The citizen., 1920-11-11
Victory Of Republican Ticket in
National Election Reaches
Amazing Proportions.
SOLID SOUTH IS CRACKED
President-EIeet Harding Goes on Va
cation Trip - Amateur Cabinet
Makers Busy-Strike Of Brit
ish Coal Miners 10
Called OF.
BY EDWARD w. PickARo.

Never before in American history
has a major political party suffered
a defeat comparable to that sustained
by the Democrats on November 2. The
result was far more than Republican
victory-it was brought about by the
detection of many Democratic votes.
Harding and Coolidge carried every
state of the North and West. and even
cracked the solid South, for Tennessee,
New Mexico and oklahoma all went
Republican. Senator Harding conse-
quently will have 40i votes In the
electoral college to 127 for Governor
Cox.
In 1912, when the Republican party
was split, Wilson received 435 cleo
toral votes, but he fell far short of a
majority Of the popular vote. This
year Harding has a popular majority
of large proportions, and his plurality
approaches the seven million mark.
the Republican ticket won were stu
pendous. and in the southern states
where IL was beaten the Republican
vote showed large increases over pre-
viOus elections.
Everyone processes satisfaction over
the fact that the Republicans also
have won complete control of congress.
As one Democratic paper puts It: For
whatever good the next administra-
ton does II will have full credit; II
cannot escape blame for whatever is
bad" The jubllation of the Repub-
licans may be tempered by the refiec-
tion that their majority of more than
1870 in the house leaves the way open
for factional disputes. OF the next
senate the Republicans will have So
members and the Democrats 3S.
Just why the American people did
all this Is open to several opinions.
Those who believed with President
Wilson that the election was a solemn
referendum" on the League of Nations
issue assert that II was opposition to
the league covenant that caused the
landslide. but really those who hold
this view are few. Others aver 1t was
due to the pSpverbial fondness Of the
American electorate for change"
There can be no disputing that the
people were determined to have a
change from the Wilson policies and
methods. This determination. in the
mind of the writer. was the main
spring of their action. AS for the
League OF Nations, probably most Of
them want some such an association
for the prevention of future wars, but
evidently they are willing to trust Mr..
Harding and his associates with the
task of formulating it, and do not feel
that the job need be done in a rush.
All the nation watched with inter-
est to see what the women would do
on election day. The Democrats count
ed on them to rally TO the defense Of
the league covenant and to save the
Cox ticket from defeat. But an
ANALYSIS Of the vote shows that they
did no such thing. Instead they only
helped TO swell the Republican plu-
ralities I'm the North and West, and
in the South comparatively few Of
them went TO the polls.
Among the notable developments of
the election was the extraordinary
run made by Governor Sm' h of New
York. Democratic candidate for re-
election. Although the empire state
gave Harding plurality of about l.
300 600. Smith was beaten by Miller
by only about 10000. This was re-
markable achievement, and In the
minds of many politicians it marks
Smith ms the logical national leader
of the Democratic party.
Another thing worthy Of mention
and consideration is the heavy in
crease i'm the Socialist vote. The total
may reach two millions. II was espe-
clally heavy, of COURSE, I'm the large
cities. Probably many of the votes
for Debs were cast by Democrats.
In addition to Messrs. Cox and
Roosevelt, many an eminent Democrat
was swept TO defeat by the avalanche.
There is widespread regret that Sen
ator Chamberlain of Oregon was not
successful. for he has been capable
Woodworking and independent member
OF the upper house. and is one OF the
stanchest Americans In public life
Other Democratic senators who failed
Of reelection include Mark Smith OF
Arizona, Phelan Of California, Nugent
of Idaho, Henderson of Nevada ana
johnson Of South Dakota
In the congressional elections there
were many surprises. one of these
was the defeat of Champ CLARK IN
Missouri. Oklahoma sends IA woman,
F Alice NJ. Robertson, Republican. To
Washington. In Wisconsin victor
Berger, twice expelled from the house
cause of his conviction for con
splracy against the government dur
ing the war, was defeated by w II.
stafford. Republican Texas elected
one Republican congressman II. Nj.
Wurzbach having decisively defeated
Carlos Bee, broiher-n-law OF Postmas'
ter General Burleson. Myer London
Socialist OF Sycamore, \. u, defeated
! Representative Goldfogle. Many OF