The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-09
HARDING MADE ALMOST
CLEAN SWEEP OF STATES
REPUBLICAN VICTORY is THE
GREATEST IN THE HISTORY
OF POLITICAL PARTIES. !
SOLID SOUTH is BROKEN

| WASHINGTON, D. C.-The most
sweeping victory in party history
stands recorded for Senator Warren
IG, Harding for president and repub-
lican congress.
Tremendous and unparalleled repub-
lican p1uralities, beginning with the
first count of ballots, because more
Overwhelming as the returns were re-
lported, and defeat in their fight Tor
1.-THE presidency and congress was con-
coded at an early hour by democratic
national leaders.
Harding and Coolidge carried 81
states with 404 electoral votes, and
Cox and Roosevelt carried II states
with 127 electoral votes. 1t is the larg-
est majority ever given a presidential
ticket except the vote of ABS for Pres
ident Wilson in 1912, when the repub-
licans split and Taft and Roosevelt
both were candidates.
Harding's majority Of the popular
votes is estimated at 100000.
With the presidency and congress
went loss to the democrats OF gov
errors, state legislatures and other
state and local candidates. The break
even extended into the solid south,
with republican gains in some north
ern states larger than any since the
civil war.
Solid South Broken.
Even the solid south was broken,
the republicans carrying both Tennes-
see and Oklahoma. In the former state
Harding has a majority of 10000 votes,
and the republicans elected their can
didate for governor by $4,000 major
ity and half of the states delegation
in congress.
In Oklahoma the republican major
ity is 10000 and the democratic candi-
date for the United States senate was
defeated as were several of the demo-
cratic candidates for congress. The re-
publicans elected the state legislature.
All the southern border states also
went republican, Missouri by 10000,
MARYLAND by $4,000, West Virginia by
100000. Republican United States
senators and legislatures were elected
in these states, and many members
of congress.
In Kentucky the republicans elect
ed a United States senator by 1000,
and Cox has a majority over Hard
ing of only $500. Both u. S, sena-
tors from Kentucky will be republic
cans.
In many other southern states the
democratic majorities showed heavy
declines from 1916. Where Texas four
years ago gave Wilson a handsome
majority of 221,515 Cox's majority is
many thousand less. Republicans even
have elected a member of congress
from Texas.
Several towns iii Florida and Louis
lana and several counties in Georgia
and Alabama broke precedents by pill
ing up Harding pluralities.
Staggering Pluralities.
Staggering majorities were rolled
up in many of the states.
New York gave Harding a plurality
estimated at 100000; Pennsylvania.
three quarters of a million; Illinois,
100000; Michigan, 100000; Califor
MIA, 100000; Massachusetts,, 100000.
Ohio the home state of both cam
didates, gave Harding a victory of
100000. The republicans elected every
member of congress.
| New York city gave Harding AGO.
600 majority, more than two to one,
the biggest plurality ever before Civ
en- a presidential nominee. New York
city has heretofore been democratic
stronghold
OF u congressman in Illinois the
democrats elected only two.
Dmocrats Lost Home Precincts.
Gov. Cox, Franklin D. Roosevelt
and President Wilson all lost their
,rl,
been democratic strongholds, to the
Republicans. Senator Harding not on
lily carried Governor Cox's home pre-
cinct but he carried the governors
home city and county by 10000 ma
ljority. Heretofore Governor Cox has
always won there by several thousand
votes.
President Wilson's precinct was
carried by Harding by more than two
to one, Cox receiving AS votes and
Harding 3lS. This is a strong demo-.
cratic district, and was carried Tues
day by the democratic candidate for
congress.
4 Senator Harding carried his own
precinct by a heavy majority, receiv-
ing $40 votes to 70 for Governor Cox.
This precinct has heretofore gone
4 democratic by large majorities.
Franklin D. Roosevelt also lost his
home precinct, it being carried by the
republican candidates.
SO Senate Seats For G. o. P.
The next senate will be composed
of 50 republicans and 81 democrats,
majority of 81 for the former. The re-
publicans have only majority in the
present senate.
OF the "a contests for seats in the
senate the republicans won rs and
the democrats nine. The republicans
elected Is senator's to succeed repub-
licans and 10 in place of democrats.
The republican gains were made in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
/ Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Ore
gon, South Dakota and Kentucky.
In the lower house of congress the
republicans have increased their ma
jority from q to 10. The new house
will be composed of 305 republicans,
129 democrats and one socialist.