The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-04
"SOL|D SOUTH
IS BROKEN BY
TWO STATES
Oklahoma and Tennessee
Desert the Proud Ranks
of the Dear Old South
and Go Republican; and
House Will Have Social
list Member

New York, Nov. 4-Tennessee has
swung into the swelling republican
column, shattering democratic ira
ditions Of a solid south" unofficial
but early complete returns from the
volunteer state showed early today.
Her shift from the democratic ranks
coupled with a similar upset in Okla
homa, reported late last night. asI
sured Warren G. Harding Of 3SG cleo
toral votes as against l27 definitely
in the James NJ. Cox column. and
left in doubt but is seats in the cleo
toral college, divided among Arizona.
(S); Montana (4; Nevada CD, New
Mexico (3), and North Dakota (5.)
In all of these states save New
Mexico Harding was in the lead on
available returns and even in New
Mexico republican managers were
claiming a Harding plurality, though
available returns showed a Cox lead.
No further actual upsets were re-
ported from the solid south. although
several towns in Florida and Louis
lana and several counties in Georgia
and Alabama broke precedents by pill
ing up Harding pluralties
The republican congressional sweep
assumed larger proportions as belated
returns continued to come in. The
victory Of Samuel -. Nicholson. re-
publican candidate for the senate from
Colorado assured President-elect Hard
ing majority of at least ten in the
upper hous, and OF five states where
senatorial choices had not been dem
onstrated, the republican candidates
were in the lead in four-Arizona.
Oregon, Nevada and North Dakota.
In the fifth, Kentucky, republican
leaders still clung TO the hope that
late returns would overcome the ad-
vantage held by Senator ]. W. c.
Beckham over Richard =. Ernst. his
republican opponent.
The republicans had secured 254
seats in the house of representatives
to l3l for the democrats and four
for other patries, giving them a lead
Of 119 with 43 contests in 16 states
undetermined. Thirty seven of these
contests were in states which gave
Harding pluralities or whose un-
completed vote showed the republican
candidate in the lead.
Late returns also indicated possible
mrnovers in cases Of some democratic
representatives reported elect. A not
able instance was in New York, where
three republican candidates reported
defeated-Ryan in the 18th district,
Ansoragc in the 2lst district ad Rose
dale in the 23rd-had forged ahead
Of Dooling. Donovan and McKinry.
earlier reported elected.
The house will have one socialist
member, Meyer London Of New York,
who defeated Henry VI. Goldfogle,
fusion candidate i'm the 18th. The pro-
hibitIon party lost its lone represen-
tative, but an Independent prohibi-
ZIONIST, Milton Shreve, was elected
from the 2jth 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 of
a republican representatives, Harry
Wurzbach. Post election developments
within the ranks Of the democratic
party included a tart statement from
VIM. j. Bryan, In which he divided
blame for the defeat between President
Wilson ana Candidate Cox, asserted
that the former had Laid the foun-
dation for the Disaster" and the lat
ter had completed the structure"
Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative coun-
sci of the anti-saloon league OF Amer
lea issued statement declaring a
check Of the congressional election
In forty states showed a substantial
majority" in both houses against any
beer or wine amendment.
Returns early today showed the flo
lowing states had given their cleo
toral votes--a total Of 3S6-to Hard
Ing:
California 10, Colorado 6, Connectl-
cutt Z. Delaware 3, Idaho 4. Illinois
20. Indiana 10, Iowa 10, Kansas 10,
Maine C. Maryland s, Massachusetts
rs. Michigan 10, Minnesota IL. Mis-
souri, IS. Nebraska $. New Hampshire
I, Pennsylvania rs, Rhode Island 5,
South Dakota 3, Tennessee ~, Utah
4. Vermont 4, Washington 4. West
Virginia S, Wisconsin lS, and wy
oming ,.
Governor Cox had safely the fol-
lowing; Alabama H., Arkansas .,
Florida 6, Georgia fl, Kentucky ~,
Louisiana 10, Mississippi 10, North
Carolina l2 South Carolina 3. Texas