The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-03
WAYNE JOINS
IN LANDSLIDE
FOR HARDING
Biggest Victory in History Of
County Attained by Repub-
licans - Harding Leads
With 4,6l6.
ELLIOTT IS BIG winner

The election in Wayne county Tues
day was a Republican landslide.
Although approximately 5000 less
votes were polled Tuesday than the
total registered voters, the majorities
received by all of the Republican can
didates on the state and county tickets
were the largest ever recorded in the
political history of the county.
Warren G. Harding, Republican
presidential candidate, polled an Off
cial plurality of 4,616 over his Demo
cratic opponent, Governor Cox.
The plurality the Republican candi-
date for congressman, Representative
Richard N. Elliott, received over VIII.
lam Yarling, Democrat, was the larg-
est ever returned by Wayne county
voters in a congressional contest, it
is said. Elliott's plurality was 5,2S2.
This exceeds Harding's plurality by
666 votes.
Watson's Plurality 4,o96.
In the senatorial contest Senator
James E. Watson, Republican, receiv-
ed a plurality of 4,096 over Thomas
Taggart, Democrat. Watson's plural
ity was 1,186 less than that received
by Elliott and $40 less than Harding's
plurality.
In the gubernatorial contest Nc
Cray. Republican, received plurality
of 4,474 over McCulloch. His plural
ity was 37S more than Watson receiv-
ed, 142 less than the plurality given to
Harding, and sos less than Elliott S
plurality.
The total official vote for president,
senator, governor and congressman in
the sixty-six precincts OF Wayne coun-
ty follows:
For president: Harding, 1851; Cox
S,O15
For senator: Watson, 12,200 Tag
gart, S,1C4.
For governor: McCray, 12,465; Nc
Culloch. 1891.
For congressman: Elliott, 1885;
Yarling, 1906.
Beckett Gets Heavy Vote.
Larger pluralities were received by
the Republican candidates for county
offices than obtained for the Republi
can candidates for state and national
offices, due, no doubt, that less par
tisanship entered into the county of
fee contests. The largest plurality
received by any Republican nominee
for county office who was opposed
was given to Paul Beckett, candidate
for prosecuting attorney. He received
plurality of 6,057 over Underhill.
The surprise of the Wayne county
election, it is freely admitted, was
the strength displayed by Senator
James <. Watson. The day before
the election even the senator's mos
loyal supporters were not anticipating
that he would carry the county BY
more than 1000. Democratic mana
gers were freely predicting that Tag
CART would defeat Watson in Wayne
county For months a vigorous cam
paign had been conducted against the
senator. Organized labor's opposition
to him in Wayne county was particu
larly vigorous. Under the circum
stances his plurality of 4,096 is a mos
impressive one.
Heavy Woman's Vote
There was large womans vote anG
on the face of the returns, the pre-
election prediction of Miss Esther
Griffin White. Republican count,
chairman for women, that at least 6;
per cent of the women voters of tn.
county would support the Republican
ticket appears to have been wei
founded.
There Is no disputing the fact tha
the majority of the women voted thei
ballots straight. The League of Ma
tions issue which Democratic manag
ers had depended upon as one whicl
would make a strong appeal to th
women of Wayne county apparent.
had very little effect. Republican
managers frankly admit that the un
precedented Republican gains in tn
county election Tuesday is in a grea
measure due to the large woman vot
polled for the G. o. P. 1t is expected
that an analysis Of the vote in tn
county Tuesday will reveal that sub
stantial Republican gains were mad
among the men voters, but not to b.
compared with that party's share O
the wOmen's vote.
Harding Carries ~
In the presidential contest Harding
carried forty-four of the sixty-six pre-
cincts of Wayne county: Cox carrie,
twelve, namely: Abingdon. jackson 3
5. 6; Washington 2. 8; Wayne s, s
16, 20, 81, sc. All of the Wayne pre-
cincts carried by Cox are in Rich
mOnd.
In the sena torial contest Watson
carried Al of the &c precincts of tn
county. Taggart carried all of tn
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