The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-11-25
GREATEST GAINS IN ELECTION
OF REPUBLICAN HOUSE
MEMBERS ARE tIiOM
s. DIME LAND

touraged by the unprecedented ma
joritie,s in the election to Invade the
solid South and in the future wage
systematic campaign there Is rvi-
3enced by the statement of Repre-
sentative Simeon ID. less, OF ONO.
chairman OF the National gepubli-
can Congressional Committee. !.eI
says:
''The election offers many suggo
tions for the student OF politicll
campaigns. The election o. . pre T.
asnt by an overwhelming majority
unlike anythinE IN the history
elections backed b. !. Senate n
Jority in contest IL which =
democrats claimed good chance u
win eight seats. but In which the
won nothing aud los ten. giyiB
tie Republicans majority of q
and douse by th, redible ~,
l0ri-f OF l76. Is an Ia resting eEl
scdes IN cainpaigng.
e.. nee the Cifil War the partinar
line 4 demarkaticn HIS been On,
da and and Dixon me. the Oh
dis iding line beteen the free ans
slave states. Demo cracy = hold ur
on the Southern section has oy,
provided its chief support. no; Ia
frequently che North and West are
strongly Republicans SO that the
contest Is often rsie~red 10 as thg
Solid South aEains; the United
North and West.
This election has shown q small
er number of Demo rattle member
of the House from the North and
West than Republican members
from South of the dividing line. In
the border states. neutral in Own
War, Delaware. Maryland. Ken
tucks and Missouri Harding car
ricd all but Kentucky. three OF
them elected Republican Senators
and they returned % Republican
mcmbers OF the House and only 10
Democratic members In addition,
Ea-ding carried TenncssUa with 8
out OF the 10 Cougressmc He
seriously reduced the Democratic
majority in the other louthern
S.atel.
''rhe Republican, chose fifteel
dis,cs IS in the South ~ which to
make contests. Thee were taken
as tcsts to ascertain tho feasibility
Of attempting 60 break the Solid
South" The list included in
Virginia. in North Carolina. in
hlebama. H. Tennessee in Tex
AZ aud 3 in Ollahomc These
wee in addition TO the border
Sases or the fifteen tests we wor
seroa, and made remarkable shcw-
IN. IN The other eight. We lid not
an;cr ether Georgia or Arkansas,
both OF which we're rcprere1tod az
vsry GOOD fields for Republican
policies. The result demonstrates
~ pus ibilty of disintergrating q
- A. 4 a
which would not only be q valued
result 20 The nation at largo. hut
a good thing for the South ag we'll
lp no vast country north OF the
Ohio l,iyer and west OF tho hlissis-
sppi. save Texas. the Democrats
ttC nicctcd less han score Of
u.oSnbgrs TO The House and not a
single senator. Tho hold only two
Eerabors on TIC Pacific Coast, First
ard Secoad Districts OF CalilC rnia;
10; ? ~ .nhei oil ne Crnadian 1ord-
e. says four n New York; only
two In Ne'T England the Tenth and
1wrlith in Bos. on. Republicans
won solid delegations In Ohio. Wis
cAusin. ,HIiana. Michigan. Mime
sofa tnr nakotas. all the states west
OF the Mississippi and north OF Ok
lahoma. except in California. They
Won glD hut one in New Jersey.
pcauyylven'A and Missouri, and all
bu. four IN New York,
''Thc OF, ONE OF the election car
rass an interesting story. II spells
in ,upusatakably terms the rebuke
81 Wnsmn m as an un-American
effort TO override by autocratic
methods American rights safeguard
eG by Constitutional limitation in
our organic law. II Is n rcpudation
Of Wilson's effort " group ,on'roi
in vhscn entire bio 10 of Nc,e,
are cought through Gffieial favor
as IN the Adanson Act. (. d-i. M
strGses H. kccrpCs1 Ci fmcri
can voter to the danger OF s,vietiz,
inc OF our industries under the cap
uya,ing caption OF democratization
OF Industry. he best example Of
Whlch vas th. Plumb PA OF Ill
eOntrut II sl4o delaorbtra.cd that
Agncrle2H iator ia not only sound
az hear. buC Independent of domi
nztiong trom labor oifiCialdom. No
man has ever yet delivered the labor
vote IN this country, nor Is II like-
iy ever 70 be 50 delivered.
THE enormous Republican pluUai-
Hs wu1 iorgcir due 20 the w3maa
vote. no. altogether hecaVsc 81 Re
publicon policy towaFd wopGn: sWr
fTaFo or toward prog esge nga.-
sers which appeal TO :hc ~oDN,
instinct ard sease OF right but. ~
addition, the pronounced dislike os
r7ie ctaFa5sar the Cox campaign
which was IN onanse 20 the ~
finement OF t1s womaniy aopae
dg Bnbiic service The con position
and character Of all Republican
nn.etinss which Displayed an intelli.
gspA enthusiasm and tone OF refine
n,ent ullhnogn .C pUliuOl. onrn..signa
foresnsdowcd the drift OF the wo-
man, upter
'.The tremend rs vote of conf
>aence given the new administration
l. Aut ooLll4~A ~ pusiI.N = iavot 70
yard HcputTitan administration IL
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