The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-05

New York. Nov. with most Of
the loose ends Ct the election gather
ed up and the result SO we'll known
that further data can only add assur-
ance to what is overwhelmingly GER
tain, the figures showed last night an
electoral vote for Harding and Coo
ldge beyond the 400 mark and Re-
publican majOrities Of at least 20 in
the Senate and moro than 100 In the
House Of Representatives.
Returns coming in sti'l add little to
the expression OF the will of the peO-
pie as 1t became manifest last Tues
day evening. A seat in the Senate Is
still in doubt, for the last few votes
have yet to he counted in the contest
in Kentucky between Senator Beck
ham. Democrat and Richard j. Ernst.
That fight, since the last word has
not been said In it, is still going on.
But close as 1t is the Indications are
that Ernest vii take the seat now
held by Beckham.
The final returns leave no doubt at
all Of what appeared like a certainty
Wednesday night, that the normally
Democratic States OF Oklahoma and
Tennessee, as well as Missouri have
fallen completely into Republican
line. With their electoral votes and
without five which are fairly certain
to be added as the expression Of Mon.
tana. the Republican party will be
supreme In the Electoral College by
an overwhelming majority
There are still few undecided con
tests in few Congress districts but
even II the few Republican candidates
who are concerned in them are count
ed cut in the last hours the Repub' l.
can majority in the House will have
more than the strength il can ever
I need through the next Administra-
| ton
With the Democratic strongholds of
Oklahoma Missouri and Tennessee
now definitely assured for the Repub-
licans. the Harding Coolidge ticket
has 396 votes. exclusive of the five
from Montana, which went Republi
can as a State and where the Nation.
al Republican ticket was ahead
The landslide OF Tuesday already
has assured the Republican party ci
fifty-eight seats in the United States
| Senate. The Democrats so far can
| Nldlll OulN lhll - -AtNtu OtUdAhi idl
seats, with the seat of Senator Beck
ham of Kentucky in jeopardy, for his
Republican opponent, Richard j
| Ernst, is moving steadily ahead In
the closest kind of fight This is
the only Senate seat left unsettled In
the thirty.four Senatorial contests
which made up part of the fight or
election day.
The Republicans in all captured
nine Senate seats frcm the Demo
Gratis and elected fifteen of their can
didates. The Democratic Senators
who by yesterday we're added to the
defeated were Senators Chamberlain
of Oregon. who once was chairman o.
the Military Committee Senator
Smith Of Arizona, who has been dc
feated bv Representative Ralph Cam
eron and Senator Henderson of Ne
ysda who has lest to former Gov
Odde.
Final returns in respect TO seats il
the House of Representatives are MOI
all in but the number of Congress dis
tricts which remain undecided il
small. Some OF the doubtful case,
are due to close races, others TO thu
fact that the districts in which the'
exist are isolated But even will
such districts as are missing out o
the count tho Republican roll in The
: House already contains 2S5 names
while the Democrats so far can claim
only l35 Of its members as belongnl