Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-03
Surprising Vote For Both
Senator and Candidate
For Governor POlled. i,
CUMMINS' VICTORY
SECONDS HARDING'S
Presidential Ticket sweeps State by
Plurality Of Around 400, ,ooo-Entire
Republican State and consression-
al Tickets Elected by Gr.atIy In
creased Majorities-Labor Fails to
Swing Vote Away From Senator.
BY Associated Press.


from ninety eight out of ninety-
nine counties in Iowa reported
from approximately one-half the
precincts in the state showed no
material change in the relative
positions Of Harding for presi-
dent, cummins for United States
senator, and Kendall, republican,
4 for governor.
IF the same ratio is maintained
in the unl1eard from precincts, for
United States senator A. B. Cum
nains. will carry the state by
.4 about 175,000. Tho number of
II precincts heard from for that of
fec was 92O out of 2,360.
Kendall, republican, for gover-
z nor, will have lead of about
$50, 600 if the same ratio main
tains as in tho first-a93 precincts
II reported.
The figures at noon stood:
For president, Tito precincts,
303,578 for Harding, Cox, 1o2,770.
For United States senator, 920
precincts, cummins, 2o6, 6,32t;
Porter, 1osr r52t
For governor, sss precincts
1s7.aae for kendalli Herring,
1896.
BY Associated Press.
Des Moines, Nov. 9.-Iowa appar-
entity gave Senator Harding a plur-
atty OF approximately 100000 votes
over Governor Cox at the election
yesterday, returned Senator Cum.
Minis tos his seat by a to vote over
Porter, his democratic opponent, rex
elected all Of it's republican repre-
sentatives. and elected the republican
state ticket from top to bottom.
Latest returns out of total o.
1850 precincts in the state give the
following results:
For president, $50 precincts. Hard
ing, 2T7,49S; Cox, .93,1S6; fer senator
III precincts, Cummins, 1S1,432;
Porter, 92,3S3; for governor, TAP pre-
csncts, Kendall, republican, 160,797
Herring, demicrat, 95,617.
The foregoing results contain pre-
cincts from every county in the state
save three.
cun1n,ins' Vote Amazes.
Senator Cummins' vote amazed re-
publicans as we'll as democrats
Never before had guch bitter fi5h'
been made on the senator in this
state, and. Furthermore, Porter, his
opponent, was regarded as a very
strong man, Basing their opposition
to Cummins largely on the part he
played in the drafting Of the Esc,l-
Cummins law democrats early begar
a determined fight against him, anc
SO vigorous were their onslaughts or
him that republicans We're con-
cerned until Tic fir returns begar
to come in, But cvxery precinct
practically, added to the Cummin;
total until his plurality in the state
ran second c..ly 10 .ha1 Of Senate,
Harding.
Clean Sweep in. State.
KendalPs overwheiraa AZ; victory
also was surprise I.-r-,ing ha6
been expected to carry the state. bu,
not by the tremendous pluralit,
which he rolled up.
Returns on representatives in con.
gresst were slow in arriving, but re-
publican leaders declared they heard
no disconcerting reports about an,
OF their congressional candidates
and claim to be victorious in all dis
tricts of the state.
For president, returns from ITO
precincts out of 1850 in Iowa give
Harding, 30S,57s; Cox, 102,770.
Nine hundred twenty precincts ont
OF 1850 In Iowa give for United
States senator, Cummins, 2O6.321;
Porter, 109,521.
Eight hundred ninety three pre-
cincts out OF 2,36p In Iowa give for
governor Kendall. 1886: Herring,
1886.
In the second district twenty-six
of 166 precincts gave Hull, republi-
can, 1854; and Althoaus, farmer
labor, but 246.
The race between Ramseyer. re-
publican, and Myers, democrat. in the
Sixth district, was comparatively
close in the first thirty-one precincts
reported out Of the total of 1T. For
those precincts Ramseyer had 6,673;
and, Myers. 1000.
In the Eleventh, thirty-three pre-
cincts out of 2S7 gave Boise. republi-
can, 9,450, and Birmingham, demo-
crat, 4,240.
In the Seventh Dowell. republican,
was re- elected.
Clean Sweep IN State.
The returns for the state officers
below governor We're scattered up to
noon, but what had been received in
dicated that the republicans made a