The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-05
Both Senate and House To Be
ThOrOIy Republican.
Record Party Margin in Cen
gress Is Assured.
GREATEST EVER IN HISTORY
Majority of Representatives
VIII Now Be 149.
Late Returns Only Pile Up
Figures for Winners.

New York. Nov. with the size
of President-eIect Harding's electoral
vote virtually settled at 404 out of a
possible 531 and the complexion of the
new senate set down as So Republi-
cans and 81 Democrats, Republican
leaders today awaited belated returns
on eight contests in six states to fix
the exact size of the Republican house
majority.
Exclusive of the eight undetermined
seats in the lower house the Republi-
cans had 2S6 members to 1877 Demo-
Gratis and four of other designations,
a plurality of 149-the greatest ever
held by any party in the house. The
nearest approach to it was in the Fifty
had lead of 14s.
Sure of Record Margin.
Republicans appeared to be assured
of better than an even break on the
eight outstanding seats which would
give them a record party margin in
the house The seats still in doubt
were the Fourth Maryland district;
Eighth Minnesota: Fifth Missouri; !;
18th, 21st and 23rd New York; First
North Dakota and Fifth West Vir-
ginia.
A further possible Democratic upset
appeared possible in the Fourth Ten
nessee district, where w. F. Clouse,
Republican, was reported to have
forged slightly ahead of Cordeu Hull,
earlier reported elected. The senate
majority was settled late last night,
when belated returns from the noun
tain regions of Kentucky gave the
Republican candidate, Richard P.
Ernst. victory over Senator Beckham,
Democrat.
Montana's four electoral votes fell
definitely into the Harding column
when returns from 1927 precincts out
of the total 1,4S2 gave the Republican
candidate a lead of 44,530. With North
Dakota's five electoral votes counted
last night when Democratic leaders
admitted they had given up hope OF
carrying the state, the addition OF
Montana brought the Harding total up
to the 404 mark.
Yesterdays count in Oklahoma as
sured the nations new women voters
one representative in the lower house
Miss Alice Robertson of Muskogee,
farmer and restaurant owner. Miss
Robertson was an anti-suffragist prior
to the adoption of the nineteenth
amendment and made the congress
sional race "to see if the men meant
Five Tennessee Congressman.
Memphis, Tenn. Nov. with
Tennessee definitely in the Republican
electoral column, returns gathered by
newspapers indicated early today that
the Republicans had captured five of
the states ten seats in the lower house
of congress. Two members of Ten
nessee's present congressional delega-
tion are Republicans.
Demos Lose Five Seats.
Oklahoma City, Nov. 5.-President-
elect Harding apparently will carry
Oklahoma by more than 10000. Re-
turns early today from 2,S24 precincts
out of 1855 in the state gave: Hard
ing. 211,341; Cox. 193,884.
Senator-elect ]. W. Harreld's plur-
ality continued to increase as addi-
tional returns filtered in. VITA 2, All
precincts heard from. Harreld had
rolled up a majority OF 24,S0f over
Scott Ferris, Democrat. The total
gave Harreld 227.281; Ferris 202.574.
Democrats apparently have lost five
seats in congress.
n. p. l.. Governor Leading.
Fargo, Nov. 5.-After trailing be-
hind in the vote since election night,
GOV. l.. ]. Frazier, Republican candi-
date endorsed by the Nonpartisan
League, took the lead today in the
guhs-natorial race. He had lead OF
more than soc votes over ]. F. T.
C'Connor. Democrat.
Mardhnr MfEion in IEinois.
Chicago. Nov. 5.--SenStor Har6ing's
Illinois plurality will run close to one
million votes, returns from more than
5000 Illinois precincts indicated to-
day. With less than 500 precincts to
be heard from, Harding today was
leading Cox by $4,000. The total vote
ing, 1.265.0OO; Governor Cox, $4,000.
With approximately 500 precincts
missing, the vote for United States
senator stood: Mckinley. Republican,
1,125,SS4: Waller. Democrat, 463,739.
For governor. 400 precincts missing:
Small. Republican, 1,1se,00o; Lewis,
Der oc-at. 656.192
Missouri G. o. P. by 10000.
st. Louis, Nov. 5.-Unofficial re-
turns from every county in Missouri
and with only a few scattered pre-
cincts missing show a plurality of an
proXimately 140, 900 for Senator Hard
ing over Governor Cox. Arthur NJ.
Hyde (R) was slightly behind the
presidential vote, his plurality for
governor over Atkinson CD being
about 1901 Breckenridge Long
tD), candidate for United States sem
ator, led the Democratic ticket, Sena-
tor Selden P. Spencer defeating him
Dy ABOUT y5,OOO votes. Unofficial but
virtually complete returns show that
T. w. Hukriede of Warrenton. Mo.
VIII have plurality of about $500
over Champ Clark in the race for rep-
resentative from the Ninth district.
Hukriede leads by 5000 with a few
scattering precincts missing.
Few precincts missing IN all races
will not report the official count and
all together polled only a few hun
dred votes.
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