The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-11
GOP.MAKES CLEAN
SWEEP IN KANSAS
Returns From State Double All
Prediction Estimates of
the Leaders.
ALLEN HAS 4 HUGE MAJORITY
The Figures Indicate That State and
National Tickets Have Carried
Every County in the State.

Every County in the State.
Topeka.-The Republican victory IN
Kansas grows bigger as more com
pIete returns come in. Harding has
carried the state by more than $780,
900 and Governor Allen has been re-
elected by close to the same figure.
Senator Curtis is running close to the
vote on Governor Allen.
The remainder of the Republican
state ticket has been elected by up
wards of 100000. The vote for Rich
ard J. Hopkins for attorney general
and Miss Lizzie Wooster for superin-
tendent of public instruction, may fall
considerably below that OF the rest of
the state ticket, due to the bitter fight
made on Hopkins by the special in
terests and profiteers and on Miss
Wooster by a large part of the edu-
cational forces of the state.
Clean Sweep on Congressman.
The Republicans swept clean the
the seven Republican congressman
were reelected by larger majorities
than they ever had before, and Rich
ard Bird apparently has won the
Eighth dictrict fight by a majority
of $500. Bird has carried every
county in the district. The vote is
close in Sedgwick, but on late reports
Bird had lead of four hundred and
it was expected that he would gain
on the more complete returns.
County after county came in late
at night with much larger majorities
than the county chairman had indi.
Gated for the counties. Upon the re-
ports of the county chairman last
week, it was estimated that Harding
would carry the state by eighty thou.
sand and Allen by seventy-fiVe thou
sand. The ghost of four years age
troubled the estimates of many county
chairmen this year and they were toe
conservative before the voting began
Every County to Allen.
But when the vote did begin &c
come it rolled up stronger with every
precinct in the state
Governor Allen and the Republican
national ticket perhaps have carried
every county in the state, including
Ellis, which never did anything like
where Alexander Howat boosted OF
the few votes Allen was going to gel
IN the mining district. Something
seems to have happened to Howat
because many miners seem to have
voted contrary to his orders.
Doubling All Predictions.
Johnson County, which gave Allen {
majority of 1000 two years ago, re
ported this morning that he had car
ried the county this year by 1900
Harding received a majority of 2,700
Curtis had majority of LOO over
Hodges, although Johnson is the home
OF Hodges. Little for congress re
reived 1000 majority
Il is such upsets in all the predic
tions made by the county leaders that
has set the Republican managers ''iI
the air. as to estimates on the fina
majority for Harding and Allen. N
some counties Allen is leading Hard
ing, although in the total vote Hard
ing will lead the governor and the
state ticket by several thousand.
While the Republican managers
place the majorities at 10000, they
expect them to go beyond that figure
Believe Amendments Carried.
Topeka, Nov. st is believed thai
all three of the constitutional amend
ments have been adopted by the
voters of Kansas. The returns are
quite meager but every report that
has come in indicates big majority
for the good roads amendment, a faN
majority for the farm tenant amend
ment and rather close vote on Tho
tax amendment
Estimates from county highway en-
gineers Indicated more than on,
hundred thousand majority for tn,
good roads, amendment This take.
Kansas out OF the mud and makes !
the last state to remove the ancien
barrier against the state helping tt
improve the highways.
The tax amendment provided for
complete revision of the taxing sys
tenn of the state. 1t has had a har
fight. being defeated six years agt
and suffered great deaf in this cleo
ton because of the strenuous opposi
ton of the farmers who believed tn
amendment was q scheme to max
them pay more taxes. The railroad
and farm me ctgage men fought tn
amendment because it provides wa
whereby intangible property can b
put on the tax rolls instead of escar
ing taxation as at present.