Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-04
HARDING ELECTED.


,,.,s4 President of the United States
w Governor James M. Cox on Tues
"" wv, -, .~ oyerwhelming majority OF
W. - Electoral and popular votes. The
.y ,..,ioo vas a veritable Republican
,..ssr+s and that party will have
M 1'm co~.rs, Of the country during the
.x, nur ,cars-President and Vice
n.,s;isr- and both houses of Con-
.s.s I, was a clean sweep from one
~ ,N- country to the other.
Mr. Ha-3.ng will have 37e electoral
n,,ss % - for Mr.. Cox. He carried
.ysry one oi the northern, Eastern and
..s,e-r States, leaving only the "Solid
south" for Cox, and will have a pop
r,.- o'u-aH,y of more than 100000
u,rirr carried New York State by
,,2sOOJ plurality; Illinois by SOO,-
mn California by 100000, Indiana by
$4,000 Iowa by 100000. Kansas BY
1900. Massachusetts, by 100000,
Michigan by 100000, Minnesota by
$4,000. Mfssouri by $4,000, Nebraska
i hv 10000 New Jersey by 250,0O0.
Ohio r., $4,000, Pennsylvania by 750-
600. West Virginia by 10000. Wash
i,pton hv $1,000, Wisconsin by 2OO,-
mn and So on. Cox carried only the
Southern States-his biggest plurality
being in Texas. which gave him 75,-
OOO Virginia gave him $4,000.
The Republicans also made heavy
gains . congress. Thcy ";l! have 81
seats in the Senate, an increase of
eight. while they gain about twenty in
the House of Representatives. They
will ha., ample working maiorities in
both branches of Congress.
Although the returns are not all in,
il look, o., if the Republicans have
made clean sweep in West Virginia
Figur., from about onc-half Of the
State give Morgan, Republican. for
Coyern.r l2S.639, Koontz, Democrat
92,452, ana Montgomery, independent
42.l2O The big vote that had been
expectei for Montgomery failed to
materaze
1t looks as if the Republicans have
elected all six Congressman from West
Virginia Even the popular M. M.
Nicely o' Fa.rmont, seems to be de-
feated in the first district by a small
plurality hy Ben RoSenbloom, Repub-
llcan, OF Wheeling. In the second dis
trct CONGRESSMAN Geo. M. Bowers, OF
Martins5urG, is reelected over Forrest
W. Bruan. uf Charles Town, by a ma
joEity tina, Bowers claims will reach
10000
The Republicans won sweeping
victor. n Maryland. Harding carried
the State by a plurality of 52,516
while John Walter Smith, who has
been Nary .and's Democratic Senator
Tor number of years, was defeated by
u oE. Ne',.r Republican. by a plurality
OF 1880. Only two Democrats were
e!ectet t. Congress from Maryland
Oo!dS.urough in the first district and
LInthitum in the fourth. The Repub-
hcans carried the second, third, fifth
snd sixth districts. In the second dis
tct Caryila d. Benson, who has lonr
oeen a .-airr Of the liquor forces, was
ueieai-- Ey Albert A. Blakeney, who
was endorsed by the dry people In
lIe SIKH district Congressman Fred N
LlhlTna1 WIS elected by about 10000
PIuraI.F over Frank w. Mish, of Ha-
sUSnAn MT. Mish had declared him.
SeN j. .'.o- of amending the Volstead
az 81 O. 10 permit the sale Of wine and
WI '... Mr.. Iihlman's record was
'"4of e. b the Ani-Saloon League
:, H." -... carried Washington county
''1' o., while Zihlman's plurali.
'''' .. was 1915. In Frederick
| .,u' mans plurality was 2,O31
''- .... @ 1901
her usual Democratic
..nc Of the ten Congress
Gratis, Bascom Slemp
-..can, being reelected
Glass was elected by {
p,r his opponent, J. r
49,. .'". getting only trihinf
.Ear Champ Clark VIII,