The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04
LANDSLIDE FOR
SENATOR HARDING
HARDING. AT MIDNIGHT HAD
275 ELECTORAL VOTES
Democrats Carry Solid South and
Some ON BOrder-120 Votes Are
DOubtful-The Democratic Com
mittee Abides By the Result Cheer
fully, If With ForebOding. Says
Chairman White.

Chairman White. 49,
New York, November Warren
G. Harding, Republican, Of Ohio, was
elected president Of the United States
and Calvin Coolidge, Republican, of
Massachusetts. was elected yiee-pres-
ident by the voters of the nation
Tuesday.
At 1880 o'clock this morning, with
actual returns far from complete,
Harding was certain of 275 votes in
the electoral college from the follow
ing states;
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, H.
linois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine. Massa-
chusetts. Michigan. Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont. Washington, Wis
cousin and Wyoming.
the states from which returns were
too meager to justify actually placing
them in either the Harding or Cox
column were; Arizona. 8; California,
10; Colorado, s.; Indiana, Is; Ken
lucky, 10; Maryland, 8; Minnesota,
II; Missouri. Is; Montana. A; Ne
vada, 3; New Mexico. g; North Da-
kota, 5; South Dakota, 5; Utah.
and West Virginia, 8, total Of 100.
The states which were certain for
Cox at that hour were Alabama,
Arkansas. Florida. Georgia, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennes-
see, Texas and Virginia, a total of
1876 votes in the electoral college.
On the face Of returns showing the
growing landslide for Harding. Gov.
Cox's own newspaper the Dayton
Daily News, and Chairman White, of
the Democratic national committee,
soon after IL o'clock last night con-
coded the election of Senator Hard
ing. Without awaiting returns from
the West, which four years ago elect
ed Wilson in the face of pluralities
for Hughes throughout the East. the
Democratic candidate and his chief
manager conceded that American
voters had preferred Harding, who
favored Staying out" to Cox, who
favored "going in"
The following statement was is
sued by Mr.. White:
"The abandonment by some of the
most prominent Republican leaders
Of the very league Of nations which
they helped to construct has been
successful The people have sue
cumbed to the confusion wrought by
these distinguished men and to the
misrepresentation Of those who would
not and did not understand the
league of nations. | hope it may yet
be rescued from the political morass
and be saved to mankind.
"No one has any occasion for Bit
terness or of recrimination. What
the whole people decide the whole
people must accept. The Demo-
cratic national committee abides by
the result cheerfully if with fore
boding. Senator Harding is the peo-
pies president.
'Tn this election Republican propa-
ganda has been shrewdly directed to
induce the descendants Of six
European nations to vote as six
European nations instead Of as one
American nation. They have in
weighed these Americans to vote with
their thoughts across the sea instead
of on this country. Our common
task must be to coalesce these groups
again.
"The fate Of Irish freedom has
been settled adversely. Men and
women of Irish blood have voted for
the candidate who has declared the
Irish question to be domestic prob
lem for Great Britain in which we
can have M official concern. With
their support the American people
have returned the Irish problem to
Downing street. They have indorsed,
| am sad to say, separate peace
with Germany.
For the first time in eight years
a Republican party is face to face
with the task of constructive legis-
lation and more than that the meas
ures of reconstruction for which the
country has been asking a Republican
CONFESS for two years in vain. They
must change a negative record into
positive. And in this task they