Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
TE|VNESSEELEAVIE!:s!?
SOLID SOUTH; COP.
CARRIES IS STATES
Republican Landslide Gives
Harding 4O1 Electoral
Votes; Democrats Lose in
Congress

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Tennessee
has swung into the swelling Repub-
lican columns, shattering Democratic
traditions of a solid SOUTH" unof-
fetal, but nearly complete returns
from the volunteer state showed
early today.
Her shift from the Democratic
ranks, coupled with similar up
set in Oklahoma, reported late last
night, gave Warren G. Harding 401
electoral votes as against 127
definitely in the James M. Cox COL
umn and left in doubt three seats
in the electoral college, from New
Mexico, where Cox is leading. Hard
| ing probably has carried thnrty-six
states.
| Tennessee, on the face of returns
tabulated by the Memphis CONNER
cial-Appeal, from SO Of IS counties,
with fifty precincts missing, gave
Harding 199,759 votes and Cox. 1884,
1872, a Harding plurality of 9.977.
Governor Roberts. Democrat, was
swept out on the Republican tide and
ALI A. Taylor, unsuccessful candi-
date for governor against his brother
in 1885, was elected.
No further actual upsets were re-
ported from the solid SOUTH" al
though several towns in Florida and
Louisiana and several counties in
Georgia and Alabama broke prece.
dents by piling up Harding plurali-
ties.
Big Congress Majority
The Republican congressional
sweep assumed larger proportions as
belated returns continue to come in.
The victory Of Samuel D. Nicholson.
Republican candidate for the senate
from Colorado, assured President
elect Harding majority of at least
ten in the upper house, and Of five
states where senatorial choices had
not been determined, the Republican
candidates were in the lead in four
Arizona, Oregon, Nevada and North
Dakota. In the Fifth. Kentucky, Re
publican leaders still chung to the
hope that late returns would over
come the advantage held by Senator
j. C. w. Beckham over Richard L.
Ernst, his Republican opponent.
The Republicans had secured 257
I'seatS in the house of representatives
to 1872 for the Democrats and fou
for other parties, giving them a lead
of 1923, with forty-two contests ia
sixteen states undetermined. Thirty
seven of these contests. were in states
which gave Harding pluralities or
whose uncompleted vote showed the
Republican candidate in the lead.
| Late returns also indicated pos"
sible turnoverS in cases OF some
Democratic representatives reported
elected. A notable instance was in
New York, where three Republican
candidates reported defeated-Ryan.
In the Fifteenth district, Ansorge in
the Twenty-first, and Rosedale IN
the twenty-third-had forged ahead
of Dooling, Donovan and Mchlnry'
|earlier reported elected.
The house will have one Socialist
member-Meyer London. of New
York, who defeated Henry M. Gold
fogle, fusion candidate, in the
Twelfth. The Prohibition party lost
it's lone representative. but an In
nt-Prohibitionist, Milton w.
Shreve, was elected from the Tween
ty-fifth Pennsylvania district.
Several notable upsets occurred IN
the retirement by Missouri voters of
former Speaker Champ Clark, OF the
house, and the election by Texas
voters of a Republican representa-
tive-Harry WurZbach.
Post-election developments within
the ranks of the beaten Democratic
lpartv included tart statement from
william jennings Bryan in which he
divided blame for the defeat between
President Wilson and Candidate Cox,
asserting that the former had laid
the foundation for the disaster" ana
the latter had completed the struc-
ture."
WAYNE B. Wheeler, legislative
counsel Of the Anti-Saloo1 League of
America, issued a statement declar-
ing a check of the congressional
election in forty states showed II
Substantial majority" in both
houses against any beer or wine
amendment.
Returns early today showed the
following states had given their cleo
toral votes-a total of 386-to Hard
ing: q
colorado ...... ...... '''''' ''''
Delaware ...... 80
Illinois ...... ...... ..... .'..'I2
Iowa ...... '.... 10
Maine ..'.. .....''.'
Maryland see. .......'..'o
Massachusetts .........I8
Michigan ..... go. ....'..'' '..I9
Minnesota ...!.. ...... ..'.''..!S
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