Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-03
Along With Loss Of Con.
gress Go Governors
and Local Offices.
ELECTORAL VOTE
WILL BE LARGE
Harding Assured Of a2e, With
"A Seventy-Five Still in Doubt and
Republicans Certain to Gain Many
More-RepubIieahs Victory Largest
Since 1888 With Exception Of
"Spiit" Year of 1912.
BY Associated Press.

l. SPiu Year OF 1912.
by Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 3.--One OF the
most sweeping republican. victories
III party history today stood record
Ell for Senator Warren G.. Harding
for president and a republican con-
gress.
tremendous and unparalleled re-
publican majorities beginning with
the first count OF ballots in yester-
days election continued mounting
today.
Defeat in their fight both for the
presidency and for congress wax
eoncefed early by democratic mn
thonal leaders on the basis OF the
! crushing republican vote and despite
inc absence. even early today, OF
final and official figures.
With the presidency and congress
Went losses to the democrats of
governors, states legislatures and
other state and local candidates. The
break evens treatened to extend into
the border states to the 'solid SOUTH"
| with republican gains in some south
e'rh states larger than any since lti,e
civil war.
| Several States Still in Doubt.
| In the absence OF final figures, the
swelling tide of huge pluralities ear
| ly today gave, Harding assurance of
| 329 votes in the electoral college as
against 127 for Governor Cox, with
seventy-five doubtful inclusive of
states where the republican tide was
running strong.
The unofficial results presa gel
the largest majority in the electoral
college for Senator Harding and his
running mate, Governor Coolidge, Of
Massachusetts,, since 1883, except the
vote of 435 for president In 1912, dur
ing the republican split"
The republican congressional swing
was as strong, increased major1ties
in both senate and house being
marked up.
West Adds to Victory.
The republican landslide continued
TO roll along in. even greater proper
ltions today as belated election re-
turns came in from the west
| Besides electing Harding it was as
sured that the republicans would in
crease their margin in both houses Of
congress. and in the senate in par
ticular would change their precarious
control by one to substantial work
Ing majority
Congressional returns from many
states were slow as were, indeed, the
returns on the vote for president but,
on the basis of actual'N returns at
hand and indications from partial re-
| turns coming, it seemed that Hard
ing would have not less than $50
votes in the electoral college, with a
probability of more than $50, while
all that could be counted in the Cox
column were the 127 votes from the
l"solid south" and 1t appeared that
1.-THE returns were making good the re-
publican prediction that Cox would
lnot carry western or northern
lstate.
LEAGUE Issue Buried.
In many of it's aspects the election
was very unusual. 1t developed what
may +,,rn out to be the greatest re-
publican victory of party history
Both the democratic candidate ana
Ibis chief managers conceded defeat
before enough returns actually were
In to show 1t in figures. With the
Ielection went what. President Wilson
characterized as q Solemn referen-
dunn" on the lccgue of nations Is
sue, and if it r,av he said that the
electorate regarGed their votes as an
depression that question when
they registered preference for
Harding, who declared for staying
|out" as against Cox, who declared
for going in," with landslide which
exceeded the expectations Of the
Imost enthusiastic.
Boston Lost by Democrats.
Everywhere the shift toward the
republican column was heavy, Boston
going republican for the second time
in its history.
Giving Harding an unheard Of
plurality and ratios Of two to one In
many states give indications of the
proportions Of the republican slide
which apparently left the democratic
candidate nothing but the tradition
ally solid south.
This morning it appeared that
complete returns from all districts
would not be in for another day, but
the trend Of those returns being re-
ported gave no indication Of altering
the situation.
North Is Solid.
In the northern states, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, Cox and
Roosevelt were showed under. The
receipt of returns thruout the night
constituted a review of solidly repub-
|lican states in te east, in New Eng