The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-02
GREAT VOTE ALL
 OVER COUNTRY

(Continued From Page One.) Ohio, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Nevada and Utah. the momentous day quietly at their homes-Governor James M. Cox at his rural retreat at Trails End, near Dayton, and Senator Warren G. Hard ing at his Mount Vernon avenue resi- dence in Marion, from which he has conducted the major part of his cam
 Of the minor party candidates one, Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist noxh- inee, spent November 2 behind the Atlanta, from which he issued final appeal to voters to vote for the emancipation of the working chsses."'. There was conslderaolee t, 1e parties as to how high the popular votes of the Socialists the Farmer Labor ticket headed by Farley Chris jensen and the Prohibitionists, led by the Rev. Aaron s. Watkins would run.
 Early reports ito both Republican and Democratic headquarters indicate 1 that the vote in popu1ous centers, the | communities. was getting out early. In New York the polls opened at 6 a. m., and there were lines of voters waiting before the polling booths in many places. The proportion of women among the early birds was | heavy.
 In New England, too, early reports showed an unusually heavy vote, with i many women eager to cast their bal | lots for the first time.
 l Leaders on both sides were fearful l that the election machinery in many parts of the country would prove 1n- | adequate to meet the demands made upon it. Universal suffrage increased of in States by anywhere from 60 to 100 per cent, with no corresponding in- crease in the facilities to take care of it. Party workers declared thai this may make the returns slow 1T getting in tonight, in addition to caus- ing confusion and congestion at vot- ing booths
 | Women By Thousands. Boston, Nov. "A heavy early vote with thousands of women casting
 their ballots for the first time, wa: reported from various sections of New | England today.
 So heavy was the women's vott ] that polling facilities in many of tht
 congested centers of Boston and otIie
 cities proved inadequate. Long line I of voterSs with women predOminating stood for hours waiting to vote.
 Rain was threatened in the easterl section of New England. The north
 ern sections of Maine, New Hamp | Sn1re ana FeFIllOHI were UIdHhSle'
 with snow.
 Heavy Vote in South.
 Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2-Hcayy votin ] throughout the south with thousand ) of women casting their first ballot for president, was predicted by cleo ton officials when the polls opene 5 today. Favorable weather condition
 were expected in most localities, a. 5 though showers had been forecast fc !, states along the Atlantic seaboard. Election day found the Democrat l leaders confident they would make = The Republicans. however, elaine
 they would be able to elect their COT
 gressionaI candidates in at least ha l a dozen scattered districts. The elet
 ton of Colonel Ali Taylor, the R, d publican gubernatoria1 nominee | Tennesse was forecast by his SUI = l porters, who said his majority wou f be at least 15,O00.
 Tennessee Democrats, howeve t claim the reelection of Governt
 Roberts and are predicting that Go t ernor Cox will carry the state by 40 a 900 majority. Republican Sta
 that Senator Harding probably wou
 lose the state by a narrow margin. 1T Many Georgia women were eNpec ed to demand a vote despite the sta law which provides that voters mu If register six months before election.
 Ratification of the federal suffra: Is l amendment was completed less ths six months ago.
 ,s1 New York Vote Heavy. New York. Nov. - New Tor