The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-05
GATHER IN more STATES
REPUBLICANS TAKE OVER
ARLZONA-M ONTANA
Also Tennessee; Plurality For
Harding and Coolidge Grow
ing Right Along
Associated Press pispatchl

Associated Press Dispatch1
New York, November 4.-Tennes-
see has swung into the swelling re-
publican columns, shattering demo
cratic traditions OF the solid south"
unofficial but nearly complete returns
from the volunteer state, showed ear
iy today.
Her shift from the democrat ranks,
coupled with q similar upset In Ok.
lahoma, reported last night, assured
Warren G. Harding of $50 electoral
votes as against 1877 definitely in the
James M. Cox column. and left In
doubt but fourteen seats in the cleo
toral college, divided among Arizona,
go; Nevada, (3); New Mexico, (5),
and North Dakota, 90. In all OF these
states save New Mexico, Harding was
n the lead on available returns, and
even in new Mexico republican mana
gers were claiming Harding pluralties
though available returns showed Cox
in the lead.
Break In South.
Tennessee, on the face of returns
tabulated by the Memphis Commercial
Appeal, from SO of 95 counties, with
fifty precincts missing, gave Harding,
l99,759 votes and Cox 1892, a Hard :
Ing plurality of 9,977. Governor Rob-
erts ID was swept out on the repub-
lican tide and Alfred A. Taylor, un
successful candidate, against his bro
Their in 1886 was elected. No furthur
actual upsets were reported from the
solid south" although several towns
in Florida and Louisiana and several
counties in Georgia and Alabama
broke precedent by piling up Harding
pluralities.
The republican, congressional sweep
assumed large proportions as belat-
ed returns contInued to come In the
victory. he victrT7of Samuel d. Nj
cholson, republican candidate for the
senate from Co{q tnxc Ere1l1
||f issst S sss il "a Ed '.5Ss sl 3 i
Ave states where senatorial choices
had not been determined the replib-
lican candidates were In the lead In
our-Arizona Oregon, Nevada and
North Dakota. IN the fifth. Kentucky,
republican leaders still chung to the
hoye that late returns would overcome
the advantage held by j. G. Beckham
over Richard P. Ernest, his republi-
can oponent.
House Strong For G. o. p.
The republicans had secured 257
seats in house of representatives to
1872 for the democrats. Four seats
went to miscellaneous including one
socialist and one prohbitionist.
Forty two districts were unreport-
ed. On present returns the republi-
cans have plurality OF 131.
Late returns also indicated possible
turnovers in cases OF some democra-
tic representative.
A notable instance, was in New
York where three republican candi-
dates reported defeated--Ryan seven
teenth, Ansorg in the twenty first and
ahead of Doing, Donavan and McKin-
ry, earlier reported elected. The house
will have one socialist member-Mey-
er London of New York, who defeated
Henry Goldfogel fusion candidate in
The Twelfth. The prohibition party lost
its lone representative but another
prohibition, Milan w. Shreeve, was
elected from the twenty fifth Penn
sylvania, district. Several notable up
sets occurred in the congressional
race-among them the retirenoI:. by
Missouri voters of former speaker
Champ Clark of the house, and the
election by Texas voters Of repuD-
li,ar resentative-Harry WaurZ
bach.
Bryan Very Tart
Post election developments within
the ranks of the beaten democratic
party included a tart statement from
William ]. Bryan in which he divided
blame for the defeat between Pref
dent Wilson and Candidate Cox, as
sorting that the former had laid the
foundation for the dis astel" and the
latter had "completed tho destruc-
ton" Wayne B. Whe sior, executive
counsel of the Anti Saloon league OF
America, issued a statement declar-
ing q check of the congressional ell
ection in forty states, showed Sub
stantial majority" in both houses
against any beer or wine amendment.
Returns early today showed the fol-
lowing states have given their cleo
toral votes-a total of SOTO Hard
ing:
States For Harding.
California ID; Colorado, s; Connect
icut, z; Delaware, 8; Idaho 4; Illinois
10; Maine. 6; Maryland, 8; Massa-
esota, IL; Missouri, 10; Nebraska, g.;
New Hampshire, A. New Jersey, ID;
New York,I45; Ohio, 81; Oklahoma,
Rhode Island, 5: outh Dakota, S;
Tennessee. -; Utah. 4; Vermont. 4;
Washington, z; West Virginia, 8;
Wisconsin. Is and Wyoming g. Mon
tana, 4; total of $50.
Governor Cox had safely the fol.
lowing: Alabama, IL; Arkansas;
Florida, 6; Georgia. IA; Kentucky.
10; Louisiana, 10; Mississippi, 10;
North Carolina, IL; South Carolina,
8; Texas, 90, and Virginia. Pa
total of 127
Amendment Met Defeat.
Detroit, November "A proposed
amendment to the state constitution
that in effect would abolish parochial
and private schools in Michigan was
deeie dafeef~d ~ TUESDAYS cleo !.
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