The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-04
RETURNS
ENLARGE LEAD
FOR CONGRESS
Tennessee Swings into Swell
ling Republican Column,
Shattering Democratic Ira
dltions of a Solid South.
.DRYS CLAIM BENEFITS
(By Associated Press)

NE" 1ORh, NOV. 4.-TenneSSee
mas swung into the swelling Republi-
can columns, shattering Democratic
traditions of solid south, unofficial
put nearly complete returns from the
volunteer state showed early today.
Her shift from the Democratic ranks
coupled with a similar upset in Okla
homa. reported late last night assured
Warren G. Harding of 1856 electoral
votes as against 127 definitely in the
James M. Cox column and left in doubt
but lS seats in the electoral college,
divided among Arizona (3), Montana
90, Nevada (3), New Mexico (3), and
North Dakota (5). In all of these states
save New Mexico, Harding was in the
lead on available returns and even in
New Mexico, Republican managers
were claiming a Harding plurality
though available returns showed OK
lead
Republican Tide.
Tennessee on the face of returns
tabulated by the Memphis Commercial
Appeal from SO of 95 counties, with
80 precincts missing gave Harding
1898 votes and Cox 1S9.7S2, a Hard
ing plurality of 9,977. Governor Rob-
erts Dem.) was swept out on the Re-
publican tide and Alf A Taylor, un-
successful candidate for governor
against his brother in 1886 was elect
ed.
No further actual upsets were re-
ported from the solid south. although
several towns in Florida and Louisiana
and several counties in Georgia and
Alabama broke precedents by piling
up Harding pluralities.
Sweep Greater.
The Republican congressional sweep
assumed larger proportions as belated
returns continued to come in. The
victory Of Samuel d. Nicholson, Re-
publican candidate for the senate from
Colorado, assured president-elect Har-
ding majority of at least ten in the
upper house, and of five states where
senatorial choices had not been de-
termined. the Republican candidates
were in the lead in four-Arizona, Ore
gon, Nevada and North Dakota.
In the fifth, Kentucky, Republican
leaders still cling to tht hope that ,ate
returns would overcome the advantage
held by Senator j. C. w. Beckham
over Richard P. Ernst, his Republican
opponent.
Comfortable Lead.
The Republicans had secured PSI
seats in the house of representatives
TO 132 for the Democrats and four for
other parties" Thirty-seven of these
contests were in states which gave
Harding pluralities. or whose uncom-
pleted vote showed the Republican
candidate in the lead.
Late returns also indicated possible
turnovers in cases of some Democratic
representatives reported elected. A
notable instance was in New York
where three Republican candidates re-
ported defeated-Ryan in the Fiji
first and Rosedale in the Twenty-third
had forged ahead of Dooling, Dom
ovan and Mckinry, earlier reported
elected
One Socialist
The house will have one Socialist
member. Meyer London, of New York,
who defeated Henry NJ. Goldfogle.
Fusion candidate in the Twelfth The
prohibition party lost its lone repre-
sentative. but an independent prohi-
bitionist. Milton W. Shreve was elect
ed from the Twenty-fifth Pennsyl-
vania district
Several notable upsets. occurred in
the congressional race-among them
the retirement by Missouri voters of
former Speaker Champ Clark of the
house and the election by Texas vot-
ers of a Republican Representative
Harry WaurZbach.
Post-election Developments within
the ranks of the beaten Democratic
party included a tart statement from
William ]. Bryan, in which he divided
blame for the defeat between Presi-
dent Wilson and Candidate Cox. as
serting that the former had laid the
ri mr. dat fny- hn 49, -
latter had completed the structure"
Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative coun-
sci of the anti-saloon league of Amer
ica, issued a statement declaring
check of the congressional election in
forty states showed substantial ma.
jority" in both houses against any
beer or wine amendment
Returns Show Lead.
Returns early today showed the fol
lowing states had given their electoral
votes-a total of 3s6-to Harding:
California 10; Colorado 8; Connect:
cut Z; Delaware g. Idaho 4; Illinois
90: Indiana Is: Iowa 13: Kansas 10:
Maine 6; Maryland 8; Massachusetts
IS Michigan Is; Minnesota 12: Mis-
souri, IS; Nebraska s: New Hamp-
shire 4; New Jersey IA: New York As;
Ohio "a; Oklahoma 10; Oregon s.;
South Dakota 5; Tennessee IL; Utah
a; Vermont 4; Washington z; West
Virginia g.: Wisconsin Is and Wyom-
ing S-a total of 1856.
Governor Cox had safely the follow
ing: Alabama IL; Arkansas 8; Flori-
da 6; Georgia IA; Kentucky 13: Louis
lana 10; Mississippi 10; North Caro-
lima IL; South Carolina 8; Texas 30
and Virginia Ia total of 1877
States still in the doubtful list, lack
ing insufficient returns were Arizora,
8; Montana, 4: Nevada. 8 New Mex
leo, 8, and North Dakota, IA total
of Is.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Nov. A.
Returns coming in slowly from the
mountain counties and from those
where communication facilities are
continue to maintain practic-
ally the same ratio as indicated YES.
terday from the returns of the indus