Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-04
|CREST OF ELECTION
|WAVE RISES Higher
Jas COUNT GOES ON
Missouri Takes Sudden
Jump Into Column of.
the Winning Party.
TENNESSEE, CLAIMED STILL
BY DEMOCRATS, DOUBTFUL
Results Forecast Majority of
Ten for G. O. P. in United
States Senate.
TO HAVE ABOUT 100 IN HOUSE,
Landslide Against Cox-Rooscvelt
Ticket Buries Democratic Con-
grcssmnn in Texas.
TENNESSEE, CLAIMED STILL
BY DEMOCRATS, DOUBTFUL
TO HAVE ABOUT 100 IN HOUSE,
Landslide Against Cox-Rooscvelt
+ Ticket Buries Democratic Con-
gresham in Texas.
lpy Associated Press. Z

BY Associated Press.
NEu YORK, Nov. 3.-With 364 elec-
toral votes assured for Harding and
Coolidge and doubtful States swing
ing to tho Republican column sufl-
cient to make the probable total ysse,
Senate contests. tho crest of the
dential and congressional. continueti
| rising tonight.
Among now Democratic casualties
were defeats OF Representative
Champ Clark. of Missouri, former
Speaker and present Democrats
leader In the House; election Of
Republican Congressman from Texas;
reelection OF a Republican Senators
from Missouri and sudden jump OF
Senator Harding into the lead In Ok
lahoma. Another border State, Tens
nessee. hung by narrow margin, but
With tho Democrats Leading.
Senate Mndorlty,-of Ten s5sl 55gI1S7
Republican Senate majority OF y
about ten, as compared with but two
mt present. and n House majority OF
around 100. as against forty-odd were
other forecasts OF the overwhelming
majorities.
At midnight tonight dispatch
from Nashville. Tenn, said that, with
three counties missing, which gave
approximate Republican majorities OF
l'60O combined four years ago, and
ABOUT hfty precincts missing in scat
tering counties. the unofficial vote In
s2 OF the % counties OF Tennessee
IN the presidential race, according to
the Nashville Tennesseean, gives
harding, 1919; Cox, 1S1.562. a ma
1ority Tor the Republican Presidents &
elect OF approximately 10000.
win about seven States still IN
the doubtful list in presidential ara
senatorial contests. the huge m,.
jorities assured Senator Harding and
Governor Coolidge OF at least 36i
electoral votes, with Governor cox
certain only of 127 and all from tho
Solid South. including Kentucky. The,
Republicans today added Idah4
Maryland and South Dakota to their
string. on the face of large mn
jorittes. and of the romaIning States
the Republicans were reported lead 2
ing in Oklahoma, Arizona, Montans,
Nevada and North Dakota. A Demo. 8
cratic margin in Tennessee was stlil
claimed by Democrats. Returns from
about one-third of New Mexico AZ
compiled by the Albuquerque Journa,
show Cox leading Harding by 2.4ia
votes, with approximately the samr
margin for Democratic candidates 4 ors.
Governor and Congress.
Long Is Beaten
Among Republican Senators elected
In hard contests were Lenroot. OF
wisconsin. who was opposed vigor-
husly by Senator LaFollette: Spen- *
Ger. OF Missouri. who defeated Breck ~
inridge Long. former Assistant Sec IS
retary of state, and Jones, of Wash
ington. Senate Commerce Committee IS
chairman. Senator Phelan, Democrat s
OF California, was defeated by Sam
usi NJ. Shortridge. Republican, and
senator Smith, Democrat, of Mary =
land, veteran, lost to o. T.. Weller,
Republican. Senator Nugent, Dem. !,
ocrat, Idaho, was defeated by former
Governor Gooding.
Senator Johnson. of CALIFORNIA;
leading "irreconcilabIe," stated that
the election meant tho end OF tia
league, and another. Senator Reed.
Democrat, Missouri, declared that the Il
tight upon the league issue was "A rs
tragic mistake'' and had split the
Democratic party.
Defeat OF former Speaker Clark
was ono OF the election surprlses.
He has served In tho House continh-
ousiy since 1897 as one of the Demo.
cratic sta!warts and received ma
jority of votes for tho presidential j
nomination at baltimore when Pres-
ident Wilson was chosen.
Kitchen May He Minority Leader.
lie probably Will be succeeded as u
minority leader by 3Reprtsentatiys
kitchin. Democrat, OF North Caro-
lima. Representative clarks victor
was T. w. Hukreido. who has bssn
active IN the Missouri Republican es.s
d 7. s. s-3 F5. ..g L
The Republicans broke into the
solid Democratic Congress delegation "a
from Texas through the defe,s Sc .il
Representative Beo. Of San Antonio. 4
a relative OK Postmaster. ceneyaIs s.
Burleson. Another Democratic vatl 4
eran. Representative John W. RAiaS
or Illinois. also went down 20 dsfess:.a
Neither the Prphtt ten nsR boStst1
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