Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-04
Returns Show Election OF
C. 0.P. Nominees For Pres
ident And Vice President
REPUBLICANS MAKE GAINS
IN UNITED STATES SENATE
New YaIA Looms Up In Republican COL
umn-GOVernOT Cox Gets Minority
Vote In Ohio

Washngton.-At an early hour, with
actual returns far from complete, Har-
ding was certain of the electoral
votes from the following states:
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illi-
nois. Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. Vermont, Washington, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming.
The states from which returns were
too meager to justify actually placing
them in either the Harding or Cox
column were:
Arizona 8, California 10, Colorado
6, Indiana Is, Kentucky Is, Maryland
8. Minnesota IL, Missouri IS, Monta-
ma 4. Nevada 8, New Mexico 3, North
Dakota 5, South Dakota 5, Utah
and West Virginia S-a total of 10.
The states which are certain for Cox
are:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-
gia, Louisiana. Mississippi, North Car
DINA, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ten
nessee. Texas and, Virginia.
On the face of returns showing the
growing landslide for Harding, Cover
nor Cox's own newspaper, the Dayton
Daily News, and Chairman White OF
the Democratic national committee,
soon after eleven o'clock on the night
of the election, conceded the election
OF Senator Harding.
Without awaiting returns from the
West, which four years ago elected
Wilson in the face of pluralltles Ior
Hughes throughout the East, the Dem
ocratic candidate and his chief mana
ger conceded that in the solemn rel
erendum." which President Wilson de-
clared would decide the league Of ma
lions question, American voters had
preferred Harding, who favored stay
ing out" to Cox, who favored going
in"
Governor Cox. who was in his news
paper office when the concession OF
Senator f1dTuluB "dS PopAt"AN' -
he would issue no statement. Sena-
tor Harding, at his home IN Marion
said he was more given to prayer to
God to make me capable of playing my
mart" than he was to exultatlon.
At the rate the Harding column was
growing from the beginning, the Re-
publican plurality in the state OF NE"
York would be around the unprece-
danted figure of more than million.
New York City, normally Democratic,
was going for Harding by at least hall
a million.
The governorship fight continued
close in New York, with Republican
managers claiming the defeat OF GOV
ernor Smith.
PENNSYLVANIA returns at that hour
showed Harding leading Cox 8 TO l.
and Senator Penrose elected.
Massachusetts was promising Har-
ding the greatest plurality ever given
a presidential candidate in that state.
Boston had gone for a Republican Tor
the second time in its history, ana
had given Harding a greater lead over
Cox than it gave Mckinley over Bryan
in 1896.
Returns from half of Vermont gave
a 8 to l lead over Cox. Hughes beat
Wilson 2 to 1 there in 1916.
In the home district Of Charles f.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Han,
Harding beat Cox 2 to l.
Maine reported Harding leading
Cox by the largest plurality ever CIV
en- a presidential candidate.
Ohio one.fifth complete, showed
growing vote for Harding.
When Governor Cox and Chairman
White made their concession such
returns as were coming in from the
Western states showed a strong DRIFT
to Harding and the Republican land
slide, which began to take on tremen-
dous proportions throughout the East,
YVES continuing to roll on with SEEM
ingly never.ending momentum.
At the hour the Democratic conces-
sion of Republican victory was made
there were practically no returns in
TO show the trend of voting on con-
gress. The few returns at hand show
ed few changes and these were in
favor of the Republican side.
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