shown a smaller
number OF Democratic memh hers of the
Mouse from the North and West than
Republican members from south Of the
dividing line. In the border states,
neutral in the Civil War@Delaware
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri
Harding carried all but Kentucky. three
Of them elected Republican Senators
and they returned twenty-four Repub-
hcan members of the House and only
ten Democratic MEMBERS In addition.
Hal ding carried Tennessee with five
out Of the ten Congress smen. and he ecri-
ousy reduced the Democratic maioritv
in the other Southern states.
Won Seven Tests in Fifteen
"The Republicans cnose fifteen dis
tricts in the South in which to make
contests. These wer, taken as tests
t. ascertain the fcasib. ity of attempt-
irg to break the solid South The
list included three in Virginia, three in
North Carolina, one in Alabama, three
in Tennessee, two in Texas and three in
Oklahoma. These We're in addition to
the border states Of the fifteen tests
VIC won seven and made remarkable
showings in the other eight. We dii
not enter either Georgia or Arkansas,
both of which were represented as
very good fields for Republican policies.
The result demons trates the posi-
bl!ity Of disintegrating q minority rule
IN the Soutn land, which would not only
be a valued result to the nation at
large, but good thing for the South
as we'll.
In the vast country north of the
Ohio River and west Of the Mississippi.
save Texas. the Democrats have elected
fewer than q score of members to the
House and not single Senator Thay
hold only two members on the Pacific
Coast from the 1st and I'd districts
Of California; not member on the