Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
JOINS WITH
OKLAHOMA IN
PARTY | SHIFT |
Harding and Coolidge May
Have 400 Votes in Elect
oral College.
ALREADY ASSURED
OF'3S6 ELECTORS
Only Four State. Remain In Doubt
and Republicans Arc Leading In
All Except ons-Missouri Discards
Champ Clark and Texas Elects
Republican Representative = Lone
Socialist in House.
BY Associated Press.

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New York, Nov. 4.-Tennessee has
swung into the swelling republican
columns, shattering democratic ira
ditions Of q solid SOUTH" unofficial
but nearly complete returns from the
Volunteer states showed early to-
day.
Her shift from the democratic
ranks, coupled with similar upset
In Oklahoma, reported late last
night, assured Warren G. Harding
OF 3s6 electoral votes, against 127
definitely in the James NJ. Cox col
umn, and left in doubt but fourteen
seats in the. electoral college, divided
among Arizona (three). Nevada
North Dakota (ive). In all these
states save New Mexico Harding was
In the lead on available returns, and
even In New Mexico republican man
ayers were claiming Harding
plurality. tho available returns
showed q Cox lead.
Tennessee, on the face Of returns
tabulated by the Memphis CONNER
cial Appeal. from ninety-three of
ninety live counties, with fifty pre-
cincts missing, gave Harding 199.759
votes and Cox 18s.7S2. a Harding
! plurality Of 9.s77. Governor Roberts.
4 democrat, Was swept out on the re-,
publican tide and Alt A. Taylor, un-
successful candidate for governor
against his brother in 1856. was
elected.
No furfheyt c<,,al ,,nsats xvere ra
ported from the "solid SOUTH" altho
ana and several counties In Georgia
and Alabama broke precedents by
piling up Harding pluralities.
Republicans Have Senate Lead.
The republican congressional sweep
assumed larger proportions as be-
lated returns continued to come in.
The victory of Samuel D. Nicholson,
republican candidate for the senate
from Colorado assured President
meet Harding of at least ten in the
upper house, and in five states where
senatorial choices had not been de-
3 ttrmined. The republican candidates
we're in the lead in four-Arizona,
oregon. Nevada and North Dakota.
In the fifth, Kentucky, republican
leaders still clung to the hope that
late returns would overcome the ad-
vantage held by j. G. w. Beckham
over Richard p. Ernest, his repub-
lican opponent.
The republicans had secured 257
seats in the house of representatives
to 132 for the democrats. Four seats
went to the miscellaneous, including
one socialist and one prohibitionist.
Forty two districts were unreported
On present returns the republicans
had a plurality of 131.
Lone Socialis. in House.
Late returns also indicated pos
sible turnovers in cases OF some
democratic representatives reported
elected. A notable instance was in
New York, whore three republican
candidates reported defeated-Ryan.
in the Fifteenth district, Ansorge, in
the Twenty First, and ,Rosedale, in
the Twenty -Third-had forged ahead
of Dooling. Donovan and McKinry,
earlier reported elected.
tg The house will have one socialist
member-Meyer London, of New
York, who defeated Henry NJ. Gold
fugle, fusion candidate in the
Twelfth. The prohibition party lost
its lone representative, but an 1nde-
pendent prohibtttonist, Milton ShreTe
was elected from the Twenty Fifth
Pennsylvania district. Several not
able upsets occurred in the congress
sional race, among them the retire
ment by Missouri voters Of former
Speaker Champ Clark, Of the house,
and the election hy TEXAS votersp a
republican representative, Harry
Waursbauch.
Congress to Be "Dry."
Post election developments within
the ranks of the beaten democratic
party included tart statement from
William J. Bryan, in which he divid-
ed blame for the defeat between
President Wilson and Candidate Cox,
asserting tat the former had laid
foundation for the disaster" and the
latter had completed the structure"
Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative
counsel of the Anti Saloon League of
America. issued statement declar-
ing a check of the congressional cleo
fion In forty states showed a Sub
! stantial majority in both houses
against any beer or wine amendment.
States Certain For Harding.
Returns early today showed the
following states had given their cleo
toral votes-a total Of 3S6-to Hard
ing:
California OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 13
Colorado ..................... 6