Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-11-05
Harding Assured OF 4O4
Votes Out 531 In
Electoral College
OVER 2S5 IN HOUSE
Republican Majority Of y. in Senate
is Assured-Florida Towns For G..
o. P.-One Socialist Wins

| New York Nov. 5.-AddticnSi re-
turns laIt night from the Presidential
election only increased the proper
tionsS of the unprecedented Repub-
lean landslide.
With Tennessee in the solid South,
and Oklahoma in the Southwest
strongholtS Of Democracy, safely cap
;ured by the Republicans, and New
Mexico also swinging into Tine, Har<i
in;r and Coo Edge are assured Of Hl4
of the 531 votes in the e!cortaci
Of the 53l votes in the electoral cot
lege, a majority of 277.
Virtually complete returns from
New Mexico late last night show that
Senator Harding carried the State
by q ,aior'ity cf AT least 5000.
A Republican majority Of % in the
Senate is assured by the defeat Of
Senator Becliham. Of Kentucky. Dem
ocrat. by Richard !. Ernst. Re:urus
late last night "a sc the Republican
candidate in the Birs Grass State 4
lead Of NOR" than 1000 votes. with
practically all of the precincts heard
from.
or the 81 Scnat" contests, the Re
publicanS captured 10 from The Dem
ucrats and elected all IS Of their
candidates, giving them -. Among
the Democratic Senators who went
down io defeat were Senators Cham
lbcrla;n. Of Oregon, former chairman
of the Military Committee: Senator
Snrith, Of Arizona. wh? lost to form
OF Representative Ralph Camaron.
and Senator Henderson, Of Nevada.
who WAS defeated by former GOV
ernor OGdie
F,.mA returns from few Congress
Sirna districts Still were hctatcd to.
day. same due 20 c,oSc races which
upset a fcw previous announcements.
and others from isolated sections.
With these missing districts, the Re-
publican roH in the House had climbed
pa: 2S1 /" 135 fo.' the Democrats. :
Among House members whose re-
! election was reported definitely taSt
n;rht was Representative Nul~tead, Of
Minnesota. aIthor of the Fol$tead
Prohibition Enforcement act and
chairman If the House Judiciary
Committee. q position he Is scheduled
- r":pn.
On. of the nutahIe. results Of the
Landslide Was. the defeat of R"prrSen~
t:4tiive Moon "A veteran Democratic
CONGRESSMAN from Tennessee.
Ohin has almost a solid Republican
dc ..rat:on. one district still being in
,sorl.f. In Oklahoma three more Re-
prbl;,uns were elected. Missouri vii!
have delegation Of 10 Republicans
AMI six Democrats.
Tennessee and Louisiana were not
the only States in the "Solid S%uth''
/ IN which the Republicans made un-
expected gains. Latest reports from
Florida show tina. Senator Harding
carried a nun,t.er Of towns n thai
St.tte. irchlding 81 Petersburg. Or
,.ndr and Dayton. The retirrnS frcn:
the outlying districts are coming IN
slowly and Republican leaders pro
.fc. they WI Shcw further ga;ms:
For the first time IL history soy
Grad towns and country precincts IN
| The Sixth Mississippi district gave
Republican maioritics. tha towr'> in
irIud:n- Seminary and RuHn"ls. Son1c
counties ~ Alahana heretofore
strcnrFy Democratic. al@o r"tutn Re-
publican maioritics.
Tho House Will hav" on" Soci:.G~i
meml,er--Meyer London. q; New crE
who dafea.ect Henry w. Go'df"gle
! fuS:cn candidate IN th" TweSfth. Fh'
Prohibition party lost VI. lone Rep
ro<"rt: ativ". hut an INSTRUMENTATION.
h;b;t'nn;<t. Milton W. Shreve,e wa:
! elected from the Twrrt y-fif:h Penn
* 'ran;a district
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