Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-11-09
REPUBLICAN VICTORIES EXCEEDED
EXPECTATIONS OF EVERYONE
Hardings Pluraties Set New Records in MANY Statas
Latest Reports Bring Increases in Majorites
Given Republican State Ticket

Boise. Idaho. Nov. 5.-While returns
are very meager and scattered, those
on the special question of a bond issue
OF S2,OO0,00O 600 for roads, and the
three proposed constitutional amend
ments, indicate that the special uues-
uon and the amendment increasing
the membership of the supreme court
from three TO five, were approved
while the amendments proposing an
increase in the annual sale of school
lands and prohibiting the state from
giving or loaning its aid to any asso-
citation or municipality may be defeat
ed. II will take the official count of
the state board to determine the fate
of the special question and the amend
ments.
Republicans continue to make gains
in the legislature. Reports show that
Minidoka, where it was expected the
nonpartisan league would be success
full, elected a solid republican delega-
ton to the legislature. Lincoln, Wash
ington, Adams and Boise swung into
line with republican senators and rep
resentatives.
United States Senator Frank r.
Gooding increased his majority on Fri
days returns over Senator John F.
Nugent to 9035. Thursday he had
majority of ZOO There are 125,315I
out of a possible 100000 to 145,00O
votes accounted for from $50 of the
S25 precincts in Idaho.
Senator Hardings majority was re-
duced about 5000 votes by revised fig
ures from Payette county, but remains
about $4,000, a record for the state
The revision increased the lead of
Gooding, republican, over Nugent,
democrat. in the senatorial race, to
10.605 on returns from $50 precincts.
The nonpartisan league suffered a
severe reverse in Idaho in Tuesdays
election. The leagues candidate for
governor, S. d. Fairchild, carried only
two counties and his majorities in
these were not as large as those OBJ
tanned by Governor Davis in a number
of other counties. No man who re-
ceived nonpartisan league support for
a state office was elected. nor did any
man except Fairchild carry even one
For the legislature, returns are in 7
complete, but from q counties only
enc man who had nonpartisan league
has been returned to the
senate. and none to the lower house.
According to dispatches from the
Associated Press published in the
Spokesman-R Review, it appears that
Senator Harding's plurality over Gov
srnor Cox in the presidential election
will come close to, if not exceed,
5000, GOO votes.
The following table carries the esti-
mates of 80 of the 81 Harding states
including all the larger northern
states
The popular pluralities of Arizona.
Connecticut, Kansas, Rhode Island
md Vermont, all carried by Mr.. Hard
ng. are not available.
In Kentucky. Cox apparently will
win By 5000 The figures of the other
eli states carried by Cox, all of the
solid south have not been estimated
n ;he Cisratches.
In 1916 these states gave the 'ol-
owing pluralities to Wilson, over
Iughes:
A,abama, 1900; Arkansas, 65 O0a
florida. $1,000; Georgia, III J77;
-yuSidId. tt,Uvuy MlSSlSSippi, AO,UJV, |
orth Carolina, $4,000; South Caro-
ina, 60c0O; Texas, 100000; Virgilia
3 600 Total $4,000.
In view of the fact that women
oted in many of these states who did
lot vote in 1916, the total plurality of
he solid south" for Cox over Harding
will probably exceed the $4,000 of
916. in spite of the fact that every
where else it was a republican land
lide
Following are Senator Harding's
lluralities