The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-04
REPUBLICAN
LEAD In HOUSE
ALREADY 131
There We're AZ Districts
Yet to Be Reported and
the Republican Lead in
the Lower Branch Is Ex-
pected to Be Increased
Considerably.

New York, NOV. 4.-Tennessee has
swung into the swelling Republican
column and shattered Democratic ira
diticns of solid south, unofficial but
nearly complete, returns showed to-
day.
Her shift from the Democratic ranks
coupled with a similar upset in Okla
homa assured Warren G.. Harding of
800 electoral votes as against l27 def
nitey in the James NJ Cox column,
and left II in doubt, as follows;
Arizona 3, Nevada 3, New Mexi.
co 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 Re
publican managers were claiming a
Harding plurality. though available re-
turns showed a Cox lead.
Tennessee, on the face of returns tab
ulated by the Memphis Commercial
Appeal, from 80 to 95 counties, with so
precincts missing, gave Harding l99,-
T59 votes and Cox lS9,7S2, a Harding
plurality of 9,977. Governor Roberts,
Democrat. was swept out ON the Re-
publican tide and Ali A. Taylor, I'M.
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
ands several counties in Georgia and
Alabama broke precedents by piling up
Harding pluralties
The Republican congressional sweep
assumed larger proportions as belated
returns continued TO come in. The vic
tory of Samuel d. Nicholson, Republi
can candidate for Senate from Colo
RADIO assured President Elect Harding
a majority of at least ten in the upper
House; and of FIVE states, where sen
atorial choices had not been deter
mined, the Republican candidates were
in the lead in four Arizona, Oregon,
Nevada and North Dakota.
In the fifth, Kentucky, Republican
leaders still cling 10 the hope that late
returns would overcome the advantage
Richard 2. Ernst, his Republican oppo
nent.
The Republicans had secured 257
seats in the House of Representatives
to 1872 for the Democrats. Four seats
went to miscellaneous. including one
socialist and one prohibtionist. Forty
two districts were unreported On the
returns so far the Republicans had a
plurality of l3l.
Late returns also indicated possible |
turnovers in cases of some Democratic |
representatives reported elected A |
notable instance was in New York, |
where Republican candidates report |
I'd defeated-Ryan in the 18th district, |
Ansorage in the 2lst and Rosedale in |
the 23rd-had forged ahead of Dooling, |
Donovan and McKnry, earlier report
ed elected.
The House will have one socialist
msInber-Myer London of New York |
who defeated Henry VI. Geologic, |
fusion candidate in the l2th. The pro- |
hibition party lost its lone representa-
tive, but an independent prohibitionist, |
Milton w. Shreve, was elected from |
the 25th Pennsylvania 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 representatives,
Harry Warzbach.
Tart Statement BY Bryan.
Post-election developments within
the ranks Of the beaten Democratic
party included a tart statement from
William J. Bryan, in which he divided
blame for the defeat between Presi-
dent Wilson and Candidate Cox, as.
serting that the former had "laid the
foundation for the disaster and the
latter had completed the structure -
WAYNE B. Wheeler. legislative coun-
eel Of the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
ica. issued statement declaring a
,heck Of the congressional election in
30 states showed a substantial major
ity in both Houses against any beer
or wine amendment.
Returns early to-day showed the fol
loving states had given their electoral
votes-a total Of 800 TO Harding:
California -. Colorado 6. Connect
cut {. Delaware 3, Idaho (. Illinois %.
Indiana Is. lows II. Kansas 10. Maine
&. MARYLAND :. Massachusetts Is. Mich I
iran IS. Minnesota L. Missouri Is. Ne
braska :. New Hampshire Z. New Ier-
.sev "a. New York s5. Ohio ~ Okla I
Iona Dc. Oregon ;, Pennsylvania 3.
Fhade Island >. South Dakota .. Ten
ncssee y. Utah !. Vermont s. Washing j
bon Z. West Virgins 5. Wisconsin 10